2011 Shows
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National Interestby Aidan Fennessy
Heath Ledger Theatre05/05/2012 - 20/05/2012The fate of the Balibo Five shocked Australia in 1975 and the ghosts of the past were awakened again during the coronial inquest in 2007. National Interest goes behind the headlines and international intrigue to give an authentic voice to the families left behind, those who survive tragedy but refuse to be defined by it, with a true story of a family still in the grip of grief.
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Signs of Lifeby Tim Winton
Heath Ledger Theatre21/07/2012 - 18/08/2012A story about people with uncertain futures navigating with only shreds of the past to guide them. It’s about the mutual incomprehension between white and black – the anxiously safe and the pragmatic dispossessed – in country where nobody is really sure they belong anymore, and where everyone’s fate seems to have been determined by those who came before.
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Boy Gets Girlby Rebecca Gilman
Heath Ledger Theatre15/09/2012 - 30/09/2012Theresa and Tony meet on a blind date, Theresa isn’t interested but Tony won’t give up. He quickly goes from a bad date to a stalking nightmare. Boy Gets Girl will get under your skin, asking: Who do we love? Who do we trust? What defines our identity? And how do we cope when life as we know it disintegrates in front of our eyes?
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Managing Carmenby David Williamson
Heath Ledger Theatre10/11/2012 - 02/12/2012A laugh out loud comedy for anyone who likes football or designer dresses and a crackling funny dissection of stereotypes in sport. Brent is a country boy turned footy star: captain of his AFL team, king of product endorsements, with a model girlfriend and a ruthless sports manager. But Brent’s hiding one little thing that could ruin his career and end the advertising money: his passion for cross dressing…
