Concrete Playground

After food and water, shelter is a vital necessity for the most basic standard of life. But where would life be if we all lived in functional, concrete cubes? Shelter is not a home; rather, it is the idiosyncrasies of colour, style, location and personalities that gives a roof and four walls a sense of being something greater than a base requirement. Along with religion, the idea of home is a major cause of war.

Sydney artists Matt Prest and Clare Britton are inviting audiences to enter their oppressive and fluid not-home — a space of shifting walls that steer and drag their inhabitants like cattle. Somewhere in the belly of this fractal shelter, a young couple strive to find a home for themselves.

Claustrophobes are advised not to attend, but for all others this is a great opportunity to explore a theatrical world that will literally grab you on a physical level.

Image by James Brown.