Chapter by chapter, Malthouse shakes up its 2015 season

A new programming approach sees works clustered together thematically, creating internal dialogues and broader conversations.
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Award-winning Fringe production They Saw a Thylacine features in the 2015 Malthouse program: photo by Andrew Gough, thylacine image courtesy the Tasmanian Archive Heritage Trust.

Subscribers who pick up the Malthouse Theatre’s 2015 season brochure will quickly notice a new approach to the program, with the introduction of thematic chapters in which works exploring similar themes are bundled together, as well as a program that expands out from the building’s three theatres to embrace its popular courtyard.

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Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts