A Book of Hours

Wed Sep 03 2025 at 09:30 am to 10:30 am UTC+10:00

The Ian Potter Southbank Centre | Melbourne

Rubiks
Publisher/HostRubiks
A Book of Hours
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Returning to Melbourne for one night only!
A Book of Hours is a meditation on the mystery of time, a multimedia performance combining projected movement and a quirky live musical score. With a quartet for toothbrushes, vegetables swirling in stop-motion and wind-up toys whirring across the stage, this revelatory new work is a triumph of imagination from a team of award-winning Victorian artists.
Created by composer Kate Neal, choreographer Gerard Van Dyck, filmmaker Sal Cooper and performed by new music ensemble Rubiks Collective, A Book of Hours explores how we divide our time and spend our days.
New arrangements of works by Baroque classical composer Couperin (1668-1733) sit alongside distinctively contemporary compositions featuring synthesisers, reception bells, cardboard boxes and speaking clocks.
A sonic and visual feast for the senses, A Book of Hours is full of moments to surprise and delight audiences of all ages.
Time collapses, days invert and nights implode.
Tick tock, tick tock. Watch it all unwind…
“Call it dance or art music or just live performance. Whatever it is – A Book of Hours is the best kind of puzzle.”
— ★★★★ The Age
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Tickets are free but reservations are essential.
This performance is generously supported by the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music (The University of Melbourne) through the New Music Studio.
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The Ian Potter Southbank Centre, 33-43 Sturt St, Southbank VIC 3006, Australia, Melbourne

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