​Winner Helpmann Award 2014 (Best Visual or Physical Theatre) 

 

Whelping Box is a place to test the body, the performer, and the spectator. It is a place of permission, of what we allow of each other. A breeding ground for wild things, for dogs and gods.

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Two performers chain themselves to stakes, to test their limits and strip themselves of civility. With ritual, endurance, dancing and fighting they construct a self-made mythology.

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They are your guides, guinea pigs and preachers. They feed on your energy in a series of tasks that form a darkly humorous attempt to transcend the confines of normality.

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With the spectators seated around the action inside a 9 x 9 metre wooden box, nothing escapes the eye. An absurd spectacle of glorified acts of machismo, strange rituals and power games.

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Co-devisors, Performers:

Lee Wilson, Matt Prest

Co-devisors, Directors, Designers:

Clare Britton, Mirabelle Wouters

Sound Design:

Jack Prest

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