Based on the novel by Anne Carson
Adapted and Performed by Luke Mullins
Composition and Sound Design Jethro Woodward
Physical Text Collaborator and Project Mentor Leisa Shelton
Dramaturge Kate Sulan
Lighting Design Richard Vabre
Video Design Nicholas Verso
Co-Design Anna Cordingley and Adam Gardnir

Geryon was a monster everything about him was red.

In an autobiography begun as a five-year-old, a young boy who is also a
winged red monster, bares the volcanic terrain of his inner and outer worlds.

He finds solace behind the lens of his camera and in the arms of a cavalier
drifter who abandons him at the peak of infatuation. He commences a heroic
journey into the reality of a world where he doesn’t belong, realising the
fantastic accident of who he is.

Through sound, visuals and physical language, Luke Mullins and an exciting
team of young Melbourne artists explore the landscape of an exquisite
chronicle inspired by the Greek myth Herakles through the verse novel
by Anne Carson, one of North America’s most celebrated writers.

"A profound love story…sensuous and funny, poignant, musical and tender."
The New York Times Book Review

Spring Season 2006 articles and reviews