Season 2020 at Queensland Theatre

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8 — 29 Feb

Emerald City

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14 Mar — 4 Apr

Triple X

NYC

30 May — 27 Jun

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Othello 11 Jul — 1 Aug

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The Children 29 Aug — 19 Sep

Boy Swallows Universe Anniv ersary

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For 49 years we have been doing what theatre does best. Our 50th season continues this tradition.

SAM In 2020, this means throwing the spotlight on theatre’s unique capacity to straddle the past, present and future. Even if we are telling classic stories from previous generations, we are always reflecting where we are right now, and more often than not, we are imagining the future as well. Some plays in the 2020 Season speak with unapologetic directness to our present moment.

Prima Facie mounts an irresistible call for change through its powerful story of a defence barrister who finds herself on the wrong side of the system.

Others look further ahead. The Children probes our environmental legacy in the wake of a nuclear disaster. Phaedra satirically transplants one of drama's great heroines to a Queensland that has seceded from the rest of Australia.

And this is just the start of how we will use our milestone year to reflect our State and City like never before. The world premiere stage version of Trent Dalton’s wildly successful novel Boy Swallows Universe brings Brisbane unforgettably to life. Shakespeare’s Othello finds an evocative and effective setting in the Torres Strait during the Second World War.

The Holidays transports us to one of those quintessential Queensland beach getaways for a touching meditation on mortality.

Even plays that aren’t literally set in Queensland engage with questions that pertain to all of us.

Emerald City uses the hedonistic late 1980s as a canvas to explore bigger – and ever more relevant – concerns about compromising our ideals. From contemporary New York, Triple X moves us and makes us laugh through its dissection of gender and sexuality in the 2020s.

The first year of the new decade also marks my fourth and final season as Artistic Director of Queensland Theatre. I’m very grateful to have had the privilege of living, working and sitting in lots of theatres in Queensland, including the one we built together. Thank you for so generously embracing me and the Company’s work. Brisbane really does have the warmest audiences in Australia. I can’t wait to return to those audiences as a punter and as a director in 2020.

— Sam Strong, Artistic Director

Australian Classic

Art vs Money

Anniversary

8 — 29 Feb

Playhouse, QPAC

EMERALD CITY

by David Williamson Directed by sam strong

A sparkling revival of David Williamson’s finest comedy Fade in. Sydney in the 1980s. The Emerald City of Oz, luring unsuspecting idealists with the promise of fulfilled fantasies, and leaving them with their dreams shattered on the pavement.

Colin is a one-time gun screenwriter who’s off his game these days, and his wife Kate is a publisher with a penchant for taking risks. Seduced by the scent of success, they move their family to the Emerald City in pursuit of a share of its fame and fortune.

Colin teams with a hack writer to work on his pet project screenplay, but soon finds himself faced with a stark choice: make art or make a motza?

Decades after it was written, David Williamson’s 1987 classic is as sharp as ever; a satirical skewering of the extravagance of yesterday that could have been written today.

Associate Director Travis Dowling Designer Dale Ferguson Lighting Designer David Walters Composer/Sound Designer Russell Goldsmith Cast includes: Ray Chong Nee (Hydra, Noises Off), Nadine Garner (The Dr Blake Mysteries, City Homicide), Jason Klarwein (Once in Royal David's City, Macbeth) Pictured Jason Klarwein, Nadine Garner

Presentation Sponsors

A Melbourne Theatre Company co-production

‘The Emerald City of Oz. Everyone comes here along their yellow brick roads looking for the answers to their problems and all they find are the demons within themselves.'

– David Williamson

2020 is David Williamson’s 50th anniversary as a playwright.

14 Mar — 4 Apr

Bille Brown Theatre

TRIPLE X

By Glace Chase directed by Paige Rattray

A deliciously naughty anti-romance Scotty has it all: a multimillion-dollar loft in downtown Manhattan, a high-flying Wall Street job, and he’s about to marry the perfect fiancée, who also happens to be loaded. But when he meets trans performance artist Dexie, he discovers he wants something more. A friend?

A confidante? A lover?

When the secret of their affair gets out, it’s sure to shock not only his dudebro Jase, his highlystrung mother Deb, and his lesbian activist sister Claire, but also a theatre audience strapped in for the ride of their lives.

From the wickedly funny pen of Australianborn, New York-based playwright, comedienne and performer Glace Chase, this play is an hilarious, honest and emotionally affecting look at entitlement, hypocrisy, and the realities of love.

Designer Renée Mulder Lighting Designer Ben Hughes Composer/Sound Designer Kelly Ryall Cast includes: Glace Chase (A Hoax, Dream Queen Tours (NY)), Josh McConville (Top End Wedding, Outlaws), Christen O’Leary (Twelfth Night, Ladies in Black), Contessa Treffone (Harp in the South: Part I & II) Pictured Glace Chase

queensland theatre premiere A Sydney Theatre Company co-production

As a playwright, Glace Chase has won two Griffin Awards and the Queensland Premier’s Literary Award, and has been shortlisted for almost every playwriting award in Australia.

Back home in New York, Glace Chase runs Dream Queen Tours of Greenwich Village - a walking tour, pub crawl and comedy show rolled into one.

NYC

Avocado Oil

Drag Queens

WWII TSI

Super Villains

Classic

30 May — 27 Jun

Bille Brown Theatre

OTHELLO

By WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Directed by Jason Klarwein

Shakespeare’s intimate tragedy lands in the Torres Strait 1942, and the Imperial Japanese Navy is bearing south. The bold Captain Othello and his battalion of the Far North Queensland Regiment are all that stands in their way. But off the battlefield, Othello’s life is far from simple.

He’s just secretly married the daughter of a wealthy cane farmer, and an envious, spurned suitor has joined forces with a disloyal and resentful officer in a deadly plot to bring down the renowned military hero, at any cost.

William Shakespeare’s classic tale of jealousy, betrayal and revenge is thrillingly re-imagined by Jason Klarwein.

Lighting Designer Ben Hughes Cast includes: Jimi Bani (My Name is Jimi, Mabo), Richard Bani (My Name is Jimi), Andrew Buchanan (L’Appartement, The Family Law), Emily Burton (Storm Boy, A Tribute of Sorts), Eugene Gilfedder (Macbeth, Sacre Bleu), Kevin Hides (Death of a Salesman, A Conversation), Benjin Maza (Stradbroke Dreamtime, From Darkness), Sarah Ogden (Death of a Salesman, An Octoroon) Pictured Jimi Bani

Presentation Sponsor

‘O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on.’

– Iago The Torres Strait Light Infantry Battalion existed from 1941 to 1946 and nearly all its enlisted men were Torres Strait Islanders, making it the only Indigenous Australian battalion in the Australian Army’s history.

11 Jul — 1 Aug

Bille Brown Theatre

THE HOLIDAYS

by David megarrity directed by Bridget Boyle

A touching portrait of memory and connection The Holidays are on holiday: 12-year-old Oliver has been pulled out of school for an unexpected road trip with his mum and dad, en route to grandad’s seaside shack. But grandad, an eccentric artist, is not there. In this unkempt place stuffed with memories, it seems that the Holidays - instead of getting away from it all have taken a lot with them.

This Queensland Premier’s Drama Award-winning play is a feast for the senses, a wistful and funny journey combining live performance, music and cutting-edge projection. A disarming and lyrical chronicle about family, for families, The Holidays is a show for sons, fathers, grandfathers, and anyone who loves one.

Designer Sarah Winter Projection Designer Nathan Sibthorpe Composer Sean Foran Cast includes: Bryan Probets (Hydra, The 39 Steps) Pictured Bryan Probets

queensland theatre premiere Queensland Theatre and Queensland Government present

Bridget Boyle last directed the heartwarming and award-winning production, The Longest Minute.

Brisbane theatremaker, writer, composer, musician and academic David Megarrity won the Queensland Premier’s Drama Award 2018-19 for The Holidays from a field of more than 90 entrants.

Fathers and Sons

Beachside

Sensory Feast

International Hit

Love Triangle

Bad Dancing

1 — 29 Aug

Cremorne Theatre, QPAC

THE CHILDREN

by Lucy Kirkwood directed by Zoe Tuffin

What’s our responsibility to the future?

Chernobyl. Fukushima. Three Mile Island. Names all loaded with dread to this day. But what if the fallout from any one of those incidents had been much, much worse?

Hazel and Robin are two retired nuclear scientists living in a cottage on the English coast, still haunted by a disaster at the power station where they used to work, and still living in fear of each click of the Geiger counter. Clutching at normality, they farm, or do yoga, or do their best to keep in touch with the world at large, which has descended into chaos after the apocalypse at the reactor.

When an old colleague turns up at their door, the couple are forced to confront an uncomfortable truth. The Children is a stunning, intense, slowburning drama by one of the UK’s hottest young playwrights.

Designer Adam Gardnir Lighting Designer Christine Felmingham Composer/Sound Designer Wil Hughes Cast includes: Christine Amor (Quartet, The School of Arts), Toni Scanlan (Once in Royal David's City, Crownies) Pictured Christine Amor Presentation Sponsor

‘Taut tale of human and atomic meltdown.’

– The Guardian

Playwright Lucy Kirkwood was inspired to write the play by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan.

29 Aug — 19 Sep

Playhouse, QPAC

Trent Dalton's

boy swallows universe Adapted for the stage by Tim McGarry directed by Sam Strong

The blockbuster Australian novel bursts onto the stage Eli Bell’s childhood in the outer Brisbane suburbs is far from the idyllic 1980s haze some kids would remember. His alcoholic dad has shot through, his ex-druggie mum is in jail, his stepfather’s dealing heroin, his brother Gus is a mute who swirls cryptic messages in the air with his finger, and his babysitter Slim is a convicted killer and infamous escapee from Boggo Road Gaol.

Beset by chaos on all sides, a run-in with the local crime king and his henchman sets the 13 year old with the old soul on a journey to find out what kind of a man he is going to be.

Designer Renée Mulder Lighting Designer Ben Hughes Composer/Sound Designer Steve Francis Video Designer Craig Wilkinson Movement Director Nerida Matthaei

Queensland Theatre and Brisbane Festival premiere

Made possible by the generous support of the Visionaries Landmark Productions Fund

Boy Swallows Universe is adapted from the smash hit novel loosely based on Brisbane author Trent Dalton's own childhood. It’s an exhilarating story of magic and madness, of beauty and brutality, of joy and heartbreak, and of the power of love to triumph over the darkest of circumstances.

‘Just superb. Boy Swallows Universe confirms Trent Dalton as a genuine treasure of Australian letters.’

– Annabel Crabb

Arthur ‘Slim’ Halliday was known as the Houdini of Boggo Road Gaol, successfully escaping from No. 2 Division twice. A section of the gaol wall is known as Halliday’s Leap.

Dead Blue Wren

True Crime

QLD Coup

#MeToo

Award-Winning

Fearless

8 — 31 Oct

Bille Brown Theatre

PRIMA FACIE by suzie miller directed by Lee Lewis

A tour de force indictment of the legal system For criminal lawyer Tessa, the law is a thrilling game that she loves to win, taking no prisoners.

She has fought every step of the way for her position, and she’s the best there is. Her feelings have no place in her work - just the rules. That’s why, even when she’s called upon to defend men accused of sexually assaulting women, she detaches her feminism and her compassion in the cut and thrust of the courtroom.

But when Tessa finds herself on the other side of the bar - as a victim - the system she thought she had mastered starts working against her.

Suzie Miller’s urgent, gripping one-woman show combines wry humour, raw emotion and an unforgettable character. In a post-#MeToo world, it’s a stinging rebuke to a flawed legal system, and a clarion call to change the rules.

Designer Renée Mulder Lighting Designer Trent Suidgeest Composer/Sound Designer Paul Charlier Cast Sheridan Harbridge (Calamity Jane, Muriel's Wedding the Musical) Pictured Sheridan Harbridge

A Griffin Theatre Company production

Playwright Suzie Miller’s Prima Facie won the 2018 Griffin Award, for an outstanding play or performance text that demonstrates an authentic, inventive and contemporary Australian voice.

Before she became a playwright, Suzie Miller worked as a human rights lawyer specialising in children’s rights, Indigenous rights and in public interest law.

14 Nov — 5 Dec

Bille Brown Theatre

phAEDRA

by Katherine Lyall-Watson directed by Caroline Dunphy

Classic tragedy turns hilarious farce in Queensland It’s the not-too-distant future, and with a defiant cry of QUEENSLANDER!, we’ve broken away. Again.

First Lady Phaedra and President Theseus are building a mighty wall along Queensland's southern border to keep the 'filthy' Newies from our gates. When Theseus takes off with the triumphant Broncos on a moraleboosting tour, Phaedra is left alone to run the country and look after Theseus' teenage son, Hip, newly arrived from boarding school.

Hip's arrival stirs something in Phaedra she never expected and when Hip's mother shows up on the doorstep, too … well you know what they say about Queensland. Beautiful one day, tragic the next.

From the minds of Queensland’s own Belloo Creative, this roaringly funny reimagining of an ancient myth is at once a biting political satire, a feminist love song, and a timely wake-up call to our home state.

Cast includes: Angie Milliken (Death of a Salesman, MDA) Pictured Angie Milliken

queensland theatre premiere

The last time Queensland “seceded” was from New South Wales in the 1800s. Queen Victoria signed the letters patent on June 6, 1859, and on December 10, the first Governor George Bowen proclaimed the formal separation of the colony.

The first dramatic record we have of Phaedra is in Euripides' Hippolytus in 428 BC.

Myth

Sex

Comedy

We’re honouring our 50th season of stories by doing what we do best — putting on a show

50 years of theatre (in one night)

Join us for a unique evening, looking back at the plays, the personalities and the passions that have shaped the past 50 years.

Help us re-live some of our finest moments, share your memories with artists and friends and take a cheeky look at what our magnificent Company could look like in the next 50 years.

celebration gala

celebration performances

Friday 8 May 7:30pm including postshow party with artists

Saturday 9 May 1pm and 7:30pm (performance only)

Come and celebrate with us

Come for a season and stay for a lifetime

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Play Packages

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Your savings and benefits

First in Best Dressed Our Season Ticket Holders get the best available seats before single tickets go on sale to the general public, ensuring you don’t miss out on sold-out performances.

Additional Tickets Share your love of theatre with family and friends by purchasing additional tickets at a discounted rate.

Book Now, Pay Later Divide your package over easy payments with our Post-pay plan.

35 & Under If you are 35 years and under, even bigger savings are available to you.

Change Your Dates as Your Plans Change If you can’t make your performance date anymore, it’s not a problem - we can exchange your tickets (no charge for 8 Play Season Ticket Holders).

Advance Programs Be in the know. Sign up to receive a play program, via email, in advance of your performance.

Love to debrief after a show? Enjoy the buzz of an Opening Night party? See the special packages below

CHOOSE YOUR PACKAGE AND DATES Opening Nights

Visionaries

Opening Night Packages include your invitation to mingle with the stars at every postperformance party, and a $280 tax-deductible donation to Queensland Theatre.

Take all 8 Plays for $1136.

Members of the Visionaries annual giving program enjoy a range of exclusive events.

Make sure you buy your tickets on the same night as these events.

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QT Club

Legal Chapter

Have a passion for live theatre and want to attend with like-minded people? Select the QT Club first Saturday matinee performances and enjoy a preshow discussion over coffee and cake, a tour of the set and occasionally a special guest. Just add $12 per performance to join.

Legal Chapter members attend the theatre together while also supporting Queensland Theatre’s Play Commissioning Fund. Plays and special functions for the 2020 season are: Emerald City (20 February), The Holidays (23 July) and Prima Facie (22 October).

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LC Legal Chapter

Night with the Artists Join in a post-show discussion with the cast and creatives on selected Monday evenings at 6:30pm.

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Season Packages

Packages

8 Plays

6 Plays

5 Plays

3 Plays

Additional tickets Playhouse

Additional tickets Bille Brown Theatre/ Cremorne Theatre

Opening Night O Adult

$1136

Includes post-performance parties and a $280 tax-deductible donation

Saturday Evening Adult

$496

$426

$375

$240

$88

$79

Senior

$472

$408

$355

$228

$84

$75

Concession

$432

$372

$330

$210

$77

$69

Weeknights Monday - Friday Evening Adult

$488

$426

$370

$237

$87

$77

Senior

$464

$402

$350

$225

$83

$73

Concession

$424

$372

$325

$204

$77

$67

Matinees Wednesday and Saturday Afternoon Adult

$440

$384

$335

$213

$78

$68

Senior

$416

$354

$310

$192

$70

$62

Concession

$384

$330

$285

$177

$65

$57

Previews

$336

$288

$250

$159

$58

$51

35 & Under

$240

$180

$150

$90

$33

$33

Fully Flex Package Choose your dates later (8, 6, 5 and 3 play packages) QT Club QT Join our theatre lovers club Legal Chapter LC

Package includes tickets and function.

Legal Chapter members make a minimum donation of $1000 and become part of the Visionaries annual giving program

50th Anniversary Gala Friday 8 May 7:30pm 50th Anniversary Performances Saturday 9 May 1pm and 7:30pm

Add $25 per package Add $12 per play Add $377 single / $754 double $150 per person $60 per person

Leading from Queensland

For 50 years we have changed the lives of audiences throughout Queensland, across Australia and around the world

powering the next 50 years

We have developed the finest new stories and new talent, introduced generations of young people to the performing arts through our education and youth activities, and led the country in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander storytelling.

Fifty years is also a time to reflect on the people who have made our Company strong – the artists, the technicians, the arts workers, our audiences and our partners. Our donors have shared our vision and generously supported us to produce the very best theatre and share it widely. Thank you.

Together we have achieved so much. With your help we have made leading from Queensland a reality. With your continued support, we want to apply the ambition and energy of the last half century to the next.

Our first 50 years have been excellent. Let’s make the next 50 extraordinary.

— Amanda Jolly, Executive Director

Sammie Fuller and Seamus Kenny, members of the Queensland Theatre Young Artists’ Training Ensemble.

Building the future

Celebrate our 50th by making a gift

Your donation will allow us to: Foster the next generation of artists and young people

Champion Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander storytelling

Reach all Queenslanders

Create landmark Australian theatre

Commission new plays

Share our stories with the world

Thank you for your support Gifts of $1,000+ become part of Queensland Theatre Visionaries (see over).

All donations over $2 are tax-deductible and matched by the Queensland Government.

Share our vision for the next 50 years

Visionaries

Queensland Theatre Visionaries is an annual giving program for people like you, who believe in theatre and its infinite possibilities.

Through philanthropic leadership, our Visionaries contribute essential annual income towards productions and special programs, and support our far-reaching vision for the next 50 years of theatre in Queensland.

A syndicate of Visionaries generously support our Landmark Productions Fund, cementing Queensland Theatre as a national leader in the development of large-scale new work.

Become a Visionary through an annual donation of $1,000 or more, and take your place at the heart of Queensland Theatre.

Patrons $1,000+ Collaborators $2,500+ Benefactors $5,000+ Leaders $10,000+ Artistic Director’s Circle $25,000+ Rainmakers $50,000+

Together we will make our ambitions a reality To become a Queensland Theatre Visionary, or for more information, please contact our Director of Development, ZoĂŤ Connolly on 07 3010 7602 or email zconnolly@queenslandtheatre.com.au

As a Visionary, you will enjoy exclusive events designed to share the creative process

In conversation with David Williamson, Playwright of Emerald City Wednesday, 12 February 6pm

Join the QT Team before the performance of Triple X Wednesday, 25 March 6:30pm

Enter the rehearsal space with Director of Othello, Jason Klarwein Thursday, 14 May 6pm

Take tea with the Artistic Team of The Holidays Wednesday, 22 July, matinee, following the performance

Wine-tasting before strolling across to The Children Wednesday, 19 August 5:30pm

Celebrate with the Artistic Team of Boy Swallows Universe Wednesday, 9 September, evening, following the performance

Hear the back story of Prima Facie direct from Playwright Suzie Miller Thursday, 15 October, following the performance

Join the Artistic Team Buy your tickets on the same night as these events to make the most of the program.

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of Phaedra with Belloo Creative Wednesday, 25 November 6:30pm

RACQ our Principal Partner

SPONSORS MAKE IT POSSIBLE

Moving into the second year as Principal Partner of Queensland Theatre, RACQ is excited to be part of bringing 50 years of stories to Queenslanders of all ages and backgrounds.

At RACQ we pride ourselves on being an active contributor to the community, and partnering with Queensland Theatre has allowed us to meaningfully connect with our members across the State.

Importantly this partnership also supports vital education initiatives for young Queenslanders.

We have been able to bring road safety messages from RACQ’s ground-breaking Docudrama road safety program to Queensland Theatre’s The Scene Project participants, empowering young people to make positive decisions when on the road, as both drivers and passengers.

RACQ is also pleased to continue providing opportunities for new audiences to experience their first Queensland Theatre production through the $20 ticket program. We’re thrilled to help present an entertaining and thoughtprovoking array of productions throughout the 2020 Season, and hope you enjoy as many of them as possible.

Ian A Gillespie Group Chief Executive Officer RACQ

Our sponsors and partners Join us as we lead from Queensland, offering sell-out theatre productions, inclusive education programs and new plays that tell our own stories. Our partners have the opportunity to go behind-the-scenes to see how theatre is made, meet with artists and attend Opening Nights. Exclusive corporate events can be shaped to suit different client groups and extensive media and branding opportunities are available.

If you’d like to partner with Queensland Theatre, please contact our Director of Development ZoÍ Connolly, on (07) 3010 7602 or email zconnolly@queenslandtheatre.com.au

Government Partners

Principal Partner

Trust and Foundation Partners

Building Enhancement Partner

Presentation Sponsors

Media Supporters

Print & Digital News Sponsor

Legal Partner

International Airline Partner

Season Sponsor

Season Supporters

Co-producer of Boy Swallows Universe, Brisbane Festival, is an initative of the Queensland Government and Brisbane City Council Brisbane Festival is an initiative of the Queensland Government and Brisbane City Council

Education Supporter

Restaurant Partner

In 2020, we will perform in Queensland Theatre’s Bille Brown Theatre and QPAC’s Playhouse and Cremorne Theatres

DISCOVER our Theatres

Cremorne Theatre, QPAC Corner Grey and Melbourne Streets, South Bank

Bille Brown Theatre, Queensland Theatre 78 Montague Road, South Brisbane The Bille Brown Theatre is located on the corner of Montague Road and Merivale Street, entrance via Cordelia Street. The foyer bar opens 90 minutes before each performance, offering a range of beverages, snacks and light meals. Secure undercover parking for all performances can be pre-purchased with your Season Ticket. A Council car park is located adjacent to the theatre and metered parking is available along Merivale Street, with other parking available in nearby streets. We recommend that patrons consider public transport to the venue.

The Cremorne Theatre entrance faces the South Bank Cultural Forecourt and river. The foyer bar is open before each performance. There are a number of car parks in the precinct - QPAC, Cultural Centre, BCEC and South Bank Parklands.

The area is home to a range of excellent bars and restaurants to help you make the most of your visit.

Playhouse, QPAC Corner Grey and Melbourne Streets, South Bank Located at the South Bank Parklands end of QPAC, opposite the ABC building. Enter via stairs or lift on Russell Street. The Playhouse is serviced by three bars, with snacks and light meals available. There are a number of car parks in the precinct - QPAC, Cultural Centre, BCEC and South Bank Parklands.

Enhance your experience at the Bille Brown Theatre

CITYCAT TERMINAL

QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY (QAG)

GALLERY OF MODERN ART (GOMA)

SOUTH BANK PARKLANDS

CREMORNE QUEENSLAND PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE (QPAC)

STANLEY PLACE

GREY STREET

HOPE STREET

MERIVALE STREET

BILLE BROWN THEATRE

MELBOURNE STREET

GO BETWEEN BRIDGE

FLEET LANE

PEEL STREET

MONTAGUE ROAD

WILLIAM JOLLY BRIDGE

RUSSELL STREET

QUEENSLAND MUSEUM

STANLEY PLACE

PLAYHOUSE

STATE LIBRARY OF QUEENSLAND

VICTORIA BRIDGE

KURILPA WALKING BRIDGE

BRISBANE RIVER

BRISBANE CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE (BCEC)

QUEENSLAND THEATRE

CORDELIA STREET

Parking Premium Food and Beverage Packages Jump the queue by pre-purchasing your food and drink package with your Season Ticket. Cheese platters, antipasto platters and meal options can be pre-purchased along with a premium drink including red, white or sparkling wine, beer and soft drink.

Pre-ordering is also available for interval drinks.

Secure undercover parking for all performances can be pre-purchased with your Season Ticket. An outdoor Council car park is also available adjacent to the theatre.

Visionaries Events A series of events for members of our Visionaries annual giving program take place at the Bille Brown Theatre, giving our donors behind-the-scenes experiences and the opportunity to meet our artists and creatives.

Your Visit

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Play Briefings

Complimentary Programs

Come and hear the cast and crew talk about the production you are about to experience. Play Briefings are held on the stage a few days before the first Preview, so you often get a sneak peek at the set as well! The Briefings are free and typically run for an hour. You’ll receive an email reminder before the date so you can let us know if you are attending.

Programs can be emailed to you before each performance. You can also visit queenslandtheatre.com.au for more information about each play, including behind-the-scenes videos and production trailers. If you pick up a program at the theatre please consider recycling it in the bins provided.

For more information please see queenslandtheatre.com.au, email sales@queenslandtheatre.com.au or call 1800 355 528

Audio Description For patrons with vision impairment, an Audio Description service is available at most productions courtesy of Vision Australia. Please let the Queensland Theatre Season Ticketing Team know if this service is required at the time of booking.

Parking Parking can be pre-purchased through Queensland Theatre for Bille Brown Theatre productions, or via QTIX for QPAC shows.

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Transport Accessibility Needs Wheelchair access and facilities are available at all theatres. Hearing enhancement systems are available in the Bille Brown Theatre and in the Playhouse. Please let us know about your accessibility needs when you book.

Patrons with Individual Needs With advance notice we can accommodate a range of individual needs. It is strongly encouraged that patrons notify staff of individual needs at the time of booking.

A range of public transport options are available to all of our production venues.

Auslan Interpretation For patrons who are part of the deaf community, Auslan interpretation is scheduled for all productions in 2020, provided by Auslan Stage Left. Please let the Queensland Theatre Season Ticketing Team know if this service is required at the time of booking. / Auslan Interpreted

Choose your plays, select a package, include your donation and plan your visit

HOW TO BOOK

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Book online at queenslandtheatre.com.au or email us sales@queenslandtheatre.com.au

Order by calling us 9:30am-5pm, Monday to Friday Freecall 1800 355 528

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Quick FAQs

What is a Season Ticket?

Can I exchange my tickets?

What is a Preview performance?

A Season Ticket is a package of 8, 6, 5 or 3 plays, when you book all your performances in advance. You can save up to 33% on Single Ticket prices. You can always exchange to a new date if something comes up. Season Ticket Holders get the first pick of the best seats.

Season Ticket Holders may exchange their tickets up to 48 hours prior to the ticketed performance. Go to queenslandtheatre.com.au/ exchanges and follow the steps to upload a picture of your ticket/s destroyed. Email sales@ queenslandtheatre.com.au, attach a picture of your ticket/s destroyed and tell us your new date. Post/In Person – mail or present your ticket/s to 78 Montague Rd, South Brisbane, QLD 4101. Exchange and upgrade fees may apply.

Previews are the performances prior to Opening Night.

Actors may still be fine-tuning their performance, and on rare occasions the director may even interrupt the show to make technical or other adjustments. Previews can give you a fascinating insight into the process of theatre making.

What is a Fully Flex Package?

It’s a type of subscription where you receive vouchers now and you can book your shows later, once you know your availability.

Please note: there is a processing fee of $25 at the time of booking.

Multiple passes cannot be used to book for the same play. We recommend you redeem your vouchers as early as you can as shows do sell out!

What is the policy on refunds?

We follow ticketing guidelines set down by Live Performance Australia (LPA). Visit liveperformance.com.au for more information.

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Can I pay by instalment?

You sure can. Choose our post-pay plan. You will then be charged fortnightly over eight instalments (donations, fees and gift vouchers included in first instalment).

Can I sit with friends?

What discounts do we offer?

What if I miss a performance?

If you wish to sit with a friend you must submit your forms together.

We offer Senior, Concession and 35 & Under. To see what discounts apply to you go to the booking form or see our website.

If you miss a booked performance or fail to get an exchange in on time, you can purchase a Season Ticket replacement at a special price of $30 (subject to availability).

For more comprehensive FAQs please visit our website.

The 2020 Season Emerald City

8 — 29 Feb Playhouse, QPAC Play Briefing: Tuesday, 4 February 6pm

By David Williamson Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday 8

7:30pmP

14 7:30pm

15 2pmQT

7:30pm

20 7:30pmLC

21 7:30pm

22 2pm

7:30pm

27 7:30pm

28 7:30pm

29 2pm

7:30pm

10 6:30pmP

11 6:30pmP

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7:30pmV 13 7:30pmO

17 6:30pmN

18 6:30pm

19 1pm

7:30pm

24 6:30pm

25 6:30pm

26 1pm

7:30pm

Triple X

14 Mar — 4 Apr Bille Brown Theatre Play Briefing: Tuesday, 10 March 6pm

By Glace Chase Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday 14

7:30pmP

16 6:30pmP

17 6:30pmP

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7:30pmP 19 7:30pmO

20 7:30pm

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25 1pm

7:30pmV 26 7:30pm

27 7:30pm

28 2pm

7:30pm

30 6:30pm

31 6:30pm

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1pm

7:30pm

2

7:30pm

3

4

7:30pm

50th Anniversary Celebration Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Othello

Saturday 9

7:30pm

1pm

7:30pm

30 May — 27 Jun Bille Brown Theatre Play Briefing: Monday, 25 May 6pm

By William Shakespeare Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday 30

1 6:30pmP

7:30pm

8 — 9 May Bille Brown Theatre

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Monday

2pm

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20 2pm

7:30pm

22 6:30pm

23 6:30pm

24 1pm

7:30pm

25 7:30pm

26 7:30pm

27 2pm

7:30pm

The Holidays

11 Jul — 1 Aug Bille Brown Theatre Play Briefing: Monday, 6 July 6pm

By David Megarrity Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday 11

7:30pmP

13 6:30pmP

14 6:30pmP

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7:30pmP 16 7:30pmO

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23 7:30pmLC

24 7:30pm

25 2pm

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27 6:30pm

28 6:30pm

29 1pm

7:30pm

30 7:30pm

31 7:30pm

Audio Described

N Night with the Artists

Auslan Interpreted

O Opening Night

P Preview

PH Public Holiday

QT QT Club

LC Legal Chapter

V Visionaries

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Queensland Theatre Season 2020 - Booking Form

Before completing this form, please consider using our easy online booking service at queenslandtheatre.com.au/season Please note, if you wish to sit with a friend, you must submit your forms together.

Groups whose forms are not received together cannot be guaranteed requested seating.

Ways to book

*Full terms and conditions can be found at our website queenslandtheatre.com.au

Jump online Book online at queenslandtheatre.com.au Or email us sales@queenslandtheatre.com.au

Call us

Mail us

Order by calling us 9:30am-5pm, Mon to Fri Freecall 1800 355 528

Queensland Theatre Season Ticketing Team PO Box 3310, South Brisbane, QLD 4101

Drop in Queensland Theatre Administration 78 Montague Road, South Brisbane

STEP 1. SEASON TICKET HOLDER DETAILS NO. 1: Title

2019 Season Ticket Holder

New Season Ticket Holder

First name

Surname

Street

Suburb

Postcode



Patron ID (if known)

Phone

State Mobile

Previous address Email

D.O.B. (Optional)

PACKAGE TYPE:

PRICE TYPE:

PRICING GUIDE:

8

6

Adult

5

3

Senior

QLD Government Seniors Card, excludes Business and National Senior Cards

Year first subscribed

Concession

Pension Card



35 & Under

Official document providing birthdate (e.g. Licence)^

DVA Card

Senior/Concession Card No. 

So we can assign your loyalty tier

Full Time Student Card^

Expiry Date



^Please provide official document showing proof of age and/or student status for 35 & Under and Student prices

NO. 2: Title

Healthcare Card

2019 Season Ticket Holder

New Season Ticket Holder

First name

Surname

Street

Suburb

Postcode



Patron ID (if known)

Phone

State Mobile

Previous address Email

D.O.B. (Optional)

PACKAGE TYPE:

PRICE TYPE:

PRICING GUIDE:

8

6

Adult

5

3

Senior

QLD Government Seniors Card, excludes Business and National Senior Cards

Year first subscribed

Concession

Pension Card



35 & Under

Official document providing birthdate (e.g. Licence)^

So we can assign your loyalty tier

Healthcare Card

DVA Card

Senior/Concession Card No. 

Full Time Student Card^

Expiry Date



^Please provide official document showing proof of age and/or student status for 35 & Under and Student prices

OFFICE USE ONLY

DATE 

DETAILS CHECKED

LINE ITEMS ADDED

CHANNEL  SEATED

PAID

INV SCH

SOURCE 

PROCESSED BY 

DONATION  DONATION PROCESSED BY 

STEP 2. SIT WITH A FRIEND, SEATING SECTION AND ACCESS NEEDS Do you wish to sit near a friend? If so, you need to submit both your booking forms together. Please enter friend/s names:

 SEATING SECTION

Front

ACCESS NEEDS

Manual Wheelchair

Middle

Hard of Hearing

Back

Aisle

Other, please specify

Motorised Wheelchair Low Vision



Transfer to theatre seat

Other, please specify

Remain in wheelchair

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STEP 3. PERFORMANCES (Fully Flex Season Ticket Holders go to next step) THE PLAYS

YOUR TICKETS No. of No. of TOTAL package additional TICKETS tickets tickets

Emerald City 8 — 29 Feb Playhouse, QPAC

DAY / DATE / TIME 1st Preference

2nd Preference

e.g. Sat 15 Feb 7:30pm e.g. Wed 19 Feb 7:30pm

EXPERIENCE

Parking

Food and Beverage Packages

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Triple X

14 Mar — 4 Apr Bille Brown Theatre

Othello

30 May — 27 Jun Bille Brown Theatre

The Holidays 11 Jul — 1 Aug Bille Brown Theatre

The Children

1 — 29 Aug Cremorne Theatre, QPAC

Boy Swallows Universe

29 Aug — 19 Sep Playhouse, QPAC

Prima Facie 8 — 31 Oct Bille Brown Theatre

Phaedra

14 Nov — 5 Dec Bille Brown Theatre

50th Anniversary Celebration 8 — 9 May Bille Brown Theatre

N/A

STEP 4. PACKAGES, ADDITIONAL TICKETS AND EXPERIENCES Packages

8 Plays

6 Plays

5 Plays

Additional tickets Playhouse

3 Plays

Additional tickets Bille Brown Theatre / Cremorne Theatre

Opening Night  $1136

Includes post-performance parties and a $280 tax-deductible donation

$

Adult

 $496

 $426

 $375

 $240

 $88

 $79

$

Senior

 $472

 $408

 $355

 $228

 $84

 $75

$

Concession

 $432

 $372

 $330

 $210

 $77

 $69

$

Adult Saturday Evening

Weeknights Monday - Friday Evening Adult

 $488

 $426

 $370

 $237

 $87

 $77

$

Senior

 $464

 $402

 $350

 $225

 $83

 $73

$

Concession

 $424

 $372

 $325

 $204

 $77

 $67

$

Matinees Wednesday and Saturday Afternoon Adult

 $440

 $384

 $335

 $213

 $78

 $68

$

Senior

 $416

 $354

 $310

 $192

 $70

 $62

$

Concession

 $384

 $330

 $285

 $177

 $65

 $57

$

Adult

 $336

 $288

 $250

 $159

 $58

 $51

$

Senior

 $336

 $288

 $250

 $159

 $58

 $51

$

Concession

 $336

 $288

 $250

 $159

 $58

 $51

$

35 & Under

 $240

 $180

 $150

 $90

 $33

 $33

$

Previews

Fully Flex Package

Choose your dates later (8, 6, 5 and 3 play packages)

Add $ $25 per package

50 YEARS OF THEATRE CELEBRATIONS 50th Anniversary Gala Event Friday 8 May 7:30pm 50th Anniversary Performances Saturday 9 May 1pm or 7:30pm

Add $ $150 per person Add $ $60 per person

ENHANCE YOUR EXPERIENCE Legal Chapter LC

Package includes tickets and function.

Legal Chapter members make a minimum donation of $1000 and become part of the Visionaries annual giving program. See Step 5

Parking

Pre-pay Bille Brown Theatre secure parking.

(Parking for QPAC performances can be booked via QTIX 136 246)

Premium Food and Beverage Packages Jump the queue and pre-order your food and beverage packages.

(Bille Brown Theatre only) QT Club

QT

Cheese platter with premium beverage package

Antipasto platter with premium beverage package Gourmet pie plus side, with one premium beverage  Vegetarian pie option plus side, with one premium beverage Join our theatre lovers club. See brochure for details

Add $377 single / $ $754 double Add $ $15 per play One beverage $ $28 per play Two beverages $ $40 per play One beverage $ $28 per play Two beverages $ $40 per play $30 $ per person per play Add $12 per play $ TOTAL $

STEP 5. DONATIONS, VISIONARIES AND GIFT VOUCHERS DONATIONS: Help us power the next 50 years Please consider including a gift with your Season Ticket purchase. All donations, large or small, make a difference. THANK YOU.  $5,000

 $2,500

 $1,000

 $500

 $250

 $100

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 My choice

I/We would like to be acknowledged as Donations of $1,000 and above are part of our Visionaries annual giving program and are invited to the private events listed in the brochure. All donations of $500 and above are acknowledged in our play programs and in our annual report. Donations over $250 are listed on our electronic donor board. Donations to Queensland Theatre are tax-deductible.

GIFT VOUCHERS: Purchase a Gift Voucher of any value for family and friends.

$

Recipient Name/s

GRAND TOTAL $

STEP 6. PAYMENT DETAILS AND DELIVERY PAYEE 1:

 CHEQUE (payable to Queensland Theatre)  CREDIT CARD (in full)  POST-PAY PLAN (credit card instalments)

*Book and pay nothing upfront. You will be charged fortnightly over 8 instalments (donations, fees and gift vouchers are included in first instalment)

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 DONATE $50 for our 50th Anniversary - Happy birthday!

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*Book and pay nothing upfront. You will be charged fortnightly over 8 instalments (donations, fees and gift vouchers are included in first instalment)

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Calendar dates The Children

1 — 29 Aug Cremorne Theatre, QPAC Play Briefing: Monday, 27 July 6pm

By Lucy Kirkwood Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday 1

3 6:30pmP

4

10 6:30pmN

11 6:30pm

6:30pmP

5

7:30pmP 6

12 1pm

7:30pmPH 13 7:30pm

7:30pmO

7

8

7:30pm

14 7:30pm

7:30pmP 2pmQT

7:30pm

15 2pm

7:30pm

17 6:30pm

18 6:30pm

19 1pm

7:30pmV 20 7:30pm

21 7:30pm

22 2pm

7:30pm

24 6:30pm

25 6:30pm

26 1pm

7:30pm

27 7:30pm

28 7:30pm

29 2pm

7:30pm

Trent Dalton's

Boy Swallows Universe

29 Aug — 19 Sep Playhouse, QPAC Play Briefing: Monday, 24 August 6pm

Adapted for the stage by Tim McGarry Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday 29

31 6:30pmP

1

6:30pmP

7 6:30pmN

8

6:30pm

14 6:30pm

15 6:30pm

2

7:30pmP 3

9

1pm

16 1pm

7:30pmP

4

11 7:30pm

12 2pm

7:30pm

18 7:30pm

19 2pm

7:30pm

8 — 31 Oct Bille Brown Theatre Play Briefing: N/A

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday 8

12 6:30pm

13 6:30pm

19 6:30pmN 26 6:30pm

7:30pmP

15 7:30pmV

Friday 9

Saturday 10

7:30pmO

16 7:30pm

17 2pmQT

7:30pm

7:30pmP

14

7:30pm

20 6:30pm

21 1pm

7:30pm

22 7:30pmLC

23 7:30pm

24 2pm

7:30pm

27 6:30pm

28 1pm

7:30pm

29 7:30pm

30 7:30pm

31 2pm

7:30pm

Phaedra

14 Nov — 5 Dec Bille Brown Theatre Play Briefing: Monday, 9 November 6pm

By Katherine Lyall-Watson Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

16 6:30pmP

17 6:30pmP

18

23 6:30pmN

24 6:30pm

25 1pm

N Night with the Artists

7:30pm

17 7:30pm

7:30pm

By Suzie Miller

Audio Described

2pmQT

7:30pmV 10 7:30pm

Prima Facie

30 6:30pm

5

7:30pmO

7:30pmP

1

2

6:30pm

1pm

Thursday

Friday

Saturday 14

7:30pmP

7:30pmP 19 7:30pmO

20 7:30pm

21 2pmQT

7:30pm

7:30pmV 26 7:30pm

27 7:30pm

28 2pm

7:30pm

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3

7:30pm

4

7:30pm

5

2pm

Auslan Interpreted

O Opening Night

© The State of Queensland (Queensland Theatre) 2019

P Preview

PH Public Holiday

QT QT Club

LC Legal Chapter

V Visionaries

Queensland Theatre is a member of the Australian Major Performing Arts Group.

Brochure design: For The People Photography: Tim Jones Photography Stylist: Nathalie Ryner Hair & Makeup: Katrina Anger

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