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21 Mar 2022

The Rabble – YES

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The impossible task of seeking the truth.
The acclaimed feminist theatre makers THE RABBLE are exploring the complex dynamics of power,
consent, knowledge and truth through this new performance work: YES.
People the world over are living through periods of great change and disruption and yet access to
reliable information is becoming ever more elusive.
Set within an ever-evolving physical space, YES witnesses two performers answer hundreds of
relentless and overwhelming questions with one seemingly simple word.
In THE RABBLE’s own words, “People all over the world are trying to tell the story of the last two years.
Between the bushfires, COVID-19, the Black Lives Matters protests, transphobia and never-ending
conspiracy theories, the chasm between world views is literally and metaphorically widening.” YES
co-directors, Emma Valente and Kate Davis, explain, “We want to disempower the makers of meaning
– the leaders of patriarchal structures – that filter and decide how trauma is portrayed – we want to
create a more communal process of searching.”
Valente and Davis often question: why is it so difficult to find simple facts? Why can’t we create a
more communal process of searching? Could it be possible that multiple conflicting ideas are all true
at once?
Building to a cacophony of potential answers, YES is an unpredictable onslaught that culminates in a
void, drained of contested narratives.
Part rite of passage, part public debate, part personal memoir, the audience are taken from joy to
contemplation to existential dread as they ponder their own feelings towards seeking the truth.
Arts House Artistic Director, Emily Sexton, is delighted to welcome back THE RABBLE, “After a long
gestation period, YES will finally have its premiere. This powerful work looks at our relationship to
truth in a post-traumatic world. It’s a riveting series of questions that rise, settle, provoke and rise
again.”
YES
THE RABBLE

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Arts House Media Release 22 Feb 2022 − For Immediate Release

30 Mar – 10 Apr, Arts House

Duration: 90 mins
Arts House – North Melbourne Town Hall
521 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne
$20 general admission + booking fee
$10 BLAKTIX for First Nations + booking fee
artshouse.com.au or (03) 9322 3720

World Premiere
YES by THE RABBLE
Previews: 30 – 31 Mar 2022

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