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AUSTRALIA | THEATRE SINCE I SUPPOSE MELBOURNE FESTIVAL AND ARTS HOUSE PRESENT ONE STEP AT A TIME LIKE THIS CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE THEATER AND RICHARD JORDAN PRODUCTIONS LTD Transaction fees may apply Book with a friend or on your own – each journey will be experienced by two people each session. Please respect each other’s solitude. melbournefestival.com.au/suppose Arts House 03 9322 3713 artshouse.com.au Contains full-frontal nudity, optional sexually explicit content 88 AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE Come on a journey through a city made unfamiliar. A guided tour through the hidden secrets and invisible forces that lurk within the place you call home. Since I Suppose is a groundbreaking and immersive exploration of Melbourne’s places of pleasure and power – an engaging work of theatre that places you at its centre. Wending your way through the streets of Melbourne, you become observer and judge in a tale stolen from Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure. The device sitting in your palm leads you through a dizzying web of video, audio, site-specific happenings and unexpected, real life one-on-one encounters, as you prowl the city’s thoroughfares and byways. Buy 3 or more eligible events and save 15% See page 118 for details Keep your eyes open and be ready for anything – this is theatre as you have never experienced it before. Since I Suppose starts at Grand Hyatt Melbourne (Russell Street entrance) and ends in North Melbourne. Once at the Grand Hyatt you will receive a phone call. Make sure you bring your phone, fully charged. The show does not end where it starts – please dress for weather and walking. Since I Suppose was commissioned by Chicago Shakespeare Theater and Richard Jordan Productions Ltd, and received its world premiere on 28 Aug 2014 at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. ARTIST Q&A – FREE Tue 28 Oct at 7.30pm ARTS HOUSE, NORTH MELBOURNE TOWN HALL Join the creators of Since I Suppose for a discussion of their new work, an innovative fusion of technology and theatre. Image: Paul Moir MELBOURNE CBD TO NORTH MELBOURNE Wed 15 – Sun 26 Oct Performances start every 25 mins between the following times: Wed – Thu, 12.30pm – 8.25pm Fri, 12.30pm – 8.50pm Sat, 10.25am – 8.50pm Sun, 10.25am – 6.45pm No performance Mon & Tue 2 hrs 30 mins per session $65 / $45