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A person faces away from the camera and looks up at a screen where an image of their face is projected. On the screen, there is text that reads: But I wanted to cheer when it worked. The rest of the room is in darkness.
Alex Brenner
A person jumps mid air with their arms outstretched and facing their head to the sky. They are blurred so it looks as though their shadow is jumping with them. The image is saturated with deep pink and blue.
Eugenia Maximova
A person wearing jeans and an orange sweater stands at the back of the theatre, poised in a boxing stance. They face a camera which projects an image of their face onto a large screen above. The screen displays text that reads: boxing.
Alex Brenner
A person faces away from the camera and looks up at a screen where an image of their face is projected. On the screen, there is text that reads: But I wanted to cheer when it worked. The rest of the room is in darkness.
Alex Brenner
A person jumps mid air with their arms outstretched and facing their head to the sky. They are blurred so it looks as though their shadow is jumping with them. The image is saturated with deep pink and blue.
Eugenia Maximova
A person wearing jeans and an orange sweater stands at the back of the theatre, poised in a boxing stance. They face a camera which projects an image of their face onto a large screen above. The screen displays text that reads: boxing.
Alex Brenner
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AI, creativity and capitalism collide as a different unrehearsed actor takes to the stage each day.

Every day a different unrehearsed performer takes to the stage, ready to receive instructions. Line-by-line a story unfolds, and a life unspools.

Instructions is about AI, creativity and the dying days of capitalism, performed by a different actor every day. They are about to give the performance of a lifetime as the borders between reality and fiction begin to blur.

Award-winning UK theatre collective SUBJECT OBJECT have exploded onto the international stage since forming in 2021, presenting new work that is formally bold with global ideas. They are thrilled to return to Australia after winning the 2023 Adelaide Fringe award for Best Interactive Theatre (work.txt), presenting the Australian premier of 'instructions' and Melbourne premiere of 'work.txt' in an exhilarating double bill of experimental international theatre.

WorkTXT Event — Melbourne Fringe
Purchase tickets to SUBJECT OBJECT's other work "work.txt' in the same transaction and unlock a discount for $25 tickets

★★★★ The Stage

“pushes the boundaries of art and life, gesturing towards an advancing technological future”

★★★★ The Scotsman

“distinctive, exhilarating and unique”

"Nathan Ellis and SUBJECT OBJECT are the future of theatre that we've all been waiting for" - David Byrne (Artistic Director, Royal Court)

Performed by
October 1 - David Woods
October 2 - John Marc Desengano
October 3 - Tomáš Kantor
October 4 - Shamita Siva
October 5 - Hayley Edwards
October 8 - Vidya Rajan
October 9 - Tom Ballard
October 10 - Ash Flanders
October 11 - Christie Whelan Browne
October 12 - Alex Hines

Credits
A production by SUBJECT OBJECT
text & concept by Nathan Ellis
technical design by Harry Halliday
dramaturgy by Ben Kulvichit and Sam Ward
lighting design by David Doyle
sound design by Nat Noyle
producer (AUS) Harry Dowling

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“A performance so alive, so genuinely present, so utterly committed that it reminds you why live theatre matters.”
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“"it's an act of resistance... clever concept and design should reward all"”
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