Melbourne Talam

20 May 2017

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Three young people see each other across a crowded Flagstaff station. They just missed the train. Now they wait. And think. They think about home: Punjab, Delhi, Hyderabad. And about how they just can’t seem to get Melbourne’s rhythm right. And of all the impossible things they must do to stay. And their time is running out.

Developed through MTC CONNECT, and the NEON and Cybec Electric play development programs, this vibrant production will put our city’s contemporary social issues at centre stage.

Artwork for Rohan Mirchandaney

Rohan Mirchandaney

Jasminder

Artwork for Sahil Saluja

Sahil Saluja

Poorna

Sahil Saluja’s stage credits include Melbourne Talam, A Long Way Home (Melbourne Theatre Company); North Pool (Lab Theatre Company); Prehistoric (Elbow Room); The Way Out (Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre); Emma’s House Special (Spare Productions). Sahil played Suresh in the feature film The Merger, from director Mark Grentell, and his TV credits include Jack Irish, Wentworth and Halifax: Retribution. In 2016, Sahil starred in his first major film production, The Colour of Darkness, which was written and directed by Girish Makwana and premiered at the 2016 Indian Film Festival Melbourne. For his work in Declan Furber Gillick's Bighouse Dreaming (directed by Mark Wilson), he and the cast won Best Performance and Best Ensemble respectively at the Melbourne Fringe Festival and the Green Room Awards. He toured in Anthem under the direction of Susie Dee, a collaboration from acclaimed writers Andrew Bovell, Christos Tsiolkas, Melissa Reeves and Patricia Cornelius.

Current as of March 2023.

Artwork for Sonya Suares

Sonya Suares

Sonali

Artwork for Petra Kalive

Petra Kalive

Director

Petra trained at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and has extensive experience as a director, writer and dramaturg of new works for the stage. Her acclaimed adaptation of Peter Goldsworthy’s novel Three Dog Night toured nationally. She was Dramaturg at Red Stitch from 2009 – 2012, Assistant Dramaturg at The Malthouse in 2010.  Petra was Artistic Director of Union House Theatre (UHT) 2015-2020.

At Melbourne Theatre Company Petra has directed Laurinda, Touching the Void, The Lifespan of a Fact, Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes (Green Room nom Best Direction), Hungry Ghosts, Melbourne Talam (Green Room nom Best Director) and Beached.

Petra has also worked for Belvoir Street, Sydney Theatre Company, Arena Theatre Company, Complete Works Theatre Company, Union House Theatre, St Martins Youth Arts Centre, La Trobe, Monash University & Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) performing arts programs. 

Her notable independent directing credits include the much-acclaimed Taxithi, which had two sell-out seasons at fortyfivedownstairs (Green Room nom Best Director), her own work Oil Babies at Northcote Town Hall (shortlisted for the NSW Premier Literary Awards 2019) and new Australian musical, My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin adapted by Dean Bryant and Matthew Frank.

Andrew Bailey

Andrew Bailey

Artwork for Rachel Burke

Rachel Burke

Lighting Designer

Artwork for Darius Kedros

Darius Kedros

Composer & Sound Designer

Artwork for Rashma N. Kalsie

Rashma N. Kalsie

Playwright