Arena Theatre Company 2017

Arts Centre Melbourne

Costume Design Matilda Woodroofe
Created By Christian Leavesley and Jolyon James
Director Christian Leavesley 
Text Angus Cernini, Emilie Zoey Baker, Christian Leavesley and Jolyon James
Set Design Jolyon James Healy
Lighting Design Paul Lim (Additive)
Set Construction Additive

Co-Creators David Woods, Jonathan Haynes, Jess Kapuscinski-Evans, Trevor Dunn, Eva Sifis, Betty Bobbitt, Jax Jacki Brown
Lighting Design Richard Vabre
Photos Sarah Walker

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Do we live in a prison or playground?

Four performers battle each other inside a series of giant sculptural machines, hoping to discover the proof of free will.

Using slam poetry and demanding physical agility, the performers make their arguments from within the body of the machines – simultaneously asking; are we in control or being controlled? Trapper investigates the complex relationship humans have with the systems we embrace, inhabit and fight against.