Lucifer
By Marcus Whale & Athena Thebus
An ongoing series of performances in collaboration with Athena reimagining the fallen angel Lucifer as a queer icon. Drawing upon mythologies that figure Lucifer as God’s brightest and most beautiful archangel, this performance portrays Lucifer as a guiding light for the forsaken. In the work, I sing arrangements of the song “Lucifer”, wearing a costume created out of imagery of decaying concrete and a circle of mould on the kitchen ceiling of the sharehouse where Athena and I live.
Lucifer I
4 x 5 minute performances across the day/night
Performed as part of Day for Night, as part of Liveworks 2017
Presented by Performance Space
Performer/Composer/Lead Artist: Marcus Whale
Performer/Designer/Lead Artist: Athena Thebus
Lucifer II
Performed as part of Sugar Mountain Festival 2018 in the Malthouse Theatre
Performer/Composer/Lead Artist: Marcus Whale
Designer/Lead Artist: Athena Thebus
Lighting: Matt Adey
Set Builder: Alice Joel
Drummers: Raquel Solier, Evelyn Ida Morris
Trombonists: Hannah Trewartha, Iain Faragher, David Farrell
Performed as part of “Queer Art After Hours” at Art Gallery of NSW
Performer/Composer/Lead Artist: Marcus Whale
Designer/Lead Artist: Athena Thebus
Double Bass: Jacques Emery
Lucifer III
UNSW Art & Design, Sydney, March 2018 (dur: 10 mins)
as part of Art Month Sydney 2018
Performer/Composer/Lead Artist: Marcus Whale
Designer/Lead Artist: Athena Thebus
Lucifer IV
Carriageworks Foyer, Sydney, September 2019 (dur: 7 mins)
as part of Sydney Contemporary 2019 Opening Night
Performer/Composer/Lead Artist: Marcus Whale
Designer/Lead Artist: Athena Thebus
Costume/Makeup: Chloe Corkran