1 SEASON 2016 3 A message from Andrew Upton 5 Top benefits of a Season Ticket 10 Insight Events

THE PLAYS 14 The Golden Age 16 The Secret River 18 Arcadia 20 Machu Picchu 22 Golem 24 King Charles III 26 Hay Fever 28 Disgraced 30 All My Sons 32 The Hanging 34 A Midsummer Night’s Dream 36 Power Plays 38 A Flea in Her Ear 40 Speed-the-Plow

SPECIAL OFFERS 44 Hamlet: Prince of Skidmark 46 The Wharf Revue 2016

HOW TO BOOK AND USEFUL INFO 50 How to book 51 Key dates 52 A guide to your perfect Season Ticket 54 Ticket prices 56 Venues and access 57 Make the most of your Season Ticket 58 The Theatre Bar at the End of The Wharf 59 Walsh Bay Kitchen 60 STC and the community 61 Philanthropy 62 Thank you 64 Contact details

2 1 A MESSAGE FROM OUR ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

It’s that time of year again, and here I am doing a lot of things I feel I have done before, but for the last time. This is my last program for the company, which fills me with a curious mixture of sadness and excitement.

It is inevitable that I want to stop and reflect. The thing I have been most aware of at Theatre Company has been continuity. I walk the long walk down The Wharf every day and, sometimes, I remember my mother and father walking us all up here the first time. I remember walking up here with girlfriends, waiting at the end for university friends. I remember my first day of rehearsals for Cyrano de Bergerac… twice. How many times did I walk up here with my wonderful wife and sometime Co-Artistic Director? I seem to be perpetually running after my children up and down here. It is a fabulous company, perfectly poetically situated for its real purpose – a point of departure. Deep water. Safe harbour. The beginning of a journey. The circle of coming and going and old and new…

Continuity plus reinvention. This is the paradox that energises theatre. It is the reason plays are published. Literary merit notwithstanding, plays are published so people can mount productions of them, reinvent them, find new life in them, make connections to them and through them to the past how the narratives of past and present intertwine, and on into the future. Recurring reinvention of we will talk about race, and politics, and sex and story, of space, of the ideas that hold us together power. Lots of sex. And comedy! Because what’s and tear us apart. life without sex and comedy?

Whilst this is my last season, it is also someone else’s first and, for you, it is the next. So, what is coming up in 2016?

We have a massive program of new work by some of the most exciting contemporary Australian Andrew Upton playwrights, we explore our cultural history and Artistic Director

2 3 THE TOP BENEFITS OF A SEASON TICKET A Season Ticket is made up of 6 to 14 shows, and gives Season Ticket Holders access to great savings and many excellent benefits throughout the year.

EXCLUSIVE RENEWAL PERIOD UNTIL 6 OCT ST Existing Season Ticket Holders get first choice on all shows during an exclusive “I love the build-up of anticipation 1 renewal period from 8 Sep to 6 Oct. prior to seeing the show. I love the fact that some plays make me cry, some make me wistful. Some even make me fall in love. I’m BEST VALUE FOR MONEY LOWER PRICES AND always challenged, rethinking my Your Season Ticket saves you up to SAVINGS ALL YEAR boundaries and learning about 22% on single ticket prices. Season Ticket Holders can access discounted Adult packages start from $372, tickets throughout the year. Share the perception.” seniors from $345, concession and savings and purchase extra single under 30s from $312. See all the tickets for family and friends at a EMMA JOHNSON ticket prices in detail on pg 54–55. SEASON TICKET HOLDER discounted price – great for gifts!

BEST AVAILABLE SEATS LOTS OF EXCLUSIVE REWARDS Access the best available seats to all shows. Your Season Ticket Holder Benefits Card unlocks Many of our shows sell out, so a Season Ticket discounts on wine, cinemas, hotels, parking, guarantees your seats to the most exciting cultural outings and more. We also send a theatre events of 2016. monthly enewsletter and a selection of exclusive freebies, special offers and invitations throughout the year. Visit sydneytheatre.com.au/ benefits

A PLAN FOR GOOD TIMES AHEAD Your Season Ticket ensures your diary is organised with plenty of great outings to look forward to. Quality time with family and friends is one of the top reasons for which you’ve told us you love your Season Ticket.

5 MORE REASONS TO BOOK YOUR SEASON TICKET

PURCHASE ALL PLAYS AND PRE-SALE PERIOD ON GET A FREE TICKET SPECIAL OFFERS Book all 14 plays in our main Season Ticket Holders can purchase season before 30 Nov, and get a discounted tickets for Hamlet: Prince of free ticket so you can introduce Skidmark and The Wharf Revue months before a friend to a show of your choice. 14 they go on sale to the public. See pg 44–47 for details about these plays.

PAY IN INSTALMENTS UNLIMITED FREE Spread the cost of your Season Ticket across four EXCHANGES instalments. Choose the deferred payment option We understand your plans online or on your booking form before 31 Dec. may change. You can swap to Some conditions apply, see booking form and another date of the same show website. fee-free, subject to availability. Some conditions apply.

NO EXTRA FEES SAVE ON PROGRAMS There are no transaction fees on Purchase programs for any Season Ticket booking. $8 each (usually $10). Program vouchers are sent with your tickets.

BOOK BY 30 NOV AND WIN “What can be better than being able Purchase your Season Ticket before 30 Nov and you could win a luxury experience. to have first pick of the best seats, First Prize: Runner up: • A two night stay at Pier One Sydney Harbour, • An iKOU gift hamper of indulgent body at the best price, for the best shows, with breakfast included. products and natural candles. that best suit our taste and schedule. • Travel in Audi style from your home or office • Enjoy a pre-theatre meal with a $100 gift Love it.” to Pier One. certificate for Walsh Bay Kitchen, the • A $200 gift certificate for dinner and drinks exciting new restaurant and bar on Hickson MARGARET GOODWIN at The Theatre Bar at the End of the Wharf. Road at Theatre.

SEASON TICKET HOLDER Thanks to our sponsors Pier One Sydney Harbour, Audi, Fresh Catering and iKOU. See page 64 for terms and conditions.

7 LOYALTY BENEFITS FOR SEASON TICKET HOLDERS Our family of Season Ticket Holders is the lifeblood of .

All Season Ticket Holders get a Benefits Card (see pg 5) and other bonuses throughout the year. We recognise the loyalty of those who renew and return with tiered benefits for Season Ticket Holders who have been with us for three or more consecutive years.

A lifetime of loyalty benefits Better still, we continue rewarding you for life. Once you’ve earned Star status (3–10 yrs) or Legend status (11+ yrs), you have access to those benefits every year that you are a Season Ticket Holder, even if you take a year or two off.* STARS LEGENDS People who have been a Season Ticket Holder for People who have been a Season Ticket Holder for 3–10 years receive the following: 11 or more years receive the benefits for our Stars, plus the following: The Theatre Bar at the End of the Wharf A free glass of selected wine with any main course Exclusive access to best available seats purchased. We have reserved an exclusive allocation of best  available seats during the priority renewal window Walsh Bay Kitchen for you to access as a thank you for your loyalty.** Pre-book any main meal and get a complimentary white peach Bellini on arrival. Including Adina Apartment Hotels pre-theatre specials (see pg 59 for how to book). Receive a 10% discount from our accommodation partner Adina Apartment Hotels, plus the choice Sydney Festival of a bottle of wine, late check-out or room upgrade. Take advantage of three exclusive ticket offers from Sydney Festival, which you’ll hear about after The Theatre Bar at the End of the Wharf its program is announced. A free cheese platter for two with any wine “I was an early subscriber to STC purchase after a show. and have very happy memories. My two friends and I are all in our Walsh Bay Kitchen * The priority renewal window, exclusive seating allocation, and benefits Pre-book any main meal and get a complimentary 80s now. We still get a thrill when are available to current Season Ticket Holders only and valid for the season white peach Bellini and amuse-bouche on arrival. to which you are subscribed. we arrive at the theatre and will ** Bookings are processed in order of receipt. Renew early to avoid Including pre-theatre specials (see pg 59 for how continue to for a long time to come.” disappointment. to book). VALERIE STERN SEASON TICKET HOLDER For full terms and conditions of the Season Ticket Holder Benefits Card, and Stars and Legends program visit sydneytheatre.com.au/benefits

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GET CLOSER AT OUR INSIGHT EVENTS We offer a range of free and ticketed event designed to give you further insight into our plays. You’ll discover the artistic process and fall more in love with the magic of theatre at every event.

LUNCH WITH THE ARTISTS DISCOVER NEW TALENT AT Lunch with artists, support STC and hear an ROUGH DRAFTS exclusive talk with cast and creatives at Pier Group Rough Drafts are week-long creative developments Lunch events. Hosted by Pier Group co-founder for emerging and established artists, with a free Love and Information Audi Night with the Actors, 2015 and patron Anne Schofieldam and held at The public showing on the Friday evening (best Wharf, funds raised support the immediate and followed by drinks at the bar). They offer a evolving needs of STC. $75pp for a two course meal fascinating glimpse into the making of exciting AUDI NIGHT WITH THE ACTORS MATINEE CLUB and glass of wine. To book, call Box Office on and diverse new works. Details of Rough Draft Quiz the actors! Purchase tickets Matinee Club is a friendly social occasion taking (02) 9250 1777. showings are released through the year in our to an Audi Night with the Actors place one hour prior to selected mid-week matinees. enewsletter and on social media. performance and stay after the show Guests enjoy a talk from one of the key creatives 2016 Pier Group Lunches: for an enlightening and entertaining over complimentary morning tea. Indicate on your Hay Fever Mon 7 Mar 12–2pm Q & A with the cast. Dates are on the booking form if you would like to attend, and play pages and website. details will be sent via email. All My Sons Mon 2 May 12–2pm A Midsummer Mon 8 Aug 12–2pm PRE-SEASON BRIEFINGS 2016 Matinee Club dates: Night’s Dream Our Pre-season Briefings are lively conversations The Golden Age Wed 27 Jan 12–1pm Speed-the-Plow Mon 10 Oct 12–2pm between cast, creatives and the audience. Held King Charles III Wed 13 Apr 12–1pm during rehearsals, they are a fun and interactive On behalf of The Pier Group, Anne Schofield also way to find out about the creative process before All My Sons Wed 22 Jun 12–1pm hosts The Wharf Revue Gala each year. In 2016, it seeing the show. Tickets are free, but must be The Hanging Wed 10 Aug 12–1pm will be held on Tue 18 Oct. Book for the Gala on Find out more about our Insight Events at booked in advance – reminders are included in Speed-the-Plow Wed 16 Nov 12–1pm your paper booking form as part of your Special sydneytheatre.com.au/insightevents our enewsletter. Offer selection, or call Box Office.

10 11 12 Director SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS Kip Williams Designer THE GOLDEN AGE David Fleischer BY LOUIS NOWRA Composer & Sound Designer Max Lyandvert Dramaturg Paige Rattray

With Our own heart of darkness Remy Hii Brandon McClelland In 1939, a lost tribe of Europeans was discovered in the Tasmanian wilderness. They were a band of outcasts who had escaped the Anthony Taufa torture of convict life, scratching out an existence at the forgotten edge of the island, alone for almost a century.

INSIGHT EVENTS Inspired by this true story, writer Louis Nowra (Cosi, Radiance) Pre-season Briefing penned The Golden Age – an extraordinary play that blends Mon 11 Jan 6.15pm historical fact, Australian folklore and poetic language to create a Wharf 1 Theatre post-colonial myth for our times. Nowra’s outcasts have developed Matinee Club a culture and dialect all of their own, but their bodies are failing Wed 27 Jan 12pm them and their very existence is in danger. Brought back into the fold of Australian society, what fate awaits this band of exiles? Audi Night with the Actors The Golden Age premiered in in 1985, with a Sydney Mon 1 Feb and production the following year directed by Neil Armfield. Three Mon 8 Feb post-show decades later, Resident Director Kip Williams (Suddenly Last Summer) brings it to Wharf 1 Theatre with a brilliant ensemble cast, including Sarah Peirse (Switzerland), Ursula Yovich (Love and Information) and Brandon McClelland (The Present). In their hands, this profound and emotionally-charged Australian classic makes its way out of the wilderness and back into the spotlight.

“How can I go back after all I’ve seen?” Francis

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14 JAN – 20 FEB

WHARF 1 THEATRE

1HR 50MINS WARNING: #STCGOLDENAGE (NO INTERVAL) VIOLENCE, NUDITY

14 Director SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY AND ALLENS PRESENT Neil Armfield Artistic Associate THE SECRET RIVER Stephen Page BY KATE GRENVILLE Set Designer AN ADAPTATION FOR THE STAGE BY ANDREW BOVELL Stephen Curtis Costume Designer Tess Schofield Lighting Designer Mark Howett Composer Iain Grandage The return of a landmark production Sound Designer Steve Francis A sold out hit in 2013, The Secret River is a stirring, ambitious adaptation of Kate Grenville’s award-winning novel. In 2016, it With returns for an encore season. Nathaniel Dean Trevor Jamieson Directed by Neil Armfield and adapted by Andrew Bovell, Ningali Lawford-Wolf The Secret River is a story of two families divided by culture and Matthew Sunderland land. William Thornhill arrives in a convict from the slums of . His family’s new home offers him something INSIGHT EVENTS he hadn’t dare dream of: a place to call his own. On the banks of Pre-season Briefing Mon 18 Jan 6.15pm the Hawkesbury River, he plants a crop and lays claim to the soil in which it grows.

Audi Night with But the Hawkesbury is already home to another family. A family the Actors from the Dharug people. A family whose existence depends on that Mon 15 Feb post-show land. As Thornhill’s attachment to the land deepens, he is driven to a terrible decision that will haunt him for the rest of his life.

Winner of six Helpmann Awards, including Best Play, Best Direction and Best New Australian Work, The Secret River was heralded as “a stunning, shattering piece of theatre that goes to the heart of our history” (The Sunday Telegraph). Don’t miss out.

“Astonishingly beautiful to look at, languid in its storytelling and deeply affecting… Essential viewing.” 62 Sun Herald

Commissioning Patrons: This project has been assisted by Government’s Major Festivals David Gonski ac Initiative, managed by the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, in & Orli Wargon oam, association with the Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals Inc., Catriona & Simon Mordant am Sydney Festival, Perth International Arts Festival and The Centenary of .

PRESENTING SPONSOR 1 FEB – 20 FEB

ROSLYN PACKER THEATRE

WARNING: 2HRS 50MINS STRONG LANGUAGE, #STCSECRETRIVER (INCLUDING INTERVAL) VIOLENCE

16 Director SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS Richard Cottrell Set Designer ARCADIA Michael Scott-Mitchell BY TOM STOPPARD Costume Designer Julie Lynch Lighting Designer Damien Cooper

With Blazey Best Fall in love with chaos Jonathan Elsom Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia is recognised as one of the 20th century’s great plays. In his matchless style, he brings together comedy, science, Julian Garner suspense and romantic entanglements. And all in the one room. Glenn Hazeldine Josh McConville In a stately home in the British countryside, two intertwined Michael Sheasby narratives, two hundred years apart, are playing out. In April 1809, Justin Smith bright young Thomasina and her tutor Septimus are inventing chaos theory a century too early – or perhaps they are simply INSIGHT EVENTS falling in love? Two hundred years later, two scholars, hooked on Pre-season Briefing Tue 2 Feb 6.15pm the past’s unsolved mysteries, try to piece the truth together from Wharf 1 Theatre the puzzling fragments that remain.

Audi Night with Through it all, Stoppard’s writing effortlessly evokes the the Actors unknowability of the past and the many casual moments that Mon 22 Feb and determine our fate. Directed by Richard Cottrell, whose production Mon 7 Mar post-show of Stoppard’s Travesties was a hit in 2009, Arcadia brings back to STC the delightful talents of Ryan Corr (Sex with Strangers), Blazey Best (Travesties), Andrea Demetriades (Arms and the Man), Glenn Hazeldine (After Dinner) and Josh McConville (Noises Off) in a play that will entrance, stimulate and illuminate.

“I have never left a play more convinced that I had just witnessed a masterpiece.” The Daily Telegraph, UK

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8 FEB – 2 APR

DRAMA THEATRE,

2HRS 45MINS #STCARCADIA (INCLUDING INTERVAL)

18 Director SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS Geordie Brookman A SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY AND Designer STATE THEATRE COMPANY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA PRODUCTION Jonathon Oxlade Composer MACHU PICCHU Alan John BY SUE SMITH With WORLD PREMIERE Elena Carapetis Darren Gilshenan Annabel Matheson Lisa McCune Finding hope amidst the ruins

INSIGHT EVENTS From acclaimed Australian writer Sue Smith (Kryptonite, ABC TV’s Pre-season Briefing Mabo and Brides of Christ) comes a moving new play. Exploring love, Mon 29 Feb 6.15pm loyalty and healing – both physical and spiritual – Machu Picchu is a Wharf 2 Theatre delicate but unflinching snapshot of modern life.

Audi Night with Gabby thinks she has everything she could want – a successful the Actors career, a loving husband, a brilliant daughter and the best of friends. Mon 14 Mar and But still, something is missing. When a terrible accident leaves her Mon 28 Mar post-show husband paralysed, she has to confront secrets and desires that have lain dormant for years. The question is, what will stand the test of time?

Lisa McCune returns to STC for the first time in almost a decade, and we welcome back State Theatre Company of South Australia’s Artistic Director Geordie Brookman who directed Smith’s acclaimed play Kryptonite in 2014. Together they will bring to life this deeply affecting world premiere.

“Do you think this is the most perfect moment of our lives?” Gabby

This project is supported by the Australian Writers’ Foundation, with the generous support of Kim Williams am.

3 MAR – 9 APR

WHARF 1 THEATRE ASSOCIATE SPONSOR

1HR 30MINS WARNING: #STCMACHUPICCHU (NO INTERVAL) STRONG LANGUAGE

20 Director & Writer SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS Suzanne Andrade A 1927, SALZBURG FESTIVAL, THÉÂTRE DE LA VILLE PARIS & YOUNG VIC Film, Animation & Design CO-PRODUCTION Paul Barritt Music GOLEM Lillian Henley CREATED BY 1927 Associate Director & Design Esme Appleton Sound Designer Laurence Owen Costume Designer Man and machine in imperfect harmony Sarah Munro Hailed as “groundbreaking with strokes of genius” (The Daily With Telegraph, UK), British theatre company 1927 has developed a cult Esme Appleton following with its unique brand of theatre-making – marrying Will Close cutting-edge technical wizardry with a distinctly vintage aesthetic. Lillian Henley Like a giant graphic novel come to life, Golem is a visual feast that Rose Robinson integrates live actors, original music and mesmerisingly detailed Shamira Turner handmade animations. Voices Suzanne Andrade Office worker Robert and his musician sister Annie were raised by Ben Whitehead their grandmother on a steady diet of knitting, whittling, Beethoven INSIGHT EVENTS and anarchy. When Robert buys a Golem – an obedient, efficient Pre-season Briefing man-machine – life becomes a little more convenient, but also a Mon 14 Mar 6.15pm lot more complicated. Taking inspiration from the folkloric figure Wharf 2 Theatre of the same name, Golem rethinks the myth to ask one of the great questions of the modern age – do we control technology, or does it Audi Night with control us? the Actors Mon 21 Mar post-show After celebrated seasons across Europe, Golem comes to STC for a short but enchanting run. Take a step through the looking glass with this dark and fantastical tale.

“This funny, unsettling and unforgettable satire is a Frankenstein for the 21st century. Alive with irony, imagination and humanity.” The Times

16 MAR – 26 MAR

TICKETS ROSLYN PACKER THEATRE $40/$45

1HR 30MINS RECOMMENDED #STCGOLEM (NO INTERVAL) FOR AGES 12+

22 Director SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY AND ADSHEL PRESENT Rupert Goold THE ALMEIDA THEATRE PRODUCTION with Whitney Mosery Designer KING CHARLES III Tom Scutt BY MIKE BARTLETT Composer Jocelyn Pook AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE Lighting Designer Jon Clark Sound Designer Paul Arditti The Queen is dead. Long live the King? Cast includes Robert Powell Sometime in the not too distant future, Prince Charles finally ascends the throne. And he quickly makes up for lost time. INSIGHT EVENTS Pre-season Briefing Winner of the 2015 Olivier Award for Best New Play and lauded by Tue 29 Mar 6.15pm critics and audiences alike, Mike Bartlett’s ingenious writing in Wharf 2 Theatre King Charles III predicts the future in the vivid language and verse of a Shakespearean history play. This is an epic writ now. Audi Night with the Actors Confronting the contradictions of a modern monarchy with wisdom Mon 4 Apr and Mon 18 Apr post-show and plentiful wit, the play reveals the people beneath the crowns, the unwritten rules of our democracies and the moral conscience of Matinee Club our leaders. Wed 13 Apr 12pm Directed by Almeida Theatre Artistic Director Rupert Goold, this production comes to STC for an exclusive Australian season following its West End and Broadway runs. Audacious, provocative and insightful, this is drama with both a glint in the eye and a stiff upper lip.

“Bold, brilliant and unstoppably entertaining. Theatre doesn’t get much better than this.” The Times, UK Co-produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, Stuart Thompson “Theatrical dynamite.” Productions, Tulchin Bartner Productions, Time Out London Charles Diamond and the Almeida Theatre in “Thought-provoking, serious fun.” association with Birmingham Repertory Financial Times, UK Theatre and by arrangement with Lee Dean.

31 MAR – 30 APR

ROSLYN PACKER THEATRE PRESENTING SPONSOR WARNING: 2HRS 45MINS INFREQUENT STRONG #STCKINGCHARLES (INCLUDING INTERVAL) LANGUAGE

24 Director SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS Imara Savage Designer HAY FEVER Alicia Clements BY NOËL COWARD Lighting Designer Trent Suidgeest

With Briallen Clarke Tom Conroy Alan Dukes Harriet Dyer Ignorance is bliss Genevieve Lemon Tony Llewellyn-Jones The precociously talented Noël Coward wrote Hay Fever in only Josh McConville three days. The result is an exquisitely engineered comedy of Heather Mitchell misjudged meetings, secret seductions and wicked revelations Helen Thomson wrapped around a portrait of a very theatrical family.

INSIGHT EVENTS The Blisses love intrigue, love arguing and really love a spotlight. Pier Group Lunch Led by Heather Mitchell as Judith Bliss, the prima donna to end Mon 7 Mar 12pm all prima donnas, they are everything a respectable British family ought not to be – unconventional, uncensored and unapologetic. Pre-season Briefing Mon 4 Apr 6.15pm When each of them decides to invite a guest to their rural retreat, Wharf 2 Theatre the unassuming visitors face a living melodrama from which there seems to be no escape. Audi Night with the Actors Having had us in hysterics with After Dinner in 2015, director Mon 2 May and Imara Savage and designer Alicia Clements reunite to give us a Mon 16 May post-show 1920s country weekend like no other. With an exceptional cast, including Harriet Dyer (Travelling North), Tony Llewellyn-Jones (Amigos) and Helen Thomson (After Dinner), Hay Fever promises to be a thoroughly enjoyable and seductively comic affair.

Richard: “They’re strange people, aren’t they?” Myra: “I think ‘strange’ is putting it mildly.”

11 APR – 21 MAY

DRAMA THEATRE, SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE

2HRS #STCHAYFEVER (INCLUDING INTERVAL)

26 Director SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS Sarah Goodes Designer DISGRACED Renée Mulder BY AYAD AKHTAR Lighting Designer Damien Cooper AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE Composer & Sound Designer Steve Francis

With It’s a question of faith Glenn Hazeldine Sachin Joab New York. Today. Corporate lawyer Amir Kapoor (Sachin Joab) is Shiv Palekar happy, in love, and about to land the biggest promotion of his life. Sophie Ross But beneath all the trappings, success has come at a price.

INSIGHT EVENTS When Amir and his artist wife, Emily, host an intimate dinner Pre-season Briefing party at their Upper East Side apartment, what starts out as a Mon 11 Apr 6.15pm friendly conversation soon escalates into something far Wharf 2 Theatre more damaging. Audi Night with the Actors In dialogue that bristles with wit and complexity, Ayad Akhtar’s Mon 9 May and Pulitzer Prize-winning play puts contemporary attitudes toward Mon 30 May post-show religion under the microscope. The result is a fiercely intelligent and sensationally entertaining drama that reveals the prejudices and compromises of modern Western culture.

Guided by Resident Director Sarah Goodes (Switzerland), Disgraced is a complex and fearless production that will leave you breathless and keep you talking long after.

“Terrific, turbulent drama.” The New York Times

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16 APR – 4 JUN

WHARF 1 THEATRE

1HR 30MINS WARNING: #STCDISGRACED (NO INTERVAL) STRONG LANGUAGE

28 Director SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY AND UBS PRESENT Kip Williams Designer ALL MY SONS Alice Babidge BY ARTHUR MILLER Lighting Designer Nick Schlieper

With John Howard

INSIGHT EVENTS Are there sins too big to be forgiven? Pier Group Lunch Mon 2 May 12pm John Howard makes his long-awaited return to the STC stage in Arthur Miller’s powerful classic. Joining him is Robyn Nevin. Pre-season Briefing Together, they will bring to life one of the great dramatic marriages. Mon 23 May 6.15pm Wharf 2 Theatre The Kellers look like a mid-century American success story. He runs the business, she runs the home, and their son will inherit Audi Night with it all. But there is something rotten in the Keller household and the Actors secrets have a way of getting out. Mon 20 Jun and Mon 4 Jul post-show All My Sons was Miller’s first major success. A compelling portrait of Matinee Club flawed characters and capital’s corruption of the American Dream, Wed 22 Jun 12pm the play mapped out the artistic territory he would return to in his later plays, Death of a Salesman and The Crucible. Today, its politics and its impact remain as acute and devastating as ever.

Resident Director Kip Williams (Macbeth, Love and Information) brings his precise sense of the poetic to a play forged by a master craftsman, in which every word and every action has a consequence.

“You’re no worse than most men but I thought you were better. I never saw you as a man. I saw you as my father.” Chris Keller

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PRESENTING SPONSOR 4 JUN – 9 JUL

a b ROSLYN PACKER THEATRE

2HRS 20MINS #STCALLMYSONS (INCLUDING INTERVAL)

30 Director SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS Sarah Goodes Designer THE HANGING Elizabeth Gadsby BY ANGELA BETZIEN Lighting Designer Nicholas Rayment WORLD PREMIERE

With Luke Carroll Ashleigh Cummings Genevieve Lemon Young, beautiful and fatal INSIGHT EVENTS Pre-season Briefing Two private school girls are missing in Melbourne’s hinterland. Mon 18 Jul 6.15pm The clock is ticking, the search is on. The one clue is 15-year-old Wharf 2 Theatre Vivienne. Beguiling, quick-witted, provocative, she won’t give up her secrets easily. What exactly will the police uncover? Audi Night with the Actors Award-winning playwright Angela Betzien (an STC Patrick White Mon 8 Aug and Playwrights’ Fellow ) has created a tense, tantalising crime thriller Mon 29 Aug post-show that reveals the mysterious underbelly of a privileged world. Matinee Club Wed 10 Aug 12pm Drawing on Australia’s lasting fascination with the way our vast country can swallow people whole, The Hanging is an original work that twists the familiar into something entirely novel. Resident Director Sarah Goodes (Switzerland) has assembled a superb cast, with Luke Carroll (Battle of Waterloo), Ashleigh Cummings (Channel Ten’s Puberty Blues) and Genevieve Lemon (Noises Off) to play the trio of characters at the heart of this riveting new play.

“I hear the girls whispering in the corridors.” Corrossi

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28 JUL – 10 SEP

TICKETS WHARF 1 THEATRE $40/$45

WARNING: 1HR 30MINS INFREQUENT STRONG #STCHANGING (NO INTERVAL) LANGUAGE

32 Director SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS Kip Williams Lighting Designer Damien Cooper A MIDSUMMER

With NIGHT’S DREAM Paula Arundell BY Robert Collins Honey Debelle Brandon McClelland Josh McConville Love makes fools of us all INSIGHT EVENTS Pier Group Lunch On the hottest night of the year, young lovers Hermia and Lysander Mon 8 Aug 12pm run away from the rules of the city and into the freedom of the forest. Close on their heels are Helena and Demetrius. Demetrius Pre-season Briefing is chasing Hermia, Helena is chasing Demetrius, no one is chasing Mon 5 Sep 6.15pm Helena… yet. Wharf 2 Theatre Into a forest of rough magic they go, but this is no fairytale. Audi Night with Helpmann Award-winning Resident Director Kip Williams the Actors (Suddenly Last Summer) continues his bold interpretations of Mon 26 Sep and Mon 10 Oct post-show Shakespeare’s great plays with A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This production will reclaim the text’s deep heart, revealing a comedy as complex and detailed as any tragedy.

Along for the ride are Josh McConville (After Dinner), who brings his comedic know-how to the boisterous Bottom, and the exciting new talents of Robert Collins (Disney’s The Lion King) and Honey Debelle (ABC TV’s ANZAC Girls) making their STC debuts as two corners of the fabulously convoluted love quadrangle.

See you in the forest.

“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.” Helena

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12 SEP – 22 OCT

DRAMA THEATRE, SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE

2HRS 30MINS WARNING: #STCMIDSUMMER (INCLUDING INTERVAL) NUDITY

34 Director SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS Paige Rattray Designer POWER PLAYS David Fleischer FIVE NEW SHORT PLAYS BY MELISSA BUBNIC, MICHELE LEE, NAKKIAH LUI, Lighting Designer HANNIE RAYSON AND DEBRA THOMAS Ross Graham Composer & Sound WORLD PREMIERE Designer Steve Toulmin

With Anthony Gee Five writers, five actors, one theme Michelle Lim Davidson Steve Rodgers Power Plays is a theatrical tasting menu of some of Australia’s finest Ursula Yovich writers. Their mission: to each write a satirical 20-minute play on the theme of power. The result: 100 minutes of hilarious theatre. INSIGHT EVENTS Pre-season Briefing Melissa Bubnic, Michele Lee, Nakkiah Lui, Hannie Rayson and Mon 12 Sep 6.15pm Debra Thomas are our five chosen writers. Some are STC veterans, Wharf 2 Theatre some are making their debut. All of them have a wealth of smarts, a knack for the political and a gift for the comedic. How they use their talents to tackle the theme is up to them.

Conducting the potential mayhem safely onto the stage is our 2015 Richard Wherrett Fellow, director Paige Rattray (Boys will be boys). With her are a superb group of creatives – David Fleischer Love( and Information), Ross Graham (Boys will be boys) and Steve Toulmin (Little Mercy) – who will create the set, costumes, light and sound for these five exciting new works.

“These five brilliant playwrights each have a distinct voice, plenty to say and a talent for turning out cracking comic dialogue.” Polly Rowe, STC Literary Manager

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17 SEP – 15 OCT

TICKETS WHARF 2 THEATRE $27/$30

2HRS WARNING: #STCPOWERPLAYS (INCLUDING INTERVAL) STRONG LANGUAGE

36 Director SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS Simon Phillips Designer A FLEA IN HER EAR Gabriela Tylesova BY GEORGES FEYDEAU Lighting Designer IN A NEW ADAPTATION BY ANDREW UPTON Nick Schlieper WORLD PREMIERE With Helen Christinson Sean O’Shea David Woods Come for the sex, stay for the farce INSIGHT EVENTS Pre-season Briefing In the Paris of the early 1900s, playwright Georges Feydeau was Mon 24 Oct 6.15pm a promiscuous, cocaine-snorting figurehead of the hedonistic Wharf 2 Theatre counterculture. He was also the consummate humorist of the Belle Époque – A Flea in Her Ear, his key work, has remained in Audi Night with the repertoire of theatre companies around the world since its the Actors premiere in 1907. Mon 7 Nov and Mon 28 Nov post-show In a test of her husband’s fidelity, Raymonde Chandebise lures him to a notoriously seedy hotel. From there, everything falls apart. A Flea in Her Ear is an outrageously funny comedy constructed with the technical precision and beauty of a Swiss watch.

Farce can be a misunderstood genre, but this production has two of Australia’s finest theatre-makers at the helm. Andrew Upton’s unerring ear for the comic and the colloquial meets its perfect match in the deft hands of director Simon Phillips (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead). Working together for the first time, and alongside visionary designer Gabriela Tylesova, these theatre heavyweights bring the sophistication, wit and detail required to make a flawless farce an absolute pleasure.

Let the fun begin.

“Why does this bed revolve?” Romain

31 OCT – 17 DEC

DRAMA THEATRE, SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE

2HRS 20MINS WARNING: #STCFLEA (INCLUDING INTERVAL) STRONG LANGUAGE

38 Director SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY AND Andrew Upton COLONIAL FIRST STATE GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT PRESENT Designer David Fleischer SPEED-THE-PLOW Lighting Designer BY DAVID MAMET Nick Schlieper Sound David Gilfillan

With Rose Byrne Lachy Hulme Making art is a ruthless business

INSIGHT EVENTS David Mamet writes dialogue so distinct – fast, funny, exacting, Pier Group Lunch inspired – that it is a genre unto itself. From Glengarry Glen Ross Mon 10 Oct 12pm to Oleanna, he has given morally questionable characters the linguistic dexterity to enthral us, offend us and hoodwink us all at Pre-season Briefing the same time. Mon 31 Oct 6.15pm Wharf 2 Theatre In Speed-the-Plow, Mamet’s attention is squarely on a world he knows all too well – show business. Studio executives Bobby Gould Matinee Club and Charlie Fox came up together in Hollywood’s dog-eat-dog Wed 16 Nov 12pm world. Today, Bobby is one step ahead and has the authority to Audi Night with green light a project of his choosing. Just this morning, Charlie has the Actors landed a surefire blockbuster with a star attached. With millions Mon 21 Nov and of dollars on the line, every move is a gamble. The wildcard in this Mon 5 Dec post-show deck is a temporary secretary called Karen, an outsider with ideas of her own.

Mamet’s writing is a gift to great actors. Speed-the-Plow brings the luminous Rose Byrne back to the Australian stage, along with Lachy Hulme (Channel Ten’s Offspring). Directed by our own Andrew Upton, the Faustian dilemma that Mamet sets up will be brought thrillingly to life.

“Life in the movie business is like the beginning of a new love affair: it’s full of surprises, and you’re constantly getting f***ed.” Charlie Fox

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PRESENTING SPONSOR 8 NOV – 10 DEC

ROSLYN PACKER THEATRE

1HR 35MINS WARNING: #STCSPEEDTHEPLOW (NO INTERVAL) STRONG LANGUAGE

40 FOR OUR SEASON TICKET HOLDERS Season Ticket Holders have exclusive access and discounted tickets for these two extra shows that are guaranteed to have high demand. Tickets will be snapped up quickly, so get the best available seats before they go on sale to the public.

42 43 Co-creators SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS Declan Greene & The Listies THE TRAGEDY OF Director Declan Greene HAMLET: PRINCE OF Designer Renée Mulder SKIDMARK A BADAPTATION OF THE BARD With BY THE LISTIES Richard Higgins Matt Kelly WORLD PREMIERE

Shakespeare plus ninjas. And zombies.

Can you make an hour-long version of Hamlet for kids? We’re about to find out.

Cult kids outfit The Listies produce hilarious, irreverent, interactive shows for children and their adults, shattering the fourth wall and then gluing it back together with fart jokes. Here, they team up with Declan Greene from Sisters Grimm (Calpurnia Descending, Little Mercy) to take on the most serious and revered play in the Western canon. We’re betting against the Bard.

Hamlet is full of things that kids love: ghosts, castles, skulls, sword fights, blood, guts and gruesome deaths. This show adds in bonus pillow fights, vomit, pirates, ninjas, ninja pirates, aliens, ninja pirate aliens, zombies and probably a bunch of other irresponsibly anachronistic stuff.

The only thing we can be sure of is that everyone dies at the end – including the audience.

“Nobody else does comedy for kids this brilliantly, but what’s more astounding is that adults have just as much fun. The Listies occupy a dimension all of their own.” Sydney Morning Herald

16 JUN – 17 JUL

TICKETS WHARF 1 THEATRE $22/$30

1HR RECOMMENDED #STCHAMLET (NO INTERVAL) FOR AGES 5+

44 Musical Director SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS Phillip Scott Lighting Designer THE WHARF REVUE 2016 Matthew Marshall WRITTEN AND CREATED BY , AND PHILLIP SCOTT With Jonathan Biggins Drew Forsythe Phillip Scott

INSIGHT EVENTS Pier Group They sing, they dance, they wear funny hats The Wharf Revue Gala Tue 18 Oct 8pm Paul Keating once said that politicians come in three varieties: straight men, fixers and maddies. Well, you can be sure all of them Audi Night with will be knocked down a peg or two when The Wharf Revue comes the Actors rolling back into town. Mon 31 Oct and Mon 14 Nov post-show From the inimitable minds of Jonathan Biggins, Drew Forsythe and Phillip Scott comes another instalment of what has become a true Sydney institution. From the movers to the shakers, from the winners to the losers, the stage will be filled with a year’s worth of foolishness.

And if there’s one thing that a federal election year brings, it’s a smorgasbord of satirical goodies. There’ll be minor party pies, red meat, blue cheese and don’t forget your greens. But most of all, there’ll be laughter. And lots of it.

“What’s so brilliant… is how the material constantly falls between sharp, incisive satire and deliriously cheap gags.” The Daily Review

ASSOCIATE SPONSOR 19 OCT – 23 DEC

WHARF 1 THEATRE

1HR 30MINS #STCWHARFREVUE (NO INTERVAL)

46 HOW TO BOOK GATHER THESE DETAILS TO BOOK ONLINE OR COMPLETE A PAPER BOOKING FORM.

Your Season Ticket play choices Your Special Offer choices Date preferences How many program vouchers you’d like Contact information for you and your companions Payment details Proof of concession if applicable Special access requirements if needed HOW TO BOOK YOUR KEY DATES FOR SEASON TICKET YOUR DIARY

Once you’ve chosen your plays and explored further THU 3 information about the season on our website, complete SEP 2016 Season announced. TUE 8 your booking online, or send your form by post. Priority booking window opens for renewing Season Ticket Holders. As mail bookings are processed in order of receipt, new Season Ticket Holders are welcome to send their form in early to secure their place in the processing queue.

WED 30 Are you mailing your booking form? We recommend getting it in the post now so we’re sure to receive it by Tue 6 Oct. BOOK ONLINE BOOK BY POST The quickest way to book is online. You can select Fill in your Season Ticket booking form, your plays and seats and add your companion’s mailed in your pack or downloadable at TUE 6 details. sydneytheatre.com.au/2016 and post it OCT Priority booking window ends for renewing Season Ticket Holders. to our Box Office. The method of choice for nearly half of our TUE 13 Season Ticket Holders, our online booking Sydney Theatre Company Season Tickets go on sale to everyone. system is swift, secure, convenient and confirmed 2016 Season Tickets on the spot. Reply Paid 85302 Strawberry Hills Go to sydneytheatre.com.au/2016 to get started. NSW 2012 MON 30 NOV Single tickets go on sale for The Golden Age, The Secret River, Arcadia, Machu Picchu, You have up to 1 hour to complete your online Golem, King Charles III, Hay Fever, Disgraced. booking, so have all your information to hand Please note: We will no longer be accepting before starting. Season Ticket bookings via email. We have Book all 14 plays in our season by 30 Nov and receive a free ticket as a thank you. introduced new payment security processes as Book by 30 Nov and go into the draw to win a luxury experience. See pg 7 for details. a preventative measure because your security is important to us. This is to ensure best practice and the highest possible customer service standards for you. THU 31 DEC Deadline for purchasing a Season Ticket using the instalment payment option. See the booking form for details. TIPS! Make sure you include If you’re using the paper booking email addresses form, send it in as soon as possible. MON 8 for yourself and your We process paper bookings in order FEB ’16 Single tickets go on sale for All My Sons, Hamlet: Prince of Skidmark, The Hanging, companions, otherwise you’ll of receipt. Renewals are processed A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Power Plays, The Wharf Revue, A Flea in Her Ear. miss out on important customer service first, and new Season Tickets are processed information as well as a bunch of Season Ticket from Tue 13 Oct. MON 22 Holder benefits. Single tickets go on sale for Speed-the-Plow

50 51 THE GOLDEN AGE PG 14

U TO C THE SECRET RIVER A G IDE YOUR PERFE T PG 16

ARCADIA SEASON TICKET PG 18

MACHU PICCHU If you’re spoilt for choice, here is a handy guide to PG 20 help you select a perfect combination of plays that GOLEM appeal to you and your companions. Choose 6 to 14 PG 22 plays to create your ideal Season Ticket, and then KING CHARLES III add 1 or 2 of the Special Offer plays. PG 24

HAY FEVER Rollicking farces, sharp satires and PG 26 THE FUNNY quick-witted comedies that will suit many and varied tastes. DISGRACED PG 28

The brilliance of these plays has been THE AWARD recognised with a raft of awards. ALL MY SONS WINNERS PG 30 THE HANGING PG 32 Fresh new works from Australian and THE NEW international writers, seen for the first time on our stages. A MIDSUMMER WORKS NIGHT’S DREAM PG 34 POWER PLAYS If you love a good post-show debrief, PG 36 THE GREAT these diverse plays will each spark lively conversation. DEBATE A FLEA IN HER EAR PG 38

These plays with no interval give you SHORT more time for a post-theatre yarn. SPEED-THE-PLOW ‘N’ SWEET PG 40 HAMLET: PRINCE OF SKIDMARK A selection of plays with lots of appeal PG 44 BRING THE as a night out for younger audiences. THE WHARF REVUE TEENS PG 46

52 53 TICKET PRICES Season Ticket Holders save up to 22% on single ticket EXTRA SINGLE TICKET PRICES We figure that you enjoy sharing theatre as much as we do. We offer these discounted prices to Season prices. Due to popular demand and limited capacity Ticket Holders so you can spread the love. Purchase extra single tickets for friends and introduce new we charge a flat rate for Saturday evenings and people to the STC experience. preview performances. Preview Sat Adult Seniors Concession Under 30 Evening Cardholder King Charles III $79 $106 $98 $88 $76 $76 The Secret River $79 $106 $98 $88 $76 $76 SEASON TICKET PRICES Speed-the-Plow $79 $106 $98 $88 $76 $76 A Flea in Her Ear $73 $96 $93 $83 $71 $71 Preview Sat Adult Seniors Concession Under 30 All My Sons $73 $96 $93 $83 $71 $71 Evening Cardholder Arcadia $73 $96 $93 $83 $71 $71 King Charles III $71 $96 $89 $80 $69 $69 Disgraced $73 $96 $93 $83 $71 $71 The Secret River $71 $96 $89 $80 $69 $69 The Golden Age $73 $96 $93 $83 $71 $71 Speed-the-Plow $71 $96 $89 $80 $69 $69 Hay Fever $73 $96 $93 $83 $71 $71 A Flea in Her Ear $66 $87 $84 $75 $64 $64 Machu Picchu $73 $96 $93 $83 $71 $71 All My Sons $66 $87 $84 $75 $64 $64 A Midsummer Night’s Dream $73 $96 $93 $83 $71 $71 Arcadia $66 $87 $84 $75 $64 $64 Golem $44 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 Disgraced $66 $87 $84 $75 $64 $64 The Hanging $44 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 The Golden Age $66 $87 $84 $75 $64 $64 Power Plays $30 $33 $33 $33 $33 $33 Hay Fever $66 $87 $84 $75 $64 $64 Machu Picchu $66 $87 $84 $75 $64 $64 A Midsummer Night’s Dream $66 $87 $84 $75 $64 $64 Golem $40 $45 $45 $45 $45 $45 The Hanging $40 $45 $45 $45 $45 $45 Power Plays $27 $30 $30 $30 $30 $30

SPECIAL OFFERS Book your group theatre Access and special seating Concessions Take advantage of these exclusive discount offers for Season Ticket Holders and get the best available outing easily requirements You can purchase a concession seats before tickets go on sale to the public. You can book online for groups If you have access or special if you are an Australian full-time of up to 10 people. If you’re seating requirements, please student, an Australian Pensioner Preview Sat Adult Seniors Concession Under 30 booking for more than 10, post your booking form to us. or if you receive unemployment Evening Cardholder contact Box Office or download We will specially select tickets benefits. Proof of concession Hamlet: Prince of Skidmark $22 $30 $30 $30 $30 $30 a large group booking form to suit your needs, as these seats must be provided at the time The Wharf Revue $53 $60 $60 $53 $48 $46 from the website. are unable to be booked online. of booking.

54 55 VENUES AND ACCESS MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR SEASON TICKET OUR THEATRES ACCESSIBILITY AT STC “I love reading about the work of Australia’s writers AND OUR LOCAL GUIDE STC caters for a wide range of access and special Our shows are presented across four seating requirements through our Box Office and and directors and performers. Understanding the harbourside theatres. during your visit. This includes: audio described performances, hearing enhancement and headsets, provenance of the play, the production and the captioned performances, Auslan interpreted company has significantly enhanced our theatre Wharf 1 and Wharf 2 Theatres performances and wheelchair access. Guide dogs Sydney Theatre Company are welcome. experience.” SUE GEORGE, SEASON TICKET HOLDER Pier 4, The Wharf Hickson Road If you have access or special seating requirements, Walsh Bay please post your booking form to us. We will SAVE ON PROGRAMS MAGAZINE specially select tickets to suit your needs, as these Packed with articles, essays, photographs, full Our online magazine takes you into the world seats are unable to be booked online. Please background information on the key creatives, and of STC and beyond. Read and watch interviews Roslyn Packer Theatre specify your requirements at the time of booking the latest STC news, our programs aim to deepen with actors, directors, designers, playwrights, (formerly Sydney Theatre) to make use of our services. your enjoyment of our plays. composers and STC staff members. Explore the 22 Hickson Road themes and inspirations for our productions, our Walsh Bay Audio Described Performances Pre-purchase program vouchers with your Season trove of archival material, image galleries and For blind and vision impaired patrons, we Ticket for $8 each, or pick one up for $10 in venue. much more. will have audio described performances of Arcadia, Programs are available during the run of a play, Visit sydneytheatre.com.au/magazine Hay Fever, All My Sons, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and will be available for all our 2016 shows, except Drama Theatre, A Flea in Her Ear and Speed-the-Plow. Golem, Power Plays and The Wharf Revue. Sydney Opera House Bennelong Point Captioned Performances In 2016, we will offer captioned performances of The Secret River, Arcadia, King Charles III, Hay Fever, All My Sons, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Flea in Her Ear and Speed-the-Plow. For information on parking, public transport and DON’T MISS OUT ON food and beverage options visit our website. Auslan Interpreted Performances sydneytheatre.com.au/yourvisit In 2016, we will offer Auslan interpreted ALL THE EXTRAS performances of All My Sons, A Midsummer Night’s The monthly Season Ticket Holder For walking tours and other points of interest, Dream, A Flea in Her Ear and Speed-the-Plow. enewsletter features special offers and check out our guide to the local area. We have Please note, if you require Auslan interpreted exclusive behind-the-scenes content. curated a selection of our favourite things in performances and are attending all on offer, you are Walsh Bay, The Rocks and Circular Quay for your entitled to Season Ticket discounts. Complete your You can also expect extra surprises and convenience, and to assist you to have the best booking form with the plays and dates as marked benefits throughout the year, like priority possible visit to STC. on the calendar. booking offers, discounts, invitations to sydneytheatre.com.au/localguide events and more. Dates for all access shows are on the 2016 Calendar and at sydneytheatre.com.au/access, where you will Ensure you include your email address on also find more information. If you have any questions, your booking form, or visit please do not hesitate to contact us so we can ensure sydneytheatre.com.au/enews to sign up. your comfort and enjoyment. (02) 9250 1777 [email protected]

56 57 A stylish, cosy new restaurant and bar on Hickson Road at Roslyn Packer Theatre. Enjoy an innovative menu prepared with creative flair, an impressive wine list and a bespoke range of speciality sherries and digestives.

One of the best places in Sydney to soak up sweeping harbour Book your two or three course pre-theatre meal views. Drop by pre or post- on 02 9250 1990 or show for a drink, delicious The Theatre Bar at the End of the Wharf sydneytheatre.com.au/walshbaykitchen share plates, and specials is for you, come join us. sydneytheatre.com.au/thebar See website for opening hours and details. inspired by STC productions. STC AND THE COMMUNITY WELCOME TO THE FAMILY

SUPPORTING ARTISTS Did you know that ticket sales cover 67% of STC’s AND DEVELOPING NEW WORK Sydney Theatre Company has a proud heritage annual budget? This means we need to raise the 33% as a creative hub and incubator for Australian difference each year to continue to work with the best theatre and theatre-makers. Each year we offer a range of programs, awards, fellowships and artists and support our industry and community. residencies that contribute to developing, supporting and producing new works by 3.5% Australian artists. 2% $10,001+ % $5,001– 4 $10k $1,001–$5k Our current Resident Directors, Sarah Goodes 3% and Kip Williams, direct main stage shows as $501–$1k well as playing key roles in the day-to-day artistic life of the Company. 6% As a donor, you sit at the very $251–$500 We also support and celebrate playwrights and heart of what we do, helping to raise new writing with the Patrick White Playwrights’ Award and Fellowship. The Award goes to an STC EDUCATION over $2 million each year in vital support unproduced new Australian play. In 2015, Debra Our Education program is committed to offering of Australian theatre, its actors, writers, Thomas won the award for her play The Man’s Bitch. students and teachers meaningful and engaging directors, designers and technicians. The Fellowship supports established Australian learning experiences through an outstanding playwrights and includes a commission to write selection of high-quality theatre, extensive digital 10% a new play. In recognition of her contribution to resources and discounted tickets to dedicated $101–$250 the theatrical canon, is our current Schools Day performances. 51% Patrick White Playwrights’ Fellow. The Hanging of donors in 2014 gave is an STC commission from previous Fellow, For over 30 years, Sydney Theatre Company’s $2–$50 Angela Betzien. Education programs have let young people JOIN US experience the very best theatre that Australia Add a gift to your Season Ticket on your Sydney Theatre Company develops new plays and the world has to offer. In 2016, our student booking form, or donate online at through our commissioning program. In 2016, learning programs are stronger than ever, giving sydneytheatre.com.au/donate Machu Picchu, Hamlet: Prince of Skidmark, school students more opportunities to enrich Thank you! The Hanging, Power Plays and the adaptations their knowledge and to be inspired by the power 21% of The Secret River and A Flea in Her Ear are all and potential of theatre. of donors in 2014 gave STC commissions. $51–$100 We offer a range of unique learning opportunities Our Rough Draft creative developments give for both teachers and students. These include artists time and space to try new ideas, methods School Drama™, our teacher professional learning and collaborations in the making of new work. See program for primary school teachers, our immersive pg 11 for more information about Rough Drafts Work Experience Week for year 10 and 11 students and the free public showings that take place at the and Young Wharfies, a year-long program for end of the workshops. future theatre-makers. EVERY GIFT COUNTS For more info see sydneytheatre.com.au/ Find out more or request a dedicated education In 2014, 72% of donations were of $100 or less. While larger contributions work to keep our budget informationforartists brochure at sydneytheatre.com.au/stced healthy, every gift helps to sustain the theatre company we love. Where do you fit in? For more information contact the Foundation: 02 9250 1715 [email protected]

60 61 THANK YOU PARTNERS

Capital Renewal Program Sydney Theatre Company celebrates the support We gratefully acknowledge the leadership gifts for the initial phase of STC’s Capital Renewal Program. of our valued partners.

Major Sponsors David & Claire Paradice W & A Johnson Family Foundation

STC Life Patrons $50,000 - $99,999 STC would like to acknowledge the following individuals and Petre Foundation, Kim Williams am & Catherine Dovey foundations who have demonstrated their deep and enduring engagement with STC. Their length of association and level $25,000 - $49,999 of financial support has helped build the theatre company we Anonymous, Anita & Luca Belgiorno-Nettis Foundation, Government Support are today. The Caledonia Foundation, Michael Carapiet & Helen Carapiet, Davies Family Foundation, Prudence Anonymous MacLeod, The Raymond E Purves Foundation, The late Sydney Theatre Company is supported by the Sydney Theatre Company is assisted by the Australian Mr Giorgio Armani Mr Geoffrey Francis Scharer, Mr Andrew Stuart, Sydney NSW Government through Arts NSW Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body The Caledonia Foundation Theatre Company Pier Group, Will & Jane Vicars, Carla Crown Resorts Foundation Zampatti ac Ian and Min Darling Presenting Sponsors Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation $15,000 - $24,999 Julie and Stephen Fitzgerald Anonymous, Ms Jillian Broadbent ao, Robert David Gonski ac and Orli Wargon oam Cameron ao & Paula Cameron, Mr Robert Hansen & Dr John and Frances Ingham Annabelle Farnsworth, Michael and Eleonora Triguboff W & A Johnson Family Foundation Minderoo Foundation Chairman’s Council a b Catriona and Simon Mordant am Mr Neil Balnaves ao, Catherine and Phillip Brenner, Ilse and Cameron O’Reilly Michael Carapiet & Helen Carapiet, Mr and Mrs Robin Origin Foundation and Judy Crawford, Rowena Danziger am & Ken Coles am, Ian & Min Darling, Julie and Stephen Fitzgerald, David Associate Sponsors Roslyn Packer ao Gonski ac and Orli Wargon oam, John M Green & Jenny Foundation Green, Mark & Anne Lazberger, MacKenzie Family, David and Claire Paradice Andrew Messenger, Catriona & Simon Mordant am, The Pier Group (Chair Anne Schofieldam ) David & Claire Paradice, Robert Purves am & Bronwyn Shi Family Foundation Darlington, Ian & Kelly Saines, Helen Silver ao & Harrison Premium Season Sponsors Andrew Stuart Young, Geoff Summerhayes, Mr Fred Street am & Mrs Upton Blanchett Family Dorothy Street, TAG Family Foundation, The Hon Carla Zampatti ac Malcolm Turnbull mp and Lucy Hughes Turnbull ao, Peter and Susan Young Sydney Theatre Sponsor STC Foundation Chair Ann Johnson Trustees Lucinda Aboud, Anita $10,000 - $14,999 Belgiorno-Nettis, , Mandy Foley, Nick Anonymous (2), Robert Albert ao & Libby Albert, Season Sponsors Greiner ac, Judi Hausmann, Frances Ingham, Justin Ruth Armytage am, John and Julie Connolly, Edward Miller, Peter Miller, Gretel Packer, Matthew Playfair Federman, Ross Littlewood & Alexandra Curtain, Maple-Brown Charitable Foundation Ltd, Ms Rebel 2015 Major Donors Penfold-Russell oam, Robert Purves am, Dick & Pip Smith, $100,000 and above Lynne Watkins and Nicholas Harding, Sarah Whyte Frances Allan and Ian Narev, Crown Resorts Foundation, Corporate Sponsors John & Frances Ingham , W & A Johnson Family Donations to STC are recognised for 12 months from the date Foundation, Mark & Anne Lazberger, Danita R. Lowes of donation. This listing is current as at 14 July 2015. COzero Flick Anticimex Pest Control & Hygiene iKOU Tourism & Transport Forum & David M. Fite, The Neilson Foundation, Gretel Packer, Packer Family Foundation, David and Claire Paradice, Upton Blanchett Family Throughout the brochure this symbol denotes productions that need the support of our donor family in 2016. For further information please contact Mary Stollery, Corporate Partnerships Manager on (02) 9250 1704.

62 63 CONTACT DETAILS

Box Office Sydney Theatre Company Ltd Sydney Theatre Company A company limited by guarantee The Wharf and incorporated in New South Wales. Pier 4 Hickson Road abn 87 001 667 983 Walsh Bay NSW 2000 Australia Telephone (612) 9250 1777 Artistic Director Facsimile (612) 9247 3584 Andrew Upton Toll-Free 1800 467 993 (non-metro NSW) [email protected] Executive Director sydneytheatre.com.au Patrick McIntyre

Administration STC Board PO Box 777 David Gonski ac (Chair) Millers Point NSW 2000 Australia The Hon. Bruce Baird am Telephone (612) 9250 1700 Jonathan Biggins Toni Cody Brochure credits John Connolly Design concept by Collider Ann Johnson Designed by Hon Boey and Christine Messinesi Mark Lazberger Photography styled by Renée Mulder and Patrick McIntyre Elizabeth Gadsby Justin Miller Photography by James Green Ian Narev Golem photograph by Bernhard Mueller Gretel Packer King Charles III image courtesy of Almeida Theatre Daniel Petre ao Speed-the-Plow photograph by Rebecca Lorrimer Andrew Upton Other photography by Brett Boardman (pg 8), Peter Young am Grant Sparkes-Carroll (pg 2, 11, 65), Daniel Boud (pg 56) Printed by Special T WE LOVE HEARING ABOUT YOUR STC ADVENTURES Details in this brochure are correct at time of publication. Season Ticket Competition Sydney Theatre Company reserves the right to add, withdraw For all prize details and full terms and conditions, please AND SHARING OURS. or substitute artists and to vary the program and prices. Full visit sydneytheatre.com.au/competition terms and conditions of sale available at our website. The competition is open until 5pm, 30 November 2015. You Find out more about our plays, explore must have booked and paid for a Sydney Theatre Company Please note that from time to time our productions may 2016 Season Ticket before 5pm, 30 November 2015 and be at behind the scenes snaps and share yours. include smoke effects, smoking on stage, strobe effects, least 18 years of age to enter. All 2016 Season Ticket Holders nudity, strong language and loud sound effects and music. at 5pm, 30 November 2015 will automatically be entered into Where we have information about the production, we have the draw. Total maximum prize value is $3,540. The prizes #STC2016 included warnings on each production page. At the time are not transferable or redeemable for cash or other goods or @sydneytheatreco of performance we will also provide notice in the foyers services. The prize will be drawn at 9am, 2 December 2015 of our theatres and on our website. at the Sydney Theatre Company, The Wharf, Pier 4 Hickson Road, Walsh Bay NSW 2000, (02) 9250 1700. The winners will be notified on 3 December 2015 by phone or email. Sydney Theatre Company NSW Permit number LTPS/15/05931. is a member of AMPAG

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