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'A late-capitalist battle royale of endurance.
'HORSES follows the lives of a disparate group of contestants who intertwine across an inhumanely gruelling, Depression-era dance marathon.
'This surreal yet hyper-real social satire slyly and sincerely evokes the 1930s Great Depression to consider the pandemic-ravaged 2020s.
'HORSES plunges audiences inside the macabre cabaret of a historically real but morally unreal ‘reality’ competition.
'Set in Sydney in 1932: A tumultuous, state-shaking year for New South Wales, this ‘murder on the dancefloor’ drama captures endless days of lunacy, laughter, struggle and heartbreak.'
Source: Production blurb.
Notes
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Most likely influenced (to what degree is unclear) by Horace McCoy's 1935 novel They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Production Details
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Presented by Kunst at 25A (Downstair Theatre, Belvoir Street Theatre), 16-25 June 2022.
Director: Ian Sinclair.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
- Sydney, New South Wales,
- 1932
