Dissent
Daley Rangi
Standard $35
Reduced $20
BLAKTIX $10
A small transaction fee will be charged per order.
World Premiere
Presented by Arts House
90 minutes, includes two short breaks
Want to be a player?
Indicate your interest in the booking process. Players will be selected as part of the show.
Post-show artist talk hosted by Harry Lee Shang Lun (李尚倫)
Thu 21 March for all ticket holders
Warnings
Suitable for ages 16 +
Dissent contains haze, occasional loud sounds, and invited audience participation.
Dissent involves role-play and invites four players to make choices and respond to provocations. These provocations encourage facilitated, but improvised, exploration of hyperlocal social, political, or economic class systems and dynamics, and may imagine situations which involve acts of authoritarianism, aggression, coarse language, and other violence. Audience members may also be asked direct questions by the artist.
Pre-Show Access Session
All shows include a 15-minute drop-in session 1 hour prior to start time for anyone who would benefit from being in the performance space beforehand, to learn more about the work and meet the performer in a relaxed setting.
Relaxed space
These are not relaxed performances in the usual sense, but audience members are welcome to come and go as they please, be themselves, make noise, stim, and respond to the work for the duration.
Visual descriptions will be integrated into performances.
Detailed access information is available to download below
PDF | Word Doc
Arts House
North Melbourne Town Hall
521 Queensberry St,
North Melbourne
Assistance Animal
Aural Rating 50%
Companion Card
Wheelchair Accessible
Quiet Space AvailableDue to unforeseen circumstances, the remaining performances of Dissent have been cancelled. Ticketholders will be contacted directly for full refunds. We apologise for any inconvenience.
Roll for resistance.
Four players take on the role of a fellow community member. As the rest of us watch on, an unnerving and hyperlocal world is created through imagination and play. The streets of North Melbourne become a site of escalating and discomforting choices, where the lines of responsibility between ‘individual’ and ‘community’ blur.
From shapeshifting Māori storyteller Daley Rangi, Dissent is an irreverent and provocative exploration of everyday resistance. Each roll of the dice and subsequent decision shapes an unfolding story, as we face predicaments that bring us into conflict with forces of authority, and with our own morality.
With custom-designed game pieces and a supportive and playful host, this is a warm-hearted and immersive tabletop roleplaying encounter of ethical and social dilemma.
No-one is forced to play, but as the game unfolds, you won’t be able to look away.
★★★★ “Biting and dark, yet still inviting…Rangi creates an ethereal world of queer joy.”
Time Out Sydney (for Takatāpui)
About the artists
Daley is currently in-residence at Sydney Theatre Company as part of Watershed: Writers. Their solo performance works include Takatāpui (Sydney Opera House/The Blue Room Theatre/Basement Theatre), Lipstuck (PICA), Brutal (Critical Stages), and Prime Real Estate (Performance Space). They have written three plays; Curiosity, Beautiful Place by the Sea, and Fever Pitch, the latter under commission with Malthouse Theatre. The first two were both shortlisted for the Griffin Award, and the former also for the Patrick White Playwrights Award. Daley was Associate Director on The Lewis Trilogy (Griffin Theatre Company), and Assistant Director on City of Gold and Fences (Sydney Theatre Company). They were the winner of the Midsumma Art Award in 2020, and recipient of the Stephen Cummins Residency the same year, undertaken with Performance Space. They have published a collection of poetry and hauntings, titled Burnt Tongue. Daley, like their practice, is inspired by their whakapapa and still searching for answers.
Artist Statement
– Daley Rangi
Credits
Supported by
Dissent has been commissioned by the City of Melbourne through Arts House, and supported by Performance Space and Bundanon Trust through Liveworks Lab, and Carriageworks through the Clothing Store Artist Studios.
Standard $35
Reduced $20
BLAKTIX $10
A small transaction fee will be charged per order.
World Premiere
Presented by Arts House
90 minutes, includes two short breaks
Want to be a player?
Indicate your interest in the booking process. Players will be selected as part of the show.
Post-show artist talk hosted by Harry Lee Shang Lun (李尚倫)
Thu 21 March for all ticket holders
Warnings
Suitable for ages 16 +
Dissent contains haze, occasional loud sounds, and invited audience participation.
Dissent involves role-play and invites four players to make choices and respond to provocations. These provocations encourage facilitated, but improvised, exploration of hyperlocal social, political, or economic class systems and dynamics, and may imagine situations which involve acts of authoritarianism, aggression, coarse language, and other violence. Audience members may also be asked direct questions by the artist.
Pre-Show Access Session
All shows include a 15-minute drop-in session 1 hour prior to start time for anyone who would benefit from being in the performance space beforehand, to learn more about the work and meet the performer in a relaxed setting.
Relaxed space
These are not relaxed performances in the usual sense, but audience members are welcome to come and go as they please, be themselves, make noise, stim, and respond to the work for the duration.
Visual descriptions will be integrated into performances.
Detailed access information is available to download below
PDF | Word Doc
Arts House
North Melbourne Town Hall
521 Queensberry St,
North Melbourne
Assistance Animal Aural Rating 50% Companion Card Wheelchair Accessible Quiet Space AvailableImage Credit: Tiffany Garvie
Image Description: A photo of non-binary writer and performer Daley Rangi, sitting at a table, which is covered in a smooth, black cloth. Daley is wearing a black t-shirt, over which is an open, button-up shirt, which has a forest-green olive leaf pattern. Around their neck, they wear a Māori greenstone pendant in the shape of a small club. Daley is also wearing a neon purple beanie which covers their entire face, with rough-cut holes for their eyes and mouth. Daley has a beard, which is poking through the mouth-hole of the beanie. Their eyes look black, and they are gazing intensely at the camera. They hold a neon purple twenty-sided die in their left hand, their elbow resting on the table. They are wearing two rings on their left hand, made out of paua shell – which comprises iridescent blues, greens, and purples. Their right hand is flat on the table. On the table is a wooden box, with an assortment of dice and game pieces piled in front of it. The scene is lit with a cold, white front light, and, on either side of Daley, is a visible blue and red flash.
