2015 Melbourne Festival

The 2015 Melbourne Festival program was launched at Government House, in front of past, present and future Artistic Directors of the Festival across its 30 year history.
 
Highlights include West-End smash hit adaptation of George Orwell's dystopian masterpiece 1984, Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison gives further voice to Shakespeare's most fiery angel with Desdemona, we celebrate the 40^th anniversary of Patti Smith's seminal Horses album with the help of musical genius Courtney Barnett and friends, and shine a spotlight on New York's and Melbourne's trailblazing creative independent theatre artists.
 
With eight world premieres, 17 Australian premieres, 15 events exclusive to Melbourne Festival – including Flight Facilities with the MSO, Batsheva Dance Company's Last Work, NYC's PS122 and Belgium dance theatre mavericks Peeping Tom – plus five specially commissioned works, and the largest program yet of free ancillary events to encourage debate in the Festival's history, 2015 is also a truly international program. Over 18 days in October, the Festival will present 74 events by artists and companies from countries including Iceland, Faroe Islands, Israel, UK, Mali, USA, China, Sweden, France, Canada and Germany.