Catharsis and revelations as Nick Cave enraptures Hanging Rock - Sydney Morning Herald

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis ★★★★★.

Hanging Rock, November 25.

Nick Cave performing at Hanging Rock on Friday.Credit:Rick Clifford.

Last night’s performance at Hanging Rock was a return to showmanship, to bombast.

Like a preacher evangelising from a pulpit, Cave seemed determined to bring the audience with him on a journey of catharsis and revelation.

If Cave was a preacher, then Bad Seed and long-time collaborator Warren Ellis was the show’s holy man.

Nick Cave’s performance at Hanging Rock invited the audience on a journey of catharsis.