Ten Hands

Overview

If you have been through grade eight drama, or have watched Whose Line Is It Anyway, then you will know the theatre sports game where one person starts a scene, and as the next person jumps into the scene, they create their own new storyline, and so on.

Apply this theory to music composition, and you have Ten Hands. Brisbane-based group Topology have created their latest piece of work collaboratively through a series of recorded collective improvisations. After each recording the members would listen independently and then write out the best moments and bring these to rehearsal. The quintet would play each annotated piece of music, rehearse these and then continue improvising until they formed a one hour long piece, which is Ten Hands.

Don’t miss this astonishing performance on Thursday and Friday 2-3 August at the Powerhouse.