when: 18 - 26 October 2025 | venue: Fern Gully Resthouse | cost: Adult / general $40 | Senior $30 | Student / concession $30 | address: Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria - Melbourne Gardens Melbourne
published: 28 Aug 2025, 5 min read
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Speed Dating with Cacti stars a cast of dozens, all of whom are experts of the present moment. The work looks at the rapidly narrowing gap between science and spirituality, with the question of plant cognition as the entry point, with the exit point being the fact that humans - like all species - will inevitably go extinct.
Participants are passed from person to person, location to location, and led through a series of demonstrations, meditations and experiences focused on that very strange thing called consciousness.
Part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival.
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Speed Dating with Cacti stars a cast of dozens, all of whom are experts of the present moment. The work looks at the rapidly narrowing gap between science and spirituality, with the question of plant cognition as the entry point, with the exit point being the fact that humans - like all species - will inevitably go extinct.
Participants are passed from person to person, location to location, and led through a series of demonstrations, meditations and experiences focused on that very strange thing called consciousness.
Part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival.
Go see Speed Dating with Cacti 2025.
Speed Dating with Cacti 2025 is on 18 - 26 October 2025. See start and end times below. Conveniently located in Melbourne. Call 03-9660-9600 for details.
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