'One of the most extraordinarily involving and rewarding theatrical experiences. Unforgettable. Go.'
Geoffrey Williams, Melbourne Arts Reviews

Created and performed by Tamara Saulwick, Pin Drop investigates our collective responses to real or perceived threats, the tension arising from potential threats and the way these threats play on the mind and in the body. The threat posed by the unknown other: the stranger breathing down the phone, the thump on the roof in the night, the danger lurking in the unlit street.

The insights, experiences and anecdotes that form the basis for Pin Drop come from interviews with people ranging in age from six to 92 years of age. These interviews provide insights into people’s interior worlds as they make their way through the city; as they walk down its streets at night, and close the doors of its houses in the evening.

Pin Drop is an audio-sensory work that tells its stories through 12 voices; one live, 11 pre-recorded. Through the use of realtime audio processing, composer Peter Knight, incorporates live sound and voice, so that the pre-recorded and the live are interwoven and interactive. Household objects crackle and slice their way into the imagination as stories both unnerving and strangely familiar unfold. The collaborative team, also including Michelle Heaven (movement) and Ben Cobham (design), have developed a work that combines text, sound, movement and design in equal measure to astonishing effect.