Direction Kate Denborough

With Luke Hockley, Byron Perry and Gerard Van Dyck
Text David Denborough
Set and Lighting Design Ben Cobham and Andrew Livingston (Bluebottle)
Composer Byron Scullin
Costume Design Paula Levis

A man in the grip of life

Melbourne’s Kage creates genre-busting performances which pummel the
senses. Their new work, Headlock, directed by Kate Denborough (Nowhere
Man), is no exception. With black and blue emotions, you will be shoved hard
against the ropes in this zoom-lens vision of masculinity – staged on a wrestling
ring in the Merlyn Theatre.

Expect bouts of pure adrenaline as Byron Perry (Love Me), Gerard Van Dyck
(The Collapsible Man) and Luke Hockley (Bal Moderne) slam home the image
of an incarcerated man on the edge of everything and up for anything. Through
the electrifying physicality of these three performers, an even more dangerous
vulnerability is revealed.

Kage’s work is characterized by stunning visual images combined with stand-out performances and a dark sense of humour. Here all three combine for a
most powerful experience.

"…surprises, thrills, shocks and irritates...a powerful work of physical theatre." THE AGE

"Physically thrilling, precise and riotously vigorous. The final scene of this
stunning production is the most moving theatre experience I have ever had...
Go see it." MELBOURNE STAGE ONLINE

"For originality, theatricality and sheer entertainment, Kage is outstanding." SYDNEY MORNING HERALD