What is your show about?
Lantern Ghost Tours are once again exposing the dark side of the capital on their special Melbourne Fringe Festival ghost tours. The Gold, Greed and Ghosts tour takes guests on a journey back to the 19th century gold rush; a time of lust, greed and betrayal. Discover the infamous Lola Montez, gold mine disasters and the Chinese Museum after dark.
How does your show challenge audience members?
Be incarcerated in a lunatic asylum, visit an abandoned morgue or be a ghost hunter for the night. Lantern Ghost Tours run multi-award winning ghost tours of Australia’s most haunted properties, putting your fear tolerance to the test.
What are you asking the audience to think about with your show?
The dark side of the capital. Irish-born Lola Montez: she rebranded herself as Spanish and performed the erotic Spider Dance at the Theatre Royal, Melbourne. When kicked out of Melbourne, she took her dance to the gold mines and was an instant hit. Staff at the dancer’s old haunts have felt feminine hands wrap around them only to discover there’s no one there.
What are the key influences that informed your show?
The life and times of Lola Montez. When Montez lifted her skirt up it was clear to the audience she was wearing no knickers. The Argus stated her performance was “utterly subversive to all ideas of public morality.” Lola hasn’t fully left the CBD and her sprit still causes goosebumps and mischief today.
Venue: Federation Square
Dates: September 15 – September 30 (Thursdays and Fridays, bar September 16)
Time: 8.30pm
Tickets: $34
