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GERMANY+SLOVENIA | THEATRE AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE CONCEPT, DIRECTION & MUSIC BY HEINER GOEBBELS MUSICAL DIRECTION BY KARMINA ŠILEC ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE, STATE THEATRE Thu 23 – Sun 26 Oct Thu – Sat at 8pm Sun at 5pm 1 hr 20 mins, no interval Premium $129 A Reserve $99 / $89 B Reserve $79 / $69 C Reserve $59 / $49 Students $25 Transaction fees may apply melbournefestival.com.au/when Arts Centre Melbourne 1300 182 183 artscentremelbourne.com.au Ticketmaster 136 100 ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION – FREE Sat 25 Oct at 1pm FOXTEL FESTIVAL HUB Heiner Goebbels discusses his work as a composer and director across his multifaceted and illustrious career. (See page 97) One of the true living legends of the European artistic landscape, Heiner Goebbels has been the recipient of a slew of awards across a brilliant, multifaceted career. His restlessly inventive works range easily across the borders between artistic disciplines, spanning music, theatre and the visual arts with equal aplomb. Last seen at Melbourne Festival in 2010 with his compelling Stifter’s Dinge, this year the celebrated maverick returns with a powerful new offering produced by the Ruhrtriennale arts festival, of which Goebbels is currently Artistic Director. An epic-scale production featuring 40 young singers from worldrenowned Vocal Theatre Carmina Slovenica, this captivating blend of dance, spoken word and song – spanning traditional choral works to indie pop – is a radiant, stirring meditation on the transition from youth to adulthood, and an enigmatic vision of the end of innocence. melbournefestival.com.au 9