THAW Legs On The Wall [AU]

Performance / Installation

6+ | 8 hours

May 23rd | 3:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Igreja Matriz

Portuguese premiere

THAW suspends time and shifts our gaze. High above, held in suspension, a solitary figure seeks balance atop tonnes of ice that slowly disintegrate in full view. Here, there is duration, effort and exposure.. What unfolds is not spectacle in the classical sense, but an extended presence before an irreversible process.

As the light changes and the ice melts, the body becomes the measure of real time. Every gesture carries fragility, resistance and heightened attention. The risk is not symbolic, it is real. Balance is always provisional. The space turns into a field of tension where nature, engineering and human action coexist on the same plane.

THAW is a powerful image of the present we inhabit. A silent act of resistance that calls for collective responsibility and shared attention, reminding us that the future does not announce itself, it is already under way. Here, urgency is not explained. It is felt. And there is no time to waste.

Creation and direction
Joshua Thomson

Performers
Joshua Thomson, Anna McCulla, Isabel Estrella

Musical composition
Matthew Burtner

Set apparatus design and production
David Jackson

Costume design
Aleisa Jelbart

Safety and rigging
Byron Cleasby

Stage direction
Stephanie Cox

Project management (Legs On The Wall)
Stephanie Tatzenko

General direction (Legs On The Wall)
James Beach

Administrative assistance (Legs On The Wall)
Eva Caley

Previous performers
Tamara Bouman, Victoria Hunt, Jenni Large, Vicki Van Hout

Dramaturgy (consultancy)
Liesel Zink

Collaborating artists during development
Lisa Fa’alafi, Gabrielle Nankivell, Leah Shelton, Deborah Brown

Engineering partner
Ironbridge Engineering

Original production
Cecily Hardy

Original presentation
Sydney Festival
Sydney Opera House