Matthew Lutton directs the first professional staging of the epic play in two decades.

Cloudstreet is the centrepiece in a 2019 season steeped in horror, Malthouse AD Matthew Lutton explains.

This adaptation of Peter Carey’s novel is an uneven, sometimes laborious tragi-comic exploration of an adman’s existential crisis.

The ever-fabulous mezzo gives us a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at Black Rider for Victorian Opera and Malthouse.

Wonderfully cast and cunningly staged, this darkly humorous, musically eclectic fable disturbs and delights.

A cast of shape-shifters takes us deep into a hallucinogenic nightmare in Malthouse and Victorian Opera’s Black Rider. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Highlights include Kate Mulvany in an Ibsen gender-switch, an adaptation of Bliss, and a revival of the Hayes’ Calamity Jane. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

New works by Nakkiah Lui, Osamah Sami and Michele Lee feature alongside the return of Picnic and a new Melancholia. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Famous Victorian’s deformed body is but the starting point for a challenging, moving play about spectacle, difference and identity.

An interesting darker take on Michael Gow's beloved play, though some of the magic is lost.

Season highlights include new productions of The Elephant Man and The Black Rider plus Complicite’s immersive The Encounter. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Marlowe’s history play gets a modern day remake that brings its psychosexual complexities to the fore. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in