VIGIL is dance, theatre and film. A fearless epic work.
VIGIL – IN DEVELOPMENT – PREMIERING 2025
A HUSBAND KILLS HIS WIFE
ANOTHER VIGIL FOR A DEAD WOMAN
ANOTHER DEATH IN CUSTODY
PROTEST
IS THERE NO PLACE THAT IS SAFE?
NO TEMPLE THAT IS SACRED?
WHAT LIVES MATTER?
VIGIL is an experiential and communal work being created by Outer Urban Projects.
VIGIL brings together an exceptional creative team of writers, dance artists and a community ensemble to examine the intersection of public and private safety with race, gender and terror in the streets of a modern city – Naarm/Melbourne. It is a multi-authored work that is imagined from the minds of unique creatives, with verbatim elements provided by the community ensemble and an electro-acoustic sound design that underpins a choric score.
CREATIVE TEAM
Director/Concept Irine Vela
Writers Sahra Davoudi, Samah Sabawi, Patricia Cornelius, Bryan Andy and Kush Kuiy
Choreographer/Dance Artist Tara Jade Samaya
Writer Mentors Christos Tsiolkas and Samah Sabawi
Creative Development artists to date: Adrienne Chisholm, Amarachi Logo, Ajak Kwai, Damian Seddon, Georgia Rudd, Gina Gascoigne, Israel Aloni, Ivy-Victoria Otradovec, Jennifer Large, Jonathan Reiter, Kuiy Kush, Mari Lourey, Maryanne Lynch, Mary Sitarenos, Michaela Tancheff, Nicki Benza, Pippa Samaya, Rebecca Robinson, Renae Shadler, Sermsah Bin Saad, Stella Horta, Theadra Fragos and Vahideh Eisaei
Developed with support from the Australian Government through Creative Australia and its arts funding and advisory body, the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, Besen Family Foundation, Inner North Community Foundation and Merri-bek City Council.