Using a staged performance of Hell House as a catalyst for discussion, Geelong’s world-renowned Back to Back Theatre invites you to three community forums on Provocation, Belief and Morality.

Every year in the USA’s Bible belt, thousands of Christians engage in a unique form of community theatre via a modern-day morality play called Hell House. Written by Baptist Minister, Pastor Keenan Roberts, the performance takes the form of a haunted house tour, with each room themed around a sin – such as drug-taking, pre-marital sex, abortion, drink-driving or homosexuality. Designed to scare young audiences into confirming their commitment to Christianity, Hell House presents a black-and-white moral world where a wrong decision will send you to hell.

Performed by 40 community actors from Geelong and south-west Victoria, Back to Back Theatre will stage Hell House as a museum would exhibit a cultural or religious artefact. This event is a presentation of a recruitment drive for evangelical belief. It is also a public discussion about matters important to us all.