Public Bunnies; (Op. in c# minor)

Overview

The world of Public Bunnies begins and ends in a grim, black room furnished with old pianos and suspended garments. In this place outside of time, given form by the throaty dirge of unseen monks, twenty young performers collapse one after the other and are stripped down to their black underwear. Once unclothed, they are reborn into a dream state where bodies meld and flow into one another; they have become a true community, united in form as well as agenda.

Community is the underlying theme of Public Bunnies, though this is a simple reading of the fascinating world created by the 2009 imPACT ensemble. Under the direction of stage visionary Michal Imielski, the ensemble succeeds in building a small village for its audience to explore - complete with a hospital, a water treatment plant and an underwear mine. Scattered throughout this pocket dimension are a host of quirky and haunting characters who spill across one another to develop a very organic, exciting space.

This is a wonderful experiment in adventure theatre, giving audiences the chance to explore a well-realised world that does not fall into the danger of cringe-worthy "audience participation". Public Bunnies is also generous with its audience; as far as Imielski is concerned, there is no single interpretation to this production, so audiences are free to create their own story for the residents of this strange land.
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