Fight, flight, feed, fuck, freeze 

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Monkey Machine sees sci-fi-techno punk meet nature documentary. Amongst a jungle of motherboards and wires two near naked, androgynous bodies morph through the prehuman history of life on earth. From amoeba to primate, the performers embody the full historical spectrum of earthbound lifeforms in the bounds of a technological simulation. The Anthropologist N13TZ-SCH3, surmises the actions of all sentient life to be understood as the urges of ‘Fight, Flight, Feed, Fuck, and Freeze.’ But a glitch in the simulation renders violently historical inaccuracies.

Notable Reviews

"Monkey Machine is a great way to end this series, with an unusual examination of human evolution. Directed by Leisl Lucerne-Knight, it is written by Holland Brooks, and performed by Brooks with Marli Haddeill and Rhi Bryan - it is a highly physical piece set in the future. Different and interesting, it is highly physical and performed with impressive energy." StageWhispers​

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"Holland Brooks has a nasty streak, and [they] give it full reign in Monkey Machine, a journey through all the fun things – rape, pillage and plunder – that give anthropology its kicker. Leisl Lucerne-Knight directs this gruesome free-for-all with what I suspect is their customary relish, Marli Haddeill and Rhi Bryan writhe their way through the history of personkind with appropriate primate-ive physical and vocal gestures, and the piece leaves us in no doubt why it had to close the program…

The entrails would take forever to clear away." SeeSaw Magazine

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"Glory. An Unexpected ending." Magazine 6000