Malthouse Theatre has announced the first five productions of its 2023 season. Works from playwrights Jasmine Lee-Jones, Christos Tsiolkas with Dan Giovanni, Keziah Warner, Wang Chong 王翀 and Ash Flanders will be on display, tackling everything from scandalous Twitter drama, to bloodthirsty vampires in Tasmania, to sweaty nights in Collingwood’s gay clubs.

seven methods of killing kylie jenner, Malthouse Theatre, 2023. Photo © Teniola Komolafe

“The stories we are telling in 2023 are not the stories you hear every day,” said Malthouse Theatre’s Artistic Director Matthew Lutton. “Every story is bringing an infrequently heard perspective to the surface, with creators drawing on personal experiences to create these deeply felt fictions.”

“They are all stories best told on stage. They are theatrical, and will provoke you in a way that causes you to forget the outside world, and engage in a fiction that you will take with you out into the world again.”

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