The Ironing Maidens at Rockhampton River Festival

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Fri 26 Jul 2024 - Sun 28 Jul 2024

The Ironing Maidens, Patty Preece and Melania Jack, inspired this experimental electronic arts project as a homage to the work of Daphne Oram, a pioneer of music technology from the 1950s whose work has been instrumental in the development of the electronic sound industry.

The Ironing Maidens live electronic experience is the absolute most fun you will ever have while thinking about the housework. Ingeniously adapting real irons and ironing boards into electronic instruments this performance is a high-energy, captivating explosion of dancing, visuals, wit, humour and steamy hot sounds. With house-inspired tracks built from real-world laundry sounds and samples, The Ironing Maidens set bangs like an unbalanced washing machine and you will be dancing your way to a wrinkle-free, electro future.

The Ironing Maidens have toured Europe, playing Germany's famous Fusion Festival, The Performing Arts Festival Berlin, featured at Byron Bay's Falls Festival, Woodford Folk Festival, Jungle Love, The Planting Festival, Wide Open Spaces, were finalists in the Grant McLennan Fellowship and won a John Chataway Innovation Award for their shows at Adelaide Fringe Festival in 2019 and 2020.

The show is timely, relevant and thought-provoking, but at the same time wholly entertaining and funny. It's a multi-platform mix of original music, captivating visuals, pop costumes by Frida Las Vegas, lighting, high-energy dance and plenty of ironing puns. It has toured regional laundromats in New South Wales and Queensland to rave reviews and sold-out shows.

The Ironing Maidens will be performing at Rockhampton Customs House, 208 Quay Street, with schedule as follow:
Friday, 26 July 2024, starting at 8.45 pm
Saturday, 27 July 2024, starting at 8 pm
Sunday, 28 July 2024, starting at 5 pm

Book here, $35 per person. Mild coarse language.


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