Written by Jessica Fallico and Iley Jones
Director Jessica Fallico
Producer Ranting Mime Productions
Choreographer Cameron Boxall
PERFORMANCE DATES: October 7th - 11th 2025
TIME: 7:15pm - 8:10pm
LOCATION: Theatre Works, Explosives Factory, St Kilda.
Melbourne Fringe with Theatre Works and Ranting Mime Productions presents a new work, 'Brothers Bare'.
A White Rabbit riddles with a desperate bride. Two trolls plague a fragile mind. A girl stumbles into a home to be greeted by three bears. And they all die.
A dissection of fairytales, their haunting origins and the expectations they induce in adulthood—seemingly innocuous tales will be twisted, as we descend down the rabbit hole.
"Gather ‘round children, no that isn’t right,
This story would give them a terrible fright.
Your small children should be tucked into bed,
With their night-lights on and their bellies fed.
We’re bringing to light what lurks in the dim
Festering and vile, all slimy with sin.
This story’s unfitting for your little runts
’Cause this story’s about some gawd awful c*nts.”
Set in a modern dystopian world—dressed in concrete and graffiti—three vignettes explore ideology, gender, body image, addiction and abuse, all told through the foggy lens of fairytales. An electrifying night of theatre, featuring song, dance, poetry and exquisitely crafted performances. This disconcerting piece will lull you into the familiar, before leaching into your fears.
From Broadway World Award Winning director Jessica Fallico, noted for creating playful and mischievous works, masterfully executed and finely tuned.
