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3 – 5 Sep

Mr Burns: A Post-Electric Play

  • Comedy
  • Theatre

Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play by Anne Washburn is a darkly funny, inventive exploration of storytelling, memory and survival.

In the aftermath of a catastrophic event, a group of survivors gather around a fire and try to reconstruct an episode of The Simpsons from memory. As the play moves forward through time, this familiar piece of pop culture is retold, reshaped and transformed into something much larger...entertainment, folklore and eventually mythology.

Blending comedy, drama, music and bold theatricality, Mr. Burns asks what happens to the stories we love when the world that created them is gone. Strange, hilarious, unsettling and unexpectedly moving, it is a celebration of our instinct to tell stories and the extraordinary ways those stories change as they are passed on.

Presented by Little Hall Arts Society.

Hours

Date Times
Thu 3 Sep
  • 7.30pm - 10pm 7:30pm - 10:00pm
Fri 4 Sep
  • 7.30pm - 10pm 7:30pm - 10:00pm
Sat 5 Sep
  • 7.30pm - 10pm 7:30pm - 10:00pm

Location

University of Melbourne Union Theatre, Level 2
Arts & Cultural Building
Bldg 159/15 Monash Rd
Parkville 3010

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Price and bookings

From $22.50 to $25

Adult / general $25
Senior $22.50
Student / concession $22.50
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Contact details

  • telephone number: 03 7036 2100
  • email address: little-hallarts@unimelb.edu.au
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  • Comedy
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