Gotharama (The Rapture)
“Few performers, except maybe Nick Cave, awaken the gothic as well as she.” - Herald Sun
“Many
whisper that Moira Finucane is in league with the dark forces of the
underworld, that no performer could possess so much presence and range
of ability without selling their soul to evil. It’s just too damn fine
to be true…it’s a blood spattered and hair raising platter of nasty
gothic tales and Finucane’s performance can spin in a moment from an
industrial backed scream-fest to a whispered monologue every bit as
terrifying.“ - Beat Magazine
From the art-house of Finucane & Smith comes Gotharama* -
a blood soaked hour of skin-shedding theatre that writhes through dark
fairy tales, gothic dreams, angels, demons, soul searing music, wild
tales and physical madness.
Mutating before your very eyes ‘from
sledgehammer to slow acting poison’, Moira Finucane, Queen Provocateur
of Volcanic Performance, Australia’s “national treasure”, unleashes the
gothic feminine in all her wicked ways. With the haunting, angelic and
white-hot singer Clare St Clare, Gotharama pecks the eyes out of the
gothic feminine in this intimate and unforgettable Franken-Salon. Visit
the ravishing blood red boudoir for a dark and stormy night.
"Finucane's performance approaches the sublime, in the philosophical sense... heightened, hysterical brilliance." - Realtime
*
Gotharama is a gothic salon that unfolds in chapters with new artists
and new stories. Chapter I came to life in 2005, followed by Chapter II
in 2009, III & IV in 2010, while Chapter V will see the light in
2015 in Slovenia.
Creators and Directors: Moira Finucane, Jackie
Smith; Writer and Performer: Moira Finucane; Singer/Songwriter: Clare St
Clare; Lighting Design: Betty Siemers; Production: Finucane &
Smith.
Organisation: City of Women; In collaboration with: Old Power Station – Elektro Ljubljana.