Enter a titillating world of scents and sounds, sharpen your instincts and allow yourself to lose control.

Sit in a wheelchair, put on a blindfold and indulge your imagination, as Ontroerend Goed digs into your pleasures, fears, desires and memories.

Once you take the plunge and relinquish control, you’ll be taken on some very personal and intimate adventures - beautiful, confronting and surreal. In high demand at Edinburgh and Adelaide Fringe Festivals, this wily little show aims to take you behind a curtain and into a strange world of sensory delight.

Presented in association with Australian Academy of Dramatic Arts and Richard Jordan productions.

Company/production special thanks and acknowledgements.

PHOTO: VIRGINIE SCHREYEN

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WHAT THE PRESS SAID

“…it will penetrate your psyche and stay with you well after the rope is untied and the blindfold discarded.” – The Daily Telegraph – 19 January

"The experience is like being in a waking dream…It leaves you feeling fantastic.*****" - The Times

"As an essay in intimacy, human warmth and real emotional attention... The Smile Off Your Face is an unforgettable experience, ****" - The Scotsman

"... it moves you as all good art should...more"

"A rare delight, ***** ... more" - The Advertiser (Adelaide)

"It moves you as all good art should ... more" - Sydney Morning Herald

“Of all the performances I attended at the Adelaide Fringe Festival this year, this [Smile Off Your Face] made the biggest impression. It stayed with me long after I caught the plane home...more” - Sydney Morning Herald

“At the other end is the 30-minute production The Smile Off Your Face, by Belgian company Ontroerend Goed - a strange, intimate experience for an audience of six, each of whom is blindfolded, seated in a wheelchair and then thrust into a world of sounds, scents and other sensations...more" - Daily Telegraph

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COMMENTS

anhedonia 15/01/09

I had an amazing experience, where all your sense are awakened! i felt so alive and full of energy after leaving the production! Thank you for enabling me to feel like that!:)

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Spud Anthony 17/01/09

I was alert, but not alarmed! They could'nt break me, sure they used all their tricks and guile...maybe ASIO should buy tickets and find out just who these Belgians are working for!

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glitter 17/01/09

Me think it mazing.

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jana 18/01/09

i am claustrophobic and don't like the dark ... but i had an incredible experience of surrender and being taken care of. it was all about trust. amazing. so glad i went. thank you!!!

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Paul 19/01/09

that was like nothing I have ever experienced before. Profoundly moving, for some reason I can't put my finger on. I left feeling uplifted and energized...

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Pheona 26/01/09

I absolutely loved the experience. It was wild. It reminded me of being on a ghost train ... never knowing what's around the next corner! Well done Sydney Festival ... this is what I want to see.

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Mjel 01/02/09

Absolutely AWESOME!!! Best show I've...umm..experienced in a long time.

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