THE BLOK!

Two women stand side by side against a shiny blue fabric backdrop, wearing matching blue satin robes. Each holds a bouquet of flowers in one arm and a roll of toilet paper in the other, with the toilet paper unrolling downward. They both have stoic expressions.

Gregory Lorenzutti

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Radical, Blak, and funny as hell

A Daylight Connection, led by Kamarra Bell-Wykes and Carly Sheppard, make work that bucks theatre convention. Hilarious and irreverent, this motley crew of visionary renegades are hell-bent on reimagining what First Nations performance can be.

THE BLOK! is a wild, satirical battle for creative control. An artist known as The Master, drowning in spiralling ego and crushing writers block (Carly Sheppard), hits rock bottom, and is visited by a divine Blak Creator (Alexis West). The Creator unravels the myths of artistic genius, white patriarchal supremacy, and the singular notion of God.

Constipated by pressure and fame, The Master must confront the limits of their genius and surrender to a force bigger than themselves. As we rapidly hurtle towards our collective extinction, how do we separate the false gods from the real?

THE BLOK! is a spiritually rogue theatre experience that exploits classic genres, pop culture, modern-day tropes, and mythical iconography, to create a sublime feast of divine revelation and ego-fuelled chaos. It is performance as rebellion; creation as disruption - radical, Blak, and funny as hell.

Devised by: Kamarra Bell-Wykes and Carly Sheppard with contributions from Alexis West
Directed by: Kamarra Bell-Wykes
Co-directed by: Carly Sheppard
Performed by: Carly Sheppard and Alexis West
Set Design by: A DAYLIGHT CONNECTION
Sound Design by: small sound
Lighting Design by: John Collopy
Stage & Production Management by: Holland Brooks

“A ferociously funny, controlled yet chaotic Blak vaudevillian comedy that pulls no punches and decapitates its prisoners.”

Artshub

“[Whose gonna love ‘em? I am that i AM and Chase] are a poetic, psychic journey: conceptually innovative, flawlessly executed and some of the most exciting new theatre I’ve seen”

Artshub

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Event Info

Important Event Information

Social Script:

https://arts.darebin.vic.gov.au/files/assets/arts/v/1/programs-and-opportunities/documents/the-blok_social-script_final.pdf

Program:

https://arts.darebin.vic.gov.au/files/assets/arts/v/1/programs-and-opportunities/documents/the-blok_das_program_final.pdf

The Auslan Interpreter for the performance on 16th Oct is Sasha Burden.

Content Warning

Self Harm or Suicide, Drug use, Drug References, Sexual References, Death, Mental Health

Event Partners

Funder Credits

THE BLOK! is presented by Darebin Arts Speakeasy and Melbourne Fringe and produced by Performing Lines. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body. This project has been Fringe Funded, as part of Deadly Fringe, with thanks to the Sue Beeton Fund, Julie Kantor and Craig Semple.