MEDIA RELEASE TUESDAY 6 OCTOBER SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE PRESENTS Giant zombie hand, gratis zombie gelato and Mad Max bootleg art await you at GRAPHIC this weekend A giant zombie hand atop the Opera House steps. Gelato Messina’s brand new The Walking Dead ice cream flavour. Bootleg art inspired by the post-apocalyptic world of Mad Max. Get it all free at the Sydney Opera House when GRAPHIC takes over from Saturday 10 – Sunday 11 October. In the Mad Max Artist Alley the heroes, villains and wastelands of Mad Max: Fury Road will appear as reinterpreted by underground illustrators, including Sydney’s Chris Yee, James Jirat Patradoon and Georgia Hill, Melbourne’s Maddy Young and Paris’ own Ilk. The Mad Max Artist Alley, in the Concert Hall’s harbourside Northern Foyer, is co-curated by cult art collectives The Opening Hours and Goodspace, in collaboration with GRAPHIC. Looming over the Forecourt from the top of the Opera House steps, a four-metre-tall zombie hand straight out of The Walking Dead will count down to the Season 6 premiere on Sunday morning. Gelato Messina will be serving free cups of ‘Carl’s Chocolate Pudding’, the perfect blend of gruesome and delicious, from their ‘Alexandria Ice Scream’ pop-up store between midday and 4.00pm over the weekend. Since its inception in 2010, GRAPHIC has evolved into a festival like no other, commissioning and presenting new works from some of the world’s most respected artists including, but not limited to, Neil Gaiman (2010), Shaun Tan (2010), Gotye (2011), Pixar’s Lee Unkrich (2012) and Art Spiegelman (2013). For more information on GRAPHIC, visit sydneyoperahouse.com/graphic. EVENT DETAILS WHAT: GRAPHIC FESTIVAL 2015 WHEN: Monday 28 September, Saturday 10 – Sunday 11 October 2015 WHERE: Sydney Opera House, various venues TICKETS: Tickets on sale now Multi-pack discounts available BOOKINGS: sydneyoperahouse.com/graphic WEB: sydneyoperahouse.com/graphic FACEBOOK: facebook.com/graphicfestival TWITTER: @SydOperaHouse MEDIA INFORMATION Justin Tam Music Publicist 02 9250 7836 / 0433 541 458 [email protected] Natasha Bowron Communications Strategist 9250 7822 / 0401 206 657 [email protected] .