AFTERWORLD
A REQUIEM FOR EURYDICE
SYDNEY FESTIVAL 2025
"Translucent and mysterious...unforgettable." Limelight
"Bewitching...as if in sublime thrall to something divine". Timeout
The timeless Greek myth takes on new life in AFTERWORLD.
The work celebrates the miraculous power of art to defy the limits of existence. Orpheus, through the sheer power of his music, charms the Gods and ventures into the Underworld to bring his beloved Eurydice back to the world of the living. The work explores themes of mortality and the profound revelation of being in close proximity to death. 110 year old Eileen Kramer gives her last performance on film as Eurydice.
With live music by LAURENCE PIKE
Choreography SUE HEALEY in collaboration with dancers:
NADIYAH AKBAH, JOSH FREEDMAN, BENJAMIN HANCOCK, TAIGA KITA-LEONG , SIOBHAN LYNCH
and EILEEN KRAMER (film)
"Bewitching...as if in sublime thrall to something divine". Timeout
The timeless Greek myth takes on new life in AFTERWORLD.
The work celebrates the miraculous power of art to defy the limits of existence. Orpheus, through the sheer power of his music, charms the Gods and ventures into the Underworld to bring his beloved Eurydice back to the world of the living. The work explores themes of mortality and the profound revelation of being in close proximity to death. 110 year old Eileen Kramer gives her last performance on film as Eurydice.
With live music by LAURENCE PIKE
Choreography SUE HEALEY in collaboration with dancers:
NADIYAH AKBAH, JOSH FREEDMAN, BENJAMIN HANCOCK, TAIGA KITA-LEONG , SIOBHAN LYNCH
and EILEEN KRAMER (film)
