Directed by Katrina Cornwell and written by Morgan Rose, Everyone is Famous by youth theatre company Riot Stage looks at persona in the age of social media. It debuts as a part of Darebin Arts Speakeasy season at the Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre from 21 April to 1 May.
The internet is the Wild West. Persona in 2021 is post-ironic, post-truth, post and delete, pre-apocalypse and politically charged. It is freeing, it is constricting, it is genderbending/breaking/ignoring. It is Cardi, it is catfishers, it is completely new, it is Hype House, it is Rachel Dolezal, it is red vs. blue, it is Fyre Festival, it is #like4like, it is Miley, it is Kylie, it is filtered and honed. It is up to you. It is an art. It is a career. It is breaking all the rules. It is more complicated than ever.
In Everyone Is Famous, a group of kidz pioneer this uncertain territory on stage for you to witness with awe/shock/pleasure/horror/commiseration/empathy/lols. Image is not just attached to our bodies, it’s in the cloud.
With a 10-year history, Riot Stage makes work for with young people for adult audiences that are “bold enough to give space to young voices in such an uncompromising manner” (Melbourne Critique). The company makes theatre about and for now, which has been described as “a brilliant, close-to-the-bone portrayal of millennials” (Cameron Woodhead, The Age).
Two years in the making and originally set to debut as a part of Next Wave’s postponed 2020 Festival, Everyone is Famous is Riot Stage’s latest dynamic performance. The COVID enforced postponement then led to a mini documentary on the team’s attempt to make the show, Riot Stage Gets Famous, presented as a part of the 2020 Melbourne Fringe Festival.
Celebrating its 8th birthday in 2021, Darebin Arts Speakeasy presents a creative and challenging contemporary performing arts program by emerging and established artists presented at Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre and Darebin Arts Centre. For further information on the February – June season, please visit www.darebinarts.com.au
Darebin Arts Speakeasy presents Everyone is Famous
By Riot Stage
Studio 1, Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre
Season dates: 21 April – 1 May 2021
Tickets from $25. Visit www.darebinarts.com.au for bookings and further information.
Everyone is Famous is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, Darebin Arts Speakeasy and City of Moreland
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