Atlantis

Campaign image for the 2022 Suitcase Series Production of 'Atlantis'. Image by: Kevin Carden & Hours After

Atlantis

By Chanella Macri

10 October 2022 – 17 October 2022 Beckett Theatre

Malthouse Theatre,

Theatre Commission World Premiere New Work Suitcase Series

Atlantis by Chanella Macri is the 7th play commissioned for The Suitcase Series.

Three young people gather together in a theatre to talk about the big one: CLIMATE CHANGE. But before they can even agree on how big this big one is, a tsunami hits—and both they and the audience are dragged to the bottom of the ocean… 

Using Plato’s ancient myth of a sunken city as an anchor point, Atlantis is an allegory for Australia in its current stage of climate crisis and the search for lost systems of knowledge that might help us understand our relationship to the environment. Drawing on Indigenous and Pasifika philosophies and modes of storytelling, this fantastical play is ultimately about young people stepping into their power as future guardians of country. 

Gothic and absurd, hard-hitting and hilarious, classic and contemporary… Atlantis by Chanella Macri is the seventh play commissioned for Malthouse’s award-winning Suitcase Series, starring Kevin Hofbauer, Karl Richmond and Kira Samu and directed by Isabella Vadiveloo

Cast

Kevin Hofbauer

Kevin Hofbauer

Performer (Z & Various)

Karl Richmond

Karl Richmond

Performer (Y & Various)

Kira Samu

Kira Samu

Performer (X & Various)

Creatives

Isabella Vadiveloo

Isabella Vadiveloo

Director & Audio Visual Design

Karine Larché

Karine Larché

Set & Costume Designer, Audio Visual Design

Kit Cunneen

Kit Cunneen

Lighting Designer

Rex Pelman

Rex Pelman

Composer & Sound Designer

Jethro Woodward

Jethro Woodward

Composition & Sound Design Mentor

Mark Pritchard

Mark Pritchard

Dramaturg

Marline Zaibak

Marline Zaibak

Casting Director

Cointha Walkeden

Cointha Walkeden

Stage Manager

Acknowledgements

The Suitcase Series is supported by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development; and receives generous support from individual Malthouse Muse donors.

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