VCE Playlist / Cloudstreet

We are pleased to announce that Cloudstreet has been selected for the 2019 VCE Theatre Studies Playlist (Unit 3).

Malthouse Theatre’s VCE playlisted shows are supported by our award-winning Prompt Packs as well as Post-show forums and a Revisit the Play session. Our programs are designed to offer students and teachers everything they require for a deep engagement and detailed analysis of the production. Book in early to secure your tickets to this once-in-a-generation opportunity.

Cloudstreet as a playscript was written in 1998, based on Tim Winton’s celebrated novel. In 2019 director Matthew Lutton brings this play to the stage for a monumental new production, unprecedented in scale and ambition.

Cloudstreet follows the lives of two families – the Lambs and the Pickles – forced to live together in the same haunted house over a 25 year period. Spanning from World War II through to the 1960s, the play weaves their stories of shifting fortunes and relationships to tell a much larger story about life on the outskirts of one of the world’s most isolated cities, in a country that is trying to grow up.

Encounter the epic story of Cloudstreet with the Cloudstreet Experience, where you will see the whole story in one event—with two intervals and a designated area for meal breaks. Suitable for students from Years 9 to 12, Cloudstreet will be an extraordinary and memorable theatrical event.