Brunswick is mixing theatre and techno in this new multi-sensory journey for Brunswick Music Festival.
Brunswick Music Festival has a show that sits right at the intersection of live electronic music and theatre, a mind-melting mash-up.
Imagine a show where the boundaries between stage and audience blur, where words fragment into sonic chaos, and where primal feeling and intellectual consideration collide in a haze of quadraphonic sound.
Brunswick Music Festival and Dreamache are serving up exactly that with Eternity is a Terrible Thought, a show at the intersection of theatre show and live electronic music experience that’s not quite a gig, not quite a play, but something gloriously in-between.
Set for Wednesday, 4 March 2026, at Melbourne’s Quad Club in Brunswick, this multi-sensory journey will transform how you think about live performances. If you’re craving something experimental, visceral, and utterly unforgettable, this show is for you.
Eternity is a Terrible Thought in Brunswick
- When: Wednesday, 4 March 2026, 7 pm to 11 pm
- Where: Quad Club, Brunswick, Melbourne
- Tickets can be purchased here for $15 online or $20 at the door
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Forget conventional shows. Dreamache Theatre breaks everything down into three oscillating parts; pure theatre, raw electronic sound, and their wild integration, working complementarily at times and then providing the perfect contrast at others.
Organisers of Eternity is a Terrible Thought describe the show as plays getting turned inside out and words rambling in a “schizophonic” manner: scattered, senseless, torn from their origin. Stage props whisper semantic secrets from the outside world. The separation between performer and crowd is defined one moment, and dissolves the next.
All featured artists crafted brand-new work tailored to this bold show. Picture aliens discussing dreams with no-input mixing boards. An interactive machine-choir that responds to human voice. A haunting monologue probing silence as the ultimate emotion, warped through vocal manipulation. Or a semi-autobiographical comedy where a young guy introduces his new partner to his father with schizophrenia. It’s a lineup that strikes a nerve before your brain has the chance to catch up.
Tribe Soundsystem will take the stage at Quad Club, a venue with a unique immersive sound setup, and deliver quadraphonic audio from four directions, wrapping the whole room and wiping out any front-stage divide. Lighting expert Joli Boardman bathes it all in mood-shifting glows. Key performers include the ethereal Khyaal Vocal Ensemble, ŽIVA collaborating with Transhuman Ansambl, Rita Bass, Orly Beringer x Luke Skineki, Tyler Bain, and April, a fresh play by Carter Hammond.
Dreamache Theatre, says founder Margarita Bassova, began with “a deep desire to attend an event that bridges the worlds of theatre and electronic music.” She explains, “Often we see performance art or dance in experimental music spaces, but rarely does that extend to performances derived from and espousing words, language.”
For her, both art forms — theatre and electronic music — are “primal” and create “a feedback loop that tucks the audience into its reins; the audience are co-authors, each going through their own catharsis and emotional reckoning.”
The absurdist comedy of the title stems from a gem in Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, a play that “sings” in Bassova’s mind daily. “There’s a humour in the existentiality of existence, we take it very seriously.”
Dreamache is Melbourne’s go-to for fringe electronic music; gritty, experimental spaces beyond clubs or band rooms, with their radio show keeping the pulse alive. Now, they’re venturing into live performance, mashing theatre’s intellect with electronic’s gut-punch. This show, featured in Brunswick Music Festival, marks Dreamache Theatre’s debut multidisciplinary adventure.
Brunswick Music Festival hits its 38th year this March and is a Merri-bek City Council gem. It kicks off with the massive Sydney Road Street Party, followed by a week of excitement packing over 40 gigs across icons like Howler and Brunswick Ballroom. This collaboration fits right into BMF’s tradition of bold, diverse lineups drawing thousands to one of Melbourne’s hottest cultural hubs.
In a city overflowing with great gigs and shows, Eternity is a Terrible Thought stands out as a portal to the unexpected. It’s for the curious, the seekers, the ones who thrive on art that challenges and envelops. Expect to leave rattled, exhilarated, maybe even transformed.
Eternity might be terrible, but this show is sure to be electric.
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