Overview
The year is 2113, you are about to embark on a walking tour that dissects the consumerism, ignorance and individualism of 2013. Well, sort of. It's not really 2113, but this comedic tour of our fair city (as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival) pokes fun at the rampant idiocy of contemporary living and the possible implications of living in an age of overconsumption and intolerance.
The tour (led by Xavier the Penguin) takes in all the interesting artefacts of our time, including 'cars', 'mobile phones', 'beef', 'pop music', 'sport', 'the stock market', 'advertising' and 'reality television' and examines the pop culture obsession that threatens to dumb down our future. The tours depart the Lithuanian Club in North Melbourne daily (except Mondays) from 20 September to 5 October at 6.30pm, with an additional 2pm show on Saturdays and Sundays.
The mixture of comedy, activism, archaeology and strolling is a rare one that prompted Artshub to call 2013 - When We Were Idiots"interactive theatre at its energetic best".
Thanks to Graceful Productions, we have three double passes to 2013 - When We Were Idiots on 20-22 September to give away. To be in the running, subscribe to Concrete Playground (if you haven't already) then email us with your name, postal address and preferred dates at hello@concreteplayground.com.au.