Guild Fringe: Molly

Molly is a new work of dance and theatre, about the tension between moving and staying still.

Molly is hypnotic, delicate, and frustrating and confounding to those who love her, but she can be viciously decisive if she wants to be.

Dance is the material with which Molly’s world is constructed, and the language she dreams in. Theatre is the frame.

Riffing on the themes and vernacular of 20th Century plays with troubled or listless female protagonists, Molly features an ensemble cast of some of Melbourne’s most captivating professional dancers alongside Union House Theatre students.

The work is lucid dream driven by a formally experimental proposition – a foray into narrative with a choreographic map.

Credits
Choreographer: Caroline Meaden

Performers:
Fleur Conlon
Alice Dixon
Michelle Heaven
William McBride
Caroline Meaden
Janelle Tan Yung Huey
Emma Riches

With Union House Theatre students:
Simon Brownjohn
Simin Dolatkhah

Sound Design by Kevin Lo
Lighting Design by Jordi Edwards
Costume Design by Rob McCredie

Development supported by the City of Port Phillip Cultural Development Fund, Geelong Arts Centre’s Creative Engine, Creative Victoria’s Creators Fund, The Loft Open Door Residency, Lucy Guerin Inc. Moving Forward Residency, Temperance Hall, and Platform Arts Residency.

Presented by Union House Theatre and University of Melbourne Arts and Culture.

This event is part of Guild Fringe: Dance Edit - a two-week festival celebrating dance and movement in all forms, held in and around the Guild Theatre, Arts and Cultural Building, University of Melbourne Parkville Campus. View the festival program here: https://umsu.unimelb.edu.au/express-yourself/theatre/whats-on/guildfringedancefestival/