“At the heart of Anything & Everything is the question of how young people find themselves in multiple realities, rather than a single overarching personality.”
— THUY TRAN, THE CONVERSATION
Anything & Everything - Live Performance - Premiere RISING Festival 2022
Young people’s lives are dominated by social media: selfies, meme cycles, video filters, "likes" and emojis. This screen culture defines their generation, but it's a world often hidden from the adults in their lives.
Set in a TV studio, Anything & Everything is a live performance that glimpses into the intimate online and IRL spaces where young people navigate technology, identity, ability, connection and consent.
Director Jackson Castiglione (The Dispute) works with an ensemble of artists aged between 11 and 21 who've collaborated online for the last two years. As the performers joke, share and converse live onstage, their peers manipulate cameras, digital filters and video. Together they augment their identities in real-time to explore the thresholds between screen, reality and agency.
ARTISTIC TEAM
Created and devised by Infinity and Jackson Castiglione
Director: Jackson Castiglione
Platform Arts infinity members: Poppy Goodman, Zara Nawaz, Harriet McNicol, Eza Bakker-Graham, Saskia Ellis-Gardam, Elm Macpherson
Platform Arts Producer: Penne Thornton
Project Producer: Xavier O’Shannessy
Dramaturge: Tamara Searle
Video and Media Designer: Rhian Hinkley
Composition and sound design: Robert P. Downie
Audio Operator: Connor Ross
Set Design: Tyler Hawkins
Costume Design and Stylist: Sophie Hayward.
Lighting Designer: Niklas Pajanti
Lighting Programmer: Tom Willis
Stage Manager: Libby Gilbert
Commissioned by RISING and Platform Arts. Supported by the City of Melbourne Arts Grants.