Malthouse Theatre Civil Rights Summer Series
25 Jan – 1 Mar 2019
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Theatre, Cabaret
7 Feb – 3 Mar
Merlyn Theatre
1 hour 50 mins
Contains adult themes, strong coarse language and haze.
Recommended for audiences aged 12+.
Limited seats will be available to watch the show from the comfort of a couch, table or bar stool on the Merlyn Theatre stage. Please note that these seats will be available as General Admission only.
To discuss potentially triggering content please contact Malthouse Theatre’s Box Office or speak with a member of staff.
Single tickets on sale now. Book a Season Pass and receive great savings and a wealth of benefits.
Theatre, Cabaret
7 Feb – 3 Mar
Merlyn Theatre
1 hour 50 mins
Contains adult themes, strong coarse language and haze.
Recommended for audiences aged 12+.
Limited seats will be available to watch the show from the comfort of a couch, table or bar stool on the Merlyn Theatre stage. Please note that these seats will be available as General Admission only.
To discuss potentially triggering content please contact Malthouse Theatre’s Box Office or speak with a member of staff.
Barbara fronts a pub rock band, captivating crowds with cutting wit, diabolical rage and unrepentant sexuality. She may be fun, she may be dangerous, and she may be speeding headlong towards a dead end.
Rene, her cousin, hears that Mum is sick. So, they set out on a wrenching road trip to reconnect with their disconnected family. The roar of motorbikes and growling dialogue are intercut with guitar-driven arias.
Malthouse Theatre’s Merlyn stage is made over into a sticky-carpet band venue—a transformation that will see some lucky audience members seated up-close and a part of the action with Barbara and the band. There, Ursula Yovich (Heart is a Wasteland) and Elaine Crombie (Blaque Showgirls) are rocking out again after a sell-out season in Sydney. Their powerful vocals are accompanied, live, by an all-female three-piece outfit.
So, take a stool at the bar and amp up for a noisy night with Barbara and the Camp Dogs.
★★★★ ½ a show that takes the ground from under you, even as it entertains the hell out of you.
★★★★ starts with a chuckle and barrels into a roar.
★★★★ deeply funny and deeply moving.
I think I've already seen the show of the year.
Images: Pia Johnson
Images: Pia Johnson
Images: Pia Johnson
Images: Pia Johnson
Images: Pia Johnson
Images: Pia Johnson
Images: Pia Johnson
Images: Pia Johnson
Images: Pia Johnson
Images: Pia Johnson
Images: Pia Johnson
Images: Pia Johnson
Images: Pia Johnson
BY / Ursula Yovich, Alana Valentine
DIRECTION / Leticia Cáceres
CAST / Troy Brady, Elaine Crombie, Ursula Yovich
SONGS BY / Alana Valentine, Ursula Yovich, Adm Ventoura
SET DESIGN / Stephen Curtis
COSTUME DESIGN / Chloe Greaves
LIGHTING DESIGN / Karen Norris
SOUND DESIGN / Steve Toulmin
MUSICIANS / Sorcha Albuquerque, Jessica Dunn, Michelle Vincent
STAGE MANAGER / Khym Scott
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER / Cecilia Nelson
Presented in association with Vicki Gordon Music Productions.
PREVIEWS
7.30pm, Thursday 7 February
OPENING NIGHT
7.30pm, Friday 8 February
TIME TO TALK
6.30pm, Tuesday 12 February
TACTILE TOUR
7.30pm, Friday 15 February
Malthouse Theatre presents a Belvoir production. Barbara and the Camp Dogs had its World Premiere at Belvoir in December 2017. Indigenous Theatre at Belvoir is supported by The Balnaves Foundation. Barbara and the Camp Dogs was co-commissioned by Vicki Gordon Music Productions.
Proudly supported by Art Series Hotels.
Key image: Brett Boardman
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