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.

WINNER, BEST VISUAL OR PHYSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTION, 2010 HELPMANN AWARDS

Production history:

18-28 August, FULL TILT @ The Arts Centre, Melbourne

12 March 2010, NORPA @ Lismore City Hall, Lismore

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

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

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 (premiere season): Danielle Antaki, Arky Michael, Jane Phegan, Kym Vercoe and David Williams

Performers (Adelaide + Lismore seasons): Danielle Antaki, Alan Flower, Jane Phegan, Kym Vercoe and David Williams

Performers (Melbourne season): Valerie Berry, Arky Michael, Katia Molino, 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: Katy Green (premiere season), Frank Mainoo (Adelaide + Lismore), Holly Woollard (Melbourne)

Production Manager: Tom Brickhill (premiere season), Holly Woollard (Adelaide, Lismore, Melbourne)

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