


Come share the small hours with sleepless parents, shift workers, the homesick, the restless, the grieving. Pick up your phone and use your personal switchboard to explore messages collected from local late-night callers. Listen to their serenades, secrets, confessions of love, strange memories, and perhaps a vent or two. We can’t promise what you’ll hear – only that you’ll have the power to choose your own adventure.
As you fall deeper into this velvet night, you may find that those ghostly voices have been freed from the machine. The distance between the sleepless speakers and avid listeners is closing. The night may still be dark, but for now, no one is alone.
An intimate and beautiful production from director Roslyn Oades, renowned for her groundbreaking documentary concepts, and internationally acclaimed, ARIA Award-winning sound artist Bob Scott, The Nightline is a propulsive listening experience unlike any other. Take a seat at a table for one, pick up your phone and let the night envelop you in a deeper kind of listening.
40min. No interval.
13th August, 2026
29th August, 2026

The first floor of The Malthouse is accessible by wheelchair via the lift.
GETTING TO THE VENUE
BY TRAM: The No. 1 South Melbourne tram goes right past our door. Get off at Stop 18. Any tram down St Kilda Road—jump off at Grant Street, Stop 17 and take a 3-minute walk.
BY TRAIN: Any train to Flinders Street, then a 12-minute stroll through Melbourne’s sparkling Arts Precinct.
BY BIKE: Secure your bike to one of the many racks outside the foyer.
BY CAR: Limited on-street parking is available on Grant Street, Sturt Street and Dodds Streets. Two disabled parking spaces are just outside The Malthouse entrance on Sturt Street.
Co-creator & Director: Roslyn Oades
Co-creator & Sound Artist: Bob Scott
Production Designer: Clare Britton
Lighting Designer & Coding: Fausto Brusamolino
Switchboard Designer: Greg Cameron
Technical Director & Production Manager: Keith Tucker (Megafun)
Operator & Stage Manager: Jem Hoppe-Smith
'The Nightline Concierge': Katia Molino
The Nightline at Malthouse Theatre runs for 40min. No interval.
The Nightline at Malthouse Theatre is at Melbourne's The Bagging Room | Malthouse Theatre , which is located at 113 Sturt Street, Southbank, Melbourne, 3006.
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