Haus of Hans: Disco Spektakulär

2019

Background

International award-winning cabaret performer, Hans, was seeking to premiere his new show, Haus of Hans: Disco Spektakulär, at the 2020 Adelaide Fringe Festival. In the lead up to the launch of the show, Hans required new promotional stills for the show for use across all marketing and advertising. The stills need to reflect a lush, disco-fuelled, yet camp aesthetic that was aligned to the show.

01 Approach

Taking influence from glistening, smokey 70’s and 80’s disco aesthetics, a creative photography brief was finalised that incorporated two setups: the first was capturing Hans striking dramatic, Vogue-esque poses with an oversized disco mirror ball set against a backdrop of twisted silver mylar; the second was clean portraits of Hans in a smokey scene of purples and blues.

Melbourne-based photographer Mark Lobo was booked to capture the stills.