Looking for something a little different these school holidays? Eddie Ray’s Silence of the Jams II: Lack of Judgement Day lands at Brisbane Powerhouse on April 9. It’s a live film, music and comedy hybrid.

Brisbane Powerhouse has one of the weirder school holiday bookings on its April calendar.

At Powerhouse Theatre, Eddie Ray’s show blends film, live music and comedy. It centres on a feature film with the soundtrack performed live as the story unfolds.

The setup is knowingly ridiculous. In a near-future ruled by AI, the internet controls everything, reality is augmented and humanity is on the brink. Into that mess steps Eddie Ray, a man who has never owned a smartphone, and has apparently watched far too much Terminator 2. He sets out to fight the machines and claw back some sense of what it means to be human.

As the film unfolds, Eddie Ray, the Band of Legends and a choir of local performers play the soundtrack live. That gives the show a stranger feel than a standard screening or theatre work.

Part concert, part cinema and part live comedy bit, this show is a good pick for anyone chasing something more offbeat these school holidays.

A weirder school holiday option in Brisbane

There’s not much else on the school holiday calendar quite like it. The official pitch sits somewhere between sci-fi western, music comedy and low-fi Australian chaos. Motorbikes replace horses and guitars do the work of weapons in a post-internet world known as Outside.

Eddie Ray is described as an award-winning artist whose music is funky and whose shows are funny. The production builds its own strange little universe around that mix of live performance, offbeat humour and post-internet absurdity.

Tickets and more information

Silence of the Jams II: Lack of Judgement Day is at Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm, on Thursday, April 9. Start time is at 7.30pm and runs for 60 minutes.

Tickets are priced at $30 for adults, $25 concession and $15 for children, with a transaction fee applying to purchases. The show is suitable for ages eight and up. It contains adult themes and has a full lockout, meaning latecomers will not be admitted once it begins.

Tickets: https://www.brisbanecomedyfestival.com/events/eddie-ray/

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