ALWAYS inspiring and often provoking, Melbourne International Arts Festival seeks to connect people with art forms and ideas.
The 2019 festival is a cultural adventure of theatre, dance, classical and contemporary music, special events, visual arts and outdoor events and more.
An Australian exclusive presentation of The Nico Project with performer Maxine Peake (Black Mirror, Shameless) and director Sarah Frankcom (Artistic Director of Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre), alongside 15 female musicians from Australia and the UK will take an exhilarating exploration into the world of female creativity and its devastating cost in a field dominated by men.
In Anthem the question is asked does Australia share a dream; do we really sing with one voice?
Australia's very own Back to Back Theatre returns to Melbourne International Arts Festival with their brand new work, The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes while English theatre company 1927 fuses handcrafted animation, live music and cinema whilst playfully drawing on the fantastic, weird and darkly hilarious in roots.
Australian satire Black is the New White arrives in Melbourne following two sell-out seasons in Sydney.
Paige Rattray (How to Rule the World) directs an array of brilliant, unpredictable and loveable characters in this layer cake of racial politics, sexual tension, parental expectation and class privilege.
Mentalist and raconteur of impeccable taste Scott Silven presents At The Illusionist's Table - a dinner and show experience like no other, while in Wonders he takes his audience on an intimate walk through the corridors of the mind, furnished by their own memories and lit by his keen and surprising insights.
A riveting new contemporary dance production by choreographer Yang Liping, entitled Rite of Spring features Igor Stravinsky's instantly recognisable music alongside original compositions drawing on traditional Tibetan music.
This year's Melbourne International Arts Festival runs from October 2-20. To see what's on visit: www.festival.melbourne/2019
