Welcome To Nowhere explores Victor Turner's concept of liminality through the work of five playwrights: Angus Cerini, Daniel Keene, Zoey Dawson, Morgan Rose and Fleur Kilpatrick.
Director Emma Valente and actors from Monash University do a brilliant job of executing a polished and professional production with heart, humour and absurdity, jumping from story to story seamlessly — casual sex before a trip to Mars, an abusive father's remains in a cardbox urn bringing together estranged siblings, a bizarre and twisted award presentation, a town that's disappeared overnight, and violence against same-sex love based in a creepy carnival setting. Some pieces are stronger than others, and perhaps it's because by the end you start to feel the two-hour runtime, but the darkest piece, Angus Cerini's The Curling Ribbon, is a challenging one to finish on. Nevertheless, there's a lot to unpack about space, time and transition in Welcome To Nowhere overall, if you wish to go down that road — the way it leaves your head spinning afterwards is a sign of clever and invigorating theatre.
