Panic from the Sky: A Call of Cthulhu Advenure
Minerva Space
Presented by Tales from Rat City
Panic from the Skies is the fourth chapter in our multi award winning Call of Cthulhu liveplay series, delivering a fresh descent into mystery, suspense, and eldritch terror.
Faced with unsettling events and unimaginable dangers, our investigators must uncover the truth before panic gives way to madness.
It is 1917. The world is at war.
On the home front, Australia is wrestling with rapid technological change — aviation promising both
thrilling progress and terrifying new forms of warfare.
Then the sightings begin.
Strange shapes moving through the clouds.
Lights flickering across the night sky.
Unidentified flying objects over the Central Highlands.
Ballarat is thrown into panic.
Invaders.
But from where?
Outer… Europe?
Audiences are invited to join a team of plucky adventurers as they investigate whether these reports are wartime hysteria, elaborate hoaxes, or something far beyond what anyone could have imagined.
Blending live performance, improvisation, historical immersion, and interactive storytelling, the event will unfold in real time before both a live audience and an online streaming community.
Set within one of Ballarat’s most significant heritage buildings, the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute, this production is produced by the ENNIE award winning Tales From Rat City team.
About Tales from Rat City
Tales from Rat City is an award-winning creative team whose heritage projects draw on history, folklore, and the dark forgotten stories of the goldfields. Blending meticulous research with atmospheric storytelling and live performance, the team creates events steeped in mystery, period detail, and cosmic horror.
Tickets: $5 for live performance, $3 for Live Stream – plus booking fee.
A bar will operate for this session.
This event is part of the Ballarat Heritage Festival
This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work, learn and create. Always Was, Always Will Be, Aboriginal Land.
