The Ceremony
PICK OF THE WEEK - ADELAIDE FRINGE 2024
Welcome to The Ceremony. Thank you. You’re welcome.
An experimental, interactive ritual – part sermon, part group therapy, part comedy show. Not a cult.
Crafted afresh from audience responses, the show changes every time it’s performed. We rummage through our collective pasts/presents/futures/other to see what kind of ceremony emerges. Or is that the ceremony? Does this mean anything? What does meaning mean? Hmm.
Take a seat. Contemplate your life. Contemplate my life. Join me. And let The Ceremony begin…
★★★★★ "Raw, wild and exhilarating" Binge Fringe
★★★★½ "Very special ... a joyous event" Squirrel Comedy
★★★★ "Hilarious, moving, provocative... extraordinary" The List
★★★★ "Great skill" The Scotsman
★★★★ "A spectacular feat of ingenuity" The Crumb
Presented by: Ben Volchok
Ben Volchok is an award-winning writer and performer from Naarm (Melbourne), creating multidisciplinary work across stage, audio, print, design and screen. With over a decade of solo show experience, he has presented work locally, interstate and internationally. He has recently successfully toured Edinburgh Fringe with his experimental immersive theatre comedy show, The Ceremony.
Reviews & Fringe Feed Reacts
Masterful in his ability to connect ideas and people together in a shared space of spontaneous creation ... raw, wild, and exhilarating - Moss Meunier, Binge Fringe
Great skill - Sally Stott, The Scotsman
Hilarious, moving, provocative ... extraordinary - Jo Laidlaw, The List
Interrogates what theatre is and what it means to gather together ... I’d book to see The Ceremony every night - Lyn Gardner, The Stage
brilliantly funny ... a master at drawing the audience out of their shell ... an unexpected an hilarious shared exploration of life - Simon Barnett, Glam Adelaide