LIFE WITHOUT ME
Australia
World Premiere
By Daniel Keene
Produced by Melbourne Theatre Company in association with Melbourne International Arts Festival
Fawlty Towers meets Sartre's No Exit
in the world premiere of this absurd
look at life at the crossroads
If you don’t know who you are and you don’t
know where you’re headed, you might find yourself
spiralling in ever-tightening circles until you come
to rest in a nondescript part of town in a crummy
two-star hotel. The service is churlish, the lift doesn’t
work, the toast is burnt and the pot plants set off
your allergies. But keep your expectations low, really
low, and, who knows? – you might be pleasantly
surprised by how everything works out.
Multi-award winning writer Daniel Keene is one of
the most performed Australian playwrights outside
of the country. His latest work, Life Without Me
is an eccentric fable about taking up residence
and trying to move on. Keene creates a genteel
purgatory out of a small rundown hotel with warmth,
sympathy and a great deal of humour.
Australia
World Premiere
Director Peter Evans
Set & Costume Designer Dale Ferguson
Composer Jethro Woodward
Cast includes Brian Lipson, Robert Menzies,
Deidre Rubenstein, Greg Stone, Kerry Walker
WARNING Smoke Effects, Mild Coarse Language
Event Information
The MTC Theatre, Sumner
Previews
Sat 9 & Mon 11 – Wed 13 Oct at 8pm
Wed 13 Oct at 2pm
Festival Season
Fri 15, Wed 20, Thu 21 & Fri 22 Oct at 8pm
Sat 16 & Sat 23 Oct at 4pm & 8.30pm
Mon 18 & Tue 19 Oct at 6.30pm
Wed 20 Oct at 1pm
2hr with interval
Sat Eve Full.............................................. $83.15
Mon–Fri Eve & Sat 4pm Full.....................$78.85
Mon–Fri Eve & Sat 4pm Groups (10+).... $68.25
Mon–Fri Eve & Sat 4pm Concession*...... $68.25
Preview & Wed 1pm Full........................... $61.10
Preview & Wed 1pm Groups (10+).......... $54.20
Preview & Wed 1pm Concession*.............$48.10
Youth (Under 30) (all shows)......................... $30
*Excludes Seniors
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Ticketmaster 1300 723 038
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Melbourne Theatre Company is a department of the University of Melbourne
Image: Earl Carter
Full season runs until Sun 21 Nov
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“Daniel Keene is
indisputably one of
Australia’s most poetic,
thoughtful and probing
playwrights.”
Sydney Morning Herald
Ranters Theatre
Intimacy
Presented by Melbourne International Arts Festival
and Malthouse Theatre
Intimacy is born in the strangest
of places
Intimacy is the latest creation from the multiaward winning Melbourne-based ensemble
Ranters Theatre. It begins with a man stepping
out of his apartment into the chaos of a busy
night. His aim: nothing more than to speak to
strangers, to meet new people, to flirt with the
simple differences any urban street may throw
up. The result: an evening of human connection
between people whose collision is as profound
as it is happenstance.
Following the success of the hyper-real twohander Holiday in 2008, Malthouse Theatre has
joined with Melbourne Festival to commission
this exhilarating world premiere. Intimacy extends
Ranters’ unique theatrical vision through a
thought-provoking exploration of what the most
humble of interactions can reveal to us.
“Their interactions are so
completely in the moment,
so thrillingly real and
beautifully realised, that
you will feel like a voyeur.
Privileged. Awed.”
Devised & Directed by Adriano Cortese
Text by Raimondo Cortese
Set & Costume Designer Anna Tregloan
Lighting Designer Niklas Pajanti
Sound Designer David Franzke
Video Designer Keri Light
Company Manager Alison Halit
Co-Devised & Performed by Beth Buchanan,
Paul Lum, Patrick Moffatt
Event Information
The CUB Malthouse, Beckett Theatre
Previews
Fri 1, Sat 2 & Wed 6 Oct at 7.30pm
Tue 5 Oct at 7pm
Season
Full..............................................................$49
Groups (10+) & Seniors................................$42
Concession (excl. Seniors).............................$37
Student........................................................$23
Save up to 20%. See page 72 for details.
Ticketmaster 1300 723 038
www.melbournefestival.com.au
M-Tix (03) 9685 5111
www.malthousetheatre.com.au
A Melbourne International Arts Festival and Malthouse Theatre Commission.
The development of Intimacy was supported by Arts House, in the
CultureLAB, with the assistance of Arts Victoria
Image: Garth Oriander
Festival Season
Thu 7 – Sat 9, Wed 13 – Sat 16
& Wed 20 – Sat 23 Oct at 7.30pm
Tue 12 & Tue 19 Oct at 7pm
Sat 16 & Sat 23 Oct at 2pm
Thu 21 Oct at 1pm
1hr 15min no interval
Preview/Matinee
Full............................................................. $40
Groups