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Theatre | Interactive Art
The Nightline
PAST EVENT
Theatre | Interactive Art
The Nightline
PAST EVENT

WHEN

12 - 23 JANUARY
$40 + BF

WHERE

The National Art School

accessibility

Wheelchair Access
Poignant, beautifully judged and profoundly moving.

Tim Byrne, Theatre writer for The Guardian

Poignant, beautifully judged and profoundly moving.

Tim Byrne, Theatre writer for The Guardian

Partners

NAS
Roslyn Oades, Bob Scott & Collaborators

Lonely hearts and nightlife fiends. Insomniacs and shift workers. Guardians over restless babies and wide-eyed truckies barrelling down the highway. These are just some of the voices of The Nightline. 

A concierge welcomes you into a venue full of intimate, low-lit tables. On each is an old-school telephone and switchboard. This is your unique and direct connection to an extraordinary collection of over 600 soul-baring, skin-tingling voice messages left between midnight and 6am. Delicately interwoven with a sound score, these messages are just for you; no two guests will have the same experience. 

Collected anonymously on a special hotline and arranged by pioneering audio theatremaker Roslyn Oades and sound artist Bob Scott, The Nightline is a sonic collage of Australia’s nocturnal soul. You may find yourself seduced by a whisper or a song. You could be party to a confession or confront bottled aggression. All you have to do is pick up the handset and listen...

Duration: 40 mins



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Ticketing & Pricing

General Admission Full Price - $40
General Admission Concession - $36

+ booking fee

Booking terms and conditions

Location

The National Art School Corner of Forbes and Burton Streets, Darlinghurst NSW Entrance via Burton Street

Performance Times

Wed 12 January at 9pm
Wed 12 January at 10pm
Thur 13 January at 9pm
Thur 13 January at 10pm
Fri 14 January at 9pm
Fri 14 January at 10pm
Fri 14 January at 11pm
Sat 15 January at 9pm
Sat 15 January at 10pm
Sat 15 January at 11pm
Sun 16 January at 9pm
Sun 16 January at 10pm
Tue 18 January at  9pm
Wed 19 January at 9pm
Wed 19 January at 10pm
Thur 20 January at 10pm
Sat 22 January at 9pm
Sat 22 January at 10pm
Sat 22 January at 11pm
Sun 23 January at 9pm
Sun 23 January at 10pm

Accessibility

National Art School is an accessible venue.

The Nightline is a detailed immersive audio experience and may be of particular interest to audiences with low-vision. Please note, being an audio driven experience, this work is not well suited to people who are hard of hearing. 


SPECIAL NOTE FOR VISION-IMPAIRED GUESTS

Please call the Sydney Festival box office on 02 8248 6500 or email access@sydneyfestival.org.au before attending to request a short audio-described Nightline introduction track, created specifically for blind guests.

Further information on access and limited mobility can be found on the venue page.

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