audience view of a theatre set representing a deep verandah looking across water (or sand, or salt) with a sweep of rocks on the left, out to a end-point in the centre

three photographs of a theatrical production including a woman sitting at the end of a line of rocks, the curve of rocks lit dramatically, and people sitting and standing under a wide roof

#Malthouse Black Light. Gorgeous set and lighting and a pretty interesting play, with good performances. Sadly the actor playing the grandmother had to pull out so we had a substitute reading from the script, which diluted the power - but at least we got to see it!

Finding out what the Saxons ate - Worcestershire Archive & Archaeology Service Feeding Anglo-Saxon England (‘FeedSax’) is a highly important project looking at food in the Anglo-Saxon period, and one of our excavations has helped them with their project. FeedSax is an ERC-funded...

Because of the intriguing #malthouse and fierce hearth at Skipsea, I've been looking for other finds of Anglo Saxon grain dryers. Both harvested grain and malt need to be dries slowly and carefully, using warm/hot air rather that heat and flames. See here:
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I've finished my popcorn. I like to ponder upon a possible #malthouse whatever the archaeological era. We've watched this twice. It's available for a few more days online. I'm curious about that "great heat" of the fire. This would kill malt, make it useless for brewing. Grain dryers need a flue. 🤔

photograph from a theatrical production: a woman in showgirl costume sits on a piano

photograph from a theatrical production: a woman in showgirl costume sits with a man in faun costume, his tongue hanging out

photograph from a theatrical production: a woman in tattered costume and red shoes holds her hands up aghast

#Malthouse The Red Shoes. Meow Meow’s showgirl diva is depleted, exhausted by capitalism (CD to purchase after!), but revived by fellow performers including Kanen Breen as an unformed idea, then bacchanalic faun, then Andersen himself to be asked: why so misogynist, Hans? A joyous, meandering romp.

two photographs of a huge chandelier in white and red lights

Spectaculier chandelier in the #Malthouse foyier, signalling a grand time ahead.

theatre poster of two groups of people overlaid in negative

#Malthouse #Collarts Peer Gynt, Part 1. Ibsen’s surreal verse drama is anti-realist and this non-traditional production was appropriate, but I never tuned into the symbolic & unlikeable characters, random plot and shouty delivery. Despite clever touches in the direction, I didn’t stay for Part 2.

two photos in a theatre: a projected big M, and a stage with a sign ‘Season 2026’

five photos in a theatre: people sitting talking, a woman in a sparkly dress with a demure man at a lectern, two posters showing productions of one-woman shows and trans theatre

two photos in a theatre, each showing a performer and a piano and pianist: one a performer in an amazing red dress, one a performer in an amazing gold dress

two photos in a theatre: a stage with a big M and sparklers, and a trolley in a crowd

#Malthouse Season 2026 launch event, celebrating 50 years of Hoopla, Playbox & Malthouse Theatre. And the sweet (lolly) cart afterwards!

three photos of a theatre production: the cast stand on the amphitheater set; two men embrace in front of a fire; a man plays a strange man bathed in red and darkness

three photos of a theatre production: three women look worried; a woman in an elaborate headdress grasps another by the arms; a woman confronts a man

#Malthouse Troy. An epic yet intimate work that, through Tom Wright’s poetic/brutal writing, makes every painful move relevant to today’s painful news, enhanced by Ian Michael’s sure direction and the fantastic cast & crew. Overwhelming; I came back the following week bringing friends.

two photos, one of a flower arrangement, mainly pink; the other of a stage set - a sand-covered amphitheater

#Malthouse for Troy, with a great seat and an atmospheric set…

two photos of a theatrical production: a group in fur coats prance on a stage in bright colours with ‘Hot Hot Hot’ written in lights behind them; reflected below them a group emerges backlit from a doorway

#Malthouse The Orchard. #PonyCam’s “classics adaptation” main stage premiere, riffing off Chekhov’s Cherry Orchard themes & characters while revealing the economic impossibility of keeping open spaces for artistic exploration. It’s also silly, amusing, wild, and constantly surprising. Fantastic!

a chandelier hangs above a sign saying ‘Beckett’

a tall building lit at night disappears into the low hanging clouds

To and in the #Malthouse to meet Jorge for a #PonyCam experience

photos from a theatrical production with a set variously projected onto

#Malthouse #MerlynTheatre ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen. Another Nassim Soleimanpour ‘cold read’ play, with added AV trickery including himself from Berlin, exploring his traumatic relationship with Iran. But potent messages are watered down & Pia Miranda’s role is sidelined rather than a conduit.

⭕Ce soir, à la Chambre des communes du Parlement #Britannique, le député conservateur Kit #Malthouse a accusé le ministre des Affaires étrangères "David Lammy" de complicité dans les crimes #d'Israël et a averti qu'il pourrait être poursuivi à La #Haye. x.com/QudsNen/stat...

collage of views of a theatrical production with projected supergraphics above the performers

#Malthouse Truth. Patricia Cornelius tackles a public figure rather than her usual marginalised voiceless subjects. While her take on Julian Assange is fascinating, voiced by 5 actors, the play only takes flight in the interstitial scenes of everybodies/nobodies actually living with oppression.

A blue bathed theatre with various forms of chaos on stage led by two main performers, one with mops, the other with a trolley

#Malthouse A Nightime Travesty by A Daylight Connection, directed by Stephen Nicolazzo. Opening night. Dreadfully tedious. The excellent final 90 seconds did not justify the preceding 90 minutes.

Lovely example of a mid 18th century #malthouse in Powys.

A theatres script and a Malthouse publicity postcard

Collage showing a young woman’s face, the face of a cuddly rabbit toy, and a publicity collage of various actors and a map

While lying on the floor procrastinating (supposedly stretching my lower back) I pulled out & reread this script: White Rabbit Red Rabbit by Nassim Soleimanpour, 2010, from the 2013 #Malthouse production where I had the privilege of stepping onto the stage & ‘killing’ my theatre crush Alison Bell 🫗🤗

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#Malthouse Homo Pentecostus. Joel Bray draws in Peter Paltos and, with Emma Valente, they create an old-school happy-clappy church hall - then, through chat and dance and reflection, tear it down and build something new on its ruins. Lovely and, at the end, poetically transformational.

#Malthouse Yentl. An astonishing show, surging forward with confidence and inclusiveness via sprightly impishness and determination: how to cut a swathe across conventionally narrow mindsets? And it does it triumphantly. Loved, loved it.

#Malthouse half-time refreshments in the courtyard: galaktobouriko 😋

#melbournelife views walking back from the #Malthouse: #Australia108 tower (& the #EurekaTower) from #ACCA; #FedSquare amphitheatre from #FlindersSt

#Malthouse The Hate Race. From her memoir, Maxine Beneba Clarke‘s show’s a short & urgent jolt to the system; Zahra Newman is utterly compelling as Maxine growing in a patchwork of racism & microaggressions. Kuda Mapeza‘s live music transforms into theatrical support & sisterhood. Wonderful.

#Malthouse An unexpected Mirka Mora and a problem with local issssssues.

#Malthouse Chase (A Daylight Connection). Carly Sheppard’s Chase is a girl trapped by circumstance, trying to get by, though it happens to be the end of the world - intergenerational trauma indeed. Highly effective, greatly moving, and an amazing use of projection. Recommended.

#Malthouse Whose Gonna Love ‘Em? I am that I AM (A Daylight Connection). Heightened language & choreographed choral delivery creates a portrait of trauma. Kamarra Bell-Wykes’ text poetically repeats, trapping the committed performers in loops of self-harm, though I wasn’t moved.

Cognitive dissonance at the #Malthouse

#Malthouse Hour of the Wolf. I really enjoyed my 2nd visit, perhaps because I could better curate it, rewatch what I wanted, fill in where I could, glimpse the wolf stealing bread, and solve a few mysteries. Completely lost the pottery studio towards the end, was it closed off?… #TwinPeaks vibe sign

#Malthouse Hour of the Wolf. Immersive theatre: we wander in a labyrinth while a multi-part play repeats 3 times around us, Ingmar Bergman’s nocturnal time of reckoning transposed to Aussie anywheretown. I wasn’t particularly interested or impressed… Amazing sets. Visit 2 soon.