The Turn of the Screw

This performance is not suitable for children under the age of 7. Wheelchair/Disability Bookings: For all bookings please contact the Athenaeum Theatre Box Office directly on (03) 9650 1500 Mon - Fri 10:00am - 4:00pm
Doors Open - 45 minutes prior to start IOpera, in collaboration with Melbourne Opera, presents Benjamin Britten's gripping setting of the classic tale by Henry James of strange goings-on in a remote English manor house. There, a young governess has been employed to care for two orphaned children, Flora and Miles, but she quickly discovers that nothing is quite as it first seems. As she struggles to protect the children from the increasingly sinister forces that seem surround them, her sense of what is real and what is not become thrillingly blurred. Starring some of Australia's most accomplished operatic performers, including Elena Xanthoudakis, Lee Abrahamsen, Robert Macfarlane and performed in the intimate surrounds of the Athenaeum Two Theatre, this is a theatrical and musical occasion not to be missed! Performed 'in season' alongside Gian Carlo Menotti's "The Old Maid and the Thief".

The box office is located at the rear of the foyer. Enter through main entrance, head toward the bar on the right hand side of foyer. The Box Office is located next to the bar area.

The closest car parking is situated at the Westin Hotel on Collins Hotel (enter via Flinders Lane). Other carparks are located within the CBD.

Patrons enquiring about wheelchair seating should phone the theatre direct. Disabled toilets installed. Patrons with mobility problems are advised to purchase seats in the stalls. There is a lift up to the venue for mobility-impaired/disabled patrons

A baby in arms policy operates at the discretion of the hirer, any child occupying a seat must purchase a ticket.