Our Town By Thornton Wilder 30 Jan — 27 Feb Bille Brown Theatre Triple X By Glace Chase 6 Mar — 1 Apr Bille Brown Theatre Taming of the Shrew By 8 May — 12 Jun Bille Brown Theatre White Pearl By Anchuli Felicia King 17 Jun — 10 Jul Bille Brown Theatre Prima Facie By Suzie Miller 14 Jul — 14 Aug Bille Brown Theatre

Trent Dalton’s Boy Swallows Universe Adapted for the stage by Tim McGarry 30 Aug — 18 Sep Playhouse, QPAC Return to the Dirt By Steve Pirie 16 Oct — 13 Nov Bille Brown Theatre

SPECIAL EVENT Robyn Archer: An Australian Songbook Devised and performed by Robyn Archer 20 Nov — 4 Dec Bille Brown Theatre

3 We have all been on a wild ride in 2020 and 2021 promises to be challenging in ways we cannot imagine. But imagine we will. Together. Because we have all learned how much we need theatre.

We need to see great big We need the buzz of a stories that fill us with foyer. inspiration. We need dates in our We need laughter and love calendars to look forward and ideas and provocations to. and magic. We need our culture to We need to have our artists come back to life. back at work breathing life None of us imagine it will into the national imagination. be easy. We need to talk to friends But we have to try. about the play we all saw last night and disagree with them Because we have lived about what it really meant. a time without theatre, and I don’t know about We need Australian voices you but I don’t want to speaking to us about what imagine a future without matters to us right now. it. Thank you for staying We need voices from other with us through this dark lands and times showing us age. worlds far and past as we We hope you are excited work to plan our futures. to be with us as we turn We need our great actors to the lights back on in your move us deeply. theatre. 2021. Let’s go.

We need to be in rooms with — Lee Lewis other people and share these Artistic Director experiences.

4 5 With a story so simple and a heart so warm, this classic celebrates all that is precious in life.

Life in a small town. Babies are born. Children go to school, and play and dream. People grow up, fall in love, get married, hold our down a job, and grow old. The same surnames last down through the years, but the faces change. There are inevitable tragedies and triumphant joys. town As we come to know the people in this town, we see how the threads of their everyday BY THORNTON WILDER lives are gently woven into

the rich and complex, funny Life DIRECTED BY LEE LEWIS and heartbreaking fabric that is community. And for all its Community simplicity, this play reveals a great Community truth at its heart: deep meaning and startling value are in every moment of existence. You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s Joy gone. Joy

Pulitzer Prize-winning Our Town has long been America’s most performed play. It reminds us to look to the future with hope, to see the beauty in the everyday world and to cherish the people we love. 30 JAN – 27 FEB BILLE BROWN THEATRE

‘The climax of this play needs only five square feet of boarding, and the passion to know what life means to us.’ – Thornton Wilder

7 triple x BY GLACE CHASE DIRECTED BY PAIGE RATTRAY Drag QueensDrag Drag QueensDrag True love in the 21st century. From the wickedly funny pen of Australian-born, New York- Scotty has it all: a multimillion- based playwright, comedienne dollar loft in downtown Manhattan, and performer Glace Chase, a high-flying Wall Street job and this play is hilarious, honest and he’s about to marry the perfect an emotionally affecting look at

Avocado Oil Avocado fiancée, who also happens to entitlement, hypocrisy and the be loaded. But when he meets realities of love. And it features trans performance artist Dexie, one of the most eye-popping sex NYC he discovers he wants something scenes in recent theatre history. more. A friend? A confidante? A It’s all a bit Triple X. lover?

When the secret of their affair gets out, it’s sure to shock not only his 6 MAR – 1 APR dude-bro Jase, his highly-strung mother Deb and his lesbian activist BILLE BROWN THEATRE sister Claire, but also a theatre audience strapped in for the ride of their lives.

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8 Taming of the Shrew BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE DIRECTED BY DAMIEN RYAN Classic Welcome to 1920s Italy. Two With a sprinkle of old-time movie sisters. One wants to marry, one magic, director Damien Ryan doesn’t. What could possibly rescues this classic love story Comedy go wrong? from the clutches of controversy, Comedy by transporting it to a time when Lights! Camera! Action! The Kate is less of a problem and more suitors are lining up to woo movie of a promise of great women to mogul Baptista’s enchanting film Romance come. This may not be the Shrew Romance star daughter, Bianca. But there’s you were expecting, but it will be a catch: Bianca can’t marry until an irresistible night in the theatre her elder sister is wed. filled with glamour, romance, song Enter Kate — bold, free and fierce, and laughter. And a plane. the last thing she wants or needs is a husband. Men conspire to marry this wild woman off to any 8 MAY – 12 JUN man who will have her. BILLE BROWN THEATRE Enter Petruchio — Navy captain, in need of a wife. The stage is set for one of the most powerful clashes of wills in history.

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10 11 white pearl BY ANCHULI FELICIA KING DIRECTED BY PRISCILLA JACKMAN LOLs LOLs

In the boardroom of Clearday As they scramble to contain cosmetics, beauty is only (white) the fallout before the American Blemishes Blemishes skin deep. market wakes up, the open- plan, glass-door office proves In Singapore, it’s just another to be a nest of secrets, lies and day at the office of Clearday resentments. cosmetics. That is, until they Beauty discover that their new TV Anchuli Felicia King’s new play is commercial has been leaked a ruthlessly entertaining portrait online. The video goes viral for all of toxic corporate culture, casual the wrong reasons. Someone is racism and the complexity of pan- definitely going to get fired. Asian relations.

Can the high-flying team at Clearday rise above their personal squabbles to save the company? 17 JUN – 10 JUL BILLE BROWN THEATRE

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12 13 prima facie BY SUZIE MILLER DIRECTED BY LEE LEWIS #TimesUp

A tour de force indictment Turning our courts of law into a of the legal system. different kind of stage, human rights lawyer-turned-playwright Fearless One woman stands centre stage: Fearless Suzie Miller’s taut, rapid-fire Tessa, a criminal lawyer at the top and gripping one-woman show of her game, who knows the law exposes the shortcomings of a permits no room for emotion. patriarchal justice system where Award-Winner To win, you just need to believe it’s her word against his. Award-Winner in the rules. And Tessa loves to win, even when defending clients accused of sexual assault. Her 14 JUL – 14 AUG court-ordained duty trumps her feminism. But when she finds BILLE BROWN THEATRE herself on the other side of the bar, Tessa is forced into the shadows of doubt she has so ruthlessly cast over other women.

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15 The blockbuster Australian novel comes alive onstage.

Eli Bell’s childhood in the outer suburbs is far from the idyllic 1980s haze some kids would remember. His alcoholic dad has shot through, his mum is in jail, his stepfather’s dealing heroin, his brother Gus is a mute who swirls cryptic messages in TRENT DALTON'S the air with his finger, and his babysitter Slim is a convicted Wren Blue Dead killer and infamous escapee from Boggo Road Gaol.

Beset by chaos on all sides, it’s a boy swallows run-in with the local crime king and his henchman that sets the 13 year old with the old soul on a True Crime Crime True journey to find out what kind of Crime True man he is going to be. universe Boy Swallows Universe is adapted from the smash hit novel inspired by Brisbane author Trent Dalton’s Clock Tower Clock ADAPTED FOR THE STAGE BY TIM MCGARRY Tower Clock own childhood. It’s an exhilarating DIRECTED BY 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. 30 AUG – 18 SEP PLAYHOUSE, QPAC

‘Just superb. Boy Swallows Universe confirms Trent Dalton as a genuine treasure WORLD PREMIERE of Australian letters.’ – Annabel Crabb THEATRE AND BRISBANE FESTIVAL IN ASSOCIATION PRODUCTION GENEROUSLY WITH QUEENSLAND PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE PRESENT PARTNER SUPPORTED BY LANDMARK PRODUCTIONS FUND 17

Brisbane Festival is an initiative of the Queensland Government and Brisbane City Council return to the dirt BY STEVE PIRIE DIRECTED BY LEE LEWIS True Story Story True

In a year spent tending to the It’s a refreshing, honest and Real Talk dead, a young man learns to live. surprisingly uplifting invitation to Real Talk start the conversations we all try Steve never imagined he’d end up to avoid. working in the funeral industry. But when he finds himself living Gravely Humorous back home in Toowoomba to save Gravely Humorous up for his wedding, it’s the only 16 OCT – 13 NOV job he can get. BILLE BROWN THEATRE The year he spends working among the dead opens his eyes ‘What strikes me most about to what awaits us at the end and this play is its honesty, its deep what it means to live. humanity and its humour.’ With respect, wit and a nod to – Queensland Premier's pop-culture, Steve takes us on a Drama Award Judge journey that celebrates finding your place in the world, the power of personal redemption and humility in the face of the big questions.

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18 19 SPECIAL EVENT robyn archer: an australian songbook DEVISED AND PERFORMED BY ROBYN ARCHER

Australia as you’ve never heard it than 150 years of ‘other’ Australian before. song, as Robyn explores the music of her upbringing and the Robyn Archer — Australian countless rhythms and voices that Exclusive Exclusive legend, industry pioneer and are woven into the unique sonic provocateur — has delighted fabric of this country. audiences around the world with her powerhouse shows. Singing A trio of Australia’s finest musical Cabaret Cabaret Cabaret Cabaret songs from the underground artists join Robyn to transform the cabarets of the Weimar Republic, Bille Brown Theatre into a cabaret the salons of 19th century France stage: piano accordion virtuoso and the folk clubs and Broadway George Butrumlis, actor and stages of New York City, Robyn multi-instrumentalist Cameron has conjured the works of Bertolt Goodall of The Audreys on guitar, Brecht, Edith Piaf, Woody Guthrie and composer Enio Pozzebon on and countless others. Now, she’s keyboards.

National National Treasure coming home.

Robyn’s wealth of musical knowledge is distilled into a 20 NOV – 4 DEC fearless, political and personal BILLE BROWN THEATRE celebration of the way song has shaped Australian identity. It’s a melodic road trip through more Strictly limited season

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20 Queensland Theatre at home

Invite the mainstage into your lounge room, with three of our productions available to stream in 2021. Digital productions

DIGITAL PRODUCTIONS PLAY CLUB In a first for Queensland Our popular Play Club TAMING OF Theatre, we are partnering digital readings will also THE SHREW with Australian Theatre Live continue, with six live events By William Shakespeare to bring you high quality, throughout 2021. high definition recordings Available from our 2021 Season. 14 – 20 Jun Digital packages These productions will each be available to watch online All three productions for one week. You can also $150 Household viewings choose Auslan Interpreted RETURN TO and Audio Described Individual productions THE DIRT versions. $60 Household viewings By Steve Pirie It’s the next best thing $180 Group viewings Available to taking a seat with the Schools packages also available 22 – 28 Nov audience and is a perfect present for friends and Play Club

family who can’t join you in $72 All six events Brisbane. $15 Individual events ROBYN ARCHER: Filming nights are marked AN AUSTRALIAN in the calendar / Australian Theatre Live SONGBOOK Available 13 – 19 Dec

Digital packages can be added onto your 2021 Season Ticket purchase, or bought separately online. To find out Enjoy the best seats in your house! more, visit queenslandtheatre.com.au/digital

22 23 You make it happen

At Queensland Theatre we draw our strength and inspiration from our community and we have never felt more supported or valued than we do right now.

Our extraordinary donors, future. We’re energetically at all levels, have made it working to rebuild our possible for us to come industry, employing as through one of the darkest many actors and writers patches in our Company’s as we can, within the history. We now get to financial constraints that joyfully launch Lee’s COVID-Safe reduced exciting first season, and theatre capacities we cannot thank you produce. enough. Your continued support As a donor to Queensland is so important at this Theatre you are at the heart time, so please consider of everything we achieve, joining one of our giving both on and off the stage. programs by including Every playwright we a donation with your commission, every student Season Ticket booking. in our education and youth Thank you for being programs and every artist part of our community who gets their first break at — you are transforming Queensland Theatre, have possibilities into realities. all felt the impact of your generosity. — Amanda Jolly Executive Director Now, more than ever, we need the arts to help us make sense of our world and to remind us that, together, we have the imagination and the strength to build a bright

25 Join our efforts to By supporting our development programs, you can share your love of storytelling keep theatre strong and create careers in theatre making.

EDUCATION AND YOUTH Our award-winning First It starts with first steps, Nations’ program is focused igniting a passion for theatre, on supporting Queensland’s then giving young people the Aboriginal and Torres Strait opportunity to develop their Islander communities to skills. Just like Joe Klocek develop and share their (opposite) who was once a creative talent with the rest of member of our Young Artists’ the country. Our education Ensemble and has gone on and youth programs reach to build a shining career as an schools and students across actor. Donations are crucial to Queensland, and we work enabling these pathways. with local theatre companies and artists to develop TELLING NEW STORIES regional stories. We couldn’t We’re committed to achieve this without the championing new voices support of our Foundations on the Australian mainstage. and Corporate Partners. This takes time, resources and strong creative teams. GOING DIGITAL Contributions to our Play Our digital program has Commissioning Fund expanded. The popular play facilitate this, along with the reading series Play Club, Queensland Premier’s Drama supported by donors with Award and a range of vital exceptional vision, continues development opportunities in 2021. Our new digital for writers, directors, packages offer people all designers and actors. over the state increased access to our productions, REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT while remote schools We’re proud to be a theatre can participate in online company for the whole state. workshops with our artists.

Joe Klocek went from the Young Artists’ Ensemble to Pirates Every of the Caribbean and To learn more, please contact is now cast as the donation Zoë Connolly, Director of beloved Eli in Boy Development, on 07 3010 7602 or Swallows Universe. makes [email protected] There’s no telling how far our young artists a difference will go. L-R: Allegra Marino, Joe Klocek, Tun Chun 27 Become a Visionary

Visionaries is our annual giving program for Join Artistic Director Lee Lewis and people like you — people who believe in fellow Visionaries for exclusive events theatre and its infinite possibilities. connecting you more closely with the Company and our artists.

Our Town Boy Swallows In Conversation, Universe hosted by Lee Lewis A Brisbane Story, Monday 15 February hosted by Lee Lewis following the performance Tuesday 7 September format to be advised triple x Queensland Theatre’s A special thank you to the Patrons Brooklyn Gin Bar Return to Visionaries help us Visionaries who generously $1000+ Tuesday 16 March the Dirt bridge the gap between support our Landmark Collaborators government funding and Productions Fund, Digging Deeper, $2500+ taming of the shrew mainstage ticket sales, cementing Queensland hosted by Lee Lewis Live Filming Night ensuring we continue to Theatre as a national leader Benefactors Wednesday 27 October Thursday 27 May make strong and vibrant in the development and $5000+ following the performance theatre. Through their staging of productions of Leaders white pearl philanthropic leadership, scale. For the 2021 Season, Robyn Archer: $10,000+ our Visionaries contribute we are thrilled to announce Cocktail Party An Australian Thursday 24 June essential funding for all our landmark production Artistic Director’s Circle Songbook following the performance that we do at Queensland will be Trent Dalton’s $25,000+ Live in the Lounge, Theatre, including our Boy Swallows Universe Rainmakers Prima Facie hosted by Lee Lewis mainstage productions adapted for the stage by $50,000+ Wednesday 24 November and special programs. Tim McGarry. In Conversation, following the performance hosted by Lee Lewis Monday 26 July following the performance Together we Become a Visionary through an annual donation of $1000 or more, and take your place at the heart of will make Queensland Theatre. Buy your tickets on the same night as these events to make the our ambitions For more information, please contact Zoë Connolly, most of being a Visionary. Director of Development, on 07 3010 7602 or Look for this symbol in the calendar [email protected] a reality V / Visionaries

29 a message from our Partners make it possible Queensland Theatre proudly partners with corporations that share our passion for making principal partner racq a difference in our community. These collaborations are individually tailored to your needs and marked by strong, long-term connections. Partnership opportunities can be aligned to our 2021 Season, as well as our development programs (p.27). The 2021 Season will be one unlike any other. This season will play a pivotal role in our community Principal Partner recovery by creating fulfilling, entertaining and enjoyable experiences for both locals and tourists.

Production Partners Program Partner

It’s undeniable 2020 was a challenging production, through the $20 ticket year for all Queenslanders, and in program, and provided vital education particular those in the arts sector who initiatives for young Queenslanders. could no longer bring thought-provoking, While theatre performances did pause entertaining and educational experiences in 2020, RACQ and Queensland to our state. Theatre were still able to proudly Trust and Foundation Partners When the pandemic hit and it was present messaging from our life- clear that Queensland Theatre’s 2020 changing Docudrama program through Season needed to pause, RACQ felt for Queensland Theatre’s The Scene Project. all those in the arts sector hurt by this Whether it’s on the road, in the air or in turn of events. Just as we’ve supported the theatre, RACQ is proud to support Season Partners Queenslanders through natural disasters Queensland through the good and bad and change over the last 115 years, we times. knew we could not step away from the Queensland arts community during these We hope you find joy in the productions tough times. scheduled for the 2021 Season, and thank you for supporting this iconic The 2021 Season will be one unlike any Queensland industry. other. This season will play a pivotal role Company Partners in our recovery by creating fulfilling, entertaining and enjoyable experiences for both locals and tourists.

Over the years that RACQ has supported Government Partners the arts, we have seen firsthand the important impact they have on our — David Carter members and the broader community. Group Chief Executive Officer, RACQ Importantly, our partnership with Queensland Theatre has allowed new audiences to experience their first To explore opportunities for your organisation, please contact Zoë Connolly, Director of Development, on 07 3010 7602 or [email protected]

31 season packages

Under our COVID-Safe plan, audiences for the Bille Brown Theatre are capped at just 170 people per performance — so book a Season Ticket package to secure your seat!

Your savings and benefits

FIRST IN, BEST DRESSED 35 & UNDER Packages 7 Plays 5 Plays 3 Plays Additional tickets With our theatre capacity If you're 35 years or under, reduced to 50% in 2021 even bigger savings are Bille Brown Saturday evenings Playhouse Theatre due to COVID-19, our available. Season Ticket holders get Adult $464 $396 $264 $88 $104 BOOK NOW, PAY LATER the best available seats Divide your package over before single tickets go on Senior $440 $376 $252 $84 $99 eight easy payments with sale to the general public our post-pay plan. Concession $405 $346 $231 $76 $91 — ensuring you don’t miss out on high-demand EASY EXCHANGES Weeknights Monday to Friday evenings performances. We can exchange Season Tickets to a new BEST VALUE Adult $440 $376 $252 $84 $99 performance if you can’t Season Tickets are the make your original date Senior $418 $358 $237 $78 $94 most cost-effective way (free of charge for 7 Play to enjoy a year of live packages). Concession $385 $330 $222 $72 $86 theatre, saving you up to 40% on single tickets. THEATRESAVE Matinees Wednesday and Saturday afternoons DISCOUNTS ADDITIONAL TICKETS Use your TheatreSave Adult $405 $347 $231 $76 $91 Share your love of theatre card to unlock discounts with family and friends to cinemas, dining and Senior $385 $330 $222 $72 $86 by purchasing additional cultural partners around tickets at a discounted Concession $354 $304 $201 $66 $90 Australia. For details, visit rate (some limits may queenslandtheatre.com. apply). Previews $320 $272 $ 177 $61 $64 au/theatresave

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Add-on Special Event Robyn Archer: An Australian Songbook $103 Make 2021 a year filled with theatre $964 Opening Nights inc. $500 tax-deductable donation by taking up a Season Ticket package Available via our VIP Ticketing service [email protected] or 07 3010 7600

33 your visit BILLE BROWN THEATRE, Theatre and QPAC are both Stay COVID-Safe QUEENSLAND THEATRE within a 12-minute walk of 78 Montague Road South Brisbane train station South Brisbane and the Cultural Centre The Bille Brown Theatre is busway. It’s not just the actors who have a role to play now — located on the corner of ACCESSIBILITY Montague Road and Merivale Patrons with individual needs we all have a part in ensuring the show goes on! Street, entry via Cordelia With advance notice, we can Street. Our foyer bar offers accommodate a range of a range of refreshments and individual needs. Wheelchair light snacks. access and facilities are Parking Secure undercover available at both theatres. parking at Queensland Hearing enhancement What you can do What we’re doing Theatre can be pre-purchased systems are also available. with your Season Tickets. Audio Description Physically- Metered parking is available For patrons who are blind distanced directly in front of the venue. or have low vision, an Audio theatre seating More parking is available Description service is along Montague Road and in available for most productions nearby streets. courtesy of Vision Australia. Stay home if you Register for Enhanced daily are unwell contact tracing cleaning regimes of PLAYHOUSE, QPAC Auslan Interpretation Cnr Grey and Melbourne high-touch points For patrons who are part of Streets, South Bank the D/deaf community, Auslan Located at the South Bank interpretation is scheduled for Handwashing Parklands end of QPAC, all productions in 2021. facilities and sanitiser opposite the ABC building. Enter via stairs or lift on Keep your Practice good are provided Look for these symbols in the calendar distance hand hygiene Russell Street. The Playhouse is serviced by three bars, / Audio Described E-tickets and with snacks and light meals / Auslan Interpreted contactless available. payments Parking Pre-purchase via ENHANCE YOUR QTIX for QPAC shows. Other EXPERIENCE Masks are Keep us Flexible ticket paid parking can be found in Dive deeper into our welcome informed exchanges if the vicinity, including Cultural productions before your you are unwell Precinct Parking, BCEC and performance: South Bank Parklands. Play Briefings Free events TRANSPORT with cast and creatives. We also recommend patrons Production programs consider public transport Available free online and at Things are different in the age of COVID-19 and along a safe, friendly to our venues. Queensland the theatre. with QPAC we have adapted our venue to provide a safe, and relaxed friendly and relaxed theatre experience. Our approved theatre COVID-Safe plans align with strict Queensland Health guidelines. To view our current COVID-Safe advice, visit Please advise us of any accessibility needs when booking. To find out more about your theatre experience, go to experience queenslandtheatre.com.au/covidsafe queenslandtheatre.com.au/visit

35 Quick questions What is a Season Ticket? require proof of destruction of HOW TO BOOK Queensland Theatre offers any previously issued tickets. discounts and other benefits More information about (see p. 33) for theatre fans ticket exchanges is available who purchase our 7, 5 or at queenslandtheatre.com. Choose your plays, select a package, 3 Play packages. You can au/bookings (exchange and select specific performance upgrade fees may apply). include a donation and plan your visit. packages including previews, While our COVID-Safe plan Saturday evenings, matinees is operating, if you become or weeknights. unwell and provide us with at What is a preview least three hours’ notice, we performance? will work with you to either Previews are run in the lead exchange your tickets or ONLINE PHONE up to Opening Night. Actors provide a credit/refund. may still be fine-tuning their What if I miss a performance? Book online at Call our Season Ticketing team performances and, on rare If you miss a booked occasions, the director may queenslandtheatre.com.au 9.30am – 5.00pm performance or fail to request even interrupt the show or email us Monday to Friday an exchange in time, you can to make technical or other purchase a Season Ticket [email protected] Freecall 1800 355 528 adjustments. Attending replacement at a special price a preview can give you a of $30 (subject to availability). fascinating insight into the process of theatre making. What is your policy on refunds? Look for this symbol in the calendar We follow ticketing guidelines / Preview IN PERSON mail P set down by Live Performance What discounts do you offer? Australia (LPA). Visit liveperformance.com.au for By appointment only Queensland Theatre Senior, Concession and 35 & Under discounts are more information. (book via email or phone) Season Ticketing available for both our Season Can I pay by instalment? Queensland Theatre Administration PO Box 3310 Ticket packages and single You sure can. Choose our 78 Montague Road South Brisbane ticket purchases. Refer to post-pay plan. You will then the booking form or visit be charged fortnightly over South Brisbane QLD 4101 our website to check your eight instalments (donations, eligibility. fees and gift vouchers Can I exchange my tickets? included in first instalment). Season Ticket holders Can I sit with friends? can exchange tickets up If you wish to sit with a friend, to 48 hours prior to your please make sure you submit performance date. As part of your forms together. the exchange process we will

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37 2021 Season Calendar Our Town Prima Facie By Thornton Wilder By Suzie Miller 30 Jan — 27 Feb Bille Brown Theatre 14 Jul — 14 Aug Bille Brown Theatre

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Play Briefing: Mon 25 Jan, 6pm 30 7.30pmP Play Briefing: Mon 12 Jul, 6pm 14 7.30pmP 15 7.30pmP 16 7.30pmO 17 7.30pm

1 6.30pmP 2 6.30pmP 3 7.30pmP 4 7.30pmO 5 7.30pm 6 2pm 7.30pm 19 6.30pmN 20 6.30pm 21 1pm 7.30pm 22 7.30pm 23 7.30pm 24 2pm 7.30pm

8 6.30pmN 9 6.30pm 10 1pm 7.30pm 11 7.30pm 12 7.30pm 13 2pm 7.30pm 26 6.30pmV 27 6.30pm 28 1pm 7.30pm 29 7.30pm 30 7.30pm 31 2pm 7.30pm

15 6.30pmV 16 6.30pm 17 1pm 7.30pm 18 7.30pm 19 7.30pm 20 2pm 7.30pm 2 6.30pm 3 6.30pm 4 1pm 7.30pm 5 7.30pm 6 7.30pm 7 2pm 7.30pm PH 22 6.30pm 23 6.30pm 24 1pm 7.30pm 25 7.30pm 26 7.30pm 27 2pm 7.30pm 9 6.30pm 10 6.30pm 11 1pm 7.30pm 12 7.30pm 13 7.30pm 14 2pm 7.30pm

triple x Trent Dalton’s By Glace Chase Boy Swallows Universe 6 Mar — 1 Apr Bille Brown Theatre Adapted for the stage by Tim McGarry 30 Aug — 18 Sep Playhouse, QPAC Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Play Briefing: Tue 2 Mar, 6pm 6 7.30pmP Play Briefing: Mon 23 Aug, 6pm 8 6.30pmP 9 6.30pmP 10 7.30pmP 11 7.30pmO 12 7.30pm 13 2pm 7.30pm 30 6.30pmP 31 6.30pmP 1 7.30pmP 2 7.30pmP 3 7.30pmO 4 7.30pm 15 6.30pmN 16 6.30pmV 17 1pm 7.30pm 18 7.30pm 19 7.30pm 20 2pm 7.30pm 6 6.30pmN 7 6.30pmV 8 1pm 7.30pm 9 7.30pm 10 7.30pm 11 2pm 7.30pm 22 6.30pm 23 6.30pm 24 1pm 7.30pm 25 7.30pm 26 7.30pm 27 2pm 7.30pm 13 6.30pm 14 6.30pm 15 1pm 7.30pm 16 7.30pm 17 7.30pm 18 2pm 7.30pm 29 6.30pm 30 6.30pm 31 1pm 7.30pm 1 7.30pm return to the dirt Taming of the Shrew By Steve Pirie By William Shakespeare 16 Oct — 13 Nov Bille Brown Theatre 8 May — 12 Jun Bille Brown Theatre Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Play Briefing: Mon 11 Oct, 6pm 16 7.30pmP Play Briefing: Tue 4 May, 6pm 8 7.30pmP 18 6.30pmP 19 6.30pmP 20 7.30pmP 21 7.30pmO 22 7.30pm 23 2pm 7.30pm 10 6.30pmP 11 6.30pmP 12 7.30pmP 13 7.30pmO 14 7.30pm 15 2pm 7.30pm 25 6.30pmN 26 6.30pm 27 1pm 7.30pmV 28 7.30pm 29 7.30pm 30 2pm 7.30pm 17 6.30pmN 18 6.30pm 19 1pm 7.30pm 20 7.30pm 21 7.30pm 22 2pm 7.30pm 1 6.30pm 2 6.30pm 3 1pm 7.30pm 4 7.30pm 5 7.30pm 6 2pm 7.30pm 24 6.30pm 25 6.30pm 26 1pm 7.30pm 27 7.30pmV 28 7.30pm 29 2pm 7.30pm 8 6.30pm 9 6.30pm 10 1pm 7.30pm 11 7.30pm 12 7.30pm 13 2pm 7.30pm 31 6.30pm 1 6.30pm 2 1pm 7.30pm 3 7.30pm 4 7.30pm 5 2pm 7.30pm 7 6.30pm 8 6.30pm 9 1pm 7.30pm 10 7.30pm 11 7.30pm 12 2pm 7.30pm SPECIAL EVENT white pearl Robyn Archer: An Australian Songbook By Anchuli Felicia King Devised and performed by Robyn Archer 17 Jun — 10 Jul Bille Brown Theatre 20 Nov — 4 Dec Bille Brown Theatre Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Play Briefing: Tue 15 Jun, 6pm 17 7.30pmP 18 7.30pmP 19 7.30pmO 20 7.30pmP 21 6.30pm 22 6.30pm 23 1pm 7.30pm 24 7.30pmV 25 7.30pm 26 2pm 7.30pm 22 6.30pmP 23 7.30pmO 24 7.30pmV 26 7.30pm 27 2pm

28 6.30pm 29 6.30pm 30 1pm 7.30pm 1 7.30pm 2 7.30pm 3 2pm 7.30pm N 29 6.30pm 30 6.30pm 1 1pm 3 7.30pm 4 7.30pm 5 6.30pm 6 6.30pm 7 1pm 7.30pm 8 7.30pm 9 7.30pm 10 2pm 7.30pm

Audio Described Auslan Interpreted Live filming Audio Described Auslan Interpreted Live filming

38 P Preview O Opening Night N Night with the Artists V Visionaries PH Public Holiday P Preview O Opening Night N Night with the Artists V Visionaries PH Public Holiday We CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU BACK IN THE THEATRE

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Creative Direction: Alphabet Studio Photography: Brett Boardman, David Kelly Stylist: Ella Butler, Renée Mulder, Nathalie Ryner Hair & Makeup: Anna Hahn, Pip Lund All information in this brochure is correct at time of printing and is subject to change. © The State of Queensland (Queensland Theatre) 2020