A show of exploratory music and poetry about death, capitalism and ornithology. First Buzzard at the Body is a setlist of poetic texts subjected to transformative compositional processes, gutting them of meaning or stumbling through the banal into the sublime. The raw material of the poems is musicalised through cassette loops and digital looper, song, screen, instrumental use of microphones, and Elliot Vaughan's dynamic, embodied delivery.

Stylistically, the show draws on 70’s sound poetry like Canada’s Four Horsemen, 60’s minimalist composition such as Steve Reich’s phase pieces, the immediacy of punk and stand-up comedy, and the sprawling romance of the natural soundscape.

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"First Buzzard at the Body is a work unlike anything I’ve ever seen. Billed as an 'experimental work about death, capitalism and birds,' it steps far beyond those constraints and becomes a truly emotive piece of art."

"First Buzzard at the Body is a deliciously weird piece of experimental art (...) wholly incredible to be in its audience"
-(Emma Maguire, theatreview)

"Things morph, amplify, distort in delightfully unexpected ways in a chain reaction of events meticulously mapped out like a more virtuosic Water Walk by John Cage or (...) a Rube Goldberg contraption. The ingenuity is hilarious."
 -(Kosta Bogoievsky, theatreview)

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Please arrive at least 15 minutes before show start time. Latecomers admitted into the theatre at Basement's discretion. No refunds will be given. 

$15 and $20 Basement Mates tickets available for this event. Find out more about Basement Mates here.

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COVID-19 measures at Basement Theatre:

- The Government mandates may be gone, but our frenemy COVID (and a bunch of other nasty flus) are still hanging around. Head HERE for the information on what to do if you're feeling unwell and have a ticket.

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