It`s a Saffa Thing Proof Empyrean Gasworks Circus

Gasworks Circus Showdown
Presented by Gasworks Arts Park
1 to 4 June | Tickets $10 to $49 | Gasworks Arts Park
The acclaimed circus and physical event returns to Gasworks
Arts Park! A festival of circus, it is one-part competition, onepart showcase, and spotlights a selection of exceptional circus
and physical theatre talent from around Australia.
Empyrean
Presented by the Melbourne Ballet Company
17 and 18 June | Tickets $16 to $40
Alex Theatre St Kilda
This beautiful new work explores the concept
of Empyrean: outer sky, closest to purity and
unconditional love. Empyrean focuses to all
the positive elements of Picasso’s work, and
surrounds us with a feeling of bliss in contrast
to the prior anguish of illusion. Empyrean is a
beautiful, sensual production featuring some
of Australia’s most gifted dancers.
Adjusting to the new life as an expatriate, driving over the
occasional kangaroo and abiding by a speed limit so slow that
a bicycle is a more legitimate option, Kevin Fraser takes you on
a back and forth journey of his daily dilemmas in a new found,
not-so-northern-territory home.
The smash hit Broadway musical brings all
the Peanuts gang together! A day in the life
of Charlie and his friends includes baseball,
misunderstandings and friendship.
Nominated for four Tony awards, You’re
a Good Man Charlie Brown is a hilarious
musical comedy for the whole family.
Proof
This is Not a Love Song
Presented by Gasworks Arts Park
16 and 17 June | Tickets $20 to $40
Gasworks Arts Park
A giant pop-up book ghost story! A dark tale of spooky
proportions that literally pops up from the page! Prepare for
unexpected surprises, scary shadows and shoes that walk
themselves.
The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik
Presented by Gasworks Arts Park
19 and 20 July | Tickets $20 to $40
Gasworks Arts Park
Presented by Aleksander Vass & Vass
Theatre Group
21 June to 2 July | Tickets $25 to $45
Alex Theatre St Kilda
Presented by Kevin Fraser
4 June | Tickets $25 to $39 | Alex Theatre St Kilda
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, David Auburn’s Proof is
a passionate, intelligent story about fathers and daughters, the
nature of genius, and the power of love.
Presented by Salt and Poppet
Theatre
5 July | Tickets from $15
The National Theatre Melbourne
You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown
It’s a Saffa Thing
Presented by Artefact Theatre Co.
9 to 19 June | Tickets $35 to $40 | Alex Theatre St Kilda
Inside the Walls
Gala Season
Presented by The National Theatre Ballet School
25 and 26 June | Tickets $20 to $40
The National Theatre Melbourne
The National Theatre Ballet School proudly presents for their
Mid Year Gala Season a stunning triple bill of dance: Les
Sylphides, A Perfect Day, and Paquita.
A blend of animation, puppetry, live action
and real time projection, this unique and
charming performance, is a heart-warming
and beautiful experience that’s a remarkable
pocket masterpiece of invention and staging.
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Presented by The National
Theatre Drama School
6 to 9 July | Tickets $20 to $35
The National Theatre Melbourne
An eccentric and acid-tongued radio
lecturer is disabled on the doorstep
of an Ohio family. He hatches a plot
to fix all of the household’s problems.
But has he made a mistake?
Ghost Stories
Presented by Prince Moo Productions
26 July to 6 August | Tickets $59 to $65
The National Theatre Melbourne
Featuring a stellar cast and live musician playing songs from
Fleetwood Mac to Daryl Braithwaite, comic legend Greg Fleet’s
debut play presents a love story that soars from hilarity to
tragedy, often in the same breath.
Seen by over half a million people worldwide,
Ghost Stories is a truly terrifying theatrical
experience that will make you laugh and scream
in equal measures. Despite being blood and
gore free this 80-minute drama, will take you
on a chilling journey that you will never forget.
HIPPO! HIPPO! A BIG NEW Musical Adventure!
Presented by Gasworks Arts Park
1 and 2 July | All tickets $18 | Gasworks Arts Park
A Garry Ginivan Attraction produced in association with Shows
for Schools, this BIG NEW musical is based on the phenomenally
successful children’s classic, “There’s a Hippopotamus on Our
Roof Eating Cake”, written by Australian children’s author Hazel
Edwards and illustrated by Deborah Niland.. This adaptation is
produced under exclusive license from Penguin Books Australia.
Arché
Presented by the Melbourne Ballet Company
28 and 29 July | Tickets $16 to $40
Alex Theatre St Kilda
With stunning choreography by Simon Hoy and
Timothy Podesta, Arché is one ballet you will not
want to miss this year!
Mill on the Floss | OpticNerve
Gasworks Arts Park
OpticNerve Performance Group bring contemporary resonance
and intimacy to this classic epic. Its disturbing and powerful
imagery evokes an era where intelligent, passionate and
disobedient women struggled to live an imaginative life.
21 Graham Street
(Corner Graham and Pickles Streets)
Albert Park VIC 3206
Bookings: (03) 9699 3253
Web: gasworks.org.au
Parking: Free, unrestricted parking.
Tram: 1 & 109
Buses: 234 & 236
Presented by Theatre Works and OpticNerve
28 July to 13 August | Tickets $20 to $35
Theatre Works
Always... Patsy Cline
Presented by Hit Productions
30 to 31 July | Alex Theatre St Kilda
Always... Patsy Cline is more than a
tribute to the legendary country singer
who died tragically at age 30 in a plane
crash in 1963. The show is based on a true
story about Cline’s friendship with a fan
from Houston named Louise Seger, who
befriended the star in a Texas honky-tonk
in 1961 and continued a correspondence
with Cline until her death. Great music
and a heart-filled story.
Dangerous Liaisons
Presented by Theatre Works and Little
Ones Theatre
16 to 20 August | Tickets $26 to $35
Theatre Works
Heaving bosoms, panniered skirts, perilous
hair and a little Chaka Khan on the
harpsichord populate this riotous version of
Christopher Hampton’s classic drama of sex,
betrayal and bad behaviour.
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
Presented by Theatre Works
22 August to 10 September | Tickets $20 to $35
Theatre Works
Bertolt Brecht’s satire is a mash-up of American gangster
movies and Richard III, offering a searing allegory on Adolf
Hitler’s rise to power through the grimy lens of 1930s Chicago.
Around the World in 80 Days
Presented by Ellis Productions and Vass Theatre
Productions
24 August to 4 September | Alex Theatre St Kilda
Starring Ian Stenlake, Pia Miranda and Grant Piro in the original
‘Amazing Race’ based on the classic Jules Verne tale. This is a
funny and incredibly clever show perfect for people 8 to 80!
Alex Theatre St Kilda
Level 1, 135 Fitzroy Street
St Kilda VIC 3182
Bookings via Ticketek: 13 28 49
Web: alextheatrestk.com
Parking: Limited parking available.
Tram: 3A, 16, 96 & 112
Light Rail: 96
Buses: 600, 922 & 923
The National Theatre Melbourne
20 Carlisle Street (Corner Barkly and Carlisle Streets)
St Kilda South VIC 3182
Bookings: (03) 9525 4611
Web: nationaltheatre.org.au
Parking: Limited parking available.
Tram: 16
Light Rail: 96
Buses: 246
PORT PHILLIP
Winter
Theatre Guide
Theatre Works
14 Acland Street
St Kilda VIC 3182
Bookings: (03) 9534 3388
Web: theatreworks.org.au
Parking: Limited parking available.
Tram: 16, 79 & 112
Light Rail: 96
Buses: 600, 606, 623 & 246
More Information
For more information on places to
eat before or after the show, and
accommodation in the region, visit
www.stkildamelbourne.com.au
Mill on the Floss
at Theatre Works