And you can’t do that without bringing Cloudstreet back to life. But it’s been almost two decades since Nick Enright and Justin Monjo’s acclaimed stage version of the novel has been seen in Melbourne.Īnd there’s one clear reason why – it’s a huge undertaking for any theatre company and runs to about five hours.īut Malthouse Theatre’s artistic director Matthew Lutton has been on a crusade in the last few years of bringing Australia’s classic stories to the stage with fresh eyes. The book has been turned into a TV series, an opera and even a radio play. Some of us probably even love the Pickles and the Lambs – the two families at the centre of this saga, sharing a ramshackle house in Perth for 20 years – more than we love our own families. Tim Winton’s Cloudstreet has come out on top in just about every poll of Australia’s favourite books since its release.
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