Formed in 1998, The Old Van, an independent, multicultural, professional theatre company based in rural Victoria, creates work that connects closely to the environment in which it is performed: an old Pavilion for The Swan in Daylesford, a tin shed for Faith Healer in Melbourne, a river-water pool for A Midsummer Night’s Dreaming Mildura 1956, in Mildura, a surf beach for The Seal Wife in Portland, a deserted packing shed for Romeo and Juliet in Merbein, a trotting track for The Bludgers Opera and a deconsecrated Convent Chapel for Macbeth in Daylesford.
The company’s first production, Faith Healer, was critically acclaimed, receiving four Green Room award nominations and an award for Best Actress.
A Midsummer Night's Dreaming. Mildura. 1956, (2003) Don Coyote, Man of the Mallee (2004) and
Romeo and Juliet (2005) were all developed for the Mildura Wentworth Arts Festival, while Macbeth (2000) toured regionally in 2003 and was selected for a Melbourne season at Theatreworks in 2004.
Their production was The Life and Deaths of Don Koyote that was performed in 2007 in Bendigo, Daylesford and The Heywood Green. Their most recent production, My Homeland in Mildura, was performed in an old shearing shed in Mildura during March 2009.
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