Corporare - Evan Task in Space COMMENT 17 June 2026

      

THEATRE – COMMENT ONLY

Devised and Performed by Matthew Crosby & Tessa Luminati

At Theatre Works Explosives Factory, Inkerman St , St Kilda, 17- 27 June 2026

Comment: Kate Herbert

Stars: Not reviewed

This review is published only on this blog. I presented a radio review on Arts Weekly on 3MBS on Sat 20 June 2026. KH

Matt Crosby – Corporare – image Joe Calleri

 

So, what happens when the richest man on Earth decides he’ll be the first to land on — and colonise —Mars?

 

In Matt Crosby’s new show, Corporare - Evan Task in Outer Space. Crosby takes on that big question, mixing wild bits of science fiction, nods to classic sci-fi films, comedy and scathing satire about such things as out-of-control AI (self-driving cars included) and the potential disasters associated with unchecked technology. 

 

Crosby and his long-time creative partner and director, Tessa Luminati, created this work with inventiveness and a minimal budget.

 

It is a physical show, with minimal set and props and the pair craft an abstract representation of not only the character’s spacecraft, but space itself and even the surface of Mars. That’s no small feat for a low- no-budget show.

 

This production is fresh, funny and extremely relevant, especially when the main character, Evan Task,  is inspired by – or is a not-so-subtle stand-in for – a certain trillionaire.

 

So, will Task pull it off? You’ll have to see this clever production and find out before it closes on 27 June..

 

KATE HERBERT