Comedy

Muthering Heights

Our mum died for 4 minutes, so we wrote a silly play about it.

Dates 16 - 22 Oct
Time 5:30pm (60 minutes)
Venue The Butterfly Club - Downstairs

$37.00

Fringe allocation exhausted – see venue website

Relaxed Performance

An image of Robyn, a woman in her 60s with greying black hair, wearing a coronation style crown. This is superimposed over a landscape photo of a Scottish moor and castle, in brown and orange hues, with a grey sky, all reflected in a lake below. The image of Robyn is slightly transparent, which blends her and the landscape together.

Past Event

Comedy

Created and Performed by: Julian Stickland & Tessa Stickland
A Production by: Post Humorous
Supported by: James Ward

Please note: Melbourne Fringe’s ticket allocation is exhausted, for tickets visit the Butterfly Club website.

"I have to remind myself to breathe – almost to remind my heart to beat!" – Heathcliffe, Wuthering Heights... But it could have just as easily been said by our mum, Robyn.

Robyn has been through a lot: the child of a teenaged mother; the stand-in-mother for her teenaged siblings; and to top it all off, the survivor of an anaphylactic pulmonary arrest which gave her a brain injury and medical PTSD. Robyn is a survivor.

We are her children: Tessa and Julian. And for you, we have prepared a *tasteful* collage of what life is like in the four minutes when you die (and the stuff that follows when you wake up again).

Explored through puppetry, song, and dance; Muthering Heights is an earnest, dark, and silly bit of theatre.

Each show is a Relaxed Sensory Performance to be enjoyed by people (like our mum) who love theatre, but find it kinda hard getting to the theatre these days. (Plus everyone else who loves weird theatre!)

About Post Humorous

Julian Stickland | Co-creator
Is a teacher. Is excited about making lots of puppets again. He directs school musicals in his sleep and is keen to make something different for a change.
We’re siblings ⬇

Tessa Stickland | Co-creator
Is an unemployed writer (i.e. in a ‘professional development’ phase of her life), previously working at a funeral home. She tells little stories and reviews comedy.
We’re siblings ⬆

Duration: 60 minutes
Age suitability: MA15+
Event warnings: Strong Coarse Language, Some Infrequent/Low Pressure Audience Interaction.
Content warnings: Self Harm Or Suicide, Staged Violence, Drug References, Disability Slurs, Death, Mental Health, Murder, COVID-19/Coronavirus, Near-death-experience; Medical Trauma.

Please see access pack HERE.

The Butterfly Club - Downstairs
5 Carson Pl, Melbourne CBD, VIC, 3000
This venue is not wheelchair accessible and there is no step-free access to this venue as there are steps throughout.

There is no reserved parking for permit holders, though there are plenty of commercial carparks nearby.

There is no accessible toilet at this venue.

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Full: $37.00
Concession: $33.00
Group 6+: $30.00

Sessions: In Person Events

Date	Time	Venue
Monday, 16 October 2023	5:30pm	The Butterfly Club - Downstairs Relaxed Performance	Fringe allocation exhausted – see venue website
Tuesday, 17 October 2023	5:30pm	The Butterfly Club - Downstairs Relaxed Performance	Fringe allocation exhausted – see venue website
Wednesday, 18 October 2023	5:30pm	The Butterfly Club - Downstairs Relaxed Performance	Fringe allocation exhausted – see venue website
Thursday, 19 October 2023	5:30pm	The Butterfly Club - Downstairs Relaxed Performance	Fringe allocation exhausted – see venue website
Friday, 20 October 2023	5:30pm	The Butterfly Club - Downstairs Relaxed Performance	Fringe allocation exhausted – see venue website
Saturday, 21 October 2023	5:30pm	The Butterfly Club - Downstairs Relaxed Performance	Fringe allocation exhausted – see venue website
Sunday, 22 October 2023	5:30pm	The Butterfly Club - Downstairs Relaxed Performance	Fringe allocation exhausted – see venue website