The standout of Season 2024 is back, and you don’t need to be a footy fan to love it.
Lace up your boots! Whether you’re a footy fanatic or not, the Cutting Cove boys are back.
The laugh-out-loud hit of Melbourne Theatre Company’s Season 2024 returns after winning the hearts of critics and audiences alike.
The local footy team of this small coastal town has spent too long at the bottom of the ladder. But then a new hope arrives: the Marngrook cousins. Named after the Aboriginal game that inspired AFL, they’re match-fit to bring home the team’s first flag in forever. 37 juxtaposes choreographed sequences of Marngrook and the modern game with the hilarity and at-times questionable banter found within sporting clubs around Australia.
Set within the era of Adam Goodes’s war cry – and named for the number he immortalised – 37 asks ten actors to throw themselves into this world of blood and grit to get at the values that drive a national obsession. Community, identity, the price of winning and the meaning of a goal: they’re all up for grabs.
Penned by Nathan Maynard – twice named Tasmanian Aboriginal Artist of the Year – and directed by Isaac Drandic (The Birthday Party, ABC’s Cleverman), 37 is a reminder that honest conversations are more than a ball toss. It matters where you stand.
Event Details:
Dates: 24 Jan — 22 Feb 2025
Duration: Approx. 1 hour and 30 minutes, no interval
Suitable for: Not specified
Location: Southbank Theatre, The Sumner
Warnings: This production contains coarse language, racially sensitive commentary, mature themes, loud noises and the use of smoke, haze and organic dust effects.
Accessibility:
Audio Described by Vision Australia Saturday 8 February at 2pm and Tuesday 11 February at 6.30pm
Tactile Tour at venue Saturday 8 February at 2pm (Tactile tour commences at 1pm)
Open Captioning via screen Saturday 15 February at 2pm
Closed Captioning via GoTheatrical App Saturday 15 February at 2pm
Auslan Interpreted More information here