The Cars That Ate Paris

A gothic tale

From flyer for 'The Cars That Ate Paris', 1992.

Performed in a large crash repair garage in Melbourne, The Cars that Ate Paris involved performer and musician as composer, utilising the improvisation skills of singers and instrumentalists to create vocal lines and accompaniment.

Based on Australian writer/director Peter Weir’s film of the same name, this macabre story is set in the small rural town of Paris where the inhabitants live off the proceeds of staged road accidents. As Arthur, the survivor of one such accident, overcomes his phobia of cars, we learn the gruesome truth of this gothic outback township.

Instrumentation sop., bar., ten., 2 actors, acrobat, pf., sampler, elec. vln., environmental perc.

“An imaginative and visually arresting piece of music theatre…

THE AGE

Nominated for several Green Room Awards.

Text and Original Film
Peter Weir
Stage Adaptation and Direction
Douglas Horton
Design
Jacqueline Everitt
Lighting
Philip Lethlean
Sound
Darren Golding
Music
The Ensemble
Performers
Hope Csuturos, Scott Grayland, Judy Gunson, David Joseph, Tyrone Landau, Helen Noonan, David Sandford, Grant Smith.