Raised By Wolves

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Event Raised By Wolves
Venue Shed 14, Docklands, VIC
Umbrella Event Melbourne International Festival of the Arts
First Date 17 October 1997
Opening Date 17 October 1997
Last Date 21 October 1997
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description Raised By Wolves was very ambitious and very complex. It was developed with Melbourne indie band Regurgitator, then riding a wave of popularity and recent ARIA Award winners, contemporary recording artist, Shinjuku Thief and Ben Cobham with his lighting company, Bluebottle.

The production's title referenced the myth of Romulus and Remus, the twins who were suckled by a wolf as babies, and founded the Roman Empire. Thematically, however, it postulated the decline of civilisation and culture and claimed closer connections to Satyricon. Teenage runaways, born of a giant cockroach in a modern urban wasteland, were beset by not only their own confused realities but by tortuous dreams and nightmares. Shipping containers, plastic and metal, overhung by multiple TV screens and capitalised slogans made up their world.
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Visual Theatre
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Contributors
Name Function Notes
Katy Bowman Assistant Designer
Shinjuku Thief Composer
Darrin Verhagen Composer
Stephen Sewell Contributing Artist
Leon Salmon Costume Co-ordinator
David Hope Design Consultant
Bill Haycock Designer
David Bell Director
Ben Cobham Lighting Designer
Winston Appleyard Performer
Megan Cameron Performer
Anni Finsterer Performer
Liss Gabb Performer
Bob Hornery Performer
Heather Monk Performer
Justin Ratcliffe Performer
Leigh Russell Performer
Daniel Zika Production Designer
Mikkel Mynster Production Manager
Julie-Ann Willems Stage Manager
Richard Grant Video Artist
David Bell Writer
Bill Haycock Writer
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Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information A contemporary re-telling of fragments of the Satyricon by Petronius.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web www.handspantheatre.com.au
Event Identifier 31168
Dataset AusStage