To Die Will Be An Awfully Big Adventure

The Midnight Horrors, Midsumma Festival, Theatre Works, St Kilda, 2024

A pirated reproduction of Peter Pan/s (1904-2023)

The Midnight Horrrors X the Peter Pans (Barrie, Disney, Mary Martin’s made-for-TV movie, et al).

A DIY bedtime thriller. A lawless inventory of regression. Using pulleys, wire, Happy Thoughts™ and wrapped in gold foil emergency blankets the performers repurpose scenes, chapters, and a memory of an island that doesn’t exist.

To Die Will Be An Awfully Big Adventure AKA The Play That Wouldn’t Grow Up

postmodernism / postdramatic / surrealism / pastiche / punk / riot grrl / zine culture / anticapitalist / antifascist / anarchist / counter culture / climate action / contemporary theatre / live theatre / gig theatre / satire / apocalyptic art / hysterical irony

“an all-consuming, multi-layered assault on the senses.” Theatre Travels
“surprise and disarm and bewilders” The Age

Lead Artists: Kerith Manderson-Galvin
& Tobias Manderson-Galvin
Company: Kerith Manderson-Galvin, Tobias Manderson-Galvin, Darby Dupe, Chelsea Hickman, Michelle Myers, Aquilla Sorensen, JM Barrie
Music: Patrick Fielding

Presenting Partner: Theatre Works St Kilda
Apparel Partner: Dangerfield
Festival: Midsumma