Happiness

2010, The Suitcase Series

THE MALTHOUSE

This is a work about fire and ice; about extremities and what happens when we push, and are pushed, to the limit; about endings. The way things vanish, sometimes forever. And how passion, resilience and love can create the possibility of a future.

This was the first play commissioned as part of the Suitcase Series, Malthouse Theatre's award-winning education program. The program sees Year 9 & 10 drama students use theatre to explore their relationship to climate change, with a new script commissioned every two years.

The script functions as source material for the students to explore, developing their own theatrical responses and presenting them to each other in conjunction with the Malthouse production.

This production was remounted in 2012, touring to East Bank Centre, Shepparton (15-16 October), Hothouse Theatre, Wodonga (18-19 October), Colac Otways Performing Arts Centre (22-23 October), Frankston Arts Centre (25-26 October), Drum Theatre, Dandenong (1-2 November)



Director Kate Sulan
Playwright Maryanne Lynch
Sculptor/Designer Anna Cordingley
Composition/Sound Design Jethro Woodward
Lighting Design  Lucy Birkinshore

Performers
Natasha Herbert, Terry Yeboah, Jodie Le Vesconte, Todd MacDonald

Photographer: Belinda Strodder