Two powerful women who use body and limb to depict a world gone mad. Radical.
—Hildegard Devuyst, Audience member
Exposure is a visually striking, one-hour in-theatre performance created and performed by two women over 50. The work brings together Branch Nebula’s long-term investigation into endurance, vulnerability and attention with the cultural and conceptual rigor of acclaimed Australian performance artist Latai Taumoepeau.
Developed as a close collaboration, Exposure centres the ageing female body as a site of force, resilience and cultural inscription. The performers submit themselves to sustained physical and environmental pressures, creating a work that unfolds slowly and precisely, asking audiences to witness duration, strain and transformation in real time.
Latai Taumoepeau’s practice, grounded in Tongan cultural knowledge and political performance, brings a distinct perspective to the work. Her engagement with notions of duty, labour, climate, extraction and the body’s relationship to systems of power informs the dramaturgical frame of Exposure without didacticism. The collaboration deepens the work’s cultural and ethical stakes, situating physical endurance within broader questions of responsibility, visibility and survival.
There’s an ugly delicateness and fragility to it. Amazing!
–Neil Simpson, audience member
collaborating artists
Latai Taumoepeau
Mirabelle Wouters
Alejandro Rolandi
Phil Downing
Lee Wilson
Performers
Latai Taumoepeau
Mirabelle Wouters
Performance facilitator
Lee Wilson
Sound Design
Phil Downing
Lighting Design
Karen Norris
Production Manager
Alejandro Rolandi
Stage Manager
Madelaine Osborne
producer
Michaela Coventry
Video
Full show documentation available on request.
Presenting Exposure
Why Program Exposure
- An intimate yet visually powerful work suited to curated contemporary and experimental performance programs
- Centres mature female performers, offering rare representation on major stages
- High-profile collaboration with respected performance artist Latai Taumoepeau
- Strong alignment with festivals focused on risk, live art, feminism, climate and the politics of the body
- Compact scale with high conceptual and aesthetic impact
Format & Scale
- In-theatre presentation
- One-hour duration
- Two performers
- Designed for small to medium theatres and studio spaces
- Audience seated in close proximity
The work’s intimacy allows for heightened visual and emotional focus, while remaining technically robust and tourable.
Touring & Presentation
Exposure has been developed with touring flexibility in mind, including:
- Small touring team
- Efficient bump-in and bump-out
- Adaptable lighting and scenographic elements
- Clear technical requirements suitable for a range of venues
This enables presentation within festival programs seeking strong artistic statements without large-scale infrastructure.
Technical Snapshot
- Theatre-based presentation, open to alternative spaces
- Small to medium performance space
- Visually defined scenographic environment
- Integrated lighting design
- live sound design
Opening Season
PACT theatre, Sydney
20-23 May 2026
Exposure is commissioned by Vitalstatistix, developed with the support of Creative Australia and Create NSW, and is supported through residencies at Bundanon Trust, Cementa Festival, Adhocracy and Theatre and Performance Studies, the University of Sydney.
