Malthouse Theatre presents a new work from globally-revered theatre company Back to Back Theatre

WELCOME TO THE WORKPLACE AT THE END OF THE WORLD. THEY’RE ONLY SAYING WHAT YOU’VE ALREADY BEEN THINKING.

MULTIPLE BAD THINGS, the new work by Back to Back Theatre will come to Malthouse direct from a season at Brussels Theater Nationale as part of Kunstenfestivaldesarts. Directed by Back to Back Artistic Associates Tamara Searle and Ingrid Voorendt, who co-authored the work with ensemble members and guest artists, it stars Simon Laherty, Sarah Mainwaring and Scott Price, and is the first major work for the Company by new directors in 17 years.

Struggling to work together, three employees grapple with questions of inclusion and identity. Civility slips, bad behaviour escalates, and reality distorts. The witching hour is here. Who will be the   scapegoat? MULTIPLE BAD THINGS questions how we live and work together in a time of crisis and division, in the face of multiple bad things.

In the making of this new work, Back to Back Theatre has invited new voices into the devising room. Zoë Barry’s score is assembled from collected field recordings of bad things and Anna Cordingley’s design demands the actors’ physical participation to reach its manifestation.

MULTIPLE BAD THINGS is theatre. It is not real. But in a world where self-righteously indignant voices so often drown out the most disenfranchised and vulnerable, this theatre sometimes feels real.

Season Details

Venue: Merlyn Theatre
Date: 29 May – 9 June 2024

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