WORLD
PREMIERE
With intelligence, well-
judged humour and the
searching qualities of truly
memorable theatre.
— SYDNEY MORNING HERALD ON
WHO’S AFRAID OF THE WORKING CLASS?
Anthem
Arts Centre Melbourne
Playhouse
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Auslan Interpreted
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Sun 6 October 5pm
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Arts Centre Melbourne
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Presented
with
This project was initiated by
Arts Centre Melbourne.
Major Festivals Initiative
The long-awaited follow-up to one of
Australian theatre’s most acclaimed
collaborations asks a bold question: does
Australia share a dream and do we really
sing with one voice?
Twenty-one years ago four playwrights and
a composer came together to create Who’s
Afraid of the Working Class?, a series of
powerful interwoven vignettes that captured
the zeitgeist of Melbourne and Australia
in the 1990s. Now the same team reunite
to take the pulse of our nation today, with
director Susie Dee and an extraordinary
ensemble of performers.
Writers
ANDREW BOVELL
PATRICIA CORNELIUS
MELISSA REEVES
CHRISTOS TSIOLKAS
IRINE VELA
Director
SUSIE DEE
What emerges is a funny and ferocious
portrait of a country unable to reconcile
its past, uncertain of its future and political
vision. The colliding voices that make up this
anthem might not always be in harmony, but
they cannot be silenced.
Who’s Afraid of the Working Class? was an
ode to tiny struggles writ large; Anthem turns
up the volume on the everyday injustices we
choose not to hear.
Presenting
Partners
Barristers
Consortium
Commissioning
Circle
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Major Festivals Initiative, managed
by the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, in association with the Confederation
of Australian International Arts Festivals Inc., commissioned by Melbourne International Arts
Festival, Arts Centre Melbourne, Sydney Festival and Perth Festival.
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