Malthouse Theatre

FEBRUARY 10 - FEBRUARY 28 (SEASON ENDED)

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MALTHOUSE THEATRE PRESENTS
A THREE TO A ROOM PRODUCTION

I LOVE YOU, BRO

BY ADAM J. A. CASS
DIRECTOR YVONNE VIRSIK
DESIGNER JASON LEHANE
THREE TO A ROOM CLAIRE GLENN &
CHARLOTTE STRANTZEN
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT ALEXANDRA ALDRICH
PERFORMED BY ASH FLANDERS

“After constructing a fantasy world of girls, spies, and villains in an MSN chatroom, a lonely 14-year-old was found in a deserted alley with nearly fatal stab wounds. He survived, only to be convicted of inciting his own murder... ‘I love you, bro,’ Mark told his younger friend as he plunged in the knife.”
Vanity Fair.

Based on real events that took place in Manchester, 2003, Adam Cass’ bleakly funny, deeply theatrical work delves into the mind of a teenage chat-room junkie: a modern boy, remarkably clever and desperately lonely, who spins a web of deceit that destroys two lives - all for the glory of love.

I Love You, Bro premiered at the 2007 Melbourne Fringe, winning the Melbourne Dramatists Emerging Playwright Award, and wowed audiences in Edinburgh 2008. Now, Melbourne’s independent theatre company, Three to a Room, makes a triumphant return with this transfixing original work.

“HAD AUDIENCES GASPING WITH A MIX OF HORROR AND DISBELIEF.”

HERALD SUN

“CASS STRETCHES A SIMPLE IDEA INTO AN ENGAGING AND FRIGHTENING THRILLER… A THOROUGHLY ENJOYABLE THOUGHT- PROVOKING PIECE EXPLORING A SHADOWED, POTENTIALLY DESTRUCTIVE, WORLD WE SHOULD EXPLORE AND QUESTION.”

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