“The most engrossing and satisfying work of physical theatre I’ve seen in the better part of a decade: strange and terrific indeed.” The Australian
WE3 presents THE LONG PIGS
30 minutes Concert Hall, QPAC 16yrs+
You are asleep in the night of the long pigs. You wake up laughing to discover everything you hate is true.
Perceived as an underground clown cult, The Long Pigs takes its title from the Melanesian Pidgin for ‘human flesh’.
Three paranoid comrades work, play and ritualise. These black nose clowns, attired in an array of surgical and abattoir garb, have been scalping clown noses and slicing the very symbol of innocence off their once red nose cousins. Thrilled muttering drives their joy, as a pile of shiny red noses emerges from beneath a rusty bucket.
A profound, stylistically and visually arresting performance rooted in physical and black comedy, The Long Pigs is a remix of conventional theatrical forms amidst a murky soup of mutual distrust and suspicion. It’s genuinely funny yet destructively dark – and definitely not for kids!
Image: Ponch Hawkes
Meet the artist
WE3
WE3 is a theatrical company comprised of Clare Bartholomew, Derek Ives and Nicci Wilks, some of Australia’s best established and most highly respected theatre, circus and clown performers.
Individually these three artists have developed and represented Australia’s internationally excellent circus and theatre culture on the world stage in companies including Circus Oz, Rock n Roll Circus, Die Roten Punkte, The Business and in their own, extensively toured, individual performances. The Long Pigs is their first full-length work, created in collaboration with a stellar Australian team of multi award-winning designers and renowned director Susie Dee.
Contact:
- Clare Bartholomew
- WE3
- info@thelongpigs.com
- +61 412 180 963
- http://thelongpigs.com