PRODUCTION NOTES :

version 1.0’s THIS KIND OF RUCKUS is an alcohol-fuelled, techno-beat driven performance about sexual violence in contemporary culture. Accompanied by stunning video imagery, THIS KIND OF RUCKUS explores the forming and wrecking of relationships, patterns of control, and cycles of abuse. Relationship counseling sessions, dance floor seductions and personal tales of sexual violence, are blended with commentary on recent high-profile sexual assault scandals involving rugby league players to create a confronting, unsettling and deeply compelling performance.

Production history:

World Premiere, 3-12 September 2009, Performance Space @ CarriageWorks, Sydney

20-26 February 2010, Norwood Concert Hall, Norwood, Adelaide

12 March 2010, NORPA @ Lismore City Hall, Lismore

PRODUCTION CREDITS :

COLLABORATING ARTISTS:
Devised by: Danielle Antaki, Sean Bacon, Arky Michael, Jane Phegan, Deborah Pollard, Christopher Ryan, Yana Taylor, Kym Vercoe and David Williams with Stephen Klinder

Performers: Danielle Antaki, Alan Flower, Jane Phegan, Kym Vercoe and David Williams

Video Artist: Sean Bacon

Dramaturgy: Deborah Pollard, Yana Taylor, and Christopher Ryan

Additional dramaturgy: Paul Dwyer

Sound Artist: Gail Priest

Lighting Designer: Neil Simpson

Stage Manager: Frank Mainoo

Production Manager: Holly Woollard

version 1.0’s THIS KIND OF RUCKUS was developed with support from Performance Space. version 1.0 inc. and this project have been assisted by the Australian Government through The Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, by the NSW Government through Arts NSW, and the Department of Performance Studies at the University of Sydney. Premiered at Performance Space, September 2009