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Never Trust a Creative City

Emma McManus & Maria White

Presented in Season 1 2018

World Premiere
Presented by Arts House for Festival of Live Art

8.30pm, Wed 21 Mar
60 mins
$20 / $15

Arts House
North Melbourne Town Hall
521 Queensberry St,
North Melbourne

Warning:
Partial nudity

Accessibility:
Wheelchair Accessibile

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Artist Statement:
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A little bit TED talk, a little bit buddy comedy and a little bit dystopian science fiction, Never Trust a Creative City untangles the complex relationship between artists and gentrification. Laugh, rail and weep with protagonists Emma McManus and Maria White (Too Rude), as they embark on a comedic journey through rising rents and social dislocation, arts-led urban renewal, pop-up galleries and ‘really dumb things on the internet’.

Disillusioned with the state of arts funding, the dismantling of public services and art history’s problematic narratives, McManus and White inject a healthy dose of feminist chutzpah and attempt to unravel the terrible formula: art + city = gentrification. Inviting audiences into both circular reasoning and ethical quandaries, Never Trust a Creative City steps beyond the creative precinct to expose the gentrification of our minds, bodies and behaviours.

World Premiere
Presented by Arts House for Festival of Live Art

8.30pm, Wed 21 Mar
60 mins
$20 / $15

Arts House
North Melbourne Town Hall
521 Queensberry St,
North Melbourne

Creators & Performers:
Emma McManus & Maria White
Dramaturge:
Jennifer Medway
Sound Designer:
Tom Hogan

 


Lighting Designer:
Emma Lockhart-Wilson
Set Design:
Romanie Harper
Costume Design:
Verity Mackey

Supported by – Arts House through CultureLAB; the ACT Government through artsACT; and Crack Theatre Festival through the Setting Stages initiative funded through the Australia Council
Acknowledgement – Never Trust a Creative city undertook creative development as part of Vitalstatistix’s interdisciplinary hothouse, Adhocracy, in 2016
Image by – Too Rude