Our Deepest + Darkest

Like a nightclub, but in the daytime. And inside a museum. Live music hand-picked by Ben Salter, DJs, gloomy corners, drinks.

View the lineup here.

Book museum entry + ferry.

Alex Podger’s latest filthy vision sees an absurd, wild labyrinthine nightclub turned bacchanalian cesspit, with late-night DJs and underground bands. Let your hair down on the public holiday eve, and revel in all things weird, erotic and dark.

Surrender yourself to a frenzy of revelatory movement and ecstatic rave. From midday to midnight, a six-chapter performance ritual spits out a narrative of divine physicality. Over three days, join a cast of psychedelic characters as they push the limits of the body in pursuit of transcendental states.

Surrender to a cascading haze of fuzzy riffs from the heavy stoner doom quartet. Witch’s hefty lineup includes Dinosaur Jr’s J Mascis on the drums, and Kyle Thomas of Feathers on vocals.

Bull bars, spotlights, and a soundscape of roaring gun shots, revving engines and aggressive dialogue reference the racially violent landscape in which the slur became folklore.

But I don't want comfort.
I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger,
I want freedom, I want goodness.
I want sin.
―Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

The night has a thousand eyes. Art, music, performance, cocktail lounges, punk theatre, cinema cabarets, clubs and junkyard raves—inside a sprawling metropolis.

Abandon all hope ye who enter here.
—Dante

Dante's journey through hell, purgatory, and paradise is fused into a single reality, retold through the eyes and bodies of an all-female identifying cast. Witness the ebbs and flows of the human experience, as explored through dance, stunts, motocross, hypnosis, and a profusion of bodily fluids.

Sunday 18 is an Auslan interpreted show.

Into the pit for a night of black metal carnage.

Drawing on traditions of vesper and lament, this shared mourning experience incorporates sonic meditation, dance, and dialogue to evoke a powerful collective presence, taking you on a sonorous voyage of reflection and catharsis.

Sat 17 – This show is sold out, but resale tickets might be available. Check back here or on resales often.