Ben Volchok stands in a black suit and tie, holding a candelabra with two lit candles, and one hand outstretched inviting you to join him.

Ben Volchok sits cross-legged in a black suit and tie, holding a candelabra with two lit candles, shielding the flames with his other hand. The image is in black and white.

Ben Volchok stands in a black suit and tie, holding a candelabra with two lit candles, and one hand in a ceremonial gesture. The background is purple and green.

The Ceremony

Comedy • Interactive

Victoria

After a successful season at the 2023 Adelaide Fringe Festival, the (not a) cult phenomenon is back...

Welcome. Welcome to the ceremony. Welcome. You're welcome. Thank you.

Exploring ideas around ritual and tradition in the modern world, The Ceremony is experimental and interactive - part sermon, part group therapy, part comedy show (not a cult).

Created afresh from audience responses, the show is completely different every night. Through our collective pasts/presents/futures/other we construct a wholly new ceremony to take home with you for your own personal use.

Or is that the ceremony? What's going on? Where are we? Who are we? Does this have a meaning? What does meaning mean? Hmm.

Come in. Take a seat. Contemplate your life. Contemplate my life. Join me. And let the ceremony begin...

Presented by: Ben Volchok

Ben Volchok is an award-winning writer and performer from Naarm (Melbourne), creating multidisciplinary art across theatre, comedy, fiction, audio and design. His work is existential, experimental and typically more than a little absurd. Ben's solo comedy play "The Final Hours Hour" won the Hong Kong Tour Ready Award at the Adelaide Fringe Festival in 2020, and he currently runs a monthly experimental comedy show called The Ceremony.

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