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Malthouse Theatre's Immersive Theatre Production HOUR OF THE WOLF Extends Season For A Second Time
by Stephi Wild - Nov 10, 2023

After selling out its initial three week season and extending until 3 December, Malthouse Theatre's immersive theatre production HOUR OF THE WOLF is now extending its season for a second time, performing until 17 December.
Malthouse Theatre Reveals 2024 Season of Eight Upcoming Works
by Stephi Wild - Aug 17, 2023

Malthouse promises eight compelling reasons to visit their theatres in 2024.  Learn more about the lineup here!
Malthouse Theatre Announces Part 2 Of Its 2022 Season Featuring Three New Australian Works
by Stephi Wild - Jun 1, 2022

Malthouse Theatre today unveiled three more works in its Season 2022 line up including the world premieres of Anna K starring Caroline Craig ((Underbelly, Blue Heelers) a sinister comedy by Ra Chapman who is making her mainstage debut with K-BOX plus the premiere of Monsters, a co-production with Stephanie Lake Company starring Pamela Rabe.
HAPPY END Will Be Presented by Victorian Opera in March
by Stephi Wild - Feb 25, 2022

Roaring with charisma, wit and a killer cast, Victorian Opera presents Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht and Elisabeth Hauptmann’s anti-capitalist musical comedy, Happy End, from 23 – 26 March at Arts Centre Melbourne’s Playhouse. 
Gangsters And The Salvation Army Settle Scores In Victorian Opera's HAPPY END
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 18, 2022

Roaring with charisma, wit and a killer cast, Victorian Opera presents Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht and Elisabeth Hauptmann's anti-capitalist musical comedy, Happy End, from 23 – 26 March at Arts Centre Melbourne's Playhouse.
Victorian Opera Announces Season 2022
by Stephi Wild - Nov 9, 2021

From rock to Rossini, Victorian Opera announces its Season 2022 with a year of undiscovered gems, thrilling epics and two world premieres. The state opera company presents eight productions, including three Australian operas.
Malthouse Presents MONSTERS, Starring Pamela Rabe And Dancers From Stephanie Lake Company
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 27, 2021

Malthouse Theatre Artistic Director, Matthew Lutton  has collaborated with choreographer Stephanie Lake,  and Sydney-based writer Emme Hoy to create an  chilling adventure into the darkness featuring stage and  screen star Pamela Rabe and Stephanie Lake Company  dancers. 
Malthouse Theatre's BECAUSE THE NIGHT Extended Until September 2021
by Stephi Wild - Jun 28, 2021

Tickets are now on sale for performances until 26 September 2021, with two performances nightly at 6pm and 8.30pm from Tuesdays to Sundays, and a matinee performance at 1pm on Saturday.
Malthouse Theatre Launches Playwriting Innovation Award
by Stephi Wild - Feb 5, 2021

Malthouse Theatre’s Playwriting Innovation Award is a new initiative designed to provoke conversations about the future of playwriting in Australia, and acknowledge the innovative contributions made by local playwrights to the growth of the artform.
BWW Interview: David Greig Talks ADVENTURES WITH THE PAINTED PEOPLE
by Jonathan Marshall - Jun 4, 2020

Prolific playwright David Greig has a varied catalogue of work ranging from the recently revived Europe to West End hit Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and his acclaimed adaptation of Touching the Void. He is also Artistic Director of Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum Theatre. Greig's first original play in 7 years Adventures with the Painted People was due to begin its run in Edinburgh this summer but has since been adapted for radio due to the pandemic. The writer spoke with BroadwayWorld about his creative process, the future of theatre and his latest work. 
The Blue Room Theatre Celebrates 30th Birthday With Fundraiser
by Stephi Wild - Oct 30, 2019

The Blue Room Theatre is celebrating its 30th birthday in 2019 with a project to transform the venue to continue to support artists for the next 30 years.
Donmar Warehouse Announces Full Casting For TEENAGE DICK
by Stephi Wild - Oct 24, 2019

The Donmar Warehouse announces the full cast for Teenage Dick, Mike Lew's darkly comic take on Shakespeare's Richard III, directed by Donmar Artistic Director Michael Longhurst. Joining previously announced cast Daniel Monks and Susan Wokoma are Callum Adams, Alice Hewkin, Siena Kelly and Ruth Madeley.
BWW Review: SOLARIS, Lyric Hammersmith
by Charlie Wilks - Oct 14, 2019

On an isolated space station, far away from human life, three scientists sit and observe Solaris a?" a newly discovered place made solely of water, which orbits around two suns without ever going off course. Originally a place of unsurety, the planet slowly reveals itself to be a place full of life; the beings that inhabit it are known as 'visitors', and slowly begin to drop by to bother the investigators. Resembling the people that were once lost, their presence on the satellite causes lots of turmoil and agony.
Guest Blog: Actress Polly Frame On SOLARIS at Lyric Hammersmith
by Marianka Swain - Oct 7, 2019

I GET TO WEAR A SPACE SUIT.  Let's start with that… I get to wear a space suit and travel, every night (who knows exactly how many light years), to a space station overlooking a planet called Solaris. A planet that is completely covered in ocean and orbits two suns. A planet that - those on this space station think - might be conscious. Not a bad day in the office.
Malthouse Theatre Announces 2020 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 25, 2019

From the backstreets of Melbourne's northern suburbsto the depths of Antarctica, a Scottish Shakespearean spectacle to Oscar Wilde's most famous comedy of lies, Malthouse Theatre brings history, culture, politics, subversion, great odysseys and truth-telling together under one roof. In 2020 Malthouse Theatre is going ALL IN.
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by Jade Kops - Jul 15, 2018

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Peter Carey's BLISS Adapted For The Stage At Belvoir This June And July
by A.A. Cristi - May 31, 2018

Belvoir and Melbourne's Malthouse Theatre have combined forces on the theatrical adaptation of Peter Carey's iconic Australian novel Bliss, a story about Harry Joy - the quintessential 'Good Bloke' and his awakening, coming to Belvoir from June 9.
Malthouse Theatre Presents the Australian Premiere of BLACK RIDER: The Casting Of Magic Bullets
by BWW News Desk - Sep 4, 2017

A ride like no other, Victorian Opera and Malthouse Theatre team up with Meow Meow, Paul Capsis, Le Gateau Chocolat, and Kanen Breen for the Australian premiere of Black Rider: The Casting Of The Magic Bullets a delirious journey through a vivid theatrical landscape that is part gothic, part opera, and all dance with the devil.
BWW Review: THE REAL AND IMAGINED HISTORY OF THE ELEPHANT MAN at Malthouse Theatre
by Victoria Beal - Aug 11, 2017

A man featured in literature since the 20s and on stage and film since the 70s, Joseph Merrick, otherwise known as The Elephant Man, has had his story told in a myriad of ways - but none quite like this.
Sydney Theatre Company Presents AWAY
by Rebecca Russo - Nov 29, 2016

Michael Gow's Away is widely regarded as one of the classic plays of the Australian theatrical canon. In Sydney Theatre Company and Malthouse Theatre's new production, beginning 18 February 2017 at Sydney Opera House followed by a Melbourne season, director Matthew Lutton will heighten the theatrical breadth and spectacle inherent in this sharply observed and emotionally-charged drama.

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