Bianca Galvin
Bianca Galvin
Bianca Galvin was raised in Vancouver and now resides in Melbourne, majoring in Performance Design with a minor in User Experience. She has a background in stage performance and merges her love for storytelling with cutting-edge technology. Bianca is deeply inspired by the way popular culture creates a sense of community and connection, offering solace in an increasingly isolated, virtual world. This inspiration has shaped her work, where she aims to tell stories that have cultural relevance, while challenging perspectives and exploring themes of human connection. Bianca is co-founder and co-artistic director of the student theatre group Corpus Machina Collective.
This design sets Macbeth in the volatile, decadent world of rock 'n' roll. Macbeth illustrates how unchecked ambition and excessive power breeds moral decay and self-destruction.
Rockstars embody fame, wealth, indulgence, and self-destruction; the "King of Rock" is idolised as a demigod. The set draws from the iconic imagery of rock concerts, veiled in black, punctuated by bursts of colour, light, violence, and an assault of sound.
Rows of towering Marshall stacks evoke aggression and control, while harsh par can lights symbolise judgement and exposure. The orchestra pit is converted to a mosh pit, a modern-day groundlings, allowing for an intimate and visceral connection between performers and audience.
The Witches emerge from the mosh pit like feral groupies and lurk in a chaos of road cases. Our enduring fascination with the opportunistic rise and subsequent downfall of Macbeth echoes the guilty pleasure of watching a celebrity train wreck of human depravity and hubris.