The Anarchy [1138-53]: Part One
Doppelgangster, KXT On Broadway, Ultimo, 2025
Doppelgangster, Theatre Works, St Kilda, 2025
A duel is taking place. Your city is now the fictional medieval town of Crossroads. Experimental performance collective Doppelgangster invite audiences to select a character and face-off in two rough grandstands as Theatre Works transforms into a deadly jousting arena.
Arrows whiz through the theatre, actors climb a siege tower, crash through castle walls, and perform the dark art of necromancy.
This spectacular show is part anticomedy, part historical folk-horror, part psychedelic ritual, and impossibly a live RPG videogame walk-through guide.
If you like walking out of a show in frustration or disgust, physical fights, railing against the growing hypocritical chivalric culture, waving black banners, choosing Rogue, Mage, or Warrior, and drinking Elixir+1, then join the cult of Doppelgangster for The Anarchy 1138-53.
Trumpet sound! Galloping in on hobby horses and centaurs and the armory of that most endemic of modern folk events, It’s a show that’s been described by our own marketing copy as “a miraculous work about dark times, violence, and disorder.”
Death is certain.
★★★★★ – Postmodern Genius Timeout
★★★★☆ A hell of a ride – On the House
★★★★ Wake up the theatrical sleepers – Theatre Now
★★★★ A wild ride… Strap yourself in – Sydney Arts Guide
Lead Artists: Kerith Manderson-Galvin & Tobias Manderson-Galvin
Textile Art: Chelsea Hickman
Dramaturgy: Dr Tom Payne
Composition: Patrick Fielding
Presenting Partners: KXT bAKEHOUSE Theatre & Theatre Works St Kilda
