high octane

2025

Dance

Artist/s:

Director and Performer: Emma Harrison

Performer and Collaborator: Emma Riches

Performer and Collaborator: Frances Orlina

Lighting Designer: Benjamin Brockman

Sound Designer: Amy Flannery

Costume Designer: Eliza Cooper

Dramaturg: Adriane Daff

Outside Eye: Martin del Amo and Miranda Wheen

Understudy: Cassidy McDermott Smith

Production Manager: Jessica Pizzinga

Operator: Darcy Catto-Pitkin

High Octane was a daring new performance from visionary artist, Emma Harrison. Exploring success, capitalism, class, and material wealth, High Octane takes a visceral look at how these forces shape our identities and bodies. Hailing from Regional Queensland and New South Wales, Harrison channels her experiences into a provocative interrogation of ambition and its price.

With an explosive blend of movement, rev heads, rhinestones, music, and early 2000s-inspired visuals, High Octane takes the stage by force. Premiering in March 2025, this groundbreaking new work features a dynamic creative team, including performers Emma Riches and Frances Orlina, dramaturg Adriane Daff, lighting designer Benjamin Brockman, sound designer Amy Flannery, costume designer Eliza Cooper, and outside eyes Martin del Amo and Miranda Wheen.

A raw and electrifying reflection on the forces that drive us, High Octane challenges audiences to reconsider their relationship with success, power, and the relentless pursuit of more. In a world fuelled by competition, get ready for a high-speed ride through ambition, self-identity, and the price of making it to the top.