The Longest Night

An immersive acappella performance in the round, with Hengequeens feminist pop choir.There are nights that stretch out their dark fingers tenderly, earnestly, interlocking above and below until no starlight peeps through. There are nights whose long limbs amble endlessly, pounding pavements under hard streetlights, brushing through scrub with skinned knees and scratched palms. There are nights that kiss you softly on the forehead as you tumble into the abyss of sleep.Welcome to The Longest Night, an immersive choral experience that revels in the cold and the dark, birth and death drawing close and clasping hands in the great cycle of loss and return by which all living things are bound together.In The Longest Night, Hengequeens feminist pop choir bring you a set of gentle and reflective seasonal tunes, brought intimately to life in acappella vocal performance in the round.Enter the song circle, and let the swirling layers of harmonies pump blood into the coldest fringes of your being as the sun sets and rises and sets and rises.WHAT TO EXPECTShows begin promptly at 6pm & 8.30pm. Run time per show is approximately 60 min.This is a quiet, intimate show. Lighting is low and the choir is unamplified.Under 18s can attend with a parent or guardian, but please consider whether sitting quietly for an hour in a dark room listening to people singing dark songs is going to be easy for your kid, and make an alternative plan if they are going to hate it and be bouncing off the walls.North Perth Town Hall is accessible to people who require mobility aids. Please arrive ten minutes early so we can make sure you’re comfortable before the rest of the audience is seated.Depending on the weather on the day, the venue might be cold. Please bring rugs and jackets if sitting in a chilly space for an hour might negatively impact your listening experience.WHO ARE HENGEQUEENS?For choral treats with a side of feminism, check out Hengequeens: a feminist pop choir made up of people marginalised by the patriarchy, conducted by musician and academic Dr Claire Coleman, singing on Whadjuk country since May 2021. We sing originals and covers in bespoke 3-6 part arrangements.The popular (and not-so-popular!) songs we sing are by, for and about women and non-binary people. We want our sets to amplify and promote a range of voices, experiences and creative expressions. After we smash the patriarchy, we eat a lot of cake. A pox on setlists full of white dudes!