Dean Bryant, the new Artistic Director of Melbourne’s Malthouse Theatre, directs Ivo van Hove’s stage adaptation of Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s celebrated 1950 film All About Eve. In an exciting, audacious move, Christie Whelan Browne will play the dual starring roles of Margo and Eve, famously originated on screen by Hollywood legends Bette Davis and Anne Baxter, and played by Gillian Anderson and Lily James in Van Hove’s 2019 West End production. The drama unfolds inside a dressing room in New York City, as Broadway legend Margo Channing is introduced to her biggest fan, Eve Harrington. Margo is the undisputed queen of the theatre, and Eve is happy to serve in whatever small way she can. But is that all Eve is after?

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Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy night.

In a dressing room in New York City, Broadway legend Margo Channing is introduced to her biggest fan, Eve Harrington. Margo is the undisputed queen of the theatre and Eve is happy to serve in whatever small way she can.

But Margo knows something all women in her position do; danger lurks everywhere. A society that lifts you up is just as eager to tear you back down. Eve may look meek, but she’s not naive. The beginner is coming for the winner, and no one wants to listen to an ageing actress cry wolf.

Artistic Director Dean Bryant brings the iconic Hollywood film to the stage in this bold reimagining with the dazzling Christie Whelan Browne redefining ambition as both Margo and Eve. Also starring Christina O’Neill, All About Eve shines a spotlight on the double-edged sword of being a powerful woman, and asks why our fascination with celebrity and youth never gets old.