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'Run away to the Carnival, where circus stars and sideshow queens, poets and daredevils, painters, playwrights, aerialists and food artistes concoct a heady mix of unforgettable entertainment under a handmade starry sky.
From Finucane & Smith, the world's pre-eminent purveyors of provocative variety and intimate spectacle including the award-winning 'The Burlesque Hour', comes the surreal indoor 'Carnival of Mysteries'. Inspired by some of life's most profound mysteries, this complex, multilayered, seductive and wild artistic experience will leave Festival audiences begging for more!
Overhead, underfoot and throughout four extraordinary intricate sites, the 'Carnival of Mysteries' seduces audiences with the work of 30 unique artists commissioned to respond to the Mysteries of Innocence, Passion, Mercy, Forgiveness and Love. (Source Melbourne Festival website)
From Finucane & Smith, the world's pre-eminent purveyors of provocative variety and intimate spectacle including the award-winning 'The Burlesque Hour', comes the surreal indoor 'Carnival of Mysteries'. Inspired by some of life's most profound mysteries, this complex, multilayered, seductive and wild artistic experience will leave Festival audiences begging for more!
Overhead, underfoot and throughout four extraordinary intricate sites, the 'Carnival of Mysteries' seduces audiences with the work of 30 unique artists commissioned to respond to the Mysteries of Innocence, Passion, Mercy, Forgiveness and Love. (Source Melbourne Festival website)
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Performed at fortyfivedownstairs October 2010
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Strong Field among Helpmann Nominees
2011
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— Appears in: The Australian , 5 July 2011; (p. 15)
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Strong Field among Helpmann Nominees
2011
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— Appears in: The Australian , 5 July 2011; (p. 15)
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