3-6 MAR, 6.30PM

Motion Sickness

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  • Date 3-6 MAR, 6.30PM
  • Venue Studio
  • Price $17-$30+
  • Runtime 60mins
  • Writer & Co-Director Ben Ashby
  • Choreographer & Co-Director Nadiyah Akbar
  • Music Composer & Performer Toby Leman AKA Michael Dupp
  • Actor Ethan Morse
  • Designer and Operator Asha Barr
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Content warnings

Strobe Lighting & Sustained Loud Music.

Show info
Consider the ever-expanding blackness of space, the vastness of the deep ocean, That there is more video content on the internet than you could watch in your lifetime.

Do you remember the last time you really lost yourself on the dance floor?

Motion Sickness compares the end of the universe with the current political fire-storm of 2026. Using a score of pulsing electronic music, immersive, hypnotic visuals and breakneck-speed new writing, a2 Company is taking over the Basement Theatre for four nights to guide you through the three leading theories of the end of the world.

To be a tiny part of a massive universe is not the same as being insignificant.

a2 are an Aotearoa-Australia theatre company who exploded onto the scene in 2024, touring NZ to sold-out audiences with massive critical acclaim. Don't miss their anticipated return to the Basement.

"(a2 Company) push their bodies, voices, and instruments to the limit, creating a work that is tumultuous yet profoundly relatable." - My Melbourne Arts

Awards For Motion Sickness
Winner - Melbourne Fringe 2025 NSW Touring Award
Nominee - Melbourne Fringe 2025 Best in Theatre
Nominee - My Melbourne Arts Awards 2025 Best Production
Nominee - My Melbourne Arts Awards 2025 Best Performance 
Nominee - My Melbourne Arts Awards 2025 Best Sound Design (Toby Leman)
Nominee - My Melbourne Arts Awards 2025 Best Innovation in Tech
Winner -  The Emerging Company Award at Melbourne Fringe 2024

Creative Team

Writer & co-director: Ben Ashby
Choreographer & co-director: Nadiyah Akbar
Music composer and performer:  Toby Leman AKA Michael Dupp
Actor: Ethan Morse
Designer and Operator: Asha Barr
Presented by
a2 Company
a2 Company were founded in Pōneke and are now based in Naarm. They make physical theatre reflecting the state of the world, in order to build community and make change. Motion Sickness is their third major project.

Check out their website www.a2company.com.au and instagram @_a2_company_
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