Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party

Opens at the Lark in October, alongside Nick Cave’s North American tour!

Narrated exclusively by the original band members, Mutiny in Heaven delves deep into a band’s psyche, chronicling how Nick Cave and his school friends startled audiences with their confrontational performances, primal screams, outlaw gothic horror, and anarchic lifestyle. Featuring never-before-seen personal footage from band members, dynamic animation sequences, and jaw dropping concert clips, the film provides a sweaty, electrifying front-row seat to to one of the most legendary live acts. Destined to be an instant documentary classic.

“The epitome of musical chaos and destruction.”
– The Independent

“A reckless whirl of mutant rockabilly, black-eyed swamp-blues, outlaw imagery and stomach-churning violence, The Birthday Party were one of the definitive post-punk groups, creative and destructive in equal measure.”
– 4AD

“Blazing hard and blindingly bright, The Birthday Party were a magnesium strip of rock & roll intensity.”
– The Quietus

“Punk had perhaps correctly loathed the plasticine nature of showbiz, but The Birthday Party took the spectacle and blew it up, exposing and embracing the violence underneath.”
– Pitchfork