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A male actor wears dark blue overalls with an axe resting on his shoulder, while a female actor in khaki coloured overalls stands close to him in side profile and throws wood ships at his chest with her open hand.
5 – 16 Aug

The Orchard

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  • Entertainment

Congratulations!

You’ve inherited a redundant cherry orchard, a crumbling climate, a failing economy, inept institutions and the final play written by Anton Chekhov. What will you salvage? How much are you willing to let go? How much will be taken from you?

Welcome to The Orchard, where doomed inheritances and impossible expectations collide. Choices must be made. Classics must be questioned. Wood must be chopped.

From the ‘frenetically uproarious’ (Time Out) collective renowned for their ‘meticulously practiced feat[s] of coordinated effort’ (The Skinny) such as Burnout Paradise and Grand Theft Theatre, witness Pony Cam as they attempt to adapt Chekhov’s classic for an increasingly demanding world – and transform everything we hold dear along with it.

There will be real indecision, real stories, a person in a tree costume, a lot of cling wrap and a chainsaw borrowed from a friend.

Will you survive the adaptation?

Hours

Date Times
Tue 5 Aug
  • 6.30pm - 8pm 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Wed 6 Aug
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Thu 7 Aug
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Fri 8 Aug
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Sat 9 Aug
  • 2pm - 3.30pm 2:00pm - 3:30pm
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Mon 11 Aug
  • 6.30pm - 8pm 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Tue 12 Aug
  • 6.30pm - 8pm 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Wed 13 Aug
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Thu 14 Aug
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Fri 15 Aug
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Sat 16 Aug
  • 2pm - 3.30pm 2:00pm - 3:30pm
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm

Location

Malthouse Theatre
113 Sturt St
Southbank 3006

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Price and bookings

From $35 to $65

Book online for The Orchard

Contact details

  • telephone number: 03 9685 5111
  • email address: boxoffice@malthousetheatre.com.au
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