AMBUSCADE

for voices, percussion and electronics

Featuring
JUSTINE ANDERSON
JAMES HULLICK
PETER NEVILLE
and with NORIKO TODANO in video format (prerecorded)

Presented in vocal concert form with electronic music, Ambuscade is a new work that tells of a ghost story. A paramedic stacks the ambulance. A business woman battles a heart attack.

21-22 June, 7:30pm

TICKETS $10 at the door

BOOKINGS: charlotte.bolcskey@joltarts.org

ABOUT AMBUSCADE

CHARACTERS

Himiko Noriko Tadano voice; shamisen
Le Scatterman James Hullick voice; guitar, piano
All Mother/Inanna Justine Anderson voice

Instrumental ensemble BOLT Ensemble
Percussion – Peter Neville
Electronics – James Hullick

Le Scatterman and Inanna are ambulance drivers. Inanna is the senior officer. The drivers are also married. They are called out to assist a woman who is having a heart attack. That woman is Himiko.

Whilst driving, Inanna and Le Scatterman argue about domestic issues, resulting in Inanna dropping off Le Scatterman at the supermarket while she continues on to attend Himiko.

Le Scatterman calls Inanna while she is driving. Inanna is distracted while arguing on the phone and crashes the ambulance.

The flow of the opera cuts to video sequences of the daughters waiting for their parents to pick them up from school.

Having been thrown through the windscreen, Inanna dusts herself off and gets back in the ambulance and continues on to Himiko. When Inanna arrives Himiko berates her for taking too long. Himiko reveals that she is now a ghost (dying from the heart attack emergency), and that Inanna also is ghost. Much to Inanna’s alarm it is becomes apparent that Inanna died in the ambulance crash.

Le Scatterman arrives at the scene of Himiko’s death and shocks Himiko back to life with a defibrillator. Leaving Inanna in the ghost world.

About the BOLT Ensemble: Founded in 2002, this unique ensemble is a collective of outstanding orchestral, rock and other musicians who perform avant-garde projects generated by JOLT Arts.

SHOW RUNNING TIMES
Doors Open: 7.30pm

SUPPORTED BY

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Japan Foundation.
Revive Live – an Australian Government initiative.

ARTISTS

James Hullick

JAMES HULLICK JOLT Director & CEO / Composer / Musician HULLICKSTUDIOS.COM James Hullick is an auditory creator like no other in Australia. Recently James’ artistic identity has been shifting from cutting-edge composer to that of an all out iconic...

Noriko Tadano

NORIKO TADANO shamisen / voice Noriko Tadano is an award-winning, virtuoso master of the Japanese shamisen (a 3-string, banjo-like instrument) and a traditional Japanese vocalist, who has performed all over the world. She has been playing shamisen since she was 6...

Justine Anderson

JUSTINE ANDERSON singer Justine Anderson completed her Masters degree in voice at the Victorian College of the Arts in 2008 and completed a fellowship at Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) in 2015.She has had wide performance experience as both a soloist and...

Peter Neville

PETER NEVILLE percussionist Peter Neville is a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts and was appointed Head Of Percussion there in 2000. Whilst he works across the range of musical styles, he has a particular commitment to new music. As the percussionist of...