Psychopomp and Seething | Barking Spider Creative

In early 2015 Barking Spider Visual Theatre in association with MUST presented
Psychopomp & Seething – a double bill of two short works for a small audience.

“The moving seating-bank is like being put into giant audience go-kart – and the whole experience is like being dropped inside someone else’s dream. I had a night of unexpected, beautiful theatre”. Daniel Marks

Psychopomp: A visual quartet for four voices.
Seething: A short work for voice and dancer.

CLICK HERE to watch Psychopomp excerpt

CLICK HERE to watch Seething excerpt

“The words spoken have a lingering effect on my mind and I find myself lost and overcome by the visual and aural beauty on stage…Barking Spider constantly aim to produce original and unique theatre for its audiences, with no performance experience the same. It is risky but so far, they are hitting all the right spots.”
Myron My – Theatre Press (for the full review CLICK HERE).

“Made me think of a feminist Beckett, with feathers and sex”. Alison Croggan @alisoncroggon

“The performers – James Cerche, Nicola Grear, Aislin Murray and Lindsay Templeton – are all experienced and accomplished people and lend Ms Bartlau’s text great emotion….(Psychopomp & Seething is) highly imaginative and distinctly original; it is a fine example of artistic collaboration and, having let it all wash over you, it stays with you and meaning begins to take shape and substance.” Michael Brindley – Stage Whispers (for the full review CLICK HERE).

“This blend of dream and reality makes for a familiar unease because even when we wake up, we hold the too-real emotional experience of our dreams, and that emotion is never too far from a wide-awake truth”. AM Peard – Sometimes Melbourne (for the full review CLICK HERE)

“Barking Spider Visual Theatre’s latest show, in collaboration with Monash University Student Theatre, drops its small audience into the pitch black of another’s subconscious. Without giving too much away, the mind’s roiling depths are dizzyingly physical and sensory”. R. Harkins-Cross – Sydney Morning Herald (full review CLICK HERE)

“Stunning, focussed spectacle with a very rich script…Seething – very very sensual writing…the second work, Psychopomp – a miniature gem. Please don’t miss this excellent gem”. 3MBS REVIEW – Peter Green

“Both Psychopomp and Seething are remarkable pieces of writing and the entire experience was sensorial, visceral, exciting, and engaging. I knew that Bartlau was an amazing theatre maker, but I had no idea she was such a brilliant writer.” Samasara Dunston Blogspot Review

“It felt like you were in Dorothy’s house, travelling to strange lands. It was unsettling and wonderful – 4 stars” Eleanor Lindberg. Melbourne. Arts. Fashion

Director & Designer/ Jason Lehane
Sound Designer/ Darius Kedros
Writer & Producer/ Penelope Bartlau
Musical Consultant/ Leah Scholes
Choreographer/Kate Brennan
Choreography Consultant/ Ashley Dyer
Assistant Director/ Jessica McLaughlin Cafferty
Stage Manager/ Hayley Toth

Performers/ Vanessa O’Neill, Kate Brennan, Aislinn Murray,
Lindsay Templeton, James Cerche and Nicola Grear