Past Seasons

An immersive theatre adventure by Malthouse Theatre

A conversation about storytelling. Presented in partnership with SAARI Collective.

One actor. Three dancers. A cave. A rescue mission. And a monster.

Malthouse Prompt Youth & Education 2021

Presented by Mistletone

Presented by Malthouse

Presented by Penny Drop

Presented by Token Events

Presented by Token Events

Presented by Token Events

Presented by Chunky Move

Presented by Rhinestone Rebel Presents

Presented by Midsumma Festival

Presented by 5AM Physical Theatre

Presented by Penny Drop

Presented by Penny Drop

Presented by Schwartz Media

Presented by Penny Drop

Presented by Penny Drop

Presented by Penny Drop

Presented by Penny Drop

Presented by Penny Drop

Presented by Penny Drop

Presented by Penny Drop

Presented by Penny Drop

Presented by Chunky Move

Presented by Chunky Move

Presented by Token Events

Presented by Chunky Move

Presented by the Wheeler Centre

Presented by the Wheeler Centre

Presented by the Wheeler Centre

Presented by the Wheeler Centre

On Malthouse Outdoor Stage

On Malthouse Outdoor Stage

Presented by the Wheeler Centre

Presented by The People of Cabaret and Midsumma Festival

Presented by Archer Magazine, The Wheeler Centre, and Midsumma Festival.​

Presented by YIRRAMBOI

Presented by Party Passport, Midsumma & YIRRAMBOI Festival

Presented by YIRRAMBOI Festival

Presented by YIRRAMBOI

Presented by YIRRAMBOI

Presented by Quiet RIOT and House of Valerie Joan

'Exceptionally funny…Glorious absurdity… Makes you hear every line afresh' — The Guardian

A rambunctious match made on eggshells

Shakespeare’s tragedy has never been more relevant than in This Ignorant Present

Australian playwright Ra Chapman's mainstage debut

Nine ordinary people's lives in lockdown are anything but ordinary

‘Damn, the real world is a hell of a writer' — Artforum

‘Truly captivating’ — The Age

From trophies of delusion to redemption

‘A searing indictment of the law's treatment of women' — Sydney Morning Herald

If trouble and mischief is all you live for...

'Nihilistic, foul-mouthed and calculated to please almost no-one' — The Australian (For Loaded, Novel)

★★★★ 'Chong [is] an immensely sensitive and supple theatre-maker' — Time Out (for Little Emperors)

A new adaptation of Hao Jingfang's Hugo Award-winning novelette Folding Beijing

★★★★★ 'A show I'll be thinking about for years to come' — The Age

★★★★½ 'A show that takes the ground from under you, even as it entertains the hell out of you' — The Age

Be someone else. Join The Temple.

Haunted house. Monument of love. Great continent. Cloudstreet is all that and more.

★★★★½ 'Brilliant, Bold and deeply unnerving theatre' — The Age

★★★★★ 'Solaris is a triumphant and emotionally vibrant production' — The Music

★★★★ 'Ambitious and often strangely beautiful' — Time Out

★★★★★ 'Hilariously intelligent...damn good comedy' — The Music

★★★★½ 'Genius' — Theatre People

Control. Co-ordinate. Collide. Checkmate.

The power and ecstasy of grief

★★★★★ 'Fast-paced adventure' — ArtsHub

★★★★★ 'An experience designed to beguile' — Herald Scotland

★★★★½ 'A brilliantly constructed production and compellingly performed' — ArtsHub

★★★★ 'A vital confrontation, extraordinary' — The Observer

★★★★ 'The next laugh is never too far away' — ArtsHub

★★★★ 'Bursts off the stage' — Time Out

★★★★½ 'Guttingly powerful' — The Music

★★★★★ 'Fast-paced adventure that brings the house down' — ArtsHub

★★★★ 'Accomplished, evocative stage debut' — The Guardian

'The work of a director who has come into her full powers' — The Conversation

★★★★ 'Brilliant, irreverent, autobiographical theatre' — The Age

★★★★★ 'If there's one piece of theatre you see this year, make it Trustees' — Theatre People

★★★★★ 'Sucker punch funny. I've never seen a play quite like it' — The Scotsman

'A bittersweet, heartwarming coming of age story laced with humour and irony' — American Theatre

★★★★★ 'An hallucinatory, tech-augmented tour de force' — The Age

★★★★ 'Heightened, visually striking domestic melodrama' — The Age

★★★★ 'A refreshingly urgent piece of new Australian writing' — Time Out

★★★★ 'Tantalising, entertaining, ridiculous' — Herald Sun

★★★★½ 'Magnificent on every level' — The Age

★★★★★ 'Outrageously funny' — The Guardian

★★★★ 'A play as energised by hilarity as ferocity, by anger as anguish' — The Age

★★★★ 'A moving road trip through Australia's desert centre' — The Age

★★★★ 'Repulsive, inappropriate and often brilliant' — The Age

★★★★ 'A challenging, moving play about spectacle, difference and identity' — Limelight Magazine

★★★★½ 'Stylish and soulful, wild and disturbing and darkly funny' — The Age

★★★★ 'Pamela Rabe shines in chiselled, authoritative performance' — The Age

'A unique two hander' — The Conversation

★★★★ 'Fearlessly complex and visually arresting' — The Music

// A fairytale gone rogue

// Proves that horror is a warm, sunny day

Curated by Daniel Schlussser

// Worth living for

Curated by Samara Hersch

// Is a stone's throw away from collapse

Curated by Felix Ching Ching Ho

Curated by THE RABBLE

// That are unthinkable, are the hardest to put behind us

// And peer over the edge

// Pays the ultimate price for making the personal political

// Unites two iridescent artists—musician Tim Finn and poet Dorothy Porter

// Pulls back the covers on teenage boys and porn

// Is a feast of contradictions

// Strips Australia bare

Presented by RISING

Presented by RISING