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‘Fascinating and ghoulish performances’ at the NPG

NOT content with providing an amusement parlour for kids by day, the National Portrait Gallery has announced that it will be opening its doors until 8pm on Fridays from January 8 to 2 February 26.

The waxworks art Madame Tussaund's engaged in a ball, printed by George Cruikshank, 1847, London.
The waxworks art Madame Tussaud’s engaged in a ball, printed by George Cruikshank, 1847, London.

As well as exploring the permanent collection and the summer exhibition” Sideshow Alley: infamy, the macabre and the portrait”, the public can enjoy “fascinating and ghoulish performances and activities.”

There will be ‘adult’s only’ “Sex, murder and mayhem” tours running each late night from 6.30pm to 7, replete with grim and grisly tales, not for the young or faint of heart, or so they’re saying.

Take your choice:

  • 6-7pm, Fridays January 8 and 15, Canberra artist Hannah Quinlivan’s progressive installation ‘Arrhythmia’ grows while music and dance performances take place in and around the artwork.
  • 6.00pm to 6.35pm and 7.00pm to 7.35pm, Friday January 22 and 29, comedy cabaret duo Shortis and Simpson present ‘Songs to die for’, a musical exploration of society’s morbid fascination with criminals and death.
  • 6.00pm to 6.30pm and 7.00 to 7.30pm. Fridays February 5 and 26, animated, hand-painted slides of the macabre and the grotesque, the shocking and the heartbreaking, will be thrown onto the screen from the magic lantern on from
  • 5.00pm to 7.30pm, Friday 12 February, Sydney folk act, The Button Collective perform.
  • 5.30pm to 7.30pm, Friday, February 19, watch the magical mayhem of the Etcetera Duo, enjoy a close shave, or a tarot reading, or take a mug shot, or adopt a gothic horror look.

Late nights at the National Portrait Gallery, Fridays in January and February from 5.00 to 8.00pm; activities are free as is entry to view the permanent collection. ‘Sideshow Alley’ exhibition tickets are at $10 or $8 concession; children under 18 receive free entry. The Portrait Gallery’s café and bookshop will be open.

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