SEASON 2018 2 A message from Kip Williams 5 The top benefits of a Season Ticket 10 Insight Events 13 Get the most out of your Season Ticket THE PLAYS 16 Top Girls 18 Lethal Indifference 20 Black is the New White 22 The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui 24 Going Down 26 The Children 28 Still Point Turning: The Catherine McGregor Story 30 Blackie Blackie Brown 32 Saint Joan 34 The Long Forgotten Dream 36 The Harp in the South: Part One and Part Two 40 Accidental Death of an Anarchist 42 SPECIAL OFFERS 46 Hamlet: Prince of Skidmark 48 The Wharf Revue 2018 HOW TO BOOK AND USEFUL INFO 52 Let us help you choose 55 How to book your Season Ticket 56 Ticket prices 58 Venues and access 59 Dates for your diary 60 Walsh Bay Kitchen 61 The Theatre Bar at the End of the Wharf 62 The Wharf Renewal Project 63 Support us 64 Thank you 66 Our community 67 Partners 68 Contact details

1 A MESSAGE FROM KIP WILLIAMS

STC is a company that means a lot to me. And, finally, I’ve thought about what theatre means to me, and how best I can share with It’s the company where, as a young teen, I was you the great passion and love I have for this inspired by my first experience of professional art form. It’s at the theatre where I’ve had some theatre. It’s the company that gave me my very of the most transformative experiences of my first job out of drama school. And, now, it’s the life. It’s at the theatre where I have been able company I have the great honour of leading. to change the way I see myself, the way I see others, and the way I see my country, both Whilst programming my first season as past and present. And it is at the theatre where Artistic Director, I’ve thought a lot about I’ve had painted for me a vision of the future the remarkable legacy of my predecessors. In that has both challenged and inspired me. 1980, Richard Wherrett set a bold vision for what the work of STC might be for the people The stories we will be sharing with you in of – theatre that is “grand, vulgar, 2018 are an offering aimed at igniting and intelligent, challenging and fun”. That vision furthering this passion in you. There’s a is very much part of STC’s DNA, and is one I’m raft of new Australian plays that probe the excited to continue and expand upon. emotional and political heart of Australia, from both celebrated writers and writers I’ve also thought about the responsibility making their STC debut. There are familiar of running a company of the scale of STC. faces taking on titanic roles, whilst a new First and foremost, we’re here to connect generation of artists rises through the ranks. you to our country’s most extraordinary artists, familiar and new. We’re here to make This is a season that aims to live up to Wherrett’s works of ambition, and to surprise you with great vision for STC, and one that I hope experiences you’ve never encountered before. includes and inspires you, as well as your friends We’re also here to contribute to the cultural and family. After all, theatre is something we and political life of our nation. To interrogate do together, and I can’t wait to embark on this who we are, who we’ve been, and to spark next chapter in STC’s history with you. conversation about who we might want to become. Above all, we’re here to reflect back at you the ever-evolving face of our city.

Kip Williams Artistic Director

2 3 THE TOP BENEFITS OF A SEASON TICKET Season Ticket Holders get big discounts on tickets, first access to the best seats, the flexibility to swap dates and pay in instalments, and many special offers throughout the year.

A Season Ticket is more than a pack of 6 to 14 plays. It’s a year of unforgettable experiences with your favourite people.

EXCLUSIVE RENEWAL WINDOW UNLIMITED FREE EXCHANGES “Subscribing to STC ensures a year of truly world- UNTIL 15 OCT We’re happy for you to swap to another date Renewing Season Ticket Holders enjoy of the same show, fee-free. Exchange online class theatre. I love supporting the local arts 3 weeks of first access to the best seats from or contact our Box Office. Subject to ticket Tue 26 Sep to Sun 15 Oct. Many of our plays availability, and some conditions apply. community and new Australian writing, and sell out, so a Season Ticket guarantees you’ll always look forward to my next show.” experience the most exciting, in-demand NO HIDDEN FEES DANIEL SIMMONDS theatre of 2018. There are no transaction fees on any Season Ticket booking. SAVE 20% ON TICKETS Your Season Ticket is the most cost-effective LOTS OF EXTRA REWARDS way to enjoy a year of theatre, saving you at Your Benefits Card unlocks discounts on least 20% on full-price single tickets. See all wine, cinemas, hotels, parking, cultural ticket prices in detail on pg 56–57. outings and more. Many special offers, discounts and other bonuses are also sent in DISCOUNT TICKETS ALL YEAR your monthly enewsletter. Visit Purchase tickets all year round for family and sydneytheatre.com.au/benefitsfor details. friends at a special discount. Great for gifts! PLAN FOR GOOD TIMES PAYMENT FLEXIBILITY Season Ticket Holders tell us that quality time Book by 29 Dec, and spread the cost of your with loved ones is one of the best things about Season Ticket across four instalments. a Season Ticket. You’ll have plenty to look Choose the deferred payment option online forward to in 2018! or on your booking form. A $10 admin fee and some conditions apply.

4 5 LOYALTY BENEFITS We love that so many of our Season Ticket Holders return year after year. Season Ticket Holders who have been with us for three or more years are recognised with this suite of extra benefits.

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STARS LEGENDS People who have been a Season Ticket People who have been a Season Ticket Holder for 3–10 years receive the following Holder for 11 or more years receive the same benefits from our partners: benefits as our Stars, plus the following:

The Theatre Bar at the End of The Wharf Exclusive access to best available seats A free glass of house wine with any main We have reserved an exclusive allocation course purchased. of best available seats during the priority renewal window for you to access as a thank “We love the variety of plays, the different venues Walsh Bay Kitchen you for your loyalty.* Reserve a table for any main meal and get a and the quality of the acting and productions. complimentary glass of sparkling wine on Adina Apartment Hotels arrival. Includes pre-theatre specials (see pg Receive a 15% discount from our It is a Sydney ‘cultural’ experience that always 60 for how to book). accommodation partner Adina Apartment enriches!” MARIAN WALSH Hotels, plus the choice of unlimited wifi, late Sydney Festival check-out or room upgrade. Take advantage of three exclusive ticket offers from Sydney Festival, which you’ll hear about The Theatre Bar at the End of The Wharf once its program is announced. A free cheese platter for two with any wine purchase after a show. Bennelong at Reserve a table for a main meal, including Walsh Bay Kitchen pre-theatre dining, and receive a special Reserve a table for any main meal and receive chef’s gift of Bennelong premium olive oil a complimentary amuse bouche. Includes pre- when dining in The Restaurant or at Cured & theatre specials (see pg 60 for how to book). Cultured at Bennelong. Call (02) 9240 8000 to book. * Renew early to avoid disappointment.

There are many more benefits added through the year. Include your email address on your booking form to ensure you receive them all. Find all details and terms and conditions of the Season Ticket Holder Benefits Card at sydneytheatre.com.au/benefits

7 LONDON CALLING Win an amazing prize when you purchase your Season Ticket before 4 December

A TRIP TO LONDON A WEEKEND IN CANBERRA Jet off for a luxury holiday in beautiful This weekend getaway prize draw is for those England. Fly Sydney to London with British who are seeing all 14 plays in our 2018 Season. Airways in Club World seats (Business Class). Slip off early on a Friday afternoon, and head “I love the variety and the surprise Explore London from one of the world’s most to the nation’s capital in a stylish Audi – yours iconic hotels, The Dorchester in Mayfair, for the weekend. Soak up the ambience of the of each play. You never know what and make your pilgrimage to South Bank elegant Hotel Kurrajong Canberra, and enjoy HELEN MACE for a performance at the National Theatre. a long afternoon at the latest exhibition at the adventure is in store.” Round out the trip by venturing into the National Gallery of Australia. quintessentially English countryside for a stay at opulent hotel and spa, Coworth Park, Ascot. All Season Ticket Holders who book all 14 plays in our main season by 4 Dec go into the All Season Ticket Holders booked by 4 Dec go draw to win this prize. into the draw to win this prize. Prize includes: Prize includes: • Loan of an Audi vehicle, Fri – Mon inclusive • Two Club World flights from Sydney to • Two nights at Hotel Kurrajong Canberra London return with British Airways • Voucher for two tickets and a souvenir • Two nights at The Dorchester, Mayfair catalogue for an exhibition of your choice • Two nights at Coworth Park, Ascot at the National Gallery of Australia • A voucher for two tickets to a performance at the National Theatre ALSO – GET A FREE TICKET Book all 14 plays in our main season by 4 Dec and we’ll give you a free ticket. Bring a friend along for free to your pick of the 2018 season! For competition details see pg 63 and sydneytheatre.com.au/competition 8 9 YOU’RE INVITED TO OUR Audi Night with the Actors for INSIGHT EVENTS A Flea in Her Ear, 2016 Everyone is welcome! Insight Events are one of the best ways to enhance your theatre experience. Come along to join the conversation and meet like-minded arts lovers.

LUNCH WITH THE ARTISTS PRE-SEASON BRIEFINGS Ticketed | Daytime Free | Evening You’re invited to our Pier Group Lunches, a Get an involved briefing on each play before rare opportunity to hear directly from the you see it! These evening events with the cast and creatives over lunch from 12 – 2pm. actors and creative team are held during Enjoy a two-course meal with a glass of wine rehearsals in the Richard Wherrett Studio at at The Theatre Bar at the End of the Wharf, Theatre. A relaxed conversation followed by a lively panel discussion and about the play and the creative process is led Q & A exploring the issues raised in the plays. by a member of the STC Artistic team, before Hosted by Pier Group co-founder and patron opening up to questions from the audience. Anne Schofield am, funds raised support the MATINEE CLUB DISCOVER ROUGH DRAFTS immediate and evolving needs of STC. Dates: See play pages and website Free | Daytime Free | Evening How to book: Chat with other theatre-goers, enjoy a talk Rough Drafts are week-long creative The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Mon 12 Feb sydneytheatre.com.au/2018briefings from a member of the creative team and developments for emerging and established Saint Joan Mon 30 Apr Reminders are included in our enewsletter complimentary light refreshments from artists, with a free public showing on Friday The Harp in the South Mon 18 Jun Cost: Free, but bookings are essential 12 – 1pm before these selected matinee evening. They are a fascinating glimpse into performances. the making of diverse new works. How to book: Call Box Office (02) 9250 1777 or book online AUDI NIGHT WITH THE ACTORS Black is the New White Wed 7 Mar Dates: Dates are released in our enewsletter Cost: $75pp including lunch and a Ticketed | Evening The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Wed 18 Apr through the year. Sign up at glass of wine. Transaction fees may apply. Purchase tickets to an Audi Night with the Saint Joan Wed 13 Jun sydneytheatre.com.au/enews Actors performance and stay after the show for The Harp in the South: Part One Wed 19 Sep How to book: Details about each public Prefer to party with the artists? Join us for a casual and enlightening Q & A with the cast. showing are included in our enewsletter The Wharf Revue Gala. See pg 48 for details. How to book: Purchase tickets to Cost: Free, but bookings are essential Dates: See play pages and website performances on Matinee Club dates, and How to book: Purchase tickets an invitation is emailed prior to each event. to Audi Night with the Actors Include your email in your booking form to Find out more about our Insight Events at performances receive the invitation. sydneytheatre.com.au/insightevents Cost: Free with your ticket Cost: Free, but RSVP is essential

10 11 GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR SEASON TICKET Take advantage of all the extra things we prepare to make sure you have the best possible time as a Season Ticket Holder.

PODCAST PRE-SHOW REMINDER AND INFO Listen at home, at work or on the go. In About three days before your play dates, the latest episode, Artistic Director Kip we send a pre-show email. This includes Williams talks about what you can expect engaging articles and links, casting from our 2018 Season and why he is excited updates, show length, content warnings and about these plays. Other episodes include traffic updates. To receive this important conversations with artists and extraordinary information, include your email address people about our plays, the creative process, when booking. “I love the newsletter and programs… and local and global culture in relation to our work. Subscribe on iTunes or listen at PROGRAMS I really enjoy the Night with the Actors sydneytheatre.com.au/podcast A delightful keepsake, our souvenir programs feature exclusive articles, essays, photographs, talks and the good seats Season Ticket MAGAZINE full bio information on cast and creatives, and Holders have access to.” Our online magazine takes you behind the latest STC news. Pre-purchase vouchers JEN RIDDLER the scenes at one of the largest theatre with your Season Ticket for $10 each, or pick companies in the world. Read, watch and one up for $12 at the venue. listen to interviews with actors, directors, designers, playwrights, composers and STC Programs will be available for 11 of our plays staff. Explore the themes and inspirations in 2018: Top Girls, Lethal Indifference, Black is for our productions, our rich archival the New White, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, material, image galleries and much more. The Children, Still Point Turning: The Catherine Visit sydneytheatre.com.au/magazine McGregor Story, Saint Joan, The Long Forgotten Dream, The Harp in the South (Part One and SPECIAL OFFERS EACH MONTH Part Two in the same program), Accidental Ensure you receive all your benefits by Death of an Anarchist and A Cheery Soul. subscribing to the enewsletter. Lots of special offers, discounts and bonuses are only These plays will have mini-programs available available through the enewsletter. Include for a gold coin donation (no voucher needed): your email address when booking. Going Down, Blackie Blackie Brown, Hamlet: Prince of Skidmark and The Wharf Revue 2018.

12 13 THE PLAYS

14 15 Director PRESENTS Imara Savage Set Designer TOP GIRLS David Fleischer BY CARYL CHURCHILL Costume Designer Renée Mulder Lighting Designer Damien Cooper Composer & It takes a hard head to smash a glass ceiling Sound Designer Max Lyandvert Marlene is unstoppable. She’s been promoted to the top job at a London employment agency and it’s time to celebrate! Her dinner party with With famous female figures from throughout history is one of playwright Caryl Churchill’s wittiest and best-known scenes. Kate Box Michelle Lim Davidson But Marlene’s success is soon undermined by the compromises she’s Claire Lovering made and the past she’s left behind. Privilege comes at a cost – but she Heather Mitchell might not be the one who picks up the tab. Helen Thomson Contessa Treffone STC favourite Helen Thomson (After Dinner) makes a very welcome return to our stage in this modern classic, widely considered as Churchill’s masterpiece. Whip-smart, funny, and ultimately very INSIGHT EVENTS moving, Top Girls was written in London in 1982, with the cut-throat era of Thatcherism only just beginning. It asks questions about Pre-season Briefing equality, feminism, wealth and family that are as pressing now as Mon 29 Jan 7pm they were back then. Richard Wherrett Studio Resident Director Imara Savage has assembled a suitably fearless all-female ensemble including Paula Arundell (The Bleeding Tree), Audi Night with Kate Box (ABC’s Rake), Michelle Lim Davidson (ABC’s Utopia) and the Actors Heather Mitchell (Cloud Nine) to power this high-octane opening Mon 12 Mar and to our 2018 season. Mon 19 Mar post-show “Intent on breaking rules... Churchill sees the theatre as an open frontier where lives can be burst apart and explored.” The New York Times

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12 FEB – 24 MAR DRAMA THEATRE, SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE

2HRS 30MINS CONTENT: STRONG LANGUAGE (INCLUDING INTERVAL) Paula Arundell, Helen Thomson and Pope Joan

16 17 Director SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS Jessica Arthur Lighting Designer LETHAL INDIFFERENCE Alexander Berlage BY ANNA BARNES Composer & Sound Designer WORLD PREMIERE Clemence Williams

With Emily Barclay A true story INSIGHT EVENTS A young writer in Melbourne’s inner suburbs quits her day job in a Pre-season Briefing clothing store to find something new, something with a stronger sense Mon 5 Feb 7pm of purpose. She lands a role in public relations for a family violence Richard Wherrett legal service. It’s the kind of job that can completely change the way Studio you see the world – and it will.

Audi Night with Writer Anna Barnes won STC’s Playwrights’ Award in the Actors 2010. Her new play, Lethal Indifference, is based on real events and her Mon 26 Feb post-show own experiences. The stunning tale is told through a single actor, Emily Barclay (ABC’s Please Like Me), who brings to life a series of overlapping and interrelated chapters, full of drama, rich humour and deeply moving revelations.

Lethal Indifference is many things at once: the tale of a young woman’s growing awareness; a meditation on society’s complicity in domestic violence; and a captivating, finally tragic, story of another woman’s fight to survive.

“There are two types of women in this world. Those that think family violence would never happen to them and those that know it could happen to anyone.”

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17 FEB – 10 MAR WHARF 1 THEATRE

1HR 30MINS CONTENT: ADULT AND VIOLENT (NO INTERVAL) THEMES, STRONG LANGUAGE Emily Barclay

18 19 Director SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS Paige Rattray Designer BLACK IS Renée Mulder Lighting Designer Ben Hughes THE NEW WHITE Composer & BY NAKKIAH LUI Sound Designer RETURN SEASON Steve Toulmin

With Kylie Bracknell Love, politics and other things you shouldn’t (Kaarljilba Kaardn) talk about at dinner Luke Carroll The sold-out, smash hit, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy of 2017 Vanessa Downing returns bigger, better and blacker than ever! Melodie Reynolds-Diarra All the characters you fell in love with are back. At the centre is Charlotte Gibson, a lawyer with a brilliant career ahead of her. As her Tom Stokes father Ray says, she could be the next female Indigenous Waleed Aly. Anthony Taufa But she has other ideas. First of all, it’s Christmas. Second of all, she’s in love. INSIGHT EVENTS The thing is, her fiancé, Francis Smith, is not what her family expected – Audi Night with he’s unemployed, he’s an experimental composer… and he’s white! the Actors Inviting him and his conservative parents to Christmas is a bold move Mon 5 Mar post-show that has all sorts of unintended consequences.

Matinee Club Secrets are revealed, prejudices outed and old rivalries get sorted through. Wed 7 Mar 12pm With a toe-tapping soundtrack and an array of brilliant, eccentric, loveable characters, this is a great night in the theatre and a thoroughly beguiling, very Australian story from award-winning playwright Nakkiah Lui.

Don’t miss this short return season before it heads out on tour!

Originally commissioned by Sydney Theatre Company with “Generously funny... a bustling, astute and questioning the support of the Malcolm social comedy on identity politics.” Robertson Foundation. The Sydney Morning Herald Original production supported by the STC Donor Syndicate and Presenting Partner Allens.

28 FEB – 10 MAR ROSLYN PACKER THEATRE

2HRS 30MINS CONTENT: ADULT THEMES, (INCLUDING INTERVAL) STRONG LANGUAGE, NUDITY, DRUG USE Kylie Bracknell (Kaarljilba Kaardn), Melodie Reynolds-Diarra and Shari Sebbens

20 21 Director SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY AND UBS PRESENT Kip Williams Set Designer THE RESISTIBLE RISE Robert Cousins Lighting Designer Nick Schlieper OF ARTURO UI Composer & BY BERTOLT BRECHT Sound Designer TRANSLATED BY TOM WRIGHT Stefan Gregory

With We get the leaders we deserve Peter Carroll Tony Cogin Arturo Ui is a small-time gangster with a lust for power. In a city shaken by economic crisis and undermined by corruption, Ui keeps rising and Brent Hill rising until he reaches the very top. When he gets there, he won’t be breaking the law, he’ll be making it. Hugo Weaving returns to STC in this powerhouse role. Written in 1941 INSIGHT EVENTS as a cautionary satire on the rise of Hitler, Bertolt Brecht’s play is both thrillingly sharp and riotously funny. Set in 1930s Chicago, it has the Pier Group Lunch wit, murder and musicality of a gangster movie while asking a very Mon 12 Feb 12pm political question – how do we let a man like that come to power?

Pre-season Briefing Artistic Director Kip Williams brings a bold, visually inventive vision Mon 12 Mar 7pm to this great play. With a cast that includes the legendary Peter Carroll Richard Wherrett alongside Mitchell Butel (Arms and the Man), Anita Hegh (Cloud Nine) Studio and Ursula Yovich (The Golden Age), this promises to be a big, entertaining and thought-provoking night out. Audi Night with the Actors “Brecht’s anti-fascist study of political power hits home.” Mon 2 Apr and The Guardian Mon 23 Apr post-show

Matinee Club Wed 18 Apr 12pm

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Production Patrons: Danita Lowes & David Fite

PRESENTING PARTNER 21 MAR – 28 APR a b ROSLYN PACKER THEATRE 2HRS 30MINS CONTENT: (INCLUDING INTERVAL) STRONG LANGUAGE, VIOLENCE Hugo Weaving Hugo

22 23 Director SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS A SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY AND MALTHOUSE THEATRE PRODUCTION Leticia Cáceres Lighting Designer Sian James-Holland GOING DOWN Composer & BY MICHELE LEE Sound Designer THE SWEATS WORLD PREMIERE

With Catherine Davies Josh Price Sex and the millennial city Naomi Rukavina Jenny Wu Natalie Yang has just published her memoir, Banana Girl, a sexually explicit look at life as a twenty-something woman in millennial INSIGHT EVENTS Australia. It isn’t the heart-warming migrant story that people expected. Nor is it a feminist call to arms. And it certainly isn’t on the Pre-season Briefing best-seller lists. Mon 19 Mar 7pm Richard Wherrett Going Down is the first full-length play for STC by Michele Lee, winner Studio of the 2016 Queensland Premier’s Drama Award for her play Rice. Co-produced with Malthouse Theatre, it’s a brutally funny and frank Audi Night with examination of flawed characters failing at life in the most outrageous the Actors ways possible. Mon 9 Apr and Mon 30 Apr post-show Natalie, for one, has washed up on the shores of anonymity. But she isn’t going to wallow in existential crisis, she’s going to double down. Her next book, 100 Cocks in 100 Nights, could be the scandalous reboot her career needs. Or it could be a complete disaster. Only when she hits rock bottom, will she find a way back up.

“Look, let’s not talk about the Mekong. We’re all women here. Let’s talk about the female gaze. On sex. That’s my life. That’s what I write about.” Natalie

23 MAR – 5 MAY

WHARF 2 THEATRE TICKETS $29 / $33

1HR 20MINS CONTENT: ADULT THEMES, (NO INTERVAL) STRONG LANGUAGE CatherineDavies

24 25 Director SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY AND COLONIAL FIRST STATE GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT PRESENT Sarah Goodes A SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY AND MELBOURNE THEATRE COMPANY PRODUCTION Designer Elizabeth Gadsby Lighting Designer THE CHILDREN Paul Jackson BY LUCY KIRKWOOD Composer & Sound Designer AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE Steve Francis

With Sarah Peirse A brilliant drama with electric undercurrents William Zappa After decades of hard work and raising a family, Hazel and her husband Robin have retired to a cottage by the sea. It’s the idyllic life they always INSIGHT EVENTS wanted – but there’s a catch.

Pre-season Briefing Not far away, the nuclear power plant they used to work at has been torn Mon 26 Mar 7pm apart by a natural disaster. And into their quiet life comes an old friend Richard Wherrett with a frightening proposition. The fallout will be unpredictable. Studio Playwright Lucy Kirkwood wowed us with the globe-trotting thriller Audi Night with Chimerica in 2017. Now, with The Children, she’s been heralded as “the most the Actors rewarding dramatist of her generation” (The Independent, uk). Mon 16 Apr and Mon 14 May post-show The play has been the toast of London and is on its way to Broadway. In it, Kirkwood creates a touching and richly detailed study of three people coming to grips with choices they made decades ago.

We welcome back a superb cast – Pamela Rabe, Sarah Peirse and William Zappa – along with former STC Resident Director Sarah Goodes (Disgraced) to bring us this acclaimed and beautiful new drama.

“Impresses by its capacity to raise big issues; in particular how people in the future will react to the poisoned legacy of the present.” The Guardian

29 MAR – 19 MAY PRESENTING PARTNER DRAMA THEATRE, SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE

2HRS CONTENT: STRONG LANGUAGE (NO INTERVAL) Pamela Rabe

26 27 Director SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS Priscilla Jackman Designer STILL POINT TURNING: Michael Scott-Mitchell Composer & THE CATHERINE MCGREGOR STORY Sound Designer BY PRISCILLA JACKMAN Steve Francis BASED ON INTERVIEWS WITH CATHERINE MCGREGOR

With WORLD PREMIERE Nicholas Brown Andrew Guy Heather Mitchell A life worth living INSIGHT EVENTS This is a vivid theatrical portrayal of one of our country’s most Pre-season Briefing intriguing public figures. Mon 16 Apr 7pm Richard Wherrett From the age of eight, Catherine McGregor knew she was a woman. Studio But first she would have to live as a man. She played many parts: son, brother, husband, athlete, soldier, speech writer. She worked in Audi Night with professions full of machismo, inside institutions built by men. the Actors Mon 7 May and Every day was a challenge, and every challenge took its toll. In 2012, Mon 21 May post-show aged 56, McGregor faced a turning point: end her life, or transition as a woman.

Drawn directly from countless hours of interviews with McGregor, Still Point Turning tells her story in her own words. It reveals a woman of fierce intellect, passion, incisive humour and profound feeling. It celebrates her tenacity without shying away from her faults. It is the true story of her true self.

Writer/director Priscilla Jackman, in her STC debut, has assembled a magnificent cast, led by Heather Mitchell Cloud( Nine) as Catherine, to bring this moving and timely true story to the stage.

“And I arrived at the same point every trans person does. If I am to live on, it would be as the person I felt myself

to be, or I would die.” Catherine McGregor SEE p65

21 APR – 26 MAY WHARF 1 THEATRE

2HRS CONTENT: ADULT THEMES, (INCLUDING INTERVAL) STRONG LANGUAGE CatherineMitchellHeatherandMcGregor

28 29 Director SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS A SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY AND MALTHOUSE THEATRE PRODUCTION Declan Greene Designer Elizabeth Gadsby BLACKIE BLACKIE BROWN: Animation Oh Yeah Wow THE TRADITIONAL OWNER OF DEATH Lighting & BY NAKKIAH LUI AV Designer Verity Hampson WORLD PREMIERE Concept Artist Emily Johnson Reconciliation… or revenge? With Ash Flanders Somewhere in bush, mild-mannered archaeologist Megan Wilding Dr Jacqueline Brown is conducting a survey on a site intended for the new factory of a shadowy corporation. She’s under pressure to provide the INSIGHT EVENTS all-clear, but when her dig uncovers a mass grave, she picks up a skull and is immediately over-powered by the spirit of her Aboriginal great-great- Pre-season Briefing grandmother. Blackie Blackie Brown, cold-blooded vigilante, is born. Mon 7 May 7pm Richard Wherrett In a no-holds-barred gore-fest, she’s going to kill all the descendants Studio of the men who massacred her ancestors. White people, watch out. You could be one of them. Audi Night with the Actors Paying homage to blaxploitation movies, Blackie Blackie Brown Mon 28 May and features the work of Barkindji, Birri-Gubba illustrator Emily Johnson Mon 4 Jun post-show and animations by visual effects whiz-kids Oh Yeah Wow. Nakkiah Lui’s script matches perfectly the lo-fi, hi-camp style of director Declan Greene (Sisters Grimm’s Calpurnia Descending).

With break-out newcomer Megan Wilding in the title role, and the ever-hilarious Ash Flanders playing every white person she needs to kill, this two-hander is a wild ride that will have you laughing out loud while squirming in your seat.

All in all, it’s precisely the violent and uncompromising take-down that our country’s genocidal history had coming.

“Your white meat is DONE, motherf***er.” Blackie Blackie Brown

12 MAY – 30 JUN WHARF 2 THEATRE

1HR 30MINS CONTENT: STRONG LANGUAGE, (NO INTERVAL) ADULT AND VIOLENT THEMES Blackie Blackie Brown by EmilyJohnsonBlackie Blackieby Brown

30 31 Director SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY AND COMMONWEALTH BANK PRESENT Imara Savage Set Designer SAINT JOAN David Fleischer BY GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Costume Designer Renée Mulder Composer & Sound Designer Max Lyandvert The fight of her life

With A common girl with uncommon conviction, Joan of Arc has stood as John Batchelor an icon of protest throughout the ages. Gareth Davies John Gaden Her faith and her visions, which inspired an entire army to victory, Brandon McClelland were both her greatest strength and her downfall. Burned at the stake Sean O’Shea as a heretic at the age of 19 and later canonised, her story has been Socratis Otto re-written and co-opted in every generation by writers, theologians, Yael Stone film-makers and artists. Anthony Taufa David Whitney George Bernard Shaw’s dynamic classic play, written in 1923, three years William Zappa after Joan’s canonisation, was a key factor in his receiving the Nobel Prize in 1925. Based on records of her trial, it follows the true story of INSIGHT EVENTS Joan’s life as she fights – first for her country, then for her life. Taking us from battle field to court room, Shaw’s text is thrillingly alive with Pier Group Lunch political machinations, moral questions and the fatal betrayal that Mon 30 Apr 12pm made Joan an icon.

Pre-season Briefing In the role, we welcome back the extraordinary Yael Stone (Netflix’s Mon 28 May 7pm Orange is the New Black) together with a distinguished ensemble of Richard Wherrett actors including John Gaden (Orlando) and Socratis Otto (Foxtel’s Studio Wentworth) playing the men who follow Joan and then destroy her. Resident director Imara Savage will foreground Shaw’s text in a Audi Night with stripped-back, modernist production. the Actors Mon 11 Jun and “Topical, fresh and deeply moving… If there were ever a play for Mon 25 Jun post-show our times, it is surely this one.” The Telegraph, uk

Matinee Club Wed 13 Jun 12pm

PRESENTING PARTNER 5 JUN – 30 JUN ROSLYN PACKER THEATRE 2HRS 30MINS (INCLUDING INTERVAL) Yael Stone Yael

32 33 Director SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY AND ALLENS PRESENT Costume Designer THE LONG Tess Schofield Lighting Designer FORGOTTEN DREAM Mark Howett BY H LAWRENCE SUMNER With WORLD PREMIERE

INSIGHT EVENTS You can’t bury the past Pre-season Briefing Mon 16 Jul 7pm This is an exceptional piece of writing by one of the most exciting new Richard Wherrett voices to come along in years. Studio Inspired by true stories of the repatriation of stolen bones, Ngarrindjeri Audi Night with writer H Lawrence Sumner’s play is a sweeping family story that the Actors examines four generations of history in a rural community. Mon 30 Jul and Mon 13 Aug post-show Jeremiah Tucker is a man looking for peace. His daughter Simone is an archaeologist looking for bones. Her great-grandfather just wants to be buried where he belongs. Together, they will uncover the past’s brutal secrets as well as hope for a way forward.

Two of our country’s most lauded theatre makers, director Neil Armfield and actor Wayne Blair, unite to bring this monumental new work to the stage.

Set on the windswept coastline of South Australia’s Coorong region, The Long Forgotten Dream is a deeply human story weaving together wry humour, poetic imagery, and a captivating array of richly drawn characters. There’s even a little magic. Together, it promises a wonderful night in the theatre.

“Finally something deep and good is happening. Something that you don’t understand.” Jeremiah

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PRESENTING PARTNER 23 JUL – 25 AUG DRAMA THEATRE, SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE

2HRS CONTENT: STRONG LANGUAGE (INCLUDING INTERVAL) Wayne Blair

34 35 SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS THE HARP IN THE SOUTH PART ONE AND PART TWO BY RUTH PARK AN ADAPTATION FOR THE STAGE BY

WORLD PREMIERE

A great Australian novel. A landmark theatre event. A portrait of Sydney as it once was.

The great Ruth Cracknell once described First appearing in 1947, Ruth Park’s trilogy novelist Ruth Park as “that steady glow at brought to life a carnival of characters. Full the heart of Australian literature”. Now, of humour, romance and spirited rebellion, celebrated playwright Kate Mulvany brings it captured our city’s best and worst features to the stage Park’s revered trilogy – Missus, with a riveting, unflinching and endearing The Harp in the South and Poor Man’s Orange. honesty.

This epic stage adaptation spreads It traces the lives of the Darcy family over the Park’s beloved stories across two equally course of thirty years. Living at twelve-and-a- ambitious plays, The Harp in the South: Part half Plymouth Street, Surry Hills, they grow One and The Harp in the South: Part Two. up and grow old amidst brothels and sly grog, The two parts stand alone, but together the pious and the violent, the opportunists they offer over five hours of unforgettable, and the desperate. exuberant theatre. Artistic Director Kip Williams brings It’s a moving family saga and a celebration together an ensemble of 18 actors, including of Sydney in all its funny, gritty glory. Tony Cogin, Anita Hegh, Tara Morice, Rose Riley, Guy Simon, Helen Thomson and Contessa Treffone. It’s a work full of music and

movement, with an original score by Iain Guy Simon, Contessa Treffone, Rose Riley Grandage (The Secret River) and a design from the stellar team that fashioned Chimerica in 2017.

ASSOCIATE PARTNER 16 AUG – 6 OCT ROSLYN PACKER THEATRE

PART ONE: 3HRS PART TWO: 2HRS 20MINS CONTENT: (INCLUDING INTERVAL) (INCLUDING INTERVAL) STRONG LANGUAGE

36 37 Director Kip Williams THE HARP IN THE SOUTH: THE HARP IN THE SOUTH: HOW TO BOOK THESE PLAYS Set Designer PART ONE PART TWO David Fleischer Costume Designer The Darcy family saga begins with a love The story continues amidst the changing We encourage you to experience the entire Renée Mulder story. It’s 1920 in a dusty, rural NSW town world of Sydney in the 1950s. The shadow of epic. Viewed together they are a vivid and Lighting Designer when young Margaret Kilker falls for Hugh the war lingers, but there is a new danger immersive narrative of Australian culture, Nick Schlieper Darcy. Newly married and in search of a on the horizon. The homes of Surry Hills’ and a memorable theatrical experience. Composer & brighter future, they move to Sydney’s Surry poor are threatened by government plans for Musical Director Hills, where they find a home on Plymouth redevelopment. Together, this community of Tickets to Part One and Part Two count as two Iain Grandage Street and start a family. In the shadow of the workers, rebels and misfits rise up and fight separate plays towards your Season Ticket. Sound Designer Second World War, their daughters Roie and back, with their voices and with their fists. Steve Francis Dolour set out on their own adventures in the At twelve-and-a-half Plymouth Street, four You can choose to see both parts on one day, crowded, boisterous streets of Sydney. generations of the Darcy clan share their or elect to see them on different days. With narrow terrace home. Beset by tragedy and loss, See the calendar and our website for Tony Cogin they struggle on, lucky to survive, ever hopeful performance times. Benedict Hardie in the face of adversity. Emma Harvie Anita Hegh Tara Morice Rose Riley Guy Simon Helen Thomson Contessa Treffone

INSIGHT EVENTS

Pier Group Lunch Mon 18 Jun 12pm

Pre-season Briefing Mon 6 Aug 7pm Richard Wherrett Studio

Audi Night with the Actors Part One: Mon 3 Sep Part Two : Tue 18 Sep Tony Cogin, Anita Hegh, Tara Morice Tara Hegh, Anita Cogin, Tony Matinee Club Wed 19 Sep 12pm

SEE p65 Production Patron: Gretel Packer 38 39 Director SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY AND ADSHEL PRESENT Sarah Giles Designer ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF Jonathon Oxlade Lighting Designer Trent Suidgeest AN ANARCHIST Composer & BY DARIO FO Sound Designer IN A NEW ADAPTATION BY FRANCIS GREENSLADE Stefan Gregory WITH SARAH GILES With Bessie Holland Sacha Horler A play as absurd and paranoid as the times Amber McMahon in which we live Jane Turner A man has fallen to his death from a police station window. Did he jump INSIGHT EVENTS or was he pushed? The cops want a cover up, but first they have to contend with an unlikely detective – a certified lunatic with a knack Pre-season Briefing for impersonation. Mon 3 Sept 7pm Richard Wherrett Written by Italian Nobel laureate Dario Fo in 1970, this farce with a Studio political sting in its tail has become an absurdist classic. In a first for this play, director Sarah Giles has amped up the energy with an Audi Night with all-female cast led by some of the country’s funniest comedians. This the Actors is a smart and subversive new adaptation, created by Giles with Mon 24 Sep and co-adaptor Francis Greenslade (ABC’s Mad as Hell). Mon 15 Oct post-show It’s a glorious battle of the individual against the establishment, of underdog against overlord, of anarchy against tyranny. On the side of corruption and ineptitude, we welcome back the comic brilliance of Jane Turner (ABC’s Kath and Kim) and Sacha Horler (Channel Ten’s Offspring), playing opposite Helpmann Award-winner Amber McMahon, who’s on the side of freedom and justice.

“It’s so funny, resistance is futile... [a] rare thing, a political farce that is genuinely funny while also making a serious political point.” The Telegraph, uk

SEE p65

Production Patron: The Petre Foundation

PRESENTING PARTNER 10 SEP – 27 OCT DRAMA THEATRE, SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE 2HRS 30MINS (INCLUDING INTERVAL) Amber McMahon and Jane Turner JaneAmber andMcMahon

40 41 Director SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS Kip Williams Set Designer A CHEERY SOUL Elizabeth Gadsby BY PATRICK WHITE Costume Designer Alice Babidge

With Sarah Peirse When do-gooders go bad

INSIGHT EVENTS Patrick White, the only Australian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, is a towering figure in our culture. Of his plays,A Cheery Soul was Pre-season Briefing White’s own favourite. It’s a fascinating work, mixing a satirical view Mon 29 Oct 7pm of Australian society with an expressionistic form, poetic language Richard Wherrett and characters that are as hilarious and grotesque as they are Studio uncannily familiar.

Audi Night with Returning to his imagined every-suburb of Sarsaparilla, White the Actors introduces us to one of his most memorable characters, Miss Docker, Mon 12 Nov and who embodies what the writer termed “the destructive power of good.” Mon 26 Nov post-show The prototypical Aussie busy-body, Miss Docker’s story leads her in a series of increasingly surreal acts from the home of the Custances, to the local nursing home, the church, and finally to the isolated grounds of the crematorium. White’s acidic insights into the nation’s soul are as funny and telling now as they were upon the play’s debut in 1963.

A Cheery Soul has a storied past at STC, with acclaimed productions in 1979 (directed by ) and 2001 (directed by Neil Armfield), both starring in a role she made famous. In 2018, our Artistic Director Kip Williams takes the helm, placing the magnificent Sarah Peirse (Switzerland) into Miss Docker’s fiercely sensible shoes in a bold, new production for the 21st century.

“[A Cheery Soul] changed what was imaginatively possible in our theatre, and provided playwrights with a new axis of creative exploration.” The Conversation

5 NOV – 15 DEC DRAMA THEATRE, SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE 3HRS (INCLUDING INTERVAL) Sarah PeirseSarah

42 43 SPECIAL OFFERS FOR OUR SEASON TICKET HOLDERS

Season Ticket Holders have exclusive access and discounted tickets for these two extra plays 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.

44 45 Co-creators SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY AND SEYMOUR CENTRE PRESENT A SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY PRODUCTION Declan Greene, Richard Higgins & THE TRAGEDY OF Matt Kelly Director Declan Greene HAMLET: Designer Renée Mulder PRINCE OF SKIDMARK Lighting Designer Verity Hampson A BADAPTATION OF THE BARD Composer & BY THE LISTIES Sound Designer Jed Palmer RETURN SEASON

With Richard Higgins A blast of Shakespeare for kids. Plus zombies! Matt Kelly After winning over everyone who came to see it in 2016, this very cheeky, very clever, utterly irreverent riff on Hamlet – made especially for children – is back for a return season at the Seymour Centre. The Listies, maestros of children’s entertainment, have pulled apart Shakespeare’s classic and glued it back together with hilarious costumes, loads of silliness and plenty of interactivity.

Hamlet is already full of things kids love in a good story: ghosts, castles, sword fights, bodily fluids and spooky stuff. Add to the mix some supersonic gags and expertly timed stage magic unlike anything kids have seen before and you have a brilliantly disguised Shakespearean tragedy for everyone aged five and over.

And that’s not all… expect bonus pillow fights, pirates, ninjas, ninja pirates, aliens, ninja pirate aliens, zombies and a bunch of other hilarious stuff as The Listies take kids and their adults on a fun-filled hour of theatre. The only thing we can be sure of is that everyone dies at the end – including the audience!

“One of the funniest introductions to Shakespeare imaginable.” Sunday Telegraph

4 JUL – 22 JUL EVEREST THEATRE, SEYMOUR CENTRE

1HR RECOMMENDED FOR AGES 5+ (NO INTERVAL) Matt Kelly and Richard Higgins

46 47 Musical Director SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS Andrew Worboys THE WHARF REVUE 2018 With WRITTEN AND CREATED BY Jonathan Biggins Drew Forsythe JONATHAN BIGGINS AND DREW FORSYTHE

INSIGHT EVENTS

Audi Night with The punchlines keep rolling in the Actors Mon 19 Nov and The Wharf might be needing a facelift, but The Wharf Revue is looking Mon 3 Dec post-show as young and gleeful as ever.

Those indefatigable kings of comedy, sorcerers of satire and masters of mockery, Jonathan Biggins and Drew Forsythe are back in the saddle and gearing up for another glorious year of political satire – this time in the Roslyn Packer Theatre. The stage will be bigger and so will the laughs. We like to think of it as continuity with change.

So, politicians take cover and pundits stand back, because there will be songs, there will be dance, and there will be some very funny impressions.

Join us as we sort the wets from the dries, the leaks from the fakes, and the factions from the fictions in this bigger, better and wharfier Revue than The Wharf could ever handle.

“Frequently dark, sophisticated and as well as being awfully clever, it’s also totally idiotic and hilarious.” Stage Noise

Join us for The Wharf Revue Gala Tue 13 Nov, 7pm Have a great night out and support STC by attending our annual Wharf Revue Gala, hosted by Pier Group co-founder and patron Anne Schofieldam . $85pp includes your ticket to the show, a pre-show drink and a post-show party with the cast. Funds raised support the evolving needs of STC.

Book for the Gala on your paper booking form, or call Box Office for more details. Transaction fees may apply.

ASSOCIATE PARTNER 13 NOV – 15 DEC ROSLYN PACKER THEATRE 1HR 30MINS (NO INTERVAL) Jonathan Biggins and Drew Forsythe

48 49 HOW TO BOOK AND USEFUL INFO

51 BIG NIGHT OUT AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE Great choices for lovers of epic drama, iconic Celebrate local playwriting talent with these LET US HELP YOU masterpieces and an unforgettable night. Australian stories. CHOOSE Use our handy guide to help you create the perfect TOP GIRLS BLACK IS THE THE RESISTIBLE LETHAL BLACK IS THE GOING DOWN NEW WHITE RISE OF INDIFFERENCE NEW WHITE Season Ticket of 6 to 14 plays ARTURO UI

SAINT JOAN THE LONG THE HARP IN THE STILL POINT BLACKIE BLACKIE THE LONG NEW WRITING & PREMIERES GIRL POWER FORGOTTEN SOUTH: PART ONE TURNING BROWN FORGOTTEN DREAM DREAM New works and fresh adaptations on STC The future is female, and so are more than stages for the first time. half our playwrights.

THE HARP IN THE ACCIDENTAL A CHEERY SOUL THE HARP IN THE THE HARP IN THE A CHEERY SOUL SOUTH: PART TWO DEATH OF AN SOUTH: PART ONE SOUTH: PART TWO ANARCHIST LETHAL THE RESISTIBLE GOING DOWN TOP GIRLS LETHAL BLACK IS THE INDIFFERENCE RISE OF INDIFFERENCE NEW WHITE ARTURO UI INSPIRED BY TRUE EVENTS THE FUNNY These plays are inspired and influenced by Political farce, sharp satire and black comedy world events, or the true stories they reflect. all year round.

THE CHILDREN STILL POINT BLACKIE BLACKIE GOING DOWN THE CHILDREN STILL POINT TURNING BROWN TURNING

LETHAL THE RESISTIBLE THE CHILDREN BLACK IS THE THE RESISTIBLE GOING DOWN INDIFFERENCE RISE OF NEW WHITE RISE OF ARTURO UI ARTURO UI

THE LONG THE HARP IN THE THE HARP IN THE BLACKIE BLACKIE THE HARP IN THE THE HARP IN THE FORGOTTEN SOUTH: PART ONE SOUTH: PART TWO BROWN SOUTH: PART ONE SOUTH: PART TWO DREAM

STILL POINT SAINT JOAN ACCIDENTAL BLACKIE BLACKIE ACCIDENTAL TURNING DEATH OF AN BROWN DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST ANARCHIST

ACCIDENTAL PLUS DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST Don’t forget to add The Wharf Revue 2018 and Hamlet: Prince of Skidmark special offers to your pack.

52 53 BOOKING CHECKLIST HOW TO BOOK YOUR Gather these details to book SEASON TICKET

STEP 1 CHOOSE YOUR PLAYS By Post Select 6 to 14 plays to make your Season Ticket Complete the booking form mailed in your pack, and select your Special Offer choices. pack or download one at sydneytheatre.com.au/2018

STEP 2 Sydney Theatre Company SELECT YOUR DATES 2018 Season Tickets Choose your preferred performances. Dates Reply Paid 85302 and times are detailed on the website and in Strawberry Hills NSW 2012 the calendar in your mail pack. If you’re renewing by post, we encourage you Your Season Ticket play choices to send your booking ASAP. Posted bookings STEP 3 are processed in order of receipt. Renewals are Your Special Offer choices BOOK YOUR SEASON TICKET processed first, and new Season Tickets are Date and time preferences processed from Wed 18 Oct. Online How many program vouchers you’d like The quickest and easiest way to book the best Contact information for you and your companions available seats is online. It’s an easy process STEP 4 to select plays and seats that are confirmed on ADD YOUR PROGRAMS Payment details the spot. Pre-purchase your programs for only $10 Proof of concession if applicable each. We’ll include a voucher with your tickets Go to sydneytheatre.com.au/2018 and login to redeem at the venue. Programs will be Special access requirements if needed to My STC to get started. available for 11 of our plays in 2018. See pg 13 for details. If you’re an existing Season Ticket Holder who doesn’t have a My STC log in, contact us and we’ll set it up so it’s connected to your bookings, discount and benefits.

54 55 TICKET PRICES Choose 6 to 14 plays from our main season to create your Season Ticket.

SEASON TICKET PRICES EXTRA SINGLE TICKET PRICES Season Ticket Holders save at least 20% on full price single tickets. Due to popular demand and We know you enjoy sharing theatre as much as we do. These discounted prices are available to limited capacity we charge a flat rate for Saturday evenings and preview performances. Season Ticket Holders all year so you can purchase extra single tickets for friends and family.

SATURDAY SENIORS MAIN SEASON PLAY PREVIEW SATURDAY ADULT SENIORS CONCESSION UNDER 30 MAIN SEASON PLAY PREVIEW EVENING ADULT CARDHOLDER CONCESSION UNDER 30 EVENING CARDHOLDER

ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST $66 $96 $87 $79 $71 $66 ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST $75 $108 $98 $89 $80 $75 THE LONG FORGOTTEN DREAM $66 $96 $87 $79 $71 $66 THE LONG FORGOTTEN DREAM $75 $108 $98 $89 $80 $75 THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI $66 $96 $87 $79 $71 $66 THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI $75 $108 $98 $89 $80 $75 SAINT JOAN $66 $96 $87 $79 $71 $66 SAINT JOAN $75 $108 $98 $89 $80 $75 BLACK IS THE NEW WHITE $64 $86 $82 $74 $65 $64 BLACK IS THE NEW WHITE $73 $97 $93 $84 $74 $73 A CHEERY SOUL $64 $86 $82 $74 $65 $64 A CHEERY SOUL $73 $97 $93 $84 $74 $73 THE CHILDREN $64 $86 $82 $74 $65 $64 THE CHILDREN $73 $97 $93 $84 $74 $73 THE HARP IN THE SOUTH: PART ONE $64 $86 $82 $74 $65 $64 THE HARP IN THE SOUTH: PART ONE $73 $97 $93 $84 $74 $73 THE HARP IN THE SOUTH: PART TWO $64 $86 $82 $74 $65 $64 THE HARP IN THE SOUTH: PART TWO $73 $97 $93 $84 $74 $73 TOP GIRLS $64 $86 $82 $74 $65 $64 TOP GIRLS $73 $97 $93 $84 $74 $73 STILL POINT TURNING: STILL POINT TURNING: $52 $60 $60 $60 $60 $52 $59 $68 $68 $68 $68 $59 THE CATHERINE MCGREGOR STORY THE CATHERINE MCGREGOR STORY BLACKIE BLACKIE BROWN $39 $48 $48 $48 $48 $39 BLACKIE BLACKIE BROWN $47 $54 $54 $54 $54 $47 LETHAL INDIFFERENCE $39 $48 $48 $48 $48 $39 LETHAL INDIFFERENCE $47 $54 $54 $54 $54 $47 GOING DOWN $29 $33 $33 $33 $33 $29 GOING DOWN $33 $38 $38 $38 $38 $33

New! Booking a group theatre outing? SPECIAL OFFERS You can now book Season Tickets for large groups online. Or you can download our Take advantage of these exclusive discount offers for Season Ticket Holders and get the best groups booking form from the website and mail it to us. available seats before tickets go on sale to the public. Access and special seating requirements SATURDAY SENIORS SPECIAL OFFER PLAY PREVIEW EVENING ADULT CARDHOLDER CONCESSION UNDER 30 If you have access or special seating requirements, please post your booking form to us. We will specially select tickets to suit your needs, as these seats are unable to be booked online. HAMLET: PRINCE OF SKIDMARK $22 $30 $30 $30 $30 $30 Concessions and Under 30s THE WHARF REVUE 2018 $59 $66 $66 $59 $54 $59 You can purchase a concession if you are an Australian full-time student, an Australian Pensioner or if you receive unemployment benefits. Proof of age for Under 30s and concessions must be provided at the time of booking.

56 57 VENUES AND ACCESS DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

SEPTEMBER Thu 21 Sep 2017 2018 Season announced.

Tue 26 Sep 2017 ACCESSIBILITY AT STC Priority booking window opens for renewing Season Ticket Holders. In 2018, we will offer Audio Described Performances, Captioned Performances OUR THEATRES AND OUR LOCAL GUIDE and Auslan Interpreted Performances of the OCTOBER Fri 6 Oct 2017 Our shows are presented across five stunning following productions: We recommend mailing your form now so we’re sure to receive it by Sun 15 Oct. theatres. The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Sun 15 Oct 2017 Wharf 1 and Wharf 2 Theatres The Children Priority booking window ends for renewing Season Ticket Holders. Sydney Theatre Company The Long Forgotten Dream The Wharf, Pier 4 The Harp in the South: Part One Wed 18 Oct 2017 Hickson Rd, Walsh Bay The Harp in the South: Part Two Season Tickets go on sale to everyone. Accidental Death of an Anarchist Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Walsh Bay STC caters for a wide range of access and NOVEMBER Mon 27 Nov 2017 special seating requirements including Need to swap dates? Season Ticket Holders can exchange into another wheelchair access. Guide dogs are welcome. performance of the same play, fee free, from today.

Drama Theatre If you have access or special seating Sydney Opera House requirements, please post your booking DECEMBER Mon 4 Dec 2017 Bennelong Point form to us. We will specially select tickets Single tickets go on sale for Top Girls, Lethal Indifference, Black is the New White, to suit your needs, as these seats are unable The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Going Down, The Children, Still Point Turning: to be booked online. Please specify your The Catherine McGregor Story and Blackie Blackie Brown. Everest Theatre requirements at the time of booking to make Seymour Centre use of our services. Book your Season Ticket by 4 Dec and go in the draw to win a trip to London. Cnr Cleveland St and City Rd Book all 14 plays by 4 Dec, receive a free ticket, and go in the draw to win a Chippendale Please note, if you are attending all weekend in Canberra. See pg 9. performances on offer, you are entitled to For information on parking, public transport Season Ticket discounts. Complete your Fri 29 Dec 2017 and dining options visit our website booking form with the plays and dates as Deadline for purchasing a Season Ticket using the instalment payment option. sydneytheatre.com.au/yourvisit marked on the calendar.

For walking tours and other points of interest, Dates for all access shows are on the 2018 FEBRUARY Mon 5 Feb 2018 check out our guide to the local area. We have Calendar and sydneytheatre.com.au/access Single tickets go on sale for Saint Joan, Hamlet: Prince of Skidmark, curated a selection of our favourite things in where you will also find more information. The Long Forgotten Dream, The Harp in the South: Part One and Walsh Bay, The Rocks and Circular Quay for If you have questions, please do not hesitate The Harp in the South: Part Two. your convenience, and to assist you to have the to contact us on (02) 9250 1777 or best possible visit to STC. [email protected] so we can Mon 19 Feb 2018 sydneytheatre.com.au/localguide ensure your comfort and enjoyment. Single tickets go on sale for Accidental Death of an Anarchist, A Cheery Soul and The Wharf Revue 2018. 58 The perfect destination for a pre- or post-show conversation with friends. Soak up sweeping harbour views as you choose from a seasonal menu, daily specials inspired by STC productions, specialty wines and cocktails and locally crafted beer and cider.

The venue is also available for hire for your special occasion. sydneytheatre.com.au/thebar WALSH BAY KITCHEN

Indulge in an intimate dining experience at Walsh Bay Kitchen inside Roslyn Packer Theatre. Enjoy Head Chef, Kay Hwang’s delicious menu, taking your tastebuds on a journey to Eastern China in a modern format.

BOOK YOUR TWO OR THREE COURSE PRE-THEATRE MEAL ON 1300 368 801 OR SYDNEYTHEATRE.COM.AU/WALSHBAYKITCHEN SEE WEBSITE FOR OPENING HOURS AND DETAILS.

60 61 THE WHARF RENEWAL SUPPORT US You’ve journeyed down The Wharf many times. PROJECT Now, it’s on a journey of its own.

2018

1829 First jetty built in Walsh Bay

1919 Pier 4/5 is completed, opens as timber shipping wharf

1985

Late 1970s Left derelict Whilst we gear up to say a temporary “see Artist's impression of a new entrance area, Box Office and Wharf 2 foyer at mid-Wharf you later” to The Wharf in 2018, what’s been happening inside for nearly four decades 1983 still continues. Padlock to The Wharf broken, repurposing by STC begins, starting MAKING A GREAT BUILDING BETTER At its heart, the Project will look for ways As we look to the future, we hope you’ll transformation of entire precinct Since The Wharf opened in 1984, visiting to further enhance the beautiful heritage consider making a donation to STC with your Sydney Theatre Company has been a unique features, while providing better accessibility, Season Ticket booking. Now more than ever, Sydney experience. Over that time, STC has more comfortable and efficient work spaces you have the opportunity to help define the grown, times have changed, and The Wharf for our artists, crafts people and staff, 1984 kind of theatre company we can be. is bearing decades of wear and tear. modernised theatres and a more comfortable STC stages six plays across theatre experience for you, our audience. two venues. The Wharf opens As long as STC has been on The Wharf, In 2018, we will embark on our Wharf to public in December donations and gifts left in wills have made Renewal Project to make much-needed Four plays will be presented in Wharf 1 and what we do possible. The donations in years improvements to the audience facilities and Wharf 2 Theatres next year, and then The past have become the productions you’ve theatre-making spaces. This will be the first Wharf will temporarily close for renovation treasured. You now have the power to shape 2010 major upgrade of The Wharf in 33 years. midway through 2018. future iconic productions. We can’t do it Solar panels added to the roof without you. The Wharf Renewal Project will make this We’re excited to share this project with incredible building better. Much thought you. Visit sydneytheatre.com.au/ and care has gone into the planning to ensure wharfrenewal for detailed information, 2017 Please consider adding a gift to your that our beloved Wharf retains its character, and include your email with your STC stages 15 plays across Season Ticket or making a donation charm and essential “wharfiness.” booking for ongoing updates. four venues online at sydneytheatre.com.au/donate

62 63 THANK YOU

Wharf Renewal Program We gratefully acknowledge the leadership gifts for STC’s Wharf Renewal Program.

Chairman’s Council Fairfax, Edward Federman, Mrs Megan Grace, Julie The Paradice Frances Allan John & Will & Jane Frances Allan & Ian Narev, Mr Neil Balnaves ao, Anita Hannaford, Maple-Brown Family Foundation Ltd, Family & Luca Belgiorno-Nettis Foundation, Catherine & John & Amber Symond, Michael & Eleonora Triguboff, Foundation & Ian Narev Frances Ingham Vicars Phillip Brenner, Jillian Broadbent ao & Olev Rahn, Turnbull Foundation Mark & Anne Ian & Min Mark & Louise W & A Johnson Mark Burrows ao, Robert Cameron ao & Paula Lazberger Darling Nelson Family Foundation Cameron, Mr Michael & Mrs Helen Carapiet, Jane & $5,000 – $9,999 Andrew Clifford, Judy Crawford & Robin Crawford am, Anonymous (4), Michael Adena & Joanne Daly, Patty The Chairman’s Council Anonymous The Petre Foundation Ms Rowena Danziger am & Mr Ken Coles am, Ian & Min Akopiantz, Ellen Borda, Ms Jillian Broadbent ao, Darling, David Gonski ac & Orli Wargon oam, John M Michele Brooks, David Craig, Ian & Min Darling, Green & Jenny Green, Ann & Warwick Johnson, Keith Y Faros & P McIntyre, Julia Farrell, Rosa Hajinakitas, & Maureen Kerridge, Mark & Anne Lazberger, Sandra Judi Hausmann, Bill & Alison Hayward, Sally Herman, Thank you to all our philanthropic partners and donors who make our work possible. We applaud you! Levy ao, Liz & Walter Lewin, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, The Hilmer Family Endowment, I Kallinikos, Lowy Charlotte & Adrian MacKenzie, Peter Mason am & Kate Family Group, Alexandra Martin in memory of Lloyd STC Foundation $50,000 – $99,999 Mason, Martin McCallum, Catriona & Simon Martin am, Belinda Hutchinson am, Richard Kuo & Chair: Ann Johnson, Directors: Lucinda Aboud, Anita Anonymous, David Gonski ac & Orli Wargon oam, Mordant am, Gretel Packer, The Paradice Family Sam Meers, Karen Moses, Natasha Nankivell, Brian Belgiorno-Nettis, , John Connolly, Simona & Leon Kamenev, Catriona & Simon Foundation, Petre Foundation, Robert Purves am & Nebenzahl oam, RFD & Jocelyn Nebenzahl, Mandy Foley, Judi Hausmann, Frances Ingham, Mordant am, Ms Rebel Penfold-Russell oam, Bronwyn Darlington, Paul Robertson am & Lenore G I Peirce, Lesley & Andrew Rosenberg, Dick & Pip Justin Miller, Heather Mitchell, Gretel Packer, Paul The Raymond E Purves Foundation, Robertson, Ian & Kelly Saines, Tony Scotford, Helen Smith Foundation, Louise Taggart & Peter Homel, Robertson am, Anne Schofieldam , Alex Schuman Upton Blanchett Family Silver ao & Harrison Young, Mr Andrew Stuart, Anne Templeman-Jones, Susan & Ian Thomas, Geoff & Henrietta Summerhayes, TAG Family Alison Watkins Life Patrons $25,000 – $49,999 Foundation, Vaux Family Education & Learning Anonymous, Mr Giorgio Armani, The Caledonia Anonymous, Michael Carapiet & Helen Carapiet, Foundation, Will & Jane Vicars, Kim Williams am & Legacy Gifts Foundation, Crown Resorts Foundation, Ian & Min Prudence MacLeod, Ruth Ritchie, Carla Zampatti ac Catherine Dovey, Peter Young am & Susan Young We gratefully acknowledge those individuals who Darling, Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation, Julie & have chosen to leave us a gift in their Will. Stephen Fitzgerald, David Gonski ac & $15,000 – $24,999 $10,000 – $14,999 Orli Wargon oam, John & Frances Ingham, W & A Mr Neil Balnaves ao, Catherine & Phillip Brenner, Wayne Adams in memory of Liz O'Neill oam, Robert Donations to the STC Foundation are recognised for Johnson Family Foundation, Mark & Anne Lazberger, Robert Cameron ao & Paula Cameron, Jane & Andrew Albert ao & Libby Albert, Ruth Armytage am, David 12 months from the date of donation. This listing is Danita Lowes & David Fite, Minderoo Foundation, Clifford, Judy Crawford & Robin Crawford am, Z. Burger Foundation, Nerida & Craig Caesar, Louise current as at 20.07.2017 Catriona & Simon Mordant am, Ilse & Cameron Ms Rowena Danziger am & Mr Ken Coles am, John Christie, Denton Family Foundation, John & Libby O’Reilly, Origin Foundation, Gretel Packer, Roslyn M Green & Jenny Green, Keith & Maureen Kerridge, Packer ac, Foundation, The Paradice Liz & Walter Lewin, Charlotte & Adrian MacKenzie, Family Foundation, The Pier Group (Chair Anne Peter Mason am & Kate Mason, Robert Purves am, Schofieldam ), Shi Family Foundation, Andrew Stuart, Paul Robertson am & Lenore Robertson, Mr Ian Where you see ‘Donor Power’ in this book, it means we can’t do it without you. Whilst the donor Upton Blanchett Family, Kim Williams am & Catherine Saines, Helen Silver ao & Harrison Young, Mr Andrew effect is seen throughout STC, these productions and community programs are only possible Dovey, Carla Zampatti ac Stuart, Geoff & Henrietta Summerhayes, TAG Family Foundation, Vaux Family Education & Learning because of gifts to the Company. Past productions like All My Sons, Black is the New White, Chimerica, Disgraced, The Secret River, Suddenly Last Summer, Talk and many more would never $100,000 & above Foundation, Kim Williams am & Catherine Dovey, have been possible without donors. Anonymous, Frances Allan & Ian Narev, Anita & Prof J.Yiannikas, Peter Young am & Susan Young Luca Belgiorno-Nettis Foundation, Crown Resorts Foundation, The Girgensohn Foundation, John & You also have the power to express your passion for STC by including the Company in your Will. For a confidential Frances Ingham, W & A Johnson Family Foundation, conversation about supporting us in this enduring way, please contact Rebecca Warren, Legacy Gifts Manager on Mark & Anne Lazberger, Danita Lowes & David Fite, (02) 9250 1946 or [email protected]. The Neilson Foundation, Packer Family Foundation, Gretel Packer, The Paradice Family Foundation, The You can add a gift to your Season Ticket on your booking form or online at sydneytheatre.com.au/donate. Petre Foundation, Will & Jane Vicars If you’d like more information please contact the Foundation on (02) 9250 1976 or [email protected].

64 65 OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS Sydney Theatre Company celebrates the support of our valued Partners

Major Partner STC Teaching Artist Felix Jozeps (right) leading a School Drama workshop at Redfern Jarjum College

Government Support

Patrick White Fellow Andrew Bovell (top left) and STC’s Emerging Writers’ Group Sydney Theatre Company is supported by the Sydney Theatre Company is assisted by the Australian NSW Government through Create NSW Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body

SUPPORTING ARTISTS AND Presenting Partners DEVELOPING NEW WORK STC has a proud heritage as a creative hub for theatre-making. We offer programs, awards, fellowships and residencies that foster artists’ a b professional development and the creation of new Australian plays. Associate Partners Our Resident Director, Resident Designer and Richard Wherrett Fellow work on productions in our season, as well as playing key roles in the day-to-day artistic life of the Company. We support and celebrate STC EDUCATION Season Partners playwrights and new writing with the Patrick Our Education programs provide enriching White Playwrights’ Award and Fellowship. and unique opportunities for students, teachers The STC Emerging Writers’ Group is a new and lifelong learners to engage with theatre. initiative aiming to support the professional development of emerging playwrights. We are proactive about improving access and Roslyn Packer Theatre Sponsor providing subsidies so more people can be Our Rough Drafts program gives writers enriched by creative learning, whether and theatre-makers the time, space and through experiencing high-quality theatre, people to explore the theatrical potential utilising extensive digital resources, or making of a new stage work, culminating in a free imaginative leaps in the classroom. Corporate Supporters

public showing (see pg 11). In 2018, Lethal Archie Rose City of Sydney COzero Flick Anticimex Pest Control & Hygiene Indifference, The Long Forgotten Dream and Find out more or request a SEE p65 Still Point Turning: The Catherine McGregor dedicated Education brochure at Hospitality Management Australia iKOU Tourism & Transport Forum Story were developed through Rough Drafts. sydneytheatre.com.au/education For further information please contact Rebecca Cuschieri, Director Partnerships on (02) 9250 1995.

66 67 CONTACT DETAILS A note about content and warnings Box Office Please note that our productions may include Sydney Theatre Company smoke effects, smoking on stage, strobe effects, The Wharf nudity, strong language, loud sound effects and Pier 4 Hickson Road music, adult themes and imagery or themes Walsh Bay NSW 2000 Australia that may be triggering for some people. Where Telephone (612) 9250 1777 we have information about the production now, Toll-Free 1800 467 993 (non-metro NSW) we have included warnings on each production [email protected] page. At the time of performance we will also sydneytheatre.com.au provide updated notice in the foyers of our theatres and on our website. Administration PO Box 777 To ensure you have the most up-to-date Millers Point NSW 2000 Australia information about our productions, ensure Telephone (612) 9250 1700 you are opted in to receive our enewsletter and preshow emails by including your email address on your booking form or when CREDITS booking online. Design concept and art direction Collider Competition (see pg 9) Get more out of the arts. For prize details, full terms and conditions Project management and NSW permit number, please visit Stephanie Zappala Bryant Get the most out of your sydneytheatre.com.au/competition. The Production photography competition is open until 5pm, 4 Dec 2017. Rene Vaile You must have booked and paid for a Sydney Sydney Theatre Company Theatre Company 2018 Season Ticket at 5pm, Graphic design 4 Dec 2017 and be at least 18 years of age to enter. experience. Hon Boey and Christine Messinesi

Photography styling Trip to London - All 2018 Season Ticket Holders Sophie Fletcher and Tyler Ray Hawkins at 5pm, 4 Dec 2017 will be entered into the Come with us into the workshop, behind-the- draw to win. LTPS/17/17097. Hair and makeup scenes and side stage of one of the world’s largest Weekend in Canberra - All 2018 Season Ticket Artists from Union Management Holders who purchased tickets to 14 plays in and busiest theatre companies. Other imagery the 2018 main season by 5pm, 4 Dec 2017 will Hon Boey pg 6, 50, 63, 66 be entered into the draw to win. LTPM/17/01906. Daniel Boud pg 61, 63 James Green pg 3, 44, 47 The prizes are not transferable or redeemable Emily Johnson pg 31 for cash or other goods or services. The prize Philip Moran pg 9 will be drawn at 10am, 6 Dec 2017 at Sydney Tag #sydneytheatreco Cynthia Sciberras pg 14 Theatre Company, Pier 4 Hickson Road, Walsh Follow @sydneytheatreco Prudence Upton pg 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 54 Bay NSW 2000, (02) 9250 1700. Winners will be Subscribe on iTunes Courtesy State Library of NSW pg 63 notified on 6 Dec 2017 by phone or email.

Print Details in this book are correct at time of Special T publication, Aug 2017. Sydney Theatre Company reserves the right to add, withdraw or substitute Sydney Theatre Company is a proud artists and to vary the program and prices. Full member of AMPAG terms and conditions available at our website.

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