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The detonator is rigged, the fuse is lit, and these fierce femme tradies are taking a sledgehammer to the system. DEMOLITION is an explosion of cabaret, theatre, and activism set to rebuild the world from the ashes-up filmed in front of a live audience.
Run Time: 68 min
Take a peek behind the curtain in this fast-paced yet intimate film documenting Polytoxic’s radical and inclusive process as they bring their production DEMOLITION to the stage. DEMOLITION: Staging a Protest is as high octane as it is politically relevant, highlighting why there has never been a more important time to bring visibility to underrepresented and intersectional stories.
Come for the protest. Stay for the party.
Run Time: 25 min
Lisa Fa’alafi & Leah Shelton
DEMOLITION is a high-octane explosion of cabaret, theatre and social activism set to rebuild the world from the ashes-up. Think construction site meets protest party – a space where everyone is welcome!
In building DEMOLITION, we wanted to create a work that was both a wild reclamation of space and an exploration of the invisible safety work that so many women, femmes, non-binary, trans and marginalised people undertake on the daily (that feeling of walking home alone at night with keys in one hand, phone in the other; of being catcalled; of taking the long way home; of being racially profiled; of smiling and being nice).
In this time of chaos and uncertainty, we want this work to feel like a breath of fresh air. We are in a time where people everywhere are screaming “Enough is Enough”. We want to add our voices to this throng and share our diverse perspectives, stories and experiences.
We want to dare to imagine the future we know we want – a brave new post-pandemic world that is inclusive, intersectional and multi-layered.
We want our audience to feel fired up to make change, to use their voices to call out unsafe behaviour, to stand up for inequality, to build a new normal that listens both to the world First Nations people and the needs of our planet. Sounds big we know, but in a global pandemic where the paradigm is shifting, what better time is there to burn the old system down!!!
Smoke-o’s over! It’s time to WERK.
Created & Written by Lisa Fa’alafi & Leah Shelton
Directed by Lisa Fa’alafi & Leah Shelton
Music Direction: Kim ‘Busty Beatz’ Bowers in collaboration with Lisa Fa’alafi & Leah Shelton
Production Design: Lisa Fa’alafi & Leah Shelton in collaboration with Leigh Walker & Helen Clifford
Lighting Design: Jason Glenwright
Production Manager: Leigh Walker
Head Rigger / Counterweight Performer: Helen Clifford
Counterweight Performer: Abbey Church
Stage Manager: Natalie Callaghan
Assistant Stage Manager: Sophie Woodcock
Head LX Programmer: Simon Hardy
Assistant Producer: Carolyn Patamisi
Costume Design: Lisa Fa’alafi & Leah Shelton in collaboration with Chloe Greaves
Costume Realisation: Chloe Greaves, Jim Ioannides, Sharon Clarke, Lisa Fa’alafi, Leah Shelton & Jane Shelton
Choreography: Lisa Fa’alafi & Leah Shelton in collaboration with the cast
Additional Choreography: Mariah Pelesa
Choreographic Consultants: Nerida Matthaei, Andrea Lam
Dramaturgical Consultant: Daniel Evans
Original Song and Spoken Word Composition: Kim ‘Busty Beatz’ Bowers, Lana Tukaroa, Ghenoa Gela, Alinta McGrady, Zaiah Bond
FEATURING
Lisa Fa’alafi as Boss Bitch
Leah Shelton as Slippery When Wet
Zaiah Bond as Highly Flammable
Abbey Church as The Detonator
Ghenoa Gela as The Jackhammer
Lilikoi Kaos as Danger Zone
Alinta McGrady as The Leveller
Mayu Muto as High Voltage
Helen Clifford as Ceiling Smasher
FILM UNIT
Director & Editor: Grace Uther
Produced by Kiosk Film
Cinematographer & A Camera: Jared Bazley
B Camera Operator: Grace Uther
Additional Cameras: Empire Slate Media
Post Production Sound Services: Folklore Sound
Sound By: Thom Kellar, Ben Stewart
Sound Producer: Thalia Colettis
Production Assistant: Shan Jacone
Stills Photographer: Shan Jacobe
Featuring: Lisa Fa’alafi, Leah Shelton, Zaiah Bond,Ghenoa Gela,Lilikoi Kaos, Alinta McGrady, Mayu Muto,Abbey Church, Helen Clifford, Andrea Lam
Directed by: Grace Uther
Executive Produced by: Polytoxic & Kiosk Film
Executive Producers: Lisa Fa’alafi, Leah Shelton, Sara Taghaode, Ryan Renshaw
Produced by: Sara Taghaode, Tilly Towler
Edited by: Stephanie Liquorish
DOCUMENTARY UNIT
Cinematographer & Camera Operator: Brodie Rocca
Camera Operators: Grace Uther, Stefanie Canard
FILM UNIT
Cinematographer & A Camera Operator: Jake Koning
B Camera Operator: Brodie Rocca
1st AC: Cindy Yohana
Gaffer / Grip: Ben Russell
Lighting Assistants: Taylor Brent, Isaac Buckingham
STAGE PRODUCTION UNIT
Cinematographer & A Camera Operator: Jared Bazley
B Camera Operator: Grace Uther
Additional Stage Production Footage supplied by: Empire Slate Media
Editor: Stephanie Liqourish
Colourist: Kali Bateman
Post Production Sound Services: Folklore Sound Pty Ltd
Sound by: Thom Kellar, Ben Stewart
Sound Producer: Thalia Colettis
Featuring Music by: Kim “Busty Beatz” Bowers
Production Assistant: Shan Lennar Jacobe
Stills Photographer: Shan Lennar Jacobe
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.
DEMOLITION the stage show was originally commissioned by Brisbane Festival and presented by Brisbane Powerhouse, and has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body, and the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland; and developed with the support of Vitalstatistix, Vulcana, Cairns Performing Arts Centre, Metro Arts, Kiosk Film, Folklore Sound & Music, and The Paint Factory.
Polytoxic and Kiosk Film acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of the lands on which we live, work and create art, the Yuggera and Turrbal People of Meanjin. We send our love and respect to indigenous elders past, present and emerging and acknowledge sovereignty was never ceded.
Always Was, Always Will Be.
