mka | fitzroy gardens pavilion
presents 

 

Trash Pop Butterflies, Dance Dance Paradise

by Maki Morita

A clock turns backwards. A baby has lasers for eyes. A talking butterfly materialises in midair.

 

‘Trash Pop Butterflies, Dance Dance Paradise’ takes a kaleidoscopic dive into a world of climate crises, cultural rebellion, and utopian dreams.

 

Part theatre, contemporary dance, and Riot Grrrl fanzine come to life; Morita’s anarchic and experimental work is about what it might take to create something beautiful and new out of ecological collapse.

 

Presented from the MKA | PAVILION pop-up theatre in the beautiful surrounds of the Fitzroy Gardens.

Maki Morita is a writer and performance maker living and working on unceded Wurundjeri country. She is currently putting together aa text-based artwork exhibiting at Linden New Art in 2022. She is also collaborating as dramaturg for Club Nite (Midsumma Festival). Her short film Mirage was selected for the Melbourne Women in Film Festival 2020 and the Setting Sun Film Festival 2020. 

Dates

Premiere Season
CANCELLED

Duration
75min

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

Playwright:

Maki Morita

Director:

Amelia Burke

Producer:

Zoe Hollyoak

Production Manager:

Spencer Herd

Cast: 

Hayley Edwards, Milo Hartill,
Deirdre Khoo, Romaine McSweeney, Zoe Resnick

Choreographer:

Alec Katsourakis

Dramaturg:

Noemie Huttner-Koros

Set + Costume:

Oliver Lacoon Williamson

Sound:

Laura Strøbech

Lighting:

Giovanna Yate Gonzalez

Lighting Associate:

Spencer Herd

Acknowledgments

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

Trash Pop Butterflies, Dance Dance Paradise premiere season will be presented as part of Melbourne’s Midsumma Festival 2022.