THEATRE WORKS AND DOPPELGÄNGSTER PRESENT
When We Dead Awaken (We Have Never Lived)
BY DOPPELGÄNGSTER
22 JULY - 8 AUGUST | EXPLOSIVES FACTORY
BY DOPPELGÄNGSTER
It ends in an avalanche (everyone is going to die in the avalanche).
Welcome to Resurrection Day Mountain Resort. The thawing permafrost is sending bodies down the mountainside. In 1350 more than 60% of Norway's population died of the Black Plague. They're back. Enjoy your stay.
Ibsen's final and least liked play ('When We Dead Awaken', 1899) didn't have a mountain troll, a ghost an actual ghost, or a nun with a shotgun. Whether it was missing them or not, now it does. It's also missing most of the play.
UK/Australian 'Theatrical saboteurs' (The Age) Doppelgangster performance company return to Theatre Works for more 'postmodern genius' (Timeout) and may 'god help us' (Stage Noise).
Featuring original songs, a score of dream-pop and black metal, and members of the teams responsible for divisive works 'The Anarchy (1138-53: Part One)' (Theatre Works, 2025) and 'To Die Will Be Awful' (Theatre Works, 2024).
If you're still reading this. Hi. It's about endings. As much about dystopic class and climate crisis as it is about how we imagine our own deaths, and the end of the planet. It's about hate and hope and there's no interval.
Please note: It is forbidden to die in the theatre.
VENUE
EXPLOSIVES FACTORY
Rear Laneway, 67 Inkerman Street, St Kilda
DURATION
90 minutes
WARNINGS
stage fog, bright light, loud music, strong language
ACCESSIBILITY
Explosives Factory is accessed via a flight of stairs and is not wheelchair accessible.
"Postmodern Genius" ★★★★★
- TImeout
"If you’ve ever thought theatre is boring, or tired, or recycling old ideas — dammit, you owe it to yourself to see this." ★★★★★
- The Music
"Theatrical Saboteurs"
- The Age
"The Worst of Times"
- Heavy Mag
"Wildly Experimental and Wildly Entertaining"
- Daily Review
DATES + TIMES
Wednesday 22 July - 7:30pm (Preview)
Thursday 23 July - 7:30pm (Opening)
Friday 24 July - 7:30pm
Saturday 25 July - 7:30pm
Tuesday 28 July - 7:30pm
Wednesday 29 July - 7:30pm
Thursday 30 July - 7:30pm
Friday 31 July - 7:30pm
Saturday 1 August - 7:30pm
Tuesday 4 August - 7:30pm
Wednesday 5 August - 7:30pm
Thursday 6 August - 7:30pm
Friday 7 August - 7:30pm
Saturday 8 August - 7:30pm
Theatre Works has a lockout policy for latecomers. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early to ensure you don't miss out.
Refunds will not be issued to latecomers.
TICKETS
FULL PRICE
CONCESSION*
PREVIEW
$48.00
$38.00
$30.00
*Seniors, Student, MEAA, Health Care and Low Income card holders
Shows in the WITH THEATRE WORKS stream align strongly our values and missions - these works we co-produce and co-present with independent artists and/or companies. Projects within this stream receive significant producing, marketing, PR and production support in addition to free use of the venue and a generous box office split.
CREDITS
CREATED BY
Tobias Manderson-Galvin
Kerith Manderson-Galvin
Dr Tom Payne
Pat Fielding
Aquilla Sorensen
Michelle Myers
Chelsea Hickman
MEET THE ARTIST
DOPPELGÄNGSTER
DOPPELGÄNGSTER (UK/AUS) is an international performance collective creating contemporary site-responsive work at the intersections of theatre, live art, film, and sound. Collaborating with festivals, universities, cultural institutions, and communities, the work responds to urgent global challenges of climate and class crises. From shipping containers and car parks to disused factories and grand palaces, we’re equally at home staging intimate encounters and sprawling civic rituals, blending live art, digital technology, and gigs into experiences that are immediate, anarchic, and live. For more please see doppelgangster.com and instagram.com/doppelgangsterdoppelgangster