Is it a play, a destination, a bar, a circus, art gallery or musical performance? ETERNITYLAND is all of these things – and so much more. It’s also a solid welcome back Sydney with outstanding creativity and good old fashioned fun.
ETERNITYLAND, a multi-room, pop up destination that invites the audience into a fantastical world where the lines between spectator and participant are blurred. This immersive and interactive experience combines large-scale surreal set design, with theatrical storytelling, circus performance, art and live music. Made for a contemporary audience looking for a kick of escapism, The Streets of Barangaroo will house the 1000m2 interactive experience from August.
These types of immersive experiences are also popping up in London and New York – heralding a new age of theatre entertainment.
Designed as a ‘choose-your-own-journey’, participants enter ETERNITYLAND in small groups, following their curiosity as they travel through each room, encountering wacky characters and activities based on the myths and legends of heroes and heroism. There are monsters to battle, costumes to make, secret bars to find, temptations to avoid (or indulge in) and general chaos to navigate through, forming a parallel universe of all things wondrous and unexpected.
Conceived by creative polymath Danielle Harvey (director of Festival of Dangerous Ideas and originating director of A Midnight Visit), ETERNITYLAND will premiere with two weeks of previews from 3 August, before officially opening on 17 August. The show features over 20 Instagram-worthy sets and a collection of kooky characters including a cool Cowboy, a villainous Clown, a crooning Mr Money, a Mother (of monsters), a loyal but lazy Knight, a very lost Royal, and a retired Warrior and of course a bunch of minions and sidekicks.
ETERNITYLAND features an all-star line-up of art, theatre and film creatives with production design by Dan Porta, Matthew Aberline and Isabel Hudson, art direction by Natalie Verriest, video design by Sabrina Organo and Club Sandwich, costume design by Mason Browne and sound design by Julian Wessels. Supported by the NSW Government’s CBDs Revitalisation Program, ETERNITYLAND champions the creative community of Sydney and has been able to employ 60 artists and events professionals after what has been a challenging couple of years.
Sydney – it’s time to get amongst the creative art crowd you’ve been so desperately missing.
ETERNITYLAND opens from 3 August to 28 August with tickets starting from just $44.00 and available to purchase via www.eternityland.com.au
Multiple entry times available 20/300 Barangaroo Avenue near the Wynyard escalators, Sussex Street