Presented by Zendra, Eliza & Cam

Conference On Hope

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22 SEP – 10 OCT 2026

  • AGES

    16+

  • SHOW TIME

    6:30pm

  • RUNNING TIME

    60 MINS

  • CONTENT WARNINGS

    Coarse language; direct mention of death, genocide, colonisation; reference to infanticide; use of smoke/haze, flashing lights, loud noises.

  • PREVIEW

    TUES 22 SEP

  • MEMBERS PREVIEW

    WED 23 SEP

  • OPENING NIGHT

    THURS 24 SEP

  • Q&A

    TBC

Sixteen sunrises in twenty-four hours

An Astronaut orbits Earth in the International Space Station. They see the sun rise and fall sixteen times in twenty-four hours. Eight billion lives and lifetimes burn bright across a day coiling in upon itself. Empires are born and they die. Deep-faked snails procreate across rusted Starlink satellites. You check your phone and a girls’ elementary school is bombed. Flowers bloom from the back of an abandoned ute. The body turns to compost and is re-animated by worms. The oceans reclaim the cliffs.

Riot! Spread love. Donate. Stockpile. Language falters us but this might be the last time we can safely say. From the river to the sea. Physical and digital refuse from times known and unknown fill the cockpit as the Astronaut, increasingly unable to separate themselves from the cycle of rebirth, are devoured by their own story.

What’s real is I’m in front of you.

Here, we’ll make an argument for hope.

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Image by Apurva Gupta
  • Choreographer / Performer

    Zendra Giraudo

  • Writer / Performer

    Eliza Smith

  • Sound & Set Designer / Performer

    Cameron Park

  • Producer

    Izzy Leclezio

  • Stage Manager

    Ella Wakeman

  • Mentor / Theatre Dramaturg

    Dr Renee Newman

  • Mentor / Dance Dramaturg

    Dr Emma Fishwick

  • Set Builder

    William Gammel

  • Lighting Designer

    Sarabi Gristwood Sponza

  • Marketing

    Cameron Park