Cirrus@Austlit

'Adam and Eve are really digging Paradise. They’re happy, super happy in their airtight bubbleland. There’s no judgement here. No shame. It’s the perfect place for some relentless fornication.

'But nothing this good lasts long.

'Satan’s sick of the cherubs getting stuck in the ventilation shafts. He tries to complain but God chucks him out. In hell, a napalm covered wonderland, Satan hatches a master plan. And so the fall begins.

'PARADISE LOST is a satirical adaptation about the narcissism of creation and our fading hope for the future.

'Bloomshed creates cutting edge, political satire, energising classic texts through physical comedy and outrageous dance breaks. PARADISE LOST is a whirlwind ride through creation: it took God seven days, it’ll take us just under an hour.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'News is dead. Print is dead. Truth is dead.

'A new technology takes the world by storm. Printed news is a thing of the past. So are journalists, printers, editors... everybody.

'Internationally acclaimed media mogul Hoover Oldsoch believes in progress – he’s a businessman.

'Tizzy Squalor, corporate plumber, lays the pipes.

'Pamphilius Smudge wants love.

'Typotheus Hawke wants revolution.

'Billie Inkpress wants to dance.

'And the Greek God Apollo sets out to make truth great again.'

Source: Melbourne Fringe.

'Why do we to suffer? 

'There is only one answer: MAN. 

'We are being robbed of everything. 

'One of the most brutal stories ever told. Written by one of the most incisive and subversive writers of the twentieth century. 

'Adapted by The Bloomshed, George Orwell’s fierce critique of power is funnelled through a contemporary context that sees political oppression, extremism, misinformation and food production erupt into an all-out assault on our contemporary political landscape. ANIMAL FARM is a high-octane mess of punk-protest, political allegory and epic theatre with a rhythm beaten out on abandoned grain silos. 

'If you want to make an omelette, you’ve got to crack some eggs.'

Source: Theatre Works.