This Is Where We Live

Eleven Eleven Theatre are proud to present their debut show: a production of the award-winning Australian play 'This Is Where We Live' by Vivienne Walshe, directed by Suzie Thomas.

ABOUT THE PLAY
In her final year of school, Chloe arrives in a depressing remote town. It’s rough but she’s hanging on. Before he died, she promised her Dad she was going to see school through to the end. Since then, she’s moved from place-to-place, following whichever dead-beat boyfriend her Mum's currently shacked up with. Her hopeless future is almost inevitable. Odd boy Chris will never live up to his dad’s impossible expectations. Usually, he escapes to an imaginary world where he can be the hero instead, but Chloe’s arrival drags him back to reality and he wants nothing more than to be in her orbit.
 
When these two lonely kids connect, for a moment, it seems like they can lead each other out of the dark to a place where things are possible. Conjuring the tale of Orpheus and Eurydice, This is where we live is about beauty and bile, poetry and piss-stains and getting the hell out of town.

Cast

CHLOE - Marchella Rusciano-Barrow
CHRIS - Nathan Dinh

Production Team

DIRECTOR - Suzie Thomas
PRODUCER - Sam Osborn Rassaby
PRODUCTION MANAGER / STAGE MANAGER - Emma Parfitt
SET DESIGNER - Victoria Winata
LIGHTING DESIGNER - Ishana Girish
SOUND DESIGNER - Daniel Gigliotti
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER / COSTUME COORDINATOR - Monica Bolt
FOH MANAGER / PUBLICITY - Jessica Fanwong

Performances

Wednesday 8th March at 7:30 pm *Opening Night*
Thursday 9th March at 7:30 pm *Captioned Performance*
Friday 10th March at 7.30 pm *Closing Night*

Venue

Guild Theatre*, University of Melbourne Arts & Cultural Building, 761 Swanston St, Parkville VIC 3010
*This is the NEW Guild Theatre which is in the new Arts & Cultural Building in a different area of Melbourne University to the Guilds' historical location in Union House.

Tickets

Pay If You Can: $25 + Booking Fees
Concession (ANY): $20 + Booking Fees

Accessibility

For full venue details (parking, toilets, general accessibility etc.), please head HERE  

• Wheelchair access and seating
• Hearing assist system, infrared pendants are available and may be collected from Box Office prior to performance
• Elevators, escalators and staircases allow for various access paths to Level 2 theatres
• There are accessible toilets available in the Arts & Cultural Building on all levels

The performance will be captioned on Thursday night.

Content Warnings

This play contains:

- Strong coarse language
- Sexual references
- Strong themes: domestic violence, mental health, bullying, suicide
- Simulated images of violence

Acknowledgements

Eleven Eleven Theatre would like to acknowledge the traditional owners where this show is being performed, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. We acknowledge that this is stolen land, that was never ceded, and pay respects to elders, past and present.

Funding

Proudly supported by the UoM Theatre Board

Proudly supported by the Creative Arts Department and the University of Melbourne Student Union

Sponsorship

Eleven Eleven Theatre would like to thank our generous sponsors for this production:

GOLD SPONSOR

- The Clyde Hotel - 385 Cardigan Street, Melbourne Victoria 3053

SILVER SPONSORS

- Demartes Amcal Pharmacy - 380 Lygon Street, Carlton Victoria 3053

- Bunnings Northland - 120 Chifley Drive (Corner Murray Road), Preston VIC 3072