CAST
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Hargrave: Sam Roberts-Smith
Mrs Hargrave: Caroline Vercoe
Olive: Lisette Bolton
Margaret: Shakira Dugan
Young Hargrave: Cameron Sibly
D'Albertis: Cameron Taylor
CREATIVE TEAM
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Director: Lara Kerestes
Conductor: Pat Miller
Design Concept: Zunica
Set: Tom Petty
Lighting: Richard Vabre
Costume: Nathan Burmeister
Stage Manager: Will Barker
Executive Producer: Suzanne Chaundy
Pre and post-show dining and drinks are available at Cumulus Inc and Cumulus Up, conveniently located directly upstairs from the venue. For bookings, please click here:
PERFORMANCES
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Sun Aug 25 - 5:00pm - SOLD OUT
Tue Aug 27 - 7:30pm
Thu Aug 29 - 7:30pm - POST SHOW CHAT
Sat Aug 31 - 7:30pm
Sun Sep 1 - 5:00pm
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fortyfivedownstairs,
45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
TICKETS
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$55 / $30 Concession
online via fortyfivedownstairs
or on 03 9662 9966
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80 minutes, without interval.
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Read the online program here:
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See photos from the production here:
ORIGINAL PRODUCTION
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Composer: Barry Conyngham
Librettist: Murray Copland
Commissioned by: Victorian State Opera
Premiered: August 25th 1984, State Theatre, Melbourne
Join us this Thursday for a very special post-performance with members of the original 1984 production of Fly. Join Soprano Margaret Haggart, Baritone John Bolton Wood, Harpist Marshall Mcguire and Composer Barry Conyngham as they share their memories of Fly, 35 years ago. This is a free event for any ticket holders to Fly, taking place on set at fortyfivedownstairs lasting approximately 30 minutes. Don't miss this chance to experience Australia's operatic history.
After 35 years of waiting, Barry Conyngham's opera Fly, based on the life of Lawrence Hargrave, returns to the stage in the most anticipated revival since Lyric's sell-out production of Our Man in Havana.
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Lyric's innovative and intimate new production will soar this August at fortyfivedownstairs, in the heart of Melbourne's CBD. With an exceptional cast and creative team, FLY will surely be the Australian music event of the year.
“FLY is Australia’s history turned into art
through music, drama and design,”
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Pat Miller, Artistic Director
Thank you to all those who have helped Lyric FLY
A full list of all Lyric's supporters can be found here: