HARPIES
SCREEEEE! Steal from the gods and we’ll shit on your feast
By Eli Free
A haven of skin, hair, ligament, aching joints, blood, bone, kissing pores and a rust of veins twisted into a sanctuary. The Harpies nest, waiting for the day they never knew they yearned for. Malicious creatures with force tempers, synonymous with hellcat, vixen, siren, disagreeable women, unpleasant women. Ugly. Vulgar. Guiding. Terrifying.
Personified and yapping winds. Feasts for kin.
They will be so hungry they will eat their tables before they reach the end of their journey.
Utilising the casts talents in physical theatre, Japanese Butoh dance of darkness, clowning, live music and puppetry, HARPIES explores some feelings and lived experiences around what it means to be a femme presenting and othered human in a society not built for us, trying to find community and joy in such chaos. The cast and creative team are made up of sex workers, people of colour and disabled folk, and were gifted stories from the same communities that inspired this first iteration of HARPIES.
CAST
Eli Free
Indiah Morris
Humairaa Hosenally
CREATIVES
Directors | Eli Free, Grace Longwill
Composer | Marlene Radice
Live Music | Humairaa Hosenally
Designer | Eli Free, Indiah Morris
Special thanks to Tai Kane-Potaka, Emma Louise, and all participants in HARPIES Helpers.
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
DATES: Thursday 10th October, 6pm-7pm
Friday 11th October, 8.30pm-9.30pm
Saturday 12th October, 6.30pm-7.30pm
VENUE: The Ampitheatre
Seven Hills Hub
28 Tallowwood Street, Seven Hills
TICKETS: General $30, Concession $20, Trans, People of Colour, First Nations and Sex Workers $10, Pay it Forward
AGES & WARNINGS: 18+, Nudity (emulated and real), Scenes of pleasure, pain, and violence, Food consumption, play, and fighting (audience encouraged to wear daggy clothes or purchase a HARPIES poncho), Simulated noise (birds, storms, eating, live music, heaving breath, screeching, laughter and crying), Humanoid Puppets, Bright lights and strobing, Outdoors
ACCESSIBILITY:
Wheelchair accessible, Seating available includes the ground (SPLASH ZONE), chairs, tall stools, and standing, Audio Description available, Touch Tour Available