Production still for "Tame". Kath Tonkin. Photographer: Unknown
Tame
05 November 2012 – 17 November 2012 Beckett Theatre
Malthouse Theatre,
Commission New Writing Theatre World Premiere Suitcase Series Tour
Now it's eaten the family dog....Will apathy, disorganisation or their new visitor (a polar bear) ever allow this family to leave the house again? Tame is an episodic work exploring one family’s increasingly entangling predicament. Tame uses a variety of theatrical forms and conventions to humorously and poignantly explore our behavioural response to what David Suzuki describes as a 'slow motion catastrophe'; climate change.
Tame was the second script commissioned for the Suitcase Series, Malthouse Theatre's award-winning education program, established in 2010. The program sees Year 9 & 10 drama students use theatre to explore their relationship to climate change, with a new script commissioned every two years.
The script functions as source material for the students to explore, developing their own theatrical responses and presenting them to each other in conjunction with the Malthouse production.
This production was remounted in 2013.
Cast
Creatives
Playwright
Director
Designer
Stage Manager
Lighting Designer
Sound Designer
Touring Production Manager
Acknowledgements
Malthouse Theatre presents normal.suburban.planetary.meltdown. as part of its Suitcase Series. The Suitcase Series is supported by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development; and receives generous assistance from the Betty Amsden Foundation and individual Malthouse Muse donors.