Theatre and Dance Collide in ‘BiPolar Express’ at Sydney Fringe

Inspired by the lived experience of writer and performer Bianca Yeung, BiPolar Express brings together a team of exciting dance and theatre artists in a multidisciplinary depiction of Bipolar disorder that is gripping, heartwarming and fantastical.

The work follows the journey of protagonist Antonia after she enters a manic episode on the train. Presented up-close-and-personal at Flight Path Theatre, this show is an immediate look into the blurred edges and spontaneous dynamisms unleashed by a brain gone rogue.

A playful combination of text and dance, the show oscillates between Antonia’s inner and outer worlds. Where words fail, movement fills the gaps, with a motley crew of characters both real and imagined dancing their way through Antonia’s subconscious.

Yeung is collaborating with choreographer Avalon Ormiston (Graduate Pathway Intern with Stephanie Lake Company, recipient of Ian Potter Emerging Artist Grant 2024), and director Isabella Milkovitsch (Assistant Director for Twelfth Night, Banging Denmark, and Shakespeare in Love at the New Theatre, Assistant Producer at Sport for Jove Theatre Company), as well as independent dance producer Phaedra Brown, and a dynamic team of dancers, actors and designers.

This team of emerging artists draws directly from their experience as young people in the world right now. According to Yeung, “Although conversations about mental illness in young people are on the up, representation in art is uncommon and often highly stereotyped. Our show seeks to challenge that by approaching mental illness with the kind of curiosity that allows for truthful and at times, comedic results.”

BiPolar Express premieres on Thursday the 25th September – Saturday 27th September at Flight Path Theatre. Tickets are $35 for Full, $30 for Concession and $25 for Deadly Tix.

Book now at https://sydneyfringe.com/events/bipolar-express/

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