International premiere
Presented by Adelaide Festival in association with Vitalstatistix
Originally commissioned by Arts House, Performance Space and Vitalstatistix

Adelaide Festival and Vitalstatistix regret to announce that our season of Set Piece has been cancelled due to the impacts of the recent COVID-19 outbreaks in New South Wales, and the subsequent hard border closures.

We are in challenging times and like so many others in our community, the effect of the pandemic on artists and arts organisations is ongoing and profound. Adelaide Festival, Vitals and the entire Set Piece creative team are very grateful for your understanding in this matter. Please read the full statement HERE.

From the creators of global cult hit The Second Woman (presented by Adelaide Festival with Vitalstatistix in its final Australian presentation in 2019) comes Anna Breckon and Nat Randall’s much anticipated new work Set Piece.

Another astounding theatrical and cinematic hybrid, Set Piece explores the genres, dynamics and generational nuances of queer erotic relationships between women.

Loosely inspired by Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? this 90-minute show foregrounds two lesbian couples brought to you by a remarkable ensemble of acclaimed performers.

Drawing from a wide range of queer culture references including lesbian pulp fiction, Set Piece immerses you in pleasure, intimacy and melancholy, through its use of visual and aural erotics, repetition, lush tactility and cinematic devices to create a sublime synaesthetic experience.

A must for cinephiles, art lovers and theatre buffs, Set Piece is sexy, beautiful and full of wit – and is unlike anything seen on the Australian stage.

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