Following a critically acclaimed tour across Australia, Intoxication makes its final touchdown in Hobart.

 

“It’s about connection. Connection in all its forms: between people, friends, lovers, electricity cords & sockets, all getting close. Trying to get closer.”

 

The award-winning queer anxiety patchwork Intoxication touches down in Hobart for its last ever showing at Fringe at the Edge of the World 2019.

 

Intoxication is a post-dramatic patchwork about queer millennial anxiety; exploring how the intense fear of being alone rules modern society, and how one person’s loneliness is symptomatic of everyone’s problem. First performed as a full production in the 2016 Midsumma Festival, it was redeveloped as a one-person piece of storytelling. This new version debuted at Canberra’s You Are Here festival in 2017, and toured to Melbourne Fringe 2017 (where it won the Queer Development and Mentorship Award), Newcastle’s Critical Animals 2017, Adelaide Fringe 2018, Bondi Feast 2018, and Melbourne Fringe 2018.

 

Intoxication weaves together Christopher’s real-life near-death experience, along with theory from Brené Brown’s Daring Greatly, Judith Herman’s Trauma and Recovery, and Matthew Todd’s How to Be Gay and Happy, as a piece of queer storytelling and audience connection.

Writer/Performer: Christopher Bryant is a Griffin Award nominated playwright, NIDA graduate and researcher currently completing his Ph.D. at Monash University.
Director: Emma Palackic is a performance-maker, researcher, and activist currently examining Western late capitalism’s effect on live performance.
Producer: Morgan Little is an arts producer and game developer, currently working for Crack Theatre Festival, and several independent productions.

“If we’d been in the dark, we could have hidden and Bryant doesn’t want that. He wants openness and honesty. And in that small room, under bright lights, that’s what we got.” – Keith Gow

“Make eye contact and prepare for a genuine, moving performance.” – The Advertiser

INTOXICATION

Dates: January 5, 2019

Times: 8PM (45 mins)

Venue: Hobart Polish Club, 20 New Town Road, NEW TOWN TAS 7008

Tickets: Full $20, Concession $15

Bookings: visit https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=452448&