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The Cherry Orchard – Melbourne Theatre Co
Mon, 19 Aug - Wed, 25 Sep 2013
A modern take on wealth and pride from the ever-inventive Simon Stone.
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Melbourne Festival 2013
Fri, 11 Oct - Sun, 27 Oct 2013
Various locations across Melbourne, Melbourne
The program for the new-look Melbourne Festival, in its first year under new artistic director Josephine Ridge, has been announced for 2013.
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Melbourne Festival Is After Your Heart with 2013 Program
A ten-hour theatre show, a concert in the dark and a giant Welcome to Country mark Melbourne Festival 2013.
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Hey! Yeah! It’s Molly’s Travelling Worm Show!
Tue, 13 Aug - Sat, 24 Aug 2013
The Malthouse, Tower Theatre, Southbank
A comedy about the grand and daggy dreams of regional tourism.
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Mein Kampf
Thu, 8 Aug - Sun, 25 Aug 2013
La Mama Theatre, Carlton
Adolf Hitler's notorious manifesto seems like unusual fodder for comedy, but the play has been a success since its first staging in 1987.
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Botanica – Momix
Wed, 7 Aug - Sun, 11 Aug 2013
State Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne
A stylised ode to nature from America's "dance illusionists".
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PROMPTER – Hydra Poesis
Fri, 9 Aug - Sun, 18 Aug 2013
Arts House, Meat Market, North Melbourne
The compulsion of the relentless online news cycle is explored in daring but unengaging fashion.
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Wake Up Hate
Wed, 31 Jul - Sun, 11 Aug 2013
La Mama Courthouse Theatre, Carlton
A fierce monologue from a protagonist who claims to have freshly come back from the dead.
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The Bloody Chamber
Fri, 2 Aug - Sat, 10 Aug 2013
The Malthouse, Merlyn Theatre, Southbank
A truly classic serial killer story that's passed through the hands of Angela Carter and Van Badham.
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White Rabbit, Red Rabbit – Malthouse
Tue, 23 Jul - Sat, 3 Aug 2013
Beckett Theatre, Malthouse Theatre, Southbank
You've probably never seen anything like White Rabbit, Red Rabbit. Guess what? Neither have the actors.
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This Is Beautiful – The Public Studio
Fri, 19 Jul - Sat, 3 Aug 2013
The Malthouse, Tower Theatre, Southbank
The complex relationship we have with our bodies is put under the lens at a banquet.
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Einstein on the Beach
Wed, 31 Jul - Sun, 4 Aug 2013
State Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne
A four-and-a-half hour opera may seem like a hard sell, but keep reading! Einstein on the Beach is no ordinary theatrical experience. First performed in 1976, combining the talents of three of America's seminal modern artists, it virtually reinvented opera by adding mathematics. This is a rare revival overseen by the creators themselves.
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Wake in Fright
Wed, 10 Jul - Sun, 28 Jul 2013
La Mama Courthouse Theatre, Carlton
Rural Australia becomes a place of horror in this classic, now adapted for stage.
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Arts House Opens Door to Season Two
Fire, murder, fight clubs and a semi-sci-fi take on online journalism feature in the cutting-edge season 2.0.
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Persona – Fraught Outfit
Thu, 27 Jun - Sun, 14 Jul 2013
Beckett Theatre, Malthouse Theatre, Southbank
We take no responsibility for any blowing of mind you may incur.
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The Story of O – The Rabble
Thu, 27 Jun - Sun, 7 Jul 2013
Southbank Theatre, The Lawler, Southbank
That pornography has been turned into art is just one of the things that makes this such a remarkable work.
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The Sovereign Wife – Sisters Grimm
Thu, 11 Jul - Sun, 21 Jul 2013
Southbank Theatre, The Lawler, Southbank
A saga of frontier struggle become a wild romp in the hands of trash maestros The Sisters Grimm.
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On the Bodily Education of Young Girls – Fraught Outfit
Fri, 31 May - Sun, 9 Jun 2013
Southbank Theatre, The Lawler, Southbank
Based on a 1903 novella set in an isolated female-only boarding school, this promises to be an eerie theatrical experience.
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By Their Own Hands – The Hayloft Project
Thu, 13 Jun - Sun, 23 Jun 2013
Southbank Theatre, The Lawler, Southbank
This tests new boundaries, even for a company that's well in the habit of pushing the envelope.
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Indie Theatre in the Spotlight for MTC’s NEON Season
Leading Melbourne indies The Hayloft Project, THE RABBLE, Daniel Schlusser Ensemble, Fraught Outfit and Sisters Grimm storm the big stage.