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A mummified figure slumped in a wingback armchair.
24 – 27 Sep

Please Remain

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  • Entertainment

Letting go is never easy.

Still confined to the armchair in which he died, the mummified corpse of an ex-Air Force pilot longs to be set free by his still-living partner.

Obsession, secrecy, and fractured reality reveal a world where true love has decayed into dysfunction of the most extreme kind.

A brand new work from the team behind the sell-out puppetry for adults ‘Last Man on Earth is Trapped in a Supermarket’.

Proudly part of the Melbourne Festival of Puppetry

Hours

Date Times
Thu 24 Sep
  • 6.30pm - 7.30pm 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Fri 25 Sep
  • 6.30pm - 7.30pm 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Sat 26 Sep
  • 6.30pm - 7.30pm 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Sun 27 Sep
  • 6.30pm - 7.30pm 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Location

430 Queen St
Melbourne 3000

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From $15 to -$21

Adult / general $35
Book online for Please Remain

Contact details

  • telephone number: 0403 654 912
  • email address: melbournefestivalofpuppetry@gmail.com
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A scene from a production of My Fair Lady on stage, with the cast dancing.
14 Nov – 10 Jan

My Fair Lady

Celebrating 70 glorious years since its debut, Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady returns to Melbourne.

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Dr Pathicus’ Unnatural Adventures

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Piccolo Teatro: Magic Theatre

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Naruto: The Symphonic Experience

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The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land we govern, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong / Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin and pays respect to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and honour the unbroken spiritual, cultural and political connection they have maintained to this unique place for more than 2000 generations.

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