To Die Will Be An Awfully Big Adventure
The Midnight Horrors X The Peter Pans (Barrie, Disney, Mary Martin's made-for-TV movie, et al). A DIY bedtime thriller. A pirated reproduction of Peter Pan/s (1904-2023). A lawless inventory of regression. Using pulleys, wire, Happy Thoughts™, and wrapped in gold foil emergency blankets the performers repurpose scenes, chapters, and a memory of an island that doesn't exist. TO DIE... is a unique collaboration between The Midnight Horrors with: cult performers, an animator, an academic, fashion designers (inc. Winner of World of Wearable Art Prize 2015, and the Winner of Victorian Premier's Design Award for Fashion 2022), writers, musicians, climate activists, outlaws, outcasts, unrecognised geniuses, and bullshit artists. TO DIE WILL BE AN AWFULLY BIG ADVENTURE A.K.A. The Play That Wouldn't Grow Up includes: postmodernism / postdramatics / surrealism / pastiche / riot grrl / zine culture / punk / anticapitalism / antifascism / anarchy / counter culture / a crocodile / or a dog / climate action / contemporary theatre / live theatre / satire / apocalyptics / hysterics / ironic / heresy / heroism / trouble.
