The YouTube Comment Orchestra – The Last Tuesday Society and Malthouse Helium

Overview

This September, Malthouse Theatre's Helium and the Fringe front up some trademark strangeness; this time in the form of The YouTube Comment Orchestra. Presented by The Last Tuesday Society, this show represents months of sifting through the dark underbelly of YouTube for lyrical gold. Like a real-time, musical Google Poetics this stage spectacular will no doubt provide some srs lolz (and if you don't like it, I'm sure there's some kind of video platform you can anonymously criticise them on).

Now in its third year, Malthouse Theatre's Helium is a celebration of independent theatre-makers and original ideas; the realms of high and low culture coming into proper alignment. Partnering up with Next Wave and the Melbourne Fringe for certain productions like this one, this year's initiative from the highly respected Malthouse Theatre is quickly building momentum and looks to be a major player in this year's already bustling cultural program.

The YouTube Comment Orchestra runs September 17 -27, tickets available via Malthouse Theatre.

To check out the rest of the 2014 Helium program, we've got the wrap up over here.