SOLASTALGIA

Event Details

Solastalgia is a new contemporary theatre work that explores the climate crisis through a deeply personal lens — the feeling of grief we carry as the people and places we love change around us. The project is inspired by Stephen Dupont’s haunting photo series of the 2019 NSW bushfires Are We Dead Yet – Part 1 which provides the backdrop to this new theatre work.

Through stunning images, live sound, film and performance, Solastalgia is a kind of shared vigil — a moving poem on what it means to mourn in place, and how our sorrow for the land can remind us of how closely we are all interconnected. It deliberately shifts the story away from “How can we save ourselves?” toward “What becomes possible when we turn toward one another?”

Conceived and directed by Sam Chester, Solastalgia was created over a five-week creative residency at Shark Island Kangaroo Valley, bringing together a group of incredible theatre artists, music composer Ekrem Eli Phoenix, and the brilliant creative team of set designer Rhys Morris, vision designer Matt Osborne, and director of photography Harry Kielly.

There will be three shows over the last weekend in February – Friday 27th 7.30pm, Saturday 28th 7.30pm, Sunday 1st March at 2pm. Sunday’s show will be followed by a Q&A. The tickets include a drink and nibbles on arrival.

Suitable for mature audiences only (15 years and above).

Venue opens 45 minutes before start time.