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17 – 20 Sep

Turn of the Screw

  • Theatre
  • Music

Benjamin Britten’s opera, composed in 1954, is a gripping setting of the famous novella by Henry James of strange goings-on in a remote English manor house, where a young governess has been employed to care for two children. As she struggles to protect the children from increasingly sinister forces that seem to surround them, her sense of what is real and what is not becomes thrillingly blurred. 

The Turn of the Screw stands as one of the most successful operas of the past 100 years. Its evocative music, scored for a chamber orchestra of 13 players, brilliantly captures the psychological tension and eerie ambience of this classic gothic tale.

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Wed 17 Sep
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Sat 20 Sep
  • 4.30pm - 6pm 4:30pm - 6:00pm

Location

Theatre Two
Athenaeum Theatre
188 Collins St
Melbourne 3000

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Price and bookings

Adult / general $69
Student / concession $49
Children $39
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2 – 5 Dec

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  • Theatre
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  • Theatre
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  • Theatre
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Victorian College of the Arts Music Theatre Showcase
8 Aug

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Join the graduating students from the VCA as they celebrate the Golden Age of Musical Theatre.

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