#for all you song of achilles girlies (gender neutral)

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Holding Achilles by Legs On the Wall and Dead Puppets Society

Music by Montaigne, with Tony Buchen and Chris Bear (Grizzly Bear) Recorded live at Queensland Performing Arts Centre in September 2022

Holding Achilles is a queer-centric stage adaptation of The Iliad featuring aerial work, stage puppetry, and an original score, with songs performed live by singer/songwriter Montaigne as Thetis.

watch on Sydney Festival Digital here

#holding achilles #for all you song of achilles girlies (gender neutral) #sorry that these screengrabs aren't the best #i cannot overstate how beautiful the staging was #and the MUSIC #the performances didn't always hit for me #but that's not to say they were bad!!! #it might just be me #regardless i absolutely did cry at several points #heart in my throat #it was deeply gorgeous #i'll see if i can get some good shots of nonbinary slay chiron lol #an mvp for sure #girls don't want film adaptations girls want stage recordings