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The Top Gallery of Theatre Royal is NOW OPEN for tickets! Only 167 seats left. A huge thank you to everyone for your incredible support of VAST. I can’t wait to work with the extraordinary Greg Gurr (Sound Supervisor) and Jason James on a very special lighting design in this very lush Theatre..!

VAST | Theatre Royal Where Sound Meets the Cosmos

Dear Friends - TICKETS LIVE TODAY...!
I’m so thrilled to share that my new work VAST, a long time in the making for me, will be presented as part of the Beaker Street Festival on 12 August 2026 at the Theatre Royal.
Huge thanks to the amazing Singers, Musicians, and Technical Team who will bring this project to life. Please share this post and help me make it a sell-out performance! - So looking forward to seeing you in Hobart.

VAST | Theatre Royal Where Sound Meets the Cosmos

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25th February 2026, via Theatre Royal, Hobart

VAST
Where Sound Meets the Cosmos

Tasmanian composer Constantine Koukias returns from Amsterdam with Dutch sound designer Willem van Erven Dorens to unveil a groundbreaking work that transforms the invisible force of Dark Energy into a live sonic spectacle. This site-specific work has been created for Beaker Street Festival and the Theatre Royal.

Forget conventional concerts. Inside a transformed Theatre Royal, a bespoke spatial audio system reshapes the room into a 360° universe of sound, where more than 120 recorded voices and 80 instrumentalists break apart into sonic “particles” that swirl, collide, and drift like unstable matter in an invisible field. What you hear depends entirely on where you sit. No two seats share the same journey.

The international ensemble features Australian pianist Gabriella Smart, American soprano Katharine Dain, English tenor Tyrone Landau, Tasmanian musicians Jennifer Owen (violin) and Yoram Levy (trumpet), Celia Craig (Cor Anglais, SA), Greg Gurr (sound supervisor), Jason James (lighting designer), and Donald Bate (live delay operator).

“I imagine the audience hanging weightless in the dark, drifting between unseen galaxies while their own heartbeat quietly locks into the music’s undertow. It isn’t a spectacle to look at, but a vastness you disappear into.”
— Constantine Koukias, composer

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