A Nightime Travesty

Final boarding call for the last fleet.  Join our motley crew as they venture out into the ether where flight attendant Angel must face off with the greatest man of all time in a battle for the ultimate prize but what will she have to sacrifice to survive?  Fueled by human body parts and a live band, this epically wild ride pushes form, genre and the realms of reality. 

Credits

Creators, Makers and Performers – Kamarra Bell-Wykes and Carly Sheppard

Performers – Jackie Sheppard and Peter Wykes

Set Designer, Sound Designer and Live Musician – small sound

Sound Designer and Live Musician – Richie Brownlee

Lighting Designer – Gina Gascoigne

Production Manager and Stage Manager – Harry Dowling

Assistant Stage Manager – Stephanie Lee

Producers – Xavier O’Shannessy and Erin Milne for Bureau of Works 

Presentations

2023 YIRRAMBOI

Quotes

The Age – ★★★★ 

The Age – “Sheppard and Bell-Wykes deliver the ferocious script with a compelling command of comic grotesquerie.”

The Age – “There’s a Brechtian force to the way their performance speaks truth to power.”

Support

A Nightime Travesty was commissioned by YIRRAMBOI for the 2023 festival.

A Nightime Travesty was supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, the City of Melbourne and the Besen Family Foundation.