Into the Light: An Immersive, Physical Theatre Performance

Into the Light is a thought-provoking story about connections, disconnections, choice and freedom.

In an immersive physical theatre soundscape, the show takes the audience on a poetic journey into the world of consumerism and social media.

We follow the adventures of three allegorical characters who are lured in and out of their cyber cave by the controlling power of the goddess Google. There is only one ticket out of the place where human reality is virtualised and virtual reality humanised. Who is going to take it?

Inspired by Plato’s Allegory of the Cave and Greek mythology, Into the Light mixes physical theatre, dance, philosophy, literature, visual arts, music and digital media. It delves into consumerism, cyberculture, self-esteem, identity and acceptance themes, and presents a hard-hitting metaphor for the social media generation we live in: an epoch of split, parallel identities, where body and place are abandoned for beings of light and words to be created.

Our self-esteem boosted by a few clicks, our lives enlightened by screens of light. Into the Light is an inspirational story about individuality, choice and acceptance that will inspire and fascinate audiences everywhere.

Into the Light was developed as a collective creation by the members of the award-winning D.I.V.E. It premiered in 2020 at The Loo With a View in Mooloolaba, on the Sunshine Coast.