The Waiting Room

And more importantly, what have you been waiting for?

The Waiting Room is an expanded cinema and immersive theatre experience about what it means to wait.

Written and directed by Martine Corompt and Camilla Hannan

The Waiting Room is made up of four acts or stages of waiting - Distraction, Disruption, Compliance, and Reward. Each of these acts is hosted by ‘Ted Sheriden’ (Todd Levi) who guides and energises the audience throughout these events. Part Ted-Talk academic, part snake oil salesman, evangelical zealot and dishevelled madman, at each stage the audience is unsure of which version of Ted they’re going to get.

The performance culminates in an archetypal cinematic event –an experimental live rendition of the THX surround sound intro sequence – a motif usually heralding the beginning of the main event, but with The Waiting Room it signals the end. This sequence, is performed on handmade instruments by the Overtone Ensemble, amplified in immersive surround sound and accompanied by kaleidoscopic film and lighting design

In 2024, The Waiting Room was the recipient of the RMIT Capitol 100 commission and was fully developed and executed for one night only on November 9th 2024 at the Capitol Theatre Melbourne.

The Waiting Room

Written and Directed by Martine Corompt and Camilla Hannan

Actor: Todd Levi

Video and Animation: Martine Corompt

Sound Design: Camilla Hannan

Cinematography: Bronek Kozka and Hootan Haghshenass

Movement Director: Xanthe Beasley

Dramaturgical consultants: Xanthe Beasley, Kate Sulan and Emilie Collyer

Musical score: The Overtone Ensemble (Tim Catlin, Philip Brophy, Dave Brown and Atticus Bastow)