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HIGH OCTANE



Images Nat Cartney. 

World premiere:
Campbelltown Arts Centre Commission
27 - 29 March 2025

Choreographer/performer: Emma Harrison
Performers/collaborators: Emma Riches, Frances Orlina
Sound designer: Amy Flannery
Lighting design: Benjamin Brockman
Dramaturg: Adriane Daff
Producer: Anthea Doropolous
Costume: Eliza Cooper
Understudy: Cassidy Mcdermott Smith



Exploring success, capitalism, class, and material wealth, High Octane takes a visceral look at how these forces shape our identities and bodies. Hailing from Regional Queensland and New South Wales, Harrison alongside an epic line-up of performers and creatives, delves into the hypermasculine world of racing channelling her personal experiences into a provocative interrogation of ambition and its price.

With an explosive blend of movement, rev heads, burnouts, rhinestones, music, and early 2000s-inspired visuals, High Octane takes the stage by force. A raw and electrifying reflection on the forces that drive us, High Octane challenges audiences to reconsider their relationship with success, power, and the relentless pursuit of more.



I acknowledge the Gadigal and Dharug peoples as the traditional custodians of the land on which I live, work and create.
I pay my respects to all First Nations peoples and their elders past and present.
I recognise and honour their 65 000 years of connection to place, community, and story telling.
Sovereignty was never ceded.