Every day, 7pm to 10pm Friday 11 June to Saturday 12 June
A vampire’s human familiar, whose burning desire to be turned becomes all-consuming. The familiar mournfully traverses debris of iconography — a cowboy, a veil, a ghost double — in a futile search for transformation.
Composed and performed by Marcus Whale. Set and costume design by Chloe Corkran and Athena Thebus.
Marcus Whale is a musical artist under his own name and with groups Collarbones and BV, his recorded output primarily forms an electronic world around his singing. Recent releases include solo album Lucifer (2020), and Collarbones' fourth album Futurity (2019), longlisted for the Australian Music Prize. Recent performance works, Praise! in collaboration with Eugene Choi and the Lucifer series in collaboration Athena Thebus have been presented by Performance Space, Asia Topa, Next Wave, Sugar Mountain Festival, Underbelly Arts Festival and Art Month Sydney.
Athena Thebus is an artist whose work deconstructs desire. She has presented solo and collaborative work at Next Wave Festival, Liveworks, Sugar Mountain Festival, Campbelltown Arts Centre, ACE Open, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), and Verge Gallery. Most recently, she was shortlisted in the 2020 Churchie Emerging Art Prize, presented at the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane.
Chloe Corkran (b.1993-1994 Arkansas, USA) Humourist 1st, Stylist/Designer/Artist 2nd. Chloe channels her interests in contemporary and historical fashion, film, and Russian Literature through ‘character’ as a stylist, costume designer, in her frequent collaborations with Athena Thebus, and as commentator on her podcast Xnorkpowka. She has presented solo and collaborative work at Verge Gallery, TCB, Down/Under Space, and Garden Reflexxx. Don’t look her in the eyes.
Covid-safe information
We consider the health and safety of our audiences, artists and staff our highest priority. In response to COVID-19, we ask you to:
Stay home if you feel unwell (no cancellation fees apply).
Maintain physical distancing of 1.5ms from others.
Sanitise your hands and register your attendance on entry.
Switch the COVIDSafe app to “flight mode” with Bluetooth activated.
When shown your allocated seat, stay in your allocated seat.
At the end of the show, leave the venue when instructed by staff.
What we are doing to ensure you are COVIDSafe at The Flying Nun:
Capping our audience at 50 people per show.
Ensuring that artists and staff are well before they start work.
Sanitising all furniture and touchpoints prior to each opening.
Reducing the size of our foyer bar to deter loitering.
Reconfiguring our venue to manage physical distancing.
Ensuring a 1.5m distance between stage and the audience.
You can request a copy of our COVID-Safe Plan is available for review via email to: staysafe@brandx.org.au