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Rakali

Houseboat. Baby. Carnivorous water rat.

$30.00
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A pencil drawing of a rakali killing a grebe. The two animals are entangled and covered in blood. They still seem cute, but also creepy.
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Image Credit: Dash Sharon

  • Performed by: Lily Fish

  • Written by: Alex Duncan

  • Directed by: Alice Darling

A young straight couple relocate to Tasmania’s idyllic Huon river to raise their child on a houseboat.

But the life they imagined is about to be upended by the ever encroaching natural world and the arrival of a strange local - who is, unbeknownst to them, a shapeshifting water rat.

‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf’ meets ‘Wolf Creek’.

Performed by Lily Fish, John Shearman, and Veronica Thomas.
Written by Alex Duncan.
Directed by Alice Darling.

This is new indie theatre at its best.

"Lily Fish is a phenomenon. She is astonishing. She is a comedienne, a mime, an acrobat and a chameleon." - Stage Whispers

This project received Cash to Create and Cash for Equity through the Fringe Fund, as part of Radical Access.

  • Duration: 60 minutes

  • Age suitability: M

  • Event warnings: Mild Coarse Language.

  • Content warnings: Animal Cruelty, Simulated Blood, Implied Infanticide.

  • Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Quilt Room
    Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton, VIC, 3053

    Wheelchair Access

    Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Quilt Room is wheelchair accessible.

    The entrance to the venue is on Lygon St. You can head up the front stairs and through the main doors, from there head right to get to the Loading Dock.
    If you need step free access, there is lift at the front of the building and our team will be able to guide you from there to the Loading Dock.

    Once you're in the Loading Dock you can head straight through to the Victoria Street Building and up the stairs. On the first floor of this building, the Quilt Room is to the right, on the eastern edge of this hallway.

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  • Full: $30.00

  • Hump Day Discount: $22.50

  • Group 4+: $20.00

  • Extra Applause: $50.00

  • Blak Tix: $10.00

  • Concession: $25.00

  • Member discounts available

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dark, twisted and utterly delightful - a must see! Weekend Notes

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a comedic thriller of the highest degree Theatre Travels

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Sessions: In Person Events

A single $5.50 transaction fee applies to your booking.

Date Time Venue

Wednesday, 18 October 2023

8:00pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Quilt Room

Almost Gone
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Thursday, 19 October 2023

8:00pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Quilt Room

Almost Gone
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Friday, 20 October 2023

8:00pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Quilt Room

Almost Gone
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Saturday, 21 October 2023

8:00pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Quilt Room

Selling Fast
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Sunday, 22 October 2023

7:00pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Quilt Room

Sold Out
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