Production still for "A Singular Phenomenon". Photographer: Bryony Jackson
A Singular Phenomenon
By Lara Thoms
21 May 2015 – 23 May 2015 Beckett Theatre
Created with Aaron Orzech and Lz Dunn
Malthouse Theatre, Aphids, La Voce della Luna,
Devised Live Art Collaboration World Premiere
Like a massive game of 20 questions, A Singular Phenomenon celebrates one of Australia’s most loved and loathed cultural icons. Through a maze of acid trips, stadiums & ‘the birth of multiculturalism’, this show invites you to explore the inner world of a very particular song and the eccentric life of its creator.
Stretching across five decades of personal, political & pop history, A Singular Phenomenon swerves between intimate revelation and global megalomania. Part rave, part theatre restaurant, this work will lead you into a communal meditation on appropriation, the cult of personality and the evolution of cultural stereotypes.
Unraveling through a series of unexpected clues and interactions, you are invited to take part in one of the countless iterations of an Australian hit that refuses to go away.
2015 Green Room Award nomination for Contemporary and Experimental Performance
“Artfully crafted and almost impossibly beguiling…Aphids has crafted a brilliantly screwy night at the theatre.”
- Herald Sun
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Acknowledgements
The Malthouse Theatre and APHIDS present A Singular Phenomenon. This project was supported by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body and the City of Melbourne through its 2015-17 Arts and Culture Triennial Program.