Queen’s Theatre
Gillies Arcade / Playhouse Lane
Bus Stop C3 King William Street – Eastside, 7 minute walk to Playhouse Lane.
Bus Stop Z2 King William Street – Westside, 7 minute walk to Playhouse Lane.
Parking: UPark Topham Mall: 52-54 Waymouth Street, between Currie and Waymouth Streets.
Entry/Exit: Waymouth Street opposite Bentham Street.
Events
Doku Rai
A darkly hilarious meditation on histories of violence, the power of stories and colonialism, Doku Rai was created by an improbable gathering of artists stranded to live and work on a remote island off Timor-Leste. The critically acclaimed Black Lung Theatre and Whaling Firm, rife with malaria, retu
Murder
Inspired by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' Murder Ballads, theatre magicians Erth meditate on the violence staining our world and delve into our culture’s obsession with murder. Bringing to life the band’s shadowy characters through puppetry, digital imagery, old carny tricks and a razor-sharp,
Severed Heads with special guest ATOM TM
Using tape loops, noisy synth arrangements and dissonant sound sources to striking effect, Severed Heads leapt to the forefront of the world’s emerging electronic music scene. Cited as a major influence by all who followed, Tom Ellard and his ever-morphing line-up went on to create a hybrid of cla
Unsound Adelaide
Having a DJ save your life is so 1982. How about a DJ who scares you half to death, melts your mind with stunning combinations of sound and visuals and pushes electronic music to its limits? Over three separate nights at Queen’s Theatre and one visually spectacular event at Adelaide Town Hall, Uns
Tim Hecker & Daniel Lopatin (aka Oneohtrix Point Never), Robin Fox, Raime and Trinity (Biosphere, Lustmord, MFO)
Unsound Adelaide kicks off with aurally warm sets by ambient electro-artists Tim Hecker & Daniel Lopatin (aka Oneohtrix Point Never), an indescribable sound and laser spectacle from Robin Fox, shadowy minimalist techno from Raime and a sound and visual work based on nuclear weapons research in t
Tim Hecker, Actress and Hype Williams
Make your ears and the thing in between them happy with three acclaimed electronic acts playing minimal, glitch and ambient gone weird, wild and wonderful. Tim Hecker explores the intersection of noise, dissonance and melody, fostering an approach to songcraft which is both physical and emotive. Lon
Lustmord, Demdike Stare, Pole and Ben Frost
Low frequencies, dark ambient, post punk, black metal and noise; field recordings from caves, crypts and slaughterhouses; and an occult project fusing elements from cult soundtracks and fractured dub – things get dark and spooky on Unsound Adelaide’s last night of stunningly experimental electro
