“a mighty work of art that will change the way you look at the world…utterly absorbing.” 

- The Herald Sun

The Heart of Another is a Dark Forest

Dance House, 2008, 

RAWCUS

When you stand in front of me and look at me, what do you know of the griefs that are in me and what do I know of yours?’ Franz Kafka

Can we ever really know another person fully? Can we ever really know ourselves? These questions were the starting point for an interstate collaboration between twelve Rawcus performers and twelve Restless performers. The work played with strangeness and familiarity, looking and being looked at, hiding and revealing, mysteries, secrets and questions. Sometimes the more you know about a person the more you realise you don’t know. As Paul, one of the Rawcus performers, said in response to hearing the Kafka quote above, “Everyone’s life is a secret…”

Director Kate Sulan & Ingrid Voorendt
Set Design Emily Barrie
Costume Design Esther Hayes
Composition/Sound Design Jethro Woodward and Zoë Barry
Lighting Design Richard Vabre
Production Manager Naomi Adams

Rawcus Ensemble

Steven Ajzenberg, Clement Baade, Ray Drew, Rachel Edward, Nilgun Guven, Valerie Hawkes, Paul Mately, Mike Mc Evoy, Kerryn Poke, Louise Riisik, John Tonso

Restless Ensemble

James Bull, Jianna Georgiou, Lorcan Hopper, Alice Kearvall, Jay Kimber, Kyra Kimpton, Dana Nance, Andrew Pandos, Anastasia Retallack, Stuart Scott, Lachlan Tetlow-Stuart, Bonnie Williams

Photographer: Paul Dunn

Awards