Picnic at Hanging Rock
A NEW PLAY BY / Tom Wright adapted from Joan Lindsay’s novel
26 FEB – 20 MAR 2016
Merlyn Theatre
// Proves that horror is a warm, sunny day
Picnic at Hanging Rock / has haunted the Australian psyche for over a century. One summer’s day in 1900 three schoolgirls and a teacher inexplicably vanished, never to be seen again. The trip was supposed to be a Saint Valentine’s Day treat. They were supposed to be home for dinner.
In Tom Wright’s chilling adaptation of Joan Lindsay’s classic novel, five performers will struggle to solve the mystery of the missing girls and their teacher. Euphoria and terror will reverberate throughout Appleyard College, as the potential for history to repeat itself becomes nightmarishly real.
Picnic at Hanging Rock is a story that defies explanation, a story that / proves that horror is a warm, sunny day.
PRODUCTION PARTNERS AND SUPPORTERS
A co-production with Black Swan State Theatre Company. Proudly supported by the Art Series Hotel Group.
Presented by Triple R.
Key image: Andrew Gough
Images: Pia Johnson
A NEW PLAY BY /
Tom Wright adapted from Joan Lindsay’s novel
DIRECTION /
Matthew Lutton
CAST INCLUDES /
Harriet Gordon-Anderson, Arielle Gray, Amber McMahon, Elizabeth Nabben, Nikki Shiels
SET & COSTUME DESIGN /
Zoë Atkinson
LIGHTING DESIGN /
Paul Jackson
COMPOSITION /
Ash Gibson Greig
SOUND DESIGN /
J. David Franzke
STAGE MANAGER /
Tia Clark
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER /
Lyndie Li Wan Po
Event & ticketing details
Accessibility
Performance Times
PREVIEWS
OPENING NIGHT
MONASH MEETS MALTHOUSE
AUDIO DESCRIBED
AUSLAN INTERPRETED
Event notes
DURATION /
85 minutes (no interval)
WARNINGS /
Contains occasional coarse language & horror themes.