WAKE is a performance installation by powerhouse experimental theatre makers THE RABBLE, created with an ensemble of older women from Melbourne’s West about the body, death and loneliness.
Audiences are welcomed into the iconic Italian Social Club in Altona to experience a work that is part party, part surreal vaudeville show, part conversation and part town hall meeting. WAKE asks audiences to consider the difficult and taboo discussions around ageing but also celebrates the gloriousness of eight spectacular older women.
WAKE embraces connection, the rituals we inhabit as we age and the spaces where we feel most comfortable.
Co-Creators & Co-Directors / Kate Davis and Emma Valente
Community Liaison / Cassandra Fumi
Set, Costume & Video Designer / Kate Davis
Sound Designer, Composer & Video Designer / Emma Valente
Lighting Designer & Associate Set Designer / Emma Lockhart-Wilson
Co-Creators & Performers / Heather Cull, Sandy Daly, Marilyn Davies, Sally Goldner, Clare Larman, Terri Seddon, Jo Walker and Sandy Wood
Production Manager / Nate Evans
Stage Manager / Zsuzsa Gaynor Mihaly
Associate Artists / Dana Miltins & Mary Helen Sassman
Photography / Pier Carthew
WAKE is produced by Performing Lines VIC and supported by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, and the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.