Production still for "Melancholia". Eryn Jean Norvill. Photographer: Pia Johnson
Melancholia
13 July 2018 – 12 August 2018 Merlyn Theatre
Adapted for the stage by Declan Greene
Malthouse Theatre,
New adaptation Theatre
On the night of her boisterous wedding—amid corsages, canapés, and Clicquot—Justine quietly falls apart. The world will surely follow suit.
Justine’s sister Claire stages a lavish wedding party at a mansion in the mountains, and as the fever dream of the wedding ceremony careens towards disaster, Justine is drawn to an innocuous spot in the sky. That spot is the wayward planet Melancholia, on a collision course with Earth.
This epic cinematic masterpiece is reimagined for the stage by ground-breaking playwright Declan Greene and directed by Matthew Lutton, featuring an extraordinary ensemble of performers.
★★★★
"PALPABLE"
— Stage Noise
"POWERFUL, UNNERVING AND IMAGINATIVE"
— The Age
"NORVILL'S JUSTINE IS PERFECTION"
— Theatre Press
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