Multiple Bad Things
Back to Back Theatre
The works of Back to Back Theatre, an Australian company, question politics, ethics and philosophy. Its members are people with various disabilities.
Multiple Bad Things is about a small group of people who find themselves alone in a vast, unknown void. They are looking for a refuge, a safe haven away from modern life, from war, from the climate emergency … This sculptural shelter, both functional and imagined, will be built throughout the performance. Struggling to live together in difficult conditions, the characters are exposed to questions of inclusion, identity and intersectionality.
An original, unconventional show that erases our mental and physical boundaries through a powerful act of the imagination.
Première
Corealisation Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles
Calendar
Information
Language
en, surtitling fr, nl
Duration
1hr
Venue
Grande salle
Cast
Directors
Tamara Searle
Ingrid Voorendt
Performers
Bron Batten
Simon Laherty
Sarah Mainwaring
Scott Price
Devisors, co-authors
Bron Batten
Breanna Deleo
Natasha Jynel
Simon Laherty
Sarah Mainwaring
Ben Oakes
Scott Price
Tamara Searle
Ingrid Voorendt
Set and costume design
Anna Cordingley
Composer and sound design
Zoë Barry
Captioning design
Rhian Hinkley
Lighting design
Richard Vabre
Helpline Voiceover
Rachel Griffiths
Dramaturge
Bruce Gladwin
Script consultant
Melissa Reeves
Creative development
Bron Batten
Michael Chan
Mark Deans
Breanna Deleo
Alana Hoggart
Natasha Jynel
Simon Laherty
Sarah Mainwaring
Francesca Neri
Ben Oakes
Scott Price
Tamara Searle
Tamika Simpson
Ingrid Voorendt
Technical manager
Alana Hoggart
Production Associate
Jordi Edwards
Assistant Stage Manager
Nick Cobbold
Sound Engineer
Peter Monks
Company manager
Erin Watson
Production manager
Bao Ngouansavanh
Producers
Tanya Bennett
Margaret Bourke
David Miller
Executive producer
Tim Stitz
Coproduction
Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Festival d'Automne à Paris, The Keir Foundation, The Anthony Costa Foundation, Geelong Arts Centre and Back to Back Theatre’s New Work Donor Circle, with development support from Une Parkinson Foundation, Sidney Myer Fund and Give Where You Live
Back to Back Theatre is supported by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body, the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, and the City of Greater Geelong
