There is a creature that lives in all of us. Just outside of our gaze. In this darkly funny physical theatre show, Melbourne Fringe audiences meet their mirror.
The Bruise is an ancient, grotesque creature with an appetite for the secrets we carry inside ourselves. It has been waiting for an audience. It knows things about you, how they formed, what they protect, what keeps them fed. And tonight, it has something to say. The Bruise has always been there; tonight, it presses back.
Using bruises as a metaphor for the weight we carry in our psyches, Lebanese-Australian writer and performer Hani El-Rafei, invites audiences into a rich tradition of storytelling. And through character flourish, delivers both an unsettling insight into the psychodrama of grief and the catharsis of common humanity.
Audiences can expect entry into a satirical artform only occasionally seen on Melbourne’s stages, by an emerging performer whose creative genealogy meets the moment.
“You don’t need to have been through dark times to enjoy this show, we all have absurd voices in our head, bringing them into the room is what takes their power away. Tonight that energy returns to you” said Hani El-Rafei.
October 12 – 18
