Fire Drill Scenario
Geumhyung Jeong
Australian Premiere
Presented by Arts House and Asia TOPA, Arts Centre Melbourne
Thursday 6 – Sunday 9 March 2025
Thu – Sat, 7.30pm
Sun, 5pm
90 minutes, no interval
Tickets
Standard $40
Reduced $25
BLAKTIX $15
A small transaction fee will be charged per order.
Warnings
Fire Drill Scenario contains simulation of emergency evacuation, including moving inside and outside the venue.
It contains the use of smoke effects, haze, high pitched frequencies, loud music, flashing and strobe lights, abrupt lighting changes, low lighting, lights that black out and change in colour and intensity.
Arts House
North Melbourne Town Hall
521 Queensberry St,
North Melbourne
Visual Rating 50%
Aural Rating 50%
Wheelchair Accessible
Quiet Space Available
Assistance Animal
Companion CardExpect the unexpected in this wry, somehow ridiculous but useful performance that challenges the safety zones of art and life.
In Fire Drill Scenario, South Korean choreographer and artist Geumhyung Jeong investigates the excitement, and real-life risks that artists and audiences take when partaking in live performance experiences.
Theatres or any kind of exhibition spaces are loaded with different kinds of risks, as many people gather in a confined space. Geumhyung Jeong choreographs Arts House’s safety instructions with meticulous detail and dry wit.
After wowing Melbourne audiences with her stunning performance Oil Pressure Vibrator (RISING 2023), don’t miss this unique performer’s return to our stages.
About the artist
Artistic credits
Details
Australian Premiere
Presented by Arts House and Asia TOPA, Arts Centre Melbourne
Thursday 6 – Sunday 9 March 2025
Thu – Sat, 7.30pm
Sun, 5pm
90 minutes, no interval
Tickets
Standard $40
Reduced $25
BLAKTIX $15
A small transaction fee will be charged per order.
Warnings
Fire Drill Scenario contains simulation of emergency evacuation, including moving inside and outside the venue.
It contains the use of smoke effects, haze, high pitched frequencies, loud music, flashing and strobe lights, abrupt lighting changes, low lighting, lights that black out and change in colour and intensity.
Arts House
North Melbourne Town Hall
521 Queensberry St,
North Melbourne
Visual Rating 50% Aural Rating 50% Wheelchair Accessible Quiet Space Available Assistance Animal Companion CardSupported by –
Fire Drill Scenario has been supported by City of Melbourne through Arts House and Arts Centre Melbourne through Asia TOPA.
Originally commissioned by Asia Culture Centre Arts Theatre, Gwangju, South Korea and premiered in 2016. Supported by Arts Council Korea in 2023.
Image credit: Photo by Kanghyuk Lee. Geumhyung Jeong, Fire Drill Scenario
Image description: Performer Geumhyung Jeong, stands in a long–sleeve metallic silveroutfit. She places a hand-made silver helmet on her head with a gas mask, shielding her face. Behind her is a robot with a mannequin head.
