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Actor Juliet Sironi holding a bunch of dried flowers with smoke all around her against a red background.
Until 18 Oct

Rosie: The Haunted House That Became a Haunted Home

  • Theatre
  • Entertainment

Welcome to the haunted house.

Things are about to get spooky and kooky, ghastly and ghouly, in award-winning comedic storyteller Juliet Sironi’s brand new show about unexpectedly moving into a haunted house... and then staying there for seven years.

Meet ‘Rosie', a sweet little beach cottage by day; a spooky, moaning and groaning hive of ghostly activity...all the time. It’s a haunted house, with all of the usual haunted house accoutrements.

We have the things that go bump in the night. We have the disembodied voices and the electrical appliances behaving badly. We have the hanging man that appears at the oddest of times. Just fun, happy, normal haunted house stuff.

But what happens when ‘real’ life starts to encroach in unexpected ways, forcing Juliet to make a heartbreaking decision?

Is this goodbye to her haunted house, or just an RIP au revoir?

Hours

Date Times
Thu 15 Oct
  • 8.05pm - 9.05pm 8:05pm - 9:05pm
Fri 16 Oct
  • 8.05pm - 9.05pm 8:05pm - 9:05pm
Sat 17 Oct
  • 8.05pm - 9.05pm 8:05pm - 9:05pm
Sun 18 Oct
  • 8.05pm - 9.05pm 8:05pm - 9:05pm

Location

The Motley Wherehaus
432 Queen St
Melbourne 3000

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Price and bookings

From $19.50 to $50

Adult / general $26
Student / concession $22
Book online for Rosie: The Haunted House That Became a Haunted Home

Contact details

  • email address: info@themotley.com.au
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Also part of Melbourne Fringe Festival

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Until 18 Oct

Tegan Higginbotham: Follow That Turtle!

Award-winning comedian Tegan Higginbotham is back with an unmissable hour of stand-up gold.

  • Comedy
  • Theatre
A performer lying on the ground, clutching her belly and holding a soft toy, against a red background.
Until 17 Oct

Heir

A pregnant therapist has a stranger in her office who seems to know things about her he shouldn't.

  • Theatre
  • Entertainment
Close-up of woman's face with pursed lips.
Until 18 Oct

Hannah Camilleri: Dinner Hannah Show

Award-winning clown Hannah Camilleri brings her loose, playful, absurd comedy show to Fringe.

  • Comedy
  • Theatre
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Until 18 Oct

Design X Nature

An outdoor exhibition of artworks exploring how natural systems inform creative practice.

  • Free
  • Art

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  • Hidden gem
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  • Restaurant
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15 Oct – 8 Nov

The Shark is Broken

A razor-sharp, laugh-out-loud play about fame, failure, and friendship under pressure.

  • Theatre
  • Entertainment
A scene from the play Bitch Boxer, featuring a performer on all fours, in red boxing shorts, singlet and boxing gloves captured mid-motion in a long exposure motion blur.
Until 18 Oct

Bitch Boxer

A fierce one-woman boxing story of grief, rage, love and fighting to take up space.

  • Theatre
  • Entertainment
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18 Nov

Play in a Day: Volpone, or The Fox

Bell Shakespeare’s lively script reading series celebrating rarely read classics.

  • Theatre
  • Entertainment
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12 – 15 Nov

The Dark Matter of Usulal

A powerful performance of body, bloodline and worlds in motion.

  • Theatre
  • Entertainment
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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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