CITY OF SHADOWS at State Theatre Centre of Western Australia

The break out star and winner of the inaugural Martin Sims Award for Best Performance at FRINGEWORLD 2012, this unique and moving musical work returns from a critically acclaimed season at New York Fringe.

In the late 1980's around 4 tonnes of forensic and police photographs were rescued by the Historic Houses Trust from a flooded warehouse in New South Wales. Originating from police investigations, the images focus on the perpetrators, victims and vicinities of (often violent) crimes.

Stumbling upon this collection, Dease was immediately taken with the brutal beauty, honesty and the humanity these images portrayed. Fashion and style may have altered, but the haunting faces translate across time and location.