Season 2015

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Contents

1 Welcome 2 Subscribe 4 Prologue 4

Blak Cabaret

10 - 22 Feb

6 Chapter One: Body // Language 8

Nothing to Lose

11 – 21 Mar

10 Wot? No Fish!!

24 Feb – 8 Mar

12 Depth of Field

6 – 14 Mar

14 Do You Speak Chinese?

18 – 21 Mar

16 Chapter One Extra Events 18 Chapter Two: Post // Love 20 Love and Information

12 Jun - 4 Jul

22 Meme Girls

8 Apr - 2 May

24 Timeshare

23 Apr - 17 May

26 Chapter Two Extra Events 28 Chapter Three: Ritual // Extinction 30 Antigone 32 I Am a Miracle 34 A Social Service 36 They Saw a Thylacine

21 Aug – 13 Sep 18 Jul – 9 Aug 11 – 29 Aug 15 Sep – 4 Oct

38 Chapter Three Extra Events 40 Epilogue 40 The Listies Ruin Xmas 42 Subscriber Benefits 44 Suggested Packages 45 Key Dates 46 Artistic Programs 48 Find US 49 While You Are Here 50 Support Us 51 Our Supporters 52 Calendar 56 Ticket Prices 57 Booking Form 61 Our partners

25 Nov – 13 Dec

Welcome

Season 2015 is a big new chapter in the life of Malthouse Theatre – one of the most ambitious we have ever programmed, as we continue our commitment to risk and rigour, and honour our quest to interrogate the world we live in.

For a start, we noticed that our artists had some common concerns to express. It seemed as though there were pressing interests in the zeitgeist, subjects that needed to be articulated and creatively aired. So we have designed a new structure for Season 2015 – one that reflects these over-arching issues that our artists want to explore together.

Replacing the linear, spinal chronology of seasons gone by are three thematic ‘chapters’, which encompass all our primary and satellite events and the building’s various spaces into the program.

The result is three acts, if you like, involving shows, panels and family events occurring in all the theatres as well as the courtyard.

Opening the year is Blak Cabaret – a big, bold and irreverent party of massive proportions that will unite some of our greatest Indigenous artists. Music, stand-up comedy, dance and more – it’s a big family event and celebration.

Our first chapter is Body // Language, in which we ask questions about the relationship between our bodies and our identity: what is it about how we look – our colour, shape, age – that defines us? Artists including Kate Champion, Anouk van Dijk and Victoria Chiu have very different perspectives to bring to this question.

Next we have Post // Love, lynchpinned by the true pioneer Caryl Churchill. In an Australian premiere she offers her latest provocation about life and love in a post-digital era. Continuing the conversation is Lally Katz on post-culture on the International Date Line and Ash Flanders on post-gender in the YouTube age.

Our final cluster of works sees a young Antigone looking for a way to honour her dead brother. Ritual // Extinction explores the things that unite societies and species – ancient rites of passage and modern-day customs explored by artists including Matthew Lutton, Declan Greene, Nicola Gunn and myself.

Closing our year are The Listies, who, with their particular brand of unadulterated silliness, will ruin Xmas for everyone.

I hope you can join us as we embark on a great and mysterious adventure this year.

See you in the foyer!

Marion Potts / Artistic Director

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Prologue

Prologue

10 - 22 Feb forecourt Directing Consultant / Michael Kantor Performers Include / Kamahi Djordon King

Presented in association with SummerSalt Outdoor Arts Festival 2015 – the spectacular new celebration of Melbourne’s creativity.

Proudly supported by VicHealth Arts About Us.

Blak Cabaret // lights up the night with music, comedy and dance.

Blak Cabaret / is our star-studded gala to unleash Season 2015. A raucous addition to Southbank’s inaugural SummerSalt Outdoor Arts Festival, we invite you to join us for a night of sparkling variety that assembles some of Australia’s finest poets, dancers, comedians and musicians on stage in our forecourt and under the stars.

Kick up your heels as an outstanding posse of performers inject new life into treasured oral histories, and spin some new ones along the way.

Blending tradition with innovation, legends of Australian performance take to the stage alongside emerging artists for a party that / lights up the night with music, comedy and dance. *** ‘Season 2015 is bursting with energy and excitement and Blak Cabaret’s reinterpretation of the classic variety show gets us off to a fitting start. Featuring the likes of Kamahi Djordon King as his female alter ego Constantina Bush, it’s the perfect celebration to launch one of our most ambitious programs yet.’ – Marion Potts

‘Constantina Bush is not afraid to push the boundaries … Her demeanour - totally unaffected by her own jokes - was similar to that of Kim from Kath and Kim, and so too was the feigned ignorance to her own inappropriateness.’ – ABC Online

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Chapter one

body // Language Language demands that we put things in neat, normalised categories.

Words like ‘fat’ become shorthand for unattractive or lazy. Labels like ‘black’ or ‘Asian’ are applied to people who may identify simply as Australian. Presumptions about sexuality and gender are often based purely on outward appearance. But bodies are terribly stubborn when it comes to being pigeonholed by language.

They rebel against the inadequacy of words.

This chapter investigates the interplay between language, body and identity.

It aims to open a space for all different kinds of bodies – fat bodies, fit bodies, old bodies, diasporic bodies, even absent bodies – to communicate their true identities, free from the preconceptions of language.

Tales of Unexpected Significance ***

When you type ‘female comedians are’ into Google, what is the first automatically suggested phrase to appear?

‘Female comedians are not funny’.

Try it for yourself.

Or try, ‘black comedians are’ instead. It offers an equally judgemental display of Google-suggested searches.

Offensive? You bet. Just plain wrong? Without a doubt. And yet, these phrases are so common that Google automatically presumes they’re what we’re searching for.

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body // Language

11 – 21 Mar Merlyn Theatre

Direction / Kate Champion Artistic Associate / Kelli Jean Drinkwater Additional Choreography / Ghenoa Gela Set & Lighting Design / Geoff Cobham Costume Design / Matthew Stegh Text Dramaturg / Steve Rodgers

A Force Majeure production.

nothing to lose // reshapes expectations.

Nothing to Lose / but your assumptions as Force Majeure continues its decade-long artistic study of the modern psyche.

‘Fat’ is a powerful little word, full of baggage and judgement. This undaunted dance production makes use of real-life experiences and stories to challenge aesthetic norms and reclaim a performative space for people with large bodies.

In her final work as Artistic Director, Kate Champion collaborates with artist and fat activist Kelli Jean Drinkwater and choreographer Ghenoa Gela to celebrate the sculptural splendour of the fat dancing body. Unseen, unexpected and unapologetic, this new work abandons stereotypes and / reshapes expectations.

Commissioned by Sydney Festival & Carriageworks.

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Presented in association with Dance Massive.

‘That this kind of production remains a rarity speaks volumes of its significance. Directed by one of Australia’s most celebrated choreographers and directors, Kate Champion, Nothing To Lose explores and explodes the myth that big bodies don’t belong on stage.’ – Marion Potts

‘Kate Champion’s dance company isn’t called Force Majeure for nothing.’

– The Australian

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body // Language

Wot? No Fish!!

24 Feb – 8 Mar Beckett Theatre

// draws us into the unique language of family.

Written & Performed by / Danny Braverman

Wot? No Fish!! / turns the Solomons’ strange and wonderful history into a humorous and heart-warming narrative for all ages.

Direction / Nick Philippou

In 1926, London shoemaker Ab Solomons drew a little doodle on his wage packet and gave it to his young wife Celie. Over the next 60 years, he would repeat this gesture each week, documenting the day-to-day goings-on of their growing family, while every token was tucked away in a shoebox

by Celie. After Ab’s death this long-forgotten treasure trove of deeply personal cartoons was discovered by his great-nephew Danny Braverman.

In this intimate one-man performance, Braverman decodes his great-uncle’s drawings to reveal the inner life of a family. Births, deaths, war and the sublime act of two people growing old together are lovingly illustrated with humour and honesty.

Like Ab’s doodles themselves, this absorbing and personal feat of storytelling / draws us into the unique language of family. *** ‘Wot? No Fish!! earned rave reviews in the UK for its touching exploration of the personal and political through family mythology. Danny Braverman’s tender honesty is a joy to experience.’ – Marion Potts

‘[this] immensely affecting and often comic show … asks questions around how we value art, and the nature of storytelling.’ – The Guardian

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body // Language

6 – 14 Mar forecourt

Choreography & Direction / Anouk van Dijk Performed by / Niharika Senapati Tara Soh James Vu Anh Pham

A new work by Chunky Move. Presented

by Malthouse Theatre and Chunky Move.

Presented in association with Dance Massive.

DEPTH OF FIELD // shifts to reveal the unseen.

Depth of Field / is summoned from the twilight in a cascade of simultaneous realities and chance encounters.

The change of light over an hour is a movement in time. A chance meeting in the street switches our focus in a blink. We experience these phase shifts every day, but they pass by without notice.

Malthouse Theatre and Chunky Move invite you to an outdoor performance event – a playful and poetic interaction between three dancers and a city. Amidst the performance, as daylight blends into darkness and the city changes tempo, awareness of everyday life / shifts to reveal the unseen. *** ‘Our city presents a landscape of experiences.

Each day these moments intrude and influence our fleeting moods, and inform our identities. Anouk van Dijk’s performance will seductively draw our attention toward all these little experiences that go unnoticed.’ – Marion Potts

‘Chunky Move feels, excitingly, like a celebration and exploration of current dance practice in all its complex forms.’ – The Herald Sun

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body // Language

18 – 21 Mar Tower Theatre

Choreographed & Performed by / Victoria Chiu in collaboration with Kristina Chan Music / Mindy Meng Wang Lighting Design / Ben Shaw Paper Artist / Benja Harney

Presented in association with Dance Massive.

DO YOU SPEAK CHINESE? // recreates identity through language.

Do You Speak Chinese? / is a question many Australians are asked every day.

Choreographer and dancer Victoria Chiu is a Melbourne girl. She doesn’t speak a Chinese language and the closest thing she has to a Chinese cultural ritual is the odd weekend yum cha session.

Nonetheless, people often see her as Chinese.

Developed in collaboration with dancer Kristina Chan, this beautifully choreographed performance plays with the many ways our bodies speak for us, often before we’ve even had a chance to open our mouths.

Artfully exploring the connection between physicality, language and race, Chiu boldly / recreates identity through language. *** ‘Victoria Chiu’s stunning short work Squarcle was a highlight of Multicultural Arts Victoria’s Mapping Melbourne festival in 2013. Developed in Australia, Hong Kong and China, Do You Speak Chinese? is Squarcle’s full-length artistic evolution – an enthralling performance that reconnects with a lost sense of heritage.’ – Marion Potts

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‘Captivating … takes audiences through an array of emotion, drawing them into a world outside of their own.’ - Vue Weekly (Vancouver)

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Chapter one

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SUBTEXTS: BODY // LANGUAGE

In partnership with The Wheeler Centre

Monday 23 Feb, 7pm Merlyn Theatre Where are you from … originally?

You look familiar. What are you trying to say? How do I look? Sorry, have we met before? Our bodies define who we are to the world; join us for a scintillating, curated discussion on the communication of the physical.

PANEL DISCUSSION: NOTHING TO LOSE Presented by Monash University

Sunday 15 Mar, 2pm Beckett Theatre Why are we so obsessed with body image? How does the media play into our image of self? Is ‘fat’ still a feminist issue? Bouncing off Force Majeure’s Nothing to Lose, this panel discussion looks at the shifting cultural fortunes of body image and beauty. It examines how we use our bodies to conform or challenge the status quo.

Fitter. Faster.

Better.

12 – 21 Mar Forecourt Concept & Direction by / Clare Watson

A St Martins Youth Arts Centre Production.

Swing higher! Climb harder!

Stretch your body to its limits with a boot camp run entirely by children. Each adult participant is paired with a ‘personal trainer’ between six and ten years old for a workout designed to challenge the contemporary commodification of fitness.

Sign up for this unique experiential performance event and allow your ideas about the body in motion to be refocused through the eyes of a child.

‘An icon of Melbourne theatre, St Martins … have since 1980, inspired over 100,000 young creative people through active arts participation.’ – Arts Review

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Chapter two

Post // Love ‘Post’ doesn’t just mean to come next or to forget the past. It’s a rupture from the known. It’s a new species, a love-child, a thing giving birth to an evolved version of itself. Our current age is described as post-digital, post-colonial, post-gender, post-dramatic, post-global, post-cultural, post-love.

There’s no doubt that something new is cooking, but what the hell is it?

Tales of Unexpected Significance ***

Recently, some Dutch researchers tried to survey the effects of pornography on men. After some hard searching for an ‘uncontaminated’ control group they were forced to abandon the study. They simply couldn’t find a man who hadn’t, at some point, looked at porn.

What does it mean when science can explain the deepest feelings of love as just a string of chemical reactions? What happens to our understanding of physical intimacy when sex saturates the media? How have we adapted to the advent of online relationships? How will our understanding of the fluidity of gender continue to evolve?

This chapter plunges into a strange, wonderful and terrifying vortex where everything is open for debate – even the significance of our most intimate feelings.

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POST // LOVE

12 Jun - 4 Jul Merlyn Theatre

LOVE and INFORMATION // questions how connected we truly are in this ever-connected age.

Love and Information / are profoundly human needs.

By / Caryl Churchill Direction / Kip Williams Set & Costume Design / David Fleischer Lighting Design / Paul Jackson Sound Design & Composition / THE SWEATS Cast Includes / Glenn Hazeldine Anita Hegh Zahra Newman Alison Whyte Ursula Yovich

A co-production with Sydney Theatre Company.

With the inventiveness and currency of her signature works Top Girls and Cloud Nine, the latest hit from legendary dramatist Caryl Churchill creates an ingeniously recognisable portrait of the modern era.

In this quick-fire play, eight chameleonic actors will embody more than 100 roles, through a series of tantalising vignettes. Like a single beam of light refracted, each scene exposes a different facet of the human condition.

An exhilarating experience, this theatrical kaleidoscope shrewdly / questions how connected we truly are in this ever-connected age. *** ‘Caryl Churchill’s extraordinary work uses a diverse mosaic of human questions to produce a nuanced portrait of the post-modern condition. Filled to the brim with all the pleasure, pain and uncertainty of contemporary life, it’s a truly singular theatrical achievement.’ – Marion Potts

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‘A work that so ingeniously and exhaustively mirrors our age of the splintered attention span. Throughout her career, which covers more than four decades, [Churchill] has proved herself without peer.’ – The New York Times

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POST // LOVE

8 Apr - 2 May Beckett Theatre

Direction / Stephen Nicolazzo Set & Costume Design / Eugyeene Teh Lighting Design / Katie Sfetkidis Cast / Ash Flanders Art Simone

Meme Girls // broadcast their lives to an online abyss.

Meme Girls / construct their identities in real time – and demand an audience.

Experience the sort of post-gender, tongue-in-cheek spectacle that has made Ash Flanders a counter-culture hit. In Meme Girls, this pop-culture addict points his satirical sense of humour squarely at the desperate voices crying out for attention in our online neighbourhood.

Packed with the LOLs of a great cat video, this non sequitur performance embraces the YouTube world, where life is ‘click-bait’ and views, shares and likes equate to happiness.

Blurring the lines between performance art, drag and cabaret, Flanders presents a love letter to the bizarre and addictive women of YouTube who / broadcast their lives to an online abyss. *** ‘The rise of social media means that people have the ability to meticulously invent their own image in ways never before possible. Ash Flanders takes this as a jumping off point for an hysterical examination of identity and the fluidity of gender.’ – Marion Potts

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‘Any time Flanders puts his rhinestones in the spotlight, it’s as much a satire as homage … Flanders again proves himself an obscenely funny and enviably talented performer.’ – The Age

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POST // LOVE

TimeShare

23 Apr - 17 May Merlyn Theatre

// for a fleeting slice of paradise.

By / Lally Katz

Straddling the International Date Line, Paradise was once a history-themed retreat providing the ultimate in glory-day getaways. Unfortunately, the years have been unkind. Today, it’s a dilapidated tourist trap filled with vagabonds and oddballs; a place where swindling stranded cruise passengers is the only way to make a living.

Direction / Oliver Butler Cast Includes / Fayssal Bazzi Marg Downey Bert LaBonté

Proudly supported by Art Series Hotels.

Timeshare / plots your comedic escape to a ramshackle resort that time forgot.

Cast off and crack up with a musical fable from award-winning writer Lally Katz and the Debate Society’s Oliver Butler (NY). With one foot in the present and the other in the past, join this hilarious human search / for a fleeting slice of paradise. *** ‘Developed by the extraordinarily talented pair of Lally Katz and Oliver Butler, Timeshare is full of life, warmth and humour.’ – Marion Potts

‘[Lally Katz] still has the transparent, guileless air of a child, despite her weighty public profile as one of Australia’s most prolific and respected, if unclassifiable, young playwrights’ – The Australian

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Chapter two

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SUBTEXTS: POST // LOVE

In partnership with The Wheeler Centre

Monday 25 May, 7pm Merlyn Theatre ‘Post’ is the prefix for beyond, later, what happens next. These days, it seems to pop up everywhere to remind us that everything new inevitably becomes passé. Take part in an impassioned discussion about the shifting conceptions of love, gender and identity, and what it means to live in a post-everything age.

PANEL DISCUSSION: MEME GIRLS Presented by Monash University

Sunday 19 Apr, 2pm Beckett Theatre Why is there so much discomfort when the binaries of ‘masculinity’ and ‘femininity’ begin to blur? Does the idea of gender as a performance constrain or liberate? This panel brings together experts on the performativity of gender to ask whether Simone de Beauvoir’s 65-year-old claim that ‘one is not born, but rather becomes a woman’ remains – or was ever – true.

A SINGULAR PHENOMENON

21 – 23 May Merlyn Theatre By / Aphids Created by / Lara Thoms with Aaron Orzech & Tristan Meecham

A co-production with Aphids.

An epic earworm.

Renowned for their enthralling, grand-scale events, Aphids invite you to experience one of their genuine performance spectacles. This epic game of 20 questions will celebrate one of Melbourne’s most loved and loathed cultural icons.

Unravelling through a series of unexpected clues and interactions, A Singular Phenomenon irreverently investigates our fascination with pop culture and the cult of personality.

‘A company devoted to experimental collaborations across art forms.’ – The Age

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CHAPTER three

RITUAL // EXTINCTION In Australia, most of our cultural rites aren’t consciously acknowledged.

Every weekend we go to see sport; we watch the latest episodes of popular TV series; we have Friday after-work drinks. We all take part to some degree.

After all, rituals like these are what bind us together as a culture.

And yet, we reserve conscious consideration of rituals to the big ones: the rites of birth, of marriage, of death. Of all these, it’s arguably those concerning death that maintain the most potency. Perhaps this is with good reason: you might not like footy, you might not drink, you might not believe in marriage but no one beats death.

Tales of Unexpected Significance ***

The dodo lived the easy life. Food?

Everywhere.

Predators? None.

In fact, things were so easy for the dodo that after a while it even forgot how to fly.

When shipwrecked mariners first met these plump, tame birds on the island of Mauritius, their first thought was ‘what do they taste like?’.

The answer?

Terrible. And yet, within 80 years of its discovery, man ate the dodo into extinction.

And so, this chapter stands ceremoniously at the moment of decay: facing off against fate, honouring the dishonoured, searching for miracles in the wake of mortality.

It takes on the biggest questions of all.

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RITUAL // EXTINCTION

ANTIGONE

21 Aug – 13 Sep Merlyn Theatre

// unearths the power of ritual in a shattered community.

By / Sophocles

Antigone / has always been a respected member of her community but in civil war all bets are off.

She suddenly finds herself on the outside looking in.

Adapted by / Jane Montgomery Griffiths Direction / Marion Potts Cast Includes / Emily Milledge

Everyone has a right to bury their dead. Everyone has a right to give their loved ones a dignified resting place. Yet when the community leaders decide that they need to set an example, they deny Antigone her right to mourn. Faced with the prospect of unresolved grief, she rebels against everything she knows. Her fate is mandated: either fall in line or be outcast forever.

Starring Emily Milledge, Marion Potts’ intoxicating re-interpretation of Sophocles’ timeless tragedy isn’t afraid to get its hands dirty as it / unearths the power of ritual in a shattered community. *** ‘The human need for rites of passage is fundamental.

To deny it is one of the worst forms of tyranny because it robs people of the things that bind them to a community and give them a sense of collective identity. This production cuts to the core of our sense of belonging and mounts a strong defence of our communal rites.’ – Marion Potts

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‘[Antigone] is perhaps the greatest play ever written about the tension between the duties we owe the state and those we owe to our personal values.’ – The Telegraph

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RITUAL // EXTINCTION

I AM A MIRACLE

18 Jul – 9 Aug Merlyn Theatre

/ that echoes on and on.

By / Declan Greene

Marvin Lee Wilson was convicted of murder in 1994. Lawyers said his IQ of 61 meant he wasn’t competent to commit premeditated homicide.

Yet in 2012, after 18 years on death row, he was executed.

Direction / Matthew Lutton Composition & Musical Direction / David Chisholm Set & Costume Design / Marg Horwell Set & Lighting Design / Paul Jackson Cast / Melita Jurisic

Presented with thanks to Opera Australia.

I Am a Miracle / because I ain’t left yet.

It must be a miracle.

The ever-inventive Declan Greene uses Wilson’s final words as the genesis for a work of monumental scope. Set to a stirring choral score, this transcendent new play stretches from Melbourne to the Texas State Penitentiary, with the indomitable Melita Jurisic evoking a symphony of voices who have glimpsed through the veil to the other side.

Terrifying, humbling and deeply human, I Am a Miracle yields an ecstasy / that echoes on and on. *** ‘I Am a Miracle reunites two of our most exciting theatre-makers – Declan Greene and Matthew Lutton. Peering into a mind moments before its own death, this arresting work bravely grapples with questions of endurance and the possibility of transcendence.’ – Marion Potts

‘Potent, mind-blowing ... the combination of playwright Declan Greene and director Matthew Lutton is disciplined and unexpectedly productive ... a masterpiece.’

– The Australian

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RITUAL // EXTINCTION

A SOCIAL SERVICE

11 – 29 Aug Beckett Theatre

/ we’d be better off without.

By / Nicola Gunn & David Woods

Featuring Nicola Gunn and David Woods, this smart performance sticks its nose into the gap between rich and poor, and smells something funny. Prepare yourself for an in-your-face look at systems that claim to help the needy, but only help themselves.

Created & Performed by / Nicola Gunn & David Woods

A Social Service / should help people, shouldn’t it?

In a satirical send-up of greed, status and the machinations of power, Gunn digs at a reality more concerned with replicating itself than improving the situation. When the people at the top have no understanding of ordinary worries, needs or wants, maybe their help is the kind / we’d be better off without. *** ‘Nicola Gunn has a gift for investigating human fragility with a vivid streak of subversive humour.

This hilarious look at class, entitlement and privilege finds her focus as sharp as ever.’ – Marion Potts

‘Her comic timing is impeccable, her writing is bizarre and unpredictable, her content often challenging and her parody … ingenious.’ – Herald Sun In t en * ** n d T y e S c n ep d ARTIide s * **

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RITUAL // EXTINCTION

15 Sep – 4 Oct Beckett Theatre

By / Human Animal Exchange Created & Performed by / Justine Campbell & Sarah Hamilton Artistic Collaborator / Matthew Lutton Set & Lighting Design / Nick Schlieper Sound Design / Jethro Woodward Costume Design / Chloe Greaves

A co-production with Performing Lines & Human Animal Exchange.

THEY SAW A THYLACINE / fight to survive.

They Saw a Thylacine / on the brink of extinction.

Out of the darkness, Sarah Hamilton and Justine Campbell conjure the ghost of one of Australia’s lost beauties, the thylacine. With all the suspense of a campfire story, these feisty, funny women weave a lyrical tale of adversity and extinction.

For this thylacine tracker and this zoo keeper’s daughter, it’s a quest not just to protect a threatened creature, but themselves. Rebellious and gutsy, these women face life and / fight to survive. *** ‘Winner of the Best Performance Award at the 2013 Melbourne Fringe Festival, They Saw a Thylacine celebrates self-preservation with a wicked sense of fun. Campbell and Hamilton will enthral audiences with this unique piece of fireside storytelling.’ – Marion Potts

‘A rare and moving feat of theatrical storytelling.’ – The Age

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Chapter three

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SUBTEXTS: RITUAL // EXTINCTION

In partnership with The Wheeler Centre

Monday 31 Aug, 7pm Merlyn Theatre Rituals provide us with needed release from our deepest fears, feelings and compulsions. Often they’ve evolved to help keep our wildest selves in check – but are they strong enough to contend with the realisation that we may be on a global pathway towards self-destruction?

PANEL DISCUSSION: ANTIGONE Presented by Monash University

Sunday 23 Aug, 2pm Beckett Theatre Antigone is at once the most heroic and most troubling of the Greek tragic heroines. Why should a fictional young woman’s defiant act continue to cause deep thinkers such a headache?

Perhaps it’s because Creon and Antigone force us to choose sides: which is more important, the collective or the individual?

THE LAST SUPPER

1 - 12 Jul Great Hall, NGV International By / Reckless Sleepers Written by / Mole Wetherell

You are cordially invited to a most exclusive banquet.

Part performance, part meal, partake with us while we speak – and then eat – the last words of the famous, the infamous, the not so famous, criminals, victims, heroes, heroines and stars.

Sound Design / Gerrit Valckenaers

Limited to just 39 places per performance, join UK company Reckless Sleepers for a truly unique experience in the Great Hall at NGV International.

Performed by / Leen Dewilde Tim Ingram Mole Wetherell

‘There is something about the simplicity of this show that is unbearably moving.’

- The Guardian

Presented in association with National Gallery of Victoria.

Reckless Sleepers is the Monash University Academy of Performing Arts Artist in Residence.

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Epilogue

Epilogue

25 Nov – 13 Dec Beckett Theatre

By / The Listies Devised & Performed by / Richard Higgins & Matthew Kelly

A co-production with The Listies.

THE LISTIES RUIN XMAS / with a cheeky grin The Listies Ruin Xmas / is a Frankenstein’s monster of a holiday panto. Its mission? To make families laugh as much as possible in 55 minutes.

This irreverent new production from irrepressible duo Rich and Matt (aka The Listies) does away with outdated Christmas fodder for something worthy of modern, multicultural Melbourne.

Jam packed full of the classy things kids love like pop-culture, poo jokes and vomit, The Listies know all the right buttons to push to make your kids – and you – shriek with laughter. Bring the whole family to an interactive Christmas show that greets the holidays / with a cheeky grin. *** ‘Rich and Matt have joyously satirised the usual holiday pantomime. Irreverent and original, The Listies Ruin Xmas is an all-ages party that abandons all the corny clichés for a very Malthouse Theatre holiday experience.’ – Marion Potts

‘Nobody else does comedy for kids this brilliantly, but what’s more astounding is that adults have just as much fun. The Listies occupy a dimension all of their own.’ – The Age

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You’ll save up to 35% on general ticket prices.

Five-show packages start from just $135.

Flexibility Life’s busy and plans change. That’s why you’re welcome to exchange your tickets as often as you like. For Full Malty holders all exchanges are free. All other subscribers receive one free exchange per person.

Best Seats Subscribers get first dibs on the best seats, with an exclusive booking period until 1 December 2014.

Don’t end up in the nosebleed section when word of a hit show spreads.

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Family & Friends Discounts Access additional tickets for lucky ring-ins at the same discounted subscriber rate. Or, add productions to your own subscription at any time throughout the year.

See More Theatre We’ve all been there: that great show we were dying to see somehow passed us by. With a subscription you’ll have your tickets safely tucked away and regular get-togethers with friends to look forward to.

Pay by Instalment When paying by credit card you can opt to spread your subscription over two instalments: 50% up front and the balance on 23 March 2015.

There’s just a one-off administration fee of $10.

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Exclusive Access Many events have very limited capacity. As a subscriber, you are not only at the front of the queue for mainstage productions, you’ll also get priority access to Extra Events.

Bargains in the Building Malthouse Theatre offers more than great theatre.

Subscribers also enjoy 10% off at The Coopers Malthouse Bar and Café and the Avenue Bookstore.

Simply present your 2015 subscriber card.

Insider Information With a special monthly eNewsletter just for subscribers, you’ll be the first to know about embellishments to our program and exclusive pre-sales.

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SUGGESTED PACKAGES Pick and choose any 5 or more productions to build your own tailor-made subscription package. Or let us recommend something for you; here are a few packages we prepared earlier.

The Big Ticket Items

Laugh It Out

Debate Night

Secure your seats to 2015’s biggest productions. * Blak Cabaret * Nothing to Lose * Love and Information * Timeshare * Antigone

Chuckle, snort and giggle your way through these comic gems. * Blak Cabaret * Meme Girls * Timeshare * A Social Service * The Listies Ruin Xmas

These curly productions will prompt plenty of hearty foyer talk. * Nothing to Lose * Love and Information * Meme Girls * Antigone * I Am a Miracle * A Social Service

New Work

Song & Dance

Wordsmith

These works are our commitment to the creation of new Australian performance. * Nothing to Lose * Depth of Field * Meme Girls * Timeshare * I Am a Miracle * A Social Service * The Listies Ruin Xmas

Add some variety to your theatre with the odd show tune, operatic number and a bit of a boogie.

Text-based theatre at its best. * Love and Information * Timeshare * Antigone * I Am a Miracle * They Saw a Thylacine

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* Blak Cabaret * Nothing to Lose * Depth of Field * Do You Speak Chinese? * Timeshare * I Am a Miracle

Extra EVENTS

KEY DATES

Top up your subscription with these Extra Events offered with each chapter, delving deeper into the big issues.

Get in early and have your pick of tickets before they go on sale to the general public.

Unique Experiences These performance events will bring something entirely original to your 2015 theatre calendar: * Fitter. Faster. Better. * A Singular Phenomenon * The Last Supper

Talks Our conversation series with The Wheeler Centre and Monash University will be released to subscribers throughout 2015.

Featuring artists and experts in related fields, these events will use the concepts behind our works on stage as a starting point for much bigger discussions.

Make sure you provide us with your email address when booking so we can remind you when our exclusive subscriber booking periods open.

2 September Subscription packages go on sale.

30 November Exclusive booking period for subscribers closes.

1 December Single tickets for Blak Cabaret, Nothing to Lose, Do You Speak Chinese? and Depth of Field go on sale. Subscriber pre-booking opens for Chapter One Extra Events.

19 March Subscriber pre-booking opens for Conversation Series for Chapters Two and Three.

24 March Single tickets go on sale for all remaining productions.

Visit malthousetheatre.com.au for more information.

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ARTISTS AT WORK Malthouse Theatre is a theatre company, a creative site and an engine for change. We ask a lot of our artists and our audiences because our aim is to produce exciting works that tackle the big questions.

Regardless of the form of the performance – be it drama, comedy, dance or music – it’s our mission to develop and stage works that promote, stimulate and provoke thought about the social and political issues that matter.

MALTHOUSE THEATRE LOVES ARTISTS Artists need to observe, experience, collaborate and share. Malthouse Theatre continues to nurture this developmental process with a range of established pathways and opportunities including the Besen Family Artist Program and the annual appointment of our Female Director in Residence.

In 2015 we’re thrilled to announce even more opportunities for artistic growth, with new Independent Artist Chapter Residencies and the Tower Theatre Program to help independent artists present their works in our venue.

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THE ENGINE ROOM Powering the ongoing work of Malthouse Theatre, The Engine Room exists solely to develop new and ground-breaking performance works.

The Engine Room provides both the time and the place for new creative potential to find its form. It opens an ongoing dialogue between artists and the community so that we can explore our cultural identity and fuel the creative process.

A GLOBAL EXCHANGE

It’s an exciting time. With each passing year, Melbourne continues to distinguish itself as one of the world’s most creative cities. We’re privileged to have the opportunity to encounter and investigate all kinds of new ideas and forms of expression through our international projects and collaborations.

We are delighted to expand our work with a range of established and emerging artists from all around the world. Together, we’re sharing values, exploring new ideas and creating exciting new works on a global stage.

This year our international collaborations include director exchanges in China and Mexico, as well as the development of new works in India. For our audiences at home in Melbourne, we’re thrilled to present visiting artists and performances from London, Ghent, Minsk and New York.

Our International Program is proudly supported by Maureen & Tony Wheeler.

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FIND US We live at The Coopers Malthouse – 113 Sturt Street, Southbank – only a few minutes’ walk from the centre of the city. Getting here is easy.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

CYCLING

PARKING OPTIONS

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Tram: The No. 1 South Melbourne tram goes right past our door.

Get off at Stop 19.

Secure your bike to one of the many racks outside the foyer.

The Care Park public car park at 264 Sturt Street is just a 3-minute walk from The Coopers Malthouse.

Or catch any tram down St Kilda Road – jump off at Grant Street (Stop 17) and take a 3-minute walk.

Train: Ride any train to Flinders Street, then walk 12-minutes through Melbourne’s sparkling Arts Precinct.

There’s a Melbourne Bike Share Station outside the theatre.

Get a helmet from the IGA, just a little further along Sturt Street.

Malthouse Theatre Subscribers get a 15% discount on the Valet Parking Service at Arts Centre Melbourne’s Car Park. From there, it’s a 5-minute walk via either Sturt Street or Dodds Street. You’ll need to pre-book and pre-pay.

Limited parking is also available on surrounding streets.

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WHILE YOU are HERE Do you like interesting people? We’re a magnet for them. Arrive early and chat late into the night at The Coopers Malthouse.

EAT

DRINK

SHOP

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Open daily from 8am and before all shows, The Coopers Malthouse Café is conducive to deconstructing meals and performances alike.

A well-stocked cellar, a full fridge and your favourite beer on tap – The Coopers Malthouse Bar is open for pre-show tipples and post-performance indulgence.

One hour prior to every performance, The Avenue Bookstore opens with a curated selection of specialty publications on theatre and art. Profits also help support our productions.

Profits from the bar help fund the productions you see on stage. Buy 1,000 rounds and you just might earn yourself a producer credit.

The Coopers Malthouse Box Office ***

Monday to Friday / 9.30am-5pm Saturday / 10.30am-5pm Sunday / 1 hour before performances

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03 9685 5111 / malthousetheatre.com.au

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SUPPORT US Malthouse Theatre believes that fearless artistic expression is crucial to any forward-looking community. We know that you, our dedicated patrons, feel the same way – and we love you for it.

Your loyalty and passion inspires us to keep doing what we do best. Your support gives us the strength to push boundaries and break new ground.

Your contribution gives us the freedom to make daring theatre that asks the big questions. Malthouse Theatre cannot exist without you.

Love our shows? Show your love!

Four ways you can help us create the theatre you love: Round up your subscription with a donation.

Inspire us.

Become a Malthouse Muse.

Make our year with a major gift.

Secure our future with a bequest.

Join our inner circle. Become a malthouse Muse.

Your passionate support is our greatest inspiration. We think that deserves a little extra recognition. When you make a contribution of $250 or more, you receive official recognition as a Malthouse Muse in our production programs, season brochures and on the foyer honour board. You’ll also receive a whole bunch of exclusive Malty goodies, including: * Privileged peeks behind the curtain * Exclusive invitations * Access to rare events

* Special rehearsal room visits * Priority ticketing and processing of subscriptions

For more information visit malthousetheatre.com.au or call our Development Manager on 03 9685 5162. *** page 50 ***

Our Supporters Thank you, Malthouse Muses, for supporting our artistic vision and helping us to create a unique and dynamic environment for artists and audiences.

URANIA – Muse of the Stars – $25,000+ Annamila Fund, Michele Levine, Mary-Ruth & Peter McLennan, Craig Reeves, Maureen & Tony Wheeler CLIO – Muse of History – $10,000+ Betty Amsden OAM, John & Lorraine Bates, Carol & Alan Schwartz AM THALIA – Muse of Comedy – $5,000+ Marc Besen AO & Eva Besen AO, Debbie Dadon, Neilma Gantner, Richard Leonard and Gerlinde Scholz, Berry Liberman & Daniel Almagor, Val Johnstone, Anonymous (1) MELPOMENE – Muse of Tragedy – $2,500+ Frankie Airey & Stephen Solly, Chryssa Anagnostou & Jim Tsaltas, Roger Donazzan & Margaret Jackson, Rosemary Forbes & Ian Hocking, D.L. & G.S. Gjergja, Colin Golvan SC, Val Johnstone, Sue Kirkham, Naomi Milgrom AO, Janine Tai, Jon Webster, Anonymous (1) EUTERPE – Muse of Music – $1,000+ John & Sally Bourne, Sally Browne, Diana Burleigh, Beth Brown & Tom Bruce AM, Ingrid & Per Carlsen, Dominic & Natalie Dirupo, Rev Fr Michael Elligate, William J. Forrest AM, John and Helen Gibbins, Marco Gjergja, Alan Kenworthy, Michael Kingston, Virginia Lovett, Jenny Schwarz, Maria Solà, Gina & Paul Stuart, Rotru Investments Pty Ltd, Leonard Vary & Matt Collins, Jenny Werbeloff, Anonymous (2)

TERPSICHORE – Muse of Dance – $500+ Graham & Anita Anderson, Ingrid Ashford, Rowland Ball, Sandra Beanham, Min Li Chong, Mark & Jo Davey, Carolyn Floyd, Taleen Gaidzkar, Paul & Genevieve Gardner, Brian Goddard, Scott Herron, Leonie Hollingworth, Brad Hooper, Irene Irvine, Ann Kemeny & Graham Johnson, Gael & Ian McRae, Robert Peters, Right Lane Consulting, Katherine Sampson, Morry & Anna Schwartz, Barbara & Neil Smart, Thea & Hayden Snow, Fiona Sweet & Paul Newcombe, John Thomas, Kerri Turner & Andrew White, Jan Williams, Phil & Heather Wilson, Dr Roger Woock & Fiona Clyne, Anonymous (1)

Trusts & Foundations Australian Communities Foundation Creative Partnerships Australia The Dara Foundation The Ian Potter Foundation Kerry Gardner & The Andyinc Foundation The R E Ross Trust The Robert Salzer Foundation Vera Moore Foundation

ERATO – Muse of Love – $250+ Simon Abrahams, Stephen & Diane Alley, John & Alexandra Busselmaier, Douglas Butler, Ros Casey, Tim & Rachel Cecil, Ros & Bill Chandler, Diane Clark, Chris Clough, Patricia Coutts, Tania de Jong AM, Joanne Griffiths, Peggy Hayton, Roberta Holmes, Chree Kearney, Irene Kearsey, Patricia Keith, Ruth Krawat, Liquorice Studio, Kim Lowndes, William Lye, John Millard, Dr Kersti Nogeste, Linda Notley, Tony Oliver, Orla & Rachel, James Ostroburski, Gerard Powell, Wendy Poulton, Anita Roberts, Ernie Schwartz, Jill Sewell, Lisl Singer, Janice Taylor, Rosemary Walls, Jan Watson, Henry Winters, Barbara Yuncken, Joanne Whyte, Anonymous (7)

The Suitcase Series

Catalyst Syndicate Warwick & Lida Bray, John Carruthers & Rosie Purcell, Charles Gillies & Penelope Allen, Nick Glenning & Jenny Proimos, Sarah Morgan, Corrie Perkin & Peter Loder, Maria Prendergast OAM, Robert Sessions & Christina Fitzgerald, Simon Westcott & Dr Ben Keith

Volunteers Malthouse Theatre would also like to acknowledge the ongoing support of its volunteers.

Program Partners

Artist Program

New Australian Commissions

Directors Exchange Project

Program Partners International Program Maureen & Tony Wheeler

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2015 Calendar Blak Cabaret

Forecourt

February Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

10 / 8pm (P)

11 / 8pm (O)

12 / 8pm

13 / 8pm

14 / 8pm

15 / 8pm

18 / 8pm

19 / 8pm

20 / 8pm

21 / 8pm

22 / 8pm

Wot? No Fish!!

Beckett Theatre

February Mon

Tue

Wed

Fri

Sat

24 / 6.30pm (P)

25 / 7.30pm (O) 26 / 7.30pm

Thu

27 / 7.30pm

28 / 7.30pm

3 / 6.30pm (TTT)

4 / 7.30pm

6 / 7.30pm

7 / 7.30pm

Sun

March 1 / 5pm 5 / 7.30pm

8 / 5pm

Depth of Field

Forecourt

March Mon

9 / 7pm (P)

Tue

10 / 7pm (O)

Wed

11 / 7pm

Thu

12 / 7pm

Fri

Sat

6 / 7pm (P)

7 / 7pm (P)

13 / 7pm

14 / 7pm

Nothing To Lose

Sun

Merlyn Theatre

March Mon

Tue

16 / 6.30pm (TTT) 17 / 8pm

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

11 / 8pm (P)

12 / 8pm (O)

13 / 8pm

14 / 3pm & 8pm

18 / 1pm & 8pm

19 / 8pm

20 / 8pm

21 / 3pm & 8pm

Fitter. Faster. Better.

Sun

Forecourt

March Mon

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Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

12 / 6pm

13 / 6pm

14 / 6pm

19 / 6pm

20 / 6pm

21 / 6pm

Sun

2015 Calendar Do You Speak Chinese?

Tower Theatre

March Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

18 / 7pm (O)

19 / 7pm

20 / 2pm & 7pm

21 / 2pm & 7pm

Meme Girls

Sun

Beckett Theatre

April Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

8 / 7pm (P)

9 / 8pm (O)

10 / 8pm

11 / 8pm

Sun

14 / 7pm (TTT)

15 / 8pm

16 / 8pm

17 / 8pm

18 / 2pm & 8pm

21 / 7pm

22 / 8pm

23 / 8pm

24 / 8pm

28 / 7pm

29 / 8pm

30 / 8pm

19 / 5pm

May 1 / 8pm

2 / 2pm & 8pm

Timeshare

Merlyn Theatre

April Mon

Tue

Wed

28 / 6.30pm (P)

Thu

Fri

23 / 7.30pm (P)

24 / 7.30pm (P)

Sat

Sun

29 / 7.30pm (P)

30 / 7.30pm (O)

1 / 7.30pm

2 / 3pm & 7.30pm

6 / 7.30pm

7 / 7.30pm

8 / 7.30pm

9 / 3pm & 7.30pm

13 / 7.30pm

14 / 7.30pm

15 / 7.30pm

16 / 3pm & 7.30pm 17 / 5pm

May 4 / 6.30pm (TTT) 5 / 6.30pm 12 / 6.30pm AD

A Singular Phenomenon

Merlyn Theatre

May Mon

P — Preview

Tue

Wed

O — Opening

Thu

Fri

Sat

21 / 7.30pm

22 / 7.30pm

23 / 7.30pm

TTT — Time to Talk

AD — Audio Described

Sun

— Auslan

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2015 Calendar Love and Information

Merlyn Theatre

June Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

17 / 7.30pm

18 / 7.30pm

19 / 7.30pm

20 / 3pm & 7.30pm

23 / 6.30pm (TTT) 24 / 7.30pm

25 / 7.30pm

26 / 7.30pm

27 / 3pm & 7.30pm 28 / 5pm

3 / 7.30pm

4 / 3pm & 7.30pm

12 / 7.30pm (P) 13 / 7.30pm (P) 15 / 6.30pm (P) 16 / 7.30pm (O)

30 / 6.30pm

July 1 / 7.30pm

2 / 7.30pm

AD

The Last Supper

Great Hall, NGV International

July Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

1 / 7pm (P)

2 / 7pm (O)

3 / 7pm

4 / 8.30pm

5 / 6pm

8 / 7pm

9 / 7pm

11 / 5pm

12 / 6pm

I am a Miracle

Merlyn Theatre

July Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

18 / 7.30pm (P) 20 / 6.30pm (P) 21 / 7.30pm (O)

22 / 7.30pm

23 / 7.30pm

24 / 7.30pm

28 / 6.30pm (TTT) 29 / 7.30pm

30 / 7.30pm

31 / 7.30pm

25 / 7.30pm

August 1 / 3pm & 7.30pm 2 / 5pm 4 / 6.30pm

5 / 7.30pm

6 / 7.30pm

7 / 7.30pm

AD

8 / 3pm & 7.30pm 9 / 5pm

A Social Service

Beckett Theatre

August Mon

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Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

11 / 7pm (P)

12 / 8pm (P)

13 / 8pm (O)

14 / 8pm

15 / 8pm

18 / 7pm (TTT)

19 / 8pm

20 / 8pm

21 / 8pm

22 / 8pm

25 / 7pm

26 / 8pm

27 / 8pm

28 / 8pm

29 / 8pm

Sun

23 / 5pm

2015 Calendar Antigone

Merlyn Theatre

August Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

26 / 7.30pm

27 / 7.30pm

28 / 7.30pm

29 / 3pm & 7.30pm

1 / 6.30pm (TTT)

2 / 7.30pm

3 / 7.30pm

4 / 7.30pm

5 / 3pm & 7.30pm

8 / 6.30pm AD

9 / 7.30pm

10 / 7.30pm

11 / 7.30pm

12 / 3pm & 7.30pm

21 / 7.30pm (P) 22 / 7.30pm (P) 24 / 6.30pm (P) 25 / 7.30pm (O)

September

They saw a Thylacine

13 / 5pm

Beckett Theatre

September Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

15 / 6.30pm (P)

16 / 7.30pm (O)

22 / 6.30pm (TTT) 23 / 7.30pm 29 / 6.30pm

Fri

Sat

Sun

18 / 7.30pm

19 / 3pm & 7.30pm

20 / 5pm

24 / 7.30pm

25 / 7.30pm

26 / 7.30pm

27 / 5pm

1 / 7.30pm

2 / 7.30pm

3 / 3pm & 7.30pm

4 / 5pm

30 / 7.30pm

October

The Listies Ruin Xmas

Beckett Theatre

November Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

25 / 1pm (P)

26 / 1pm & 6pm (P)

27 / 6pm (O)

28 / 11am & 2pm

29 / 11am & 2pm

2 / 1pm

3 / 1pm & 6pm (TTT) 4 / 1pm

5 / 11am & 2pm

6 / 11am & 2pm

9 / 1pm

10 / 1pm & 6pm

12 / 11am & 2pm

13 / 11am & 2pm

December

P — Preview

O — Opening

TTT — Time to Talk

11 / 1pm

AD — Audio Described

— Auslan

*** page 55 ***

2015 TICKET PRICES THE FULL MALTY

Select all 13 mainstage shows for the best savings (up to 35%) and unlimited free exchanges.

Full Malty

STANDARD 470

CONCESSION 400

YOUTH 300

BUILD YOUR OWN PACKAGE

Build your own package by selecting 5 or more productions from the 13 mainstage events on offer and enjoy savings of up to 25%.

STANDARD In Season Preview Blak Cabaret Dance Massive** The Listies Ruin Xmas EXTRA EVENTS

45 38 45 35 35

A Singular Phenomenon The Last Supper Fitter. Faster. Better.

Subtexts with The Wheeler Centre Monash Panel Discussions

25 90

CONCESSION ^ 38 33 38 30 30

YOUTH ~

OTHER

27 27 27 27 27

Table > 280 Family # 90 Child* 20

20 15 75 65 *** Free for subscribers *** *** Free for subscribers *** *** Free for subscribers ***

SINGLE TICKET PRICES

Single ticket prices are subject to change. Book early for the best rate.

STANDARD In Season Preview Blak Cabaret Dance Massive** The Listies Ruin Xmas EXTRA EVENTS A Singular Phenomenon The Last Supper Fitter. Faster. Better.

CONCESSION ^ 50

30

50

40

30

60

50

30

45

40

30

45

40

30 20

30

25

120

100

85

30

25

20

^ Concession: concession card holders, seniors and groups 8+ > Table: includes six tickets and two bottles of premium wine

** Dance Massive: Nothing to Lose, Do You Speak Chinese?, Depth of Field *** page 56 ***

YOUTH ~

60

OTHER

Table > 280 Family # 100 Child* 20

~ Youth: under 30 years of age and full time students # Family: includes four tickets (maximum two adults)

* Child: under 18 years of age

Subscribe // Step 1 Subscribe by choosing 5 or more productions and follow these easy steps, or visit malthousetheatre.com.au to subscribe online.

STEP 1 Complete your details and those of any accompanying subscriber(s) STEP 2 Choose your productions, times, number of tickets and calculate the cost STEP 3 Indicate your seating preferences STEP 4 Nominate your payment details STEP 5 Submit your booking

Step 1 // Subscriber details Primary Subscriber Have you previously subscribed?

Yes

No

First name

Subscriber number Surname

Address

Postcode

Telephone (home)

(mobile)

Email

Date of birth

Concession type

Card number

Under 30s must provide proof of age. Students must provide proof of full-time enrolment. Concession card number must be provided.

Would you like to be on the mailing list?

Post

Email

Provide your email address to receive notifications about subscriber benefits and special offers throughout the year.

Additional Subscriber: If you have more than one additional subscriber, please list their details on another sheet. Extra booking forms can be found at malthousetheatre.com.au. If you wish to be seated with friends, please submit your forms together, highlighting the Primary Subscriber.

Have you previously subscribed?

Yes

No

First name

Subscriber number Surname

Address

Postcode

Telephone (home)

(mobile)

Email

Date of birth

Concession type

Card number

Under 30s must provide proof of age. Students must provide proof of full-time enrolment. Concession card number must be provided.

Would you like to be on the mailing list?

Post

Email

Provide your email address to receive notifications about subscriber benefits and special offers throughout the year. *** page 57 ***

Subscribe // Step 2 Step 2 // select your performances The Full Malty: Enter the number of packages and nominate your dates in the table below.

Standard

Concession x $470

Total $

Youth x $400

x $300

If you wish to add additional tickets or to upgrade to a Table for Blak Cabaret or to a Family for The Listies Ruin Xmas, please indicate this below. We will calculate your special Full Malty reduced rate based on the number of Full Malty subscribers in your booking.

BUILD YOUR OWN SUBSCRIPTION: Select 5 or more shows.

Production

day, date, time Ticket type

In Season QTY

Blak Cabaret

10 Feb - 22 Feb

Wot? No Fish!!

Depth of Field

6 - 14 Mar

Nothing to Lose

$45

$38

Concession

$38

$33

Youth

$27

$27

$280

Standard

$45

$38

Concession

$38

$33

Youth

$27

$27

Standard

$35

Concession

$30

Youth

$27

Standard

$35

Concession

$30

11 - 21 Mar

Youth

$27

Do You Speak Chinese?

Standard

$35

Concession

$30

18 - 21 Mar

Meme Girls

8 Apr - 2 May

TimeShare

23 Apr - 17 May

Love AND Information

$

Standard

Table of 6 24 Feb - 8 Mar

Preview

$ QTY

Youth

$27

Standard

$45

$38

Concession

$38

$33

Youth

$27

$27

Standard

$45

$38

Concession

$38

$33

Youth

$27

$27

Standard

$45

$38 $33

Concession

$38

12 Jun - 4 Jul

Youth

$27

$27

I am a Miracle

Standard

$45

$38

Concession

$38

$33

Youth

$27

$27

18 Jul - 9 Aug

Total $

Subscribe // Step 2 Step 2 // (cont) Production

day, date, time Ticket type

In Season QTY

A Social Service

11 - 29 Aug

Antigone

21 Aug - 13 Sep

They Saw a Thylacine

15 Sep - 4 Oct

The Listies Ruin xmas

25 Nov - 13 Dec

$

Preview QTY

$

Standard

$45

$38

Concession

$38

$33

Youth

$27

$27

Standard

$45

$38

Concession

$38

$33

Youth

$27

$27

Standard

$45

$38

Concession

$38

$33

Youth

$27

$27

Standard

$35

Concession

$30

Youth

$27

Family

$90

Child

Total $

$20

Total for Tickets

Add a little extra to your 2015 experience:

These performances can only be selected in addition to your subscription package.

See page 45 for subscriber pre-booking dates for remaining Extra Events.

A Singular Phenomenon

21 - 23 May

Standard

$25

Concession

$20

Youth

The Last Supper

Standard

1 - 12 Jul

$15 $90

Concession

$75

Youth

$65

Total for Extra events

Make a donation: Help create the theatre you love by rounding up your subscription with a donation. Your gift will allow our artists the unfettered freedom to define a new kind of Australian theatre.

Donations of $250 and above qualify you for entry into our Malthouse Muse Program. All donations over $2 are tax deductable.

Donate $250

Donate $100

Donate $50

Donate other amount $

Total (Tickets + Extra Events + Donation)

Subscribe // Step 3, 4, 5 Step 3 // Seating Preferences Please indicate your preferred seating: Front row

As central as possible

On an aisle

No stairs please

Wheelchair booking

If other, please describe: Do you require any Access services, such as Auslan Interpretation or Audio Description?

Yes

No

If so, please describe: Auslan Interpretation and Audio Description are offered for specific performances. Refer to the calendar.

Step 4 // Payment Details Total from previous page Pay by

Cheque (payable to Malthouse Theatre)

Credit card

$

Credit card by instalment*

*If instalment payment plan is selected, a $10 handling fee will be charged with the first payment.

The first instalment of 50% is payable immediately and will include any donation nominated.

The second instalment will be charged on 23 March 2015.

Credit card details

AMEX

Mastercard

Card number

Card expiry

Name on card

Signature

Visa

CSV:

Step 5 // Submit Your Booking Mail

EMAIL

In person

The Coopers Malthouse Box Office Reply Paid 83144 Southbank VIC 3006 (No stamp required)

Malthouse Theatre Subscriptions boxoffice@malthousetheatre.com.au

The Coopers Malthouse 113 Sturt Street Southbank VIC 3006 If you wish to sit with friends please submit your forms together.

Please allow at least two weeks for processing and delivery.

If you require assistance, please contact The Coopers Malthouse Box Office on 03 9685 5111. For opening hours see page 49.

Our Partners Our partnerships provide direct access to Malthouse Theatre, our productions and audiences. Through sponsorships and corporate events your business can build an alignment with Melbourne’s dynamic home of contemporary performance. To find out more, please contact our Development Manager on 03 9685 5162.

Government Partner

Venue Partner

Major Partner

Prompt Education Partner

Accommodation Partner

Corporate Associate

Company Supporters

Media Partner

Corporate Partners

Industry Partner

Producing and Presenting Partners Subtexts

Blak Cabaret

Dance Massive

Nothing to Lose

Fitter. Faster. Better.

Love and Information

I Am a Miracle

They Saw a Thylacine

A Singular Phenomenon

The Last Supper

art Direction & IMage treatment The Sisters Hayes

Depth of Field

The Listies Ruin Christmas

Design Studio Jane

Photography Andrew Gough

Editor Lisa Scicluna

Copy Copy Transmission

Additional Images: Page 20 – Headshots photographed by James Green; Page 34 – Background image courtesy of Collingwood Local History Photograph Collection; Page 36 – Thylacine image courtesy of the Tasmanian Archive Heritage Office.

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