Is This Somewhere You’ve Been Before? - Metanoia Theatre

Overview

After a sold-out run at Perth’s Proximity Festival, theatremaker and dramaturge Hallie Shellam will be bringing her show home for its Melbourne premiere. Is This Somewhere You’ve Been Before? is, in many ways, not your average theatre piece. To start with, the performance is played out with one audience member at a time. A one-on-one discussion turns into an interrogation, in an attempt to remember an event that never even happened.

Secondly, it plays with the olfactory senses, such as smell and taste, to explore where memory and imagination collide. By integrating these senses, the theatre piece takes on an unexpected dimension, as well as commenting on the effect of the ephemeral in the digital age. This part forensic interview, part dramatic reenactment is as innovative as it is interactive. Is This Somewhere You’ve Been Before? is part of Metanoia Live Works Program at Brunswick’s newest performance venue, The Mechanics Institute. Bookings are essential, so don’t delay.