Dreams of a frozen continent

Lost in unlikely obsessions with Antarctica, we make sense of the uncontrollable through dreaming of what we cannot touch.

This cold, white expanse comes to represent something unchanging though it is among the most threatened ecosystems in the world. This performance contains coarse language and strobe lighting.

Written and performed by Tasnim Hossain, video and lighting designed by Morgan Moroney with cello performed by Jeremy Campese.

About the artist

Tasnim Hossain is a playwright, director and dramaturg. She wrote and performed Boys Light Up Blue Room Theatre, about masculinity, violence and sporting culture in Australia through the lens of a Muslim woman. She also wrote and performed Letters to John, about anxiety and men’s rights activism, incorporating elements of spoken word poetry, Batch Festival, Griffin Theatre, Fringe World, Crack Theatre Festival. As a director and dramaturg, Tasnim has worked on new Australian work for Sydney Theatre Company, Q Theatre, Merrigong Theatre and several independent companies. She is interested in solo theatrical performance as a means to elevate the marginalised voice.