ANYTHING & EVERYTHING (2022)
ANYTHING & EVERYTHING (2022)
"Anything & Everything steps into the fray... " - Cameron Woodhead, The Age
"Anything & Everything steps into the fray... " - Cameron Woodhead, The Age
Young people’s lives are dominated by social media: selfies, meme cycles, video filters, "likes" and emojis. This screen culture defines their generation, but it's a world often hidden from the adults in their lives.
Set in a TV studio, Anything & Everything is a live performance that glimpses into the intimate online and IRL spaces where young people navigate technology, identity, ability, connection and consent.
Director Jackson Castiglione (The Dispute) works with an ensemble of artists aged between 11 and 21 who've collaborated online for the last two years. As the performers joke, share and converse live onstage, their peers manipulate cameras, digital filters and video. Together they augment their identities in real-time to explore the thresholds between screen, reality and agency.
ARTISTIC TEAM
Created and devised by infinity and Jackson Castiglione
Director: Jackson Castiglione
Platform Arts infinity members: Poppy Goodman, Zara Nawaz, Harriet McNicol, Eza Bakker-Graham, Saskia Ellis-Gardam, Elm Macpherson
Platform Arts Producer: Penne Thornton
Project Producer: Xavier O’Shannessy
Dramaturge: Tamara Searle
Video and Media Designer: Rhian Hinkley
Composition and sound design: Robert P. Downie
Audio Operator: Connor Ross
Set Design: Tyler Hawkins
Costume Design and Stylist: Sophie Hayward.
Lighting Designer: Niklas Pajanti
Lighting Programmer: Tom Willis
Stage Manager: Libby Gilbert
Commissioned by RISING. Supported by the City of Melbourne Arts Grants.
“At the heart of Anything & Everything is the question of how young people find themselves in multiple realities, rather than a single overarching personality.”
Image: Sarah Walker
MEDIA
Simping for Harry Styles? Rising’s youngest performers are with you
Andrew Stephens, The Age (Read more)
Anything & Everything gives us a glance into the lives teenagers are constructing online
Thuy Tran, The Conversation (Read more)
Breakfasters, 6 June 2022
RRR (Listen)
“Anything & Everything gives voice to those who still tend to be seen and not heard, throwing unexpected relief on the world and where it is headed… striking and relevant theatre.”
- Cameron Woodhead, The Age (Read more)
“It gave me wonderful hope for humanity, and a kind of restful assurance that the next generation has this shit under control.”
- Joshua Kernich, heckler.com.au (Read more)
PERFORMANCES
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Image: Sarah Walker