Cloudstreet (2019)

Production still for "Cloudstreet". Benjamin Oakes as 'Fish'. Photographer: Pia Johnson

Cloudstreet (2019)

By Nick Enright & Justin Monjo

06 May 2019 – 16 June 2019 Merlyn Theatre

Adapted from the novel by Tim Winton

Australia Council for the Arts, Malthouse Theatre, Black Swan Theatre Company, Ned's, millboard,

Classic Theatre Co-Production Remount

The house at number one Cloud Street is a great continent where two damaged clans collide. The two families—the Lambs and the Pickles—are as contrasting as the Australia they inhabit. Teetotallers and tipplers, workhorses or wastrels, fate makers versus chance chasers. But really, they’re two sides of the same coin; one that was tossed during World War II and remained in motion for decades. The power of this staggering Australian saga is more haunting than the ghosts who speak out from the walls. It’s more elusive than the serial killer who prowls their neighbourhood. It’s transcendent, like the Lambs and the Pickles themselves, whose lives and loves live on today.

The production toured to His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, in 2020 (21 February - 15 March) as part of the Perth Festival.

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"THEATRE AT ITS MOST RICH"
— Stage Noise
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"EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THE CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE THIS AUSTRALIAN CLASSIC TOLD AND RETOLD"
— The Age
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"HILARIOUS AND HARROWING. AND STILL THE STORY OF US"
— Herald Sun
Production still for "Cloudstreet". L-R: Bert LaBonté, Natasha Herbert. Photographer: Pia Johnson
Production still for "Cloudstreet". L-R: Brenna Harding, Ebony Maguire. Photographer: Pia Johnson
Production still for "Cloudstreet". L-R: Ian Michael, Guy Simon, Benjamin Oakes, Ebony McGuire. Photographer: Pia Johnson
Production still for "Cloudstreet". L-R: Alison Whyte, Greg Stone. Photographer: Pia Johnson
Production still for "Cloudstreet". L-R: Guy Simon, Brenna Harding. Photographer: Pia Johnson
Production still for "Cloudstreet". L-R: Brenna Harding, Guy Simon, Ebony McGuire. Photographer: Pia Johnson
Production still for "Cloudstreet". L-R: Ian Michael, Ebony McGuire, Brenna Harding, Guy Simon, Arielle Gray, Greg Stone. Photographer: Pia Johnson
Production still for "Cloudstreet". L-R: BRenna Harding, Bert LaBonté, Ian Michael, Mikayla Merks, Natasha Herbert, Arielle Gray, Alison Whyte, Greg Stone, Benjamin Oakes, Guy Simon. Photographer: Pia Johnson
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Production still for "Cloudstreet". L-R: Bert LaBonté, Natasha Herbert. Photographer: Pia Johnson

Production still for "Cloudstreet". L-R: Brenna Harding, Ebony Maguire. Photographer: Pia Johnson

Production still for "Cloudstreet". L-R: Ian Michael, Guy Simon, Benjamin Oakes, Ebony McGuire. Photographer: Pia Johnson

Production still for "Cloudstreet". L-R: Alison Whyte, Greg Stone. Photographer: Pia Johnson

Production still for "Cloudstreet". L-R: Guy Simon, Brenna Harding. Photographer: Pia Johnson

Production still for "Cloudstreet". L-R: Brenna Harding, Guy Simon, Ebony McGuire. Photographer: Pia Johnson

Production still for "Cloudstreet". L-R: Ian Michael, Ebony McGuire, Brenna Harding, Guy Simon, Arielle Gray, Greg Stone. Photographer: Pia Johnson

Production still for "Cloudstreet". L-R: BRenna Harding, Bert LaBonté, Ian Michael, Mikayla Merks, Natasha Herbert, Arielle Gray, Alison Whyte, Greg Stone, Benjamin Oakes, Guy Simon. Photographer: Pia Johnson

Creatives

Zoe Atkinson

Zoe Atkinson

Set Designer, Costume Designer

Paul Jackson

Paul Jackson

Lighting Designer

Nick Enright

Nick Enright

Adaptor

Justin Monjo

Adaptor

Elizabeth Drake

Elizabeth Drake

Composer

Tim Winton

Writer

David Franzke

David Franzke

Sound Designer

Matthew Lutton

Matthew Lutton

Director

Blake Stickland

Sound Operator/Engineer

Kathryn Osborne

Kathryn Osborne

Associate Director

Danae Crawford

Danae Crawford

Assistant Stage Manager

Angus Robson

Angus Robson

Assistant Stage Manager

Natalie Rowan

Natalie Rowan

Stage Manager

Acknowledgements

Malthouse Theatre and Black Swan State Theatre Company present Cloudstreet. Cloudstreet was first commissioned by Black Swan State Theatre Company and Company B Belvoir in 1998. Proudly supported by the Cloudstreet Giving Circle led by Maureen Wheeler AO & Tony Wheeler AO.

Production Program