The internet is the Wild West. Persona in 2021 is post-ironic, post-truth, post and delete, pre-apocalypse and politically charged. It is freeing, it is constricting, it is genderbending/breaking/ignoring. It is Cardi, it is catfishers, it is completely new, it is Hype House, it is Rachel Dolezal, it is red vs. blue, it is Fyre Festival, it is #like4like, it is Miley, it is Kylie, it is filtered and honed. It is up to you. It is an art. It is a career. It is breaking all the rules. It is more complicated than ever. In Everyone Is Famous, 9 young folk pioneer this new uncertain territory on stage for all to witness with awe/shock/pleasure/horror/commiseration/empathy/lols. Image is not just attached to our bodies, it’s in the cloud. We step away and look at it from a distance, save it, delete it, like it, boost it.
Everyone Is Famous was originally programmed as part of the 2020 Nextwave Festival and Darebin Speakeasy. Postposed due to the pandemic, it was presented in 2021 as part of Darebin Speakeasy.
Premiere Season: 21 April - 1 May 2021 as part of Darebin Speakeasy
Duration: 75 minutes
Venue: Northcote Townhall, Melbourne
Co-creator and Director: Katrina Cornwell
Co-creator and Writer: Morgan Rose
Co-creators and Performers: Bonnie Brown, Sunny Chiron, Mila Lawson, Anna Louey, Amelia Newman, Jack Palit, Lillah Summers Dixon, Liam Trumble, and Alex Veljanovski
Technical Director/Sound Designer: Justin Gardam
Set/Costume Designer: Yvette Turnbull
Lighting Designer: Clare Springett
Production Management: Sarah Branton
Stage Manager: Jacinta Anderson
Assistant Director: Belle Hansen
Fight Choreographer: Joshua Bell
Promotional Image: Pia Johnson
Production Images: Darren Gill
This production was supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, by the Darebin City Council’s Community Grants Program and by Next Wave. The work was jointly presented by Riot Stage and Darebin Arts Speakeasy. Riot Stage received support from Moreland City Council’s Arts Investment Grant.