THE BLOK! by A Daylight Connection

Next date: Wednesday, 08 October 2025 | 07:30 PM to 08:45 PM

An Aboriginal woman with long dark hair stands behind a blue box, resting her hands on another woman with long dark hair lying on her back in the box with her head falling off the edge. They both wear Aboriginal garments.

Presented by Darebin Arts Speakeasy and Melbourne Fringe

Radical, Blak, and funny as hell

A Daylight Connection, led by Kamarra Bell-Wykes and Carly Sheppard, make work that bucks theatre convention. Hilarious and irreverent, this motley crew of visionary renegades are hell-bent on reimagining what First Nations performance can be.

THE BLOK! is a wild, satirical battle for creative control. An artist known as The Master, drowning in spiralling ego and crushing writers block (Carly Sheppard), hits rock bottom, and is visited by a divine Blak Creator (Alexis West). The Creator unravels the myths of artistic genius, white patriarchal supremacy, and the singular notion of God.

Constipated by pressure and fame, The Master must confront the limits of their genius and surrender to a force bigger than themselves. As we rapidly hurtle towards our collective extinction, how do we separate the false gods from the real?

THE BLOK! is a spiritually rogue theatre experience that exploits classic genres, pop culture, modern-day tropes, and mythical iconography, to create a sublime feast of divine revelation and ego-fuelled chaos. It is performance as rebellion; creation as disruption - radical, Blak, and funny as hell.

Image by Gregory Lorenzutti.

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Content Warnings

This production may contain coarse language and theatrical haze. No strobe lighting will be used in this production.

Age Suitability

Recommended for audiences aged 16+.

Special Performances

Preview: Wed 8 October, 7:30pm
Opening Night: Thu 9 October, 7:30pm
Post-show Talk: Wed 15 October, 7:30pm
Auslan Interpreted Performance: Thu 16 October, 7:30pm

Creative Team

Directed by: Kamarra Bell-Wykes and Carly Sheppard
Performed by: Carly Sheppard and Alexis West
Sound Design by: small sound
Produced by: Performing Lines

THE BLOK! is presented by Darebin Arts Speakeasy and Melbourne Fringe and produced by Performing Lines. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body. This project has been Fringe Funded, as part of Deadly Fringe, with thanks to the Sue Beeton Fund, Julie Kantor and Craig Semple.

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