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You’re invited to the world premiere of Zoology

Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts is delighted to invite you to the world premiere of Zoology by Too Close to the Sun at WA Museum’s Hackett Hall on Wednesday 25 February at 8pm.

When Talya Rubin was little, she would tell adults she wanted to be a “ballerina and a gorilla” when she grew up. Zoology is a performance lecture and dance work for one woman and two children that attempts to live up to that childhood dream.  

Internationally praised, eternally experimental, and dearly loved in WA, Too Close to the Sun bring their renowned absurdist and immersive theatre to a new 75-minute work inspired by childhood dreams and vintage slides found in a New York City antique shop of zoo animals in vibrant 1980s Ektachrome colours.

Sit under the skeleton of a 24-meter blue whale skeleton named Otto and watch while award-winning poet and performance maker (and Too Close to the Sun co-founder) Talya Rubin takes you on a journey where animals tell their wordless story of extinction through movement that has absurdity and poignancy at its core. Zoology riffs on zoos, panda diplomacy, The Wizard of Oz, extinction and Talya’s own childhood.

Too Close to the Sun has hand-picked you to receive one complimentary ticket to Zoology.

World Premiere: Zoology
When: Wednesday 25 February, 8pm
Where: Hackett Hall, WA Museum Boola Bardip

RSVP using the form below

Please RSVP before Wednesday 18 February. For more information about the work and tickets, please visit the PICA website. 

Details on how to access tickets will be shared closer to the event. Zoology runs from 25 – 27 February. If you are unable to attend on Wednesday 25 February but would like to attend another evening performance, please let us know.

Zoology Creative Team:

Talya Rubin – Writer / Performer / Co-devisor/Visual Concept
Nick James – Director / Co-devisor
Laura Heffernan – Costume & Set Designer
Giorgos Poulios  – Sound Designer
Katie Sfetkidis– Lighting Designer
Natalie Allen – Movement Consultant
Emma Valente – Dramaturg
Samuel James – Slide & Projection Design
Tiyan Baker– Video Editor
Erin Coates – Props Maker
Alison Halit – Executive Producer    
Jodi Donovan – Associate Producer
Will Gammel – Production Manager
Jasmyn Day – Stage Manager