mka | fitzroy gardens pavilion in association with whalespiel
presents

 

 

The

Monster’s Kind

by Ty Liebelt (whalespiel)

‘I’m waiting for the abyss to gaze back.’

 

Your narrator, Ty Liebelt (whalespiel) is paraphrasing Nietzsche; who saw myth as a way of measuring the health of a society. Your narrator feels sick. Thinks you might be too.

Twisting style and form, The Monster’s Kind delivers a desperate, voidpunk tribute to the nightmares of old. And a last-chance intervention for those fears that still linger.

Isolated and dehumanised by factors outside their control (social, economic, moral, existential), your narrator looks to gothic pasts in order to answer that most harrowing question:

If monsters are so scary, why do they keep hiding under the bed?

Through storytelling, disjointed poems, and anxious audio recordings, The Monster’s Kind takes the audience through a theatrical scrapbook of folklore and fear.

Equal parts theatre, gig, and documentary, The Monster’s Kind is a rare, and darkly comic performance—a piercing and illuminating communion about not being human enough.

As a member of both the neurodivergent (ADHD, ASD) and LGBTQ+ communities, artist Ty Liebelt often advocates diversity, inclusivity and accurate representation of marginalised groups within creative industries. Their collective body of work as ‘whalespiel’ is founded on the idea that there are no protagonists. Just minor characters given a chance to speak.  Read more at whalespiel.com

Dates

Premiere Season
CANCELLED

Times

tue, wed, thur, fri, sat: 8:00pm
bonus fri: 10:00pm

Duration

70min

Venue
MKA | Fitzroy Gardens Pavilion

Directions
In Fitzroy Gardens, next to the Tudor Village and the Fairies Tree, near Clarendon Street. A 2 min walk from Jolimont Rail Station.

 

Credits

Created and Performed by:

Ty Liebelt

Acknowledgments

MKA’s Fitzroy Gardens Pavilion aka The Pavilion at Fitzroy Gardens is managed by Creative Spaces, a program of the City of Melbourne

The Monster’s Kind premiere season will be presented as part of Melbourne’s Midsumma Festival 2022.