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    • Hello, Goodbye & Happy Birthday

    Hello, Goodbye & Happy Birthday reflects back upon the audience a kaleidoscopic set of attitudes to age; to confound, amuse and delight
    ArtsHub

    One of the most charming shows of the year
    ABC Arts

    Common humanity brings with it hilarity and heartbreak
    Rebecca Harkins-Cross, The Age

    Hello, Goodbye & Happy Birthday celebrates two epic birthdays – eighteen and eighty – major transition points in adult life.

    One represents untold potential and opportunity; the other a lifetime of experiences, aspirations, fears and memories. Scripted from intimate real-life conversations with people either side of these milestones, Hello, Goodbye & Happy Birthday is a beautifully warm and human show from Roslyn Oades & Collaborators.

    Playful and affecting in equal measure, this Melbourne Festival and Malthouse Theatre hit sees Oades continue her ground-breaking ‘headphone verbatim’ documentary theatre technique that creates extraordinarily immediate and vivid performances.

    Credits

    Created & Directed by
    Roslyn Oades

    Movement Director
    Nat Cursio

    Audio-script editing
    Roslyn Oades & Bob Scott

    Script Dramaturge
    Raimondo Cortese

    Additional dramaturgy
    Bob Scott, Nat Cursio, Paul Jackson & Yana Taylor

    Sound Design
    Bob Scott
    Russell Goldsmith

    Lighting Design
    Paul Jackson

    Set and Costume Design
    Matilda Woodroofe based on Original Design by Christina Hayes

    Cast
    Matthew Connell
    Jim Daly
    Aileen Huynh
    Evelyn Krape
    Roger Oakley
    Izabella Yena

    Production Manager
    Jason Thelwell

    Company Stage Manager
    Rebecca Poulter

    Produced and toured by Performing Lines

    Information for Presenters

    This production toured through the Road Work initiative, and was delivered by Performing Lines WA in association with Arts on Tour.

    Presentation History

    2017
    Theatre Royal
    Hobart, TAS
    Geelong Performing Arts Centre
    Geelong, VIC
    Ulumbarra Theatre
    Bendigo, VIC
    Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre
    Wagga Wagga, NSW
    Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre
    Bathurst, NSW
    Casula Powerhouse Theatre
    Casula, NSW
    Riverside Theatres
    Parramatta, NSW
    The Events Centre
    Coloundra, QLD
    The Arts Centre Gold Coast
    Gold Coast, QLD
    Darwin Entertainment Centre
    Darwin, NT
    Portland Arts Centre
    Portland, VIC
    Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre
    Mt. Gambier, SA
    Chaffey Theatre
    Renmark, SA
    Mandurah Performing Arts Centre
    Mandurah, WA
    Illawarra Performing Arts Centre
    Wollongong, NSW

    Project Partners & Acknowledgements

    A Performing Lines tour for Road Work. This tour was supported by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body; and the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria. Originally produced by Malthouse Theatre & Melbourne Festival.

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