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Malthouse Theatre
Malthouse Theatre is dedicated to developing and presenting a broadly defined program of contemporary Australian theatre; a theatre often conceived and created in collaboration between writers, directors, designers and perfor
Malthouse Theatre aims to explode the narrow definition of theatre as narratively determined prewritten plays. It programs on its stages a broad spectrum of theatrical activity that places its emphasis on the performer and the audience experience, often drawing techniques from many disciplines including dance, opera, stand up, cabaret, and the visual arts.
The CUB Malthouse complex houses three venues – from the 500 seat Merlyn Theatre and 200 seat Beckett Theatre, to the brand new 100 seat Tower Theatre, a vibrant café and bar, and Melbourne’s most iconically housed scenic workshop.
Company: Victorian Opera
Venue: Malthouse Theatre
Times: 16, 17, 19, 22, 23 May, 2012 @ 7.30pm ; 20 May, 2012 @ 3pm
Set against the backdrop of suburban Melbourne, Midnight Son is a modern-day operatic tragedy.
Company: Malthouse Theatre
Venue: Malthouse Theatre
Times: 29 May - 10 June, 2012 @ 7.30pm 30 May - 2 June, 5 - 9 June; 6.30pm 29 June; 2pm Sat 2 June; 5.30pm Sun 10 June
Throughout history the circus in all of its forms has returned obsessively, incessantly, to the strangest and most mystifying animal of all: the human.
Company: Malthouse Theatre
Venue: Malthouse Theatre
Times: 4 - 14 July, 2012 @ 7.30pm Wed - Sat; 2pm Sat; 1pm Thu 12 July
In Yolngu painting, bir’yun describes the brilliance, shimmer and shine of a pattern that seems to move before the eyes, animated by the essence of ancestral forces.
Company: Malthouse Theatre
Venue: Malthouse Theatre
Times: 21 July - 19 August, 2012 @ 6.30pm Tue 23, 24, 31 July, 7 & 14 Aug; 7.30pm 21 July, 25 - 28 July, 1 - 4 Aug, 8 - 11 Aug, 15 - 18 Aug; 2pm Sat 28 July, 4, 11 & 18 Aug; 1pm Thu 2 & 16 Aug
In this remarkable bilingual production directed by Marion Potts, the lush lyricism of Federico García Lorca’s writing is wedded to a contemporary sensibility utterly of the now.
Company: Malthouse Theatre
Venue: Malthouse Theatre
Times: 10 - 25 August, 2012 @ 8pm 10, 11, 15 - 18, 22 - 25 Aug; 7pm Tue 14 & 21 Aug; 2.30pm Sat 18 & 25 Aug; 5.30pm Sun 19 & 26 Aug; 1pm Thu 23 Aug
This unprecedented take on one of history’s most enduring legends, is a theatrically fearless and unexpected excavation into the murky love that built a tragedy.
Company: Malthouse Theatre
Venue: Malthouse Theatre
Times: 4 - 23 September, 2012 @ 7pm Tue 4, 11 & 18 Sept; 7.30pm 5 - 9, 12 - 15 & 19 - 22 Sept; 2.30pm Sat 8, 15 & 22 Sept; 1pm Thu 13 & 20 Sept; 5pm Sun 9, 16 & 23 Sept
A journey that begins at a kitchen table plunges into a sprawling family history and a fitting tribute to a much-loved matriarch.
Company: Malthouse Theatre
Venue: Malthouse Theatre
Times: 6 - 29 September, 2012 @ 1pm 9, 16, 23, 25, 27 & 29 Sept; 2pm @ 8, 15, 22 & 26 Sept; 4pm 9, 16, 23 & 29 Sept; 5pm @ 25 & 27 Sept; 6pm @ 8 Sept; 6.30pm @ 18 Sept; 7pm @ 6, 7,12 - 15, 19 - 22 & 28 Sept
Pinocchio is boldly retold as a witty, gothic, rocking, music theatre spectacular; a mix of old time theatre fun and a celebration of the ‘whatever’ generation.
Company: Malthouse Theatre
Venue: Malthouse Theatre
Times: 9 November - 2 December, 2012 @ 8pm 9, 10, 15 - 17, 21 - 24, 28 - 30 Nov & 1 Dec; 2pm @ 17, 22, 24 & 29 Nov & 1 Dec; 5pm @ 25 Nov & 2 Dec; 7pm @ 12 - 14, 20, 27 Nov
Alex searches for life on a distant moon; Daniel begs an answer of the poets they cannot provide. And while attentions are elsewhere, a marriage melts into memory.
Company: Malthouse Theatre
Venue: Malthouse Theatre
Times: 16 November - 9 December, 2012 @ 7.30pm 16, 17, 21 - 24, 28 - 30 Nov & 1, 5 - 8 Dec; 6.30pm 19, 20 & 27 Nov & 4 Dec; 2.30pm 24, 29 Nov & 1, 8 Dec; 5.30pm 2 & 9 Dec
Take a seat next to that child star. You know the one. Used-up, spat-out and stuck on the fast-track to self-destruction. But now he’s tearing the whole world down with him.
