Private View

Most people are sexual beings, with sexual thoughts, attitudes, feelings, desires, and romantic fantasies. Having a physical or intellectual disability doesn’t change your sexuality and your desire to express it. Yet, the subject of people with intellectual disability having romantic dreams and sexual desires is still taboo.

Private View invites audiences to become voyeurs; to observe people in their domestic spaces and discover their romantic dreams and hidden desires. Raw emotion is evident in every movement, revealing dancers lost in their own private worlds. Haunting melodies from Carla Lippis are deeply intertwined within the work and serve as the heartbeat of each scene, underscoring the dancers’ stories and intensifying their emotional resonance.

Private View is an intimate exploration of unspoken stories and secret longing from Australia’s leading creator of dance theatre by dancers with and without disability.

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The performance on Saturday 21 September at 7:30pm will be Auslan Interpreted and Audio Described.

Audio description is provided via headset, which can be collected from our Box Office prior to the performance. There are limited headsets available, so please contact [email protected] to secure your ticket and a headset.

You can purchase a ticket in the designated Auslan Interpreted section via the booking link.

If you would like to discuss your options with one of our friendly Box Office staff, please contact us via phone, email or in person. Contact details and opening hours are as follows:

Phone: +61 7 3358 8600
Email: [email protected]
Box Office Hours: Mon – Fri 9AM – 5PM (excluding Public Holidays), and 60 mins prior to any ticketed performance.

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This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Major Festivals Initiative, managed by the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, in association with the Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals Inc., commissioned by Adelaide Festival, Brisbane Festival and Alter State I Arts Centre Melbourne. Private View is supported by Arts SA, Creative Australia and the Restless Donor Circle.