2020 SEASON

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STC acknowledges the Gadigal and Bidjigal peoples of the Eora nation who are the traditional custodians of the land on which the company gathers. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and we extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with whom we work and with whom we share stories.

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A year of evenings with friends and close encounters with the country’s most exciting actors.

A year of revelations in the dark, and lingering conversations after the show. A year of enthralling stories; of dressing up (or dressing down) and going out; of feeling things, in real time, surrounded by people who are feeling them too. A year of seeing the world through new eyes and walking back into the night, feeling connected to the world outside. Here is your 2020 season. Here is your theatre company.

2 3 THEATRE COMPANY 2020 SEASON “A year delving into memory and reflecting our city as it is today.”

They say our personal memory of history only Jessica Arthur, has and Wayne Blair extends as far back as our grandparents. That playing two bushmen in the 1910s. The play looks this is why humanity repeats its mistakes. But unsparingly at the conjoined myths of Australian theatre holds its memory in text – reminding us masculinity and mateship. It’s poetic, riveting and of what we might otherwise forget. In 2020, we masterful language. For The 7 Stages of Grieving by put this to the test by reflecting on the past Wesley Enoch and Deborah Mailman, actor and through the lens of the present. What does the Richard Wherrett Fellow Shari Sebbens (Black is middle of the twentieth century tell us about the New White) steps up to direct. The play is an our world today? What did we know then that Australian classic, but it’s also one of the plays we have since forgotten? What hasn’t changed? from STC’s history that I vividly remember seeing How have we grown? as a teenager – it was inspiring, with a knock-out emotional punch, and it tells a story of our country We start in post-war London with Terence that remains desperately current. Rattigan’s The Deep Blue Sea, directed by Paige Rattray, our Associate Director. Marta Dusseldorp In Home, I’m Darling, we return to our mid-century joins us in the central role, a married woman theme, with a play that quite literally looks back whose longing for true passion has pushed her at the 1950s housewife through a contemporary beyond the bounds of polite society. It’s a story lens. In Fun Home, a woman looks back at her life of love, of longing, and of feeling like an outsider to unpick her relationship with her father and her even in your own home. And while polite society sexuality. And, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, I’ll be may have expanded its boundaries, the play is still directing Eryn Jean Norvill in a radical adaptation startlingly revelatory. of Oscar Wilde’s novel, laying bare our current obsessions with image, youth, and perception. We end the year in 1950s Brooklyn. Playwright Meanwhile, in The Writer and Triple X, we tackle Arthur Miller has given us some of the great tragic familiar mid-century themes around creative heroes of modern theatre, but none are quite as struggle and family secrets but with decidedly complex or poignant as Eddie Carbone in A View contemporary voices telling their stories. from the Bridge. It’s a herculean role and we will be blessed with one of the best stage actors on the All this and much more. It’s a year brimming planet, Bobby Cannavale, starring alongside his with fantastic writing, electric performances and real-life partner, Rose Byrne. I’m really looking beautiful designs – all we need now, is you. I hope forward to directing this one – fireworks feels like you’ll join us for this great year of theatre. an understatement for this tale of family, betrayal and misplaced desire.

Between those two mid-century bookends, we also Kip Williams delve into our own country’s memory with two Artistic Director plays in particular. Angus Cerini’s Wonnangatta, directed by our newly promoted Resident Director

4 5 2020 SEASON The Deep Blue Sea BY TERENCE RATTIGAN DIRECTED BY PAIGE RATTRAY

Designer A rarely seen masterpiece David Fleischer Lighting Designer It’s 1952 in post-Blitz London and Hester Collyer’s life is in turmoil. She has Nick Schlieper gambled everything – her home, her status, her marriage to a High Court judge – to pursue a life with the dashing RAF fighter pilot Freddie, and she With has lost. Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, the deep blue sea Fayssal Bazzi suddenly looks very inviting. But Hester is determined to forge her own Charmaine Bingwa path in a repressive age. Paul Capsis Marta Dusseldorp Terence Rattigan was one of the great stage and screen writers of the Brandon McClelland twentieth century and The Deep Blue Sea one of his master works. In Hester, he has created one of the most striking heroines of his era: strong-willed, INSIGHT EVENTS unconventional and complex. Pre-season Briefing Tue 28 Jan 6.45pm After an almost decade-long absence from the STC stage, Marta Dusseldorp Richard Wherrett Studio returns as Hester. She’s joined by Fayssal Bazzi (Mary Stuart) as the feckless Freddie, Brandon McClelland (Saint Joan), Charmaine Bingwa and iconic Night with the Artists performer Paul Capsis. Mon 17 Feb and Mon 24 Feb post-show Helmed by Associate Director Paige Rattray, The Deep Blue Sea is a beautiful, humanist drama about loss, longing, and having the courage to want more. Matinee Club Wed 26 Feb 12pm “To live without hope can mean to live without despair.” DR MILLER

4 FEB – 7 MAR |

PRODUCTION PATRON APPROX. DURATION CONTENT Rebel Penfold-Russell 2hrs 20mins Suicide and including interval adult themes Marta Dusseldorp

6 7 2020 SEASON No Pay? No Way! BY DARIO FO IN A NEW ADAPTATION BY MARIEKE HARDY DIRECTED BY SARAH GILES WORLD PREMIERE

Designer When the going gets tough, the tough get shoplifting Charles Davis Lighting Designer Prices are out of control – and so is Antonia. Riled by the rising cost Paul Jackson of living, she agitates a riot in the local supermarket with an army of unruly housewives, leaving the place gutted. What follows is a wild and With unpredictable caper, as Antonia and her friend Margherita attempt to Glenn Hazeldine outsmart the police, hoodwink their husbands, and ‘liberate’ more loot. Rahel Romahn This is high-wire farce. Helen Thomson Aaron Tsindos No Pay? No Way! (sometimes known as Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay!) was written Catherine Van-Davies by Italian father of farce and Nobel laureate Dario Fo in 1974 and its ever- resonant themes of rising corporate greed, wage stagnation and the thrills INSIGHT EVENTS of sticking it to the man have seen it staged around the world ever since. Pre-season Briefing Mon 3 Feb 6.45pm ’s whip-smart new adaptation comes from the Richard Wherrett Studio pen of Marieke Hardy, one of ABC TV’s great comic forces, and features the incomparable talents of Helen Thomson (Mary Stuart) as Antonia. Night with the Artists Brought to life by director Sarah Giles (Accidental Death of an Anarchist) Mon 2 Mar and with a cast of Catherine Van-Davies (Going Down), Glenn Hazeldine Mon 9 Mar post-show (Così), Rahel Romahn (Lord of the Flies) and Aaron Tsindos (Muriel’s Wedding the Musical), No Pay? No Way! is an irreverent and hilarious comedy with a glint in its eye.

“I didn’t nick it. I liberated it.” ANTONIA

ASSOCIATE PARTNER 10 FEB – 20 MAR | DRAMA THEATRE, n-Davies 1 APR – 4 APR | RIVERSIDE THEATRES, PARRAMATTA

PRODUCTION PATRON APPROX. DURATION CONTENT PARRAMATTA SEASON Anita & Luca 2hrs 20mins Sexual references and Co-presented with Belgiorno-Nettis Foundation including interval frequent strong language Riverside Theatres Helen Thomson and Catherine V ă Catherine and Thomson Helen Mia Wasikowska

8 9 2020 SEASON Home, I’m Darling BY LAURA WADE DIRECTED BY JESSICA ARTHUR

Lighting Designer Everything new is old again Verity Hampson Composer & Judy is a picture-perfect ‘50s housewife. She spends her days making Sound Designer the perfect devilled eggs, mixing the perfect Screwdrivers and being the James Brown perfect homemaker to her husband Johnny. They’re totally happy with their pastel-hued life. The only problem is, it’s not the 1950s, it’s now, and With their dream world is about to come crashing down in hilarious style. Andrea Demetriades Anthony Taufa Fresh from winning the 2019 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy, Home, I’m Darling is full of big laughs, big skirts and big questions. How can we INSIGHT EVENTS cope with the pressures of modern life? What do we lose in the present Pier Group Lunch with when we pine for the past? And can you get stains out of a shirt with just the Artists lemon juice and baking soda? Mon 2 Mar 12pm Helmed by Resident Director Jessica Arthur (Lethal Indifference) and Pre-season Briefing featuring Andrea Demetriades (Arms and the Man) and Anthony Taufa Mon 30 Mar 6.45pm (How to Rule the World), this witty, highly-original and thought-provoking Richard Wherrett Studio comedy takes a look at the complexity of women’s choices and the dangers of nostalgia through distinctly rose-coloured glasses. Night with the Artists Mon 20 Apr and Mon 4 May post-show “An amusing, affecting, inspiring evening of soft gingham and hard truths.” THE TIMES UK

6 APR – 16 MAY | DRAMA THEATRE, SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE

APPROX. DURATION CONTENT 2hrs 30mins Infrequent including interval strong language Andrea Demetriades Andrea Mia Wasikowska

10 11 2020 SEASON Triple X BY GLACE CHASE DIRECTED BY PAIGE RATTRAY WORLD PREMIERE

Designer Twenty-first century love Renée Mulder Lighting Designer Scotty is living the dream. A successful Wall Street banker, he has just Ben Hughes bought a Tribeca loft for a cool three million and is about to marry his Composer & beautiful and loaded girlfriend Kymberley. But Scotty has a secret that will Sound Designer outrage both his conservative mother Deb and progressive sister Claire: Kelly Ryall his ongoing affair with charismatic trans drag performer Dexie. This is an Intimacy Director hysterically funny love story, but not for the faint-hearted. Nigel Poulton NYC-based, two-time Griffin Award winner Glace Chase is both the With writer and star of Triple X, a deep dive into hypocrisy, self-deception, Glace Chase and the unknowable contours of attraction. Directed by Sydney Theatre Josh McConville Company’s Associate Director Paige Rattray (Black is the New White), it’s Christen O’Leary brilliantly comic, wildly provocative and ultimately moving. Contessa Treffone Also featuring Josh McConville (Cloud Nine), Contessa Treffone (The Harp INSIGHT EVENTS in the South) and Christen O’Leary, Triple X is a tender and wickedly funny Pre-season Briefing look at social taboos and love out of bounds. Mon 27 Apr 6.45pm Richard Wherrett Studio “You’ve not really done this before, have you Night with the Artists Mon 11 May and Scotty?” DEXIE Mon 18 May post-show

CO-PRODUCER 30 APR – 23 MAY | PLAYHOUSE, SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE

APPROX. DURATION CONTENT 2hrs 20mins Adult themes, frequent strong language, including interval sexual references and sex scenes Josh McConville and Glace Chase Glace and McConville Josh Mia Wasikowska

12 13 2020 SEASON The 7 Stages of Grieving BY WESLEY ENOCH AND DEBORAH MAILMAN DIRECTED BY SHARI SEBBENS

Designer A joyous song of love, strength and survival Elizabeth Gadsby Associate Designer The 7 Stages of Grieving is a vibrant, funny and insightful account of what Tyler Ray Hawkins it means to be an Aboriginal woman in contemporary . On its Lighting Designer premiere in 1995, it became an early triumph for Deborah Mailman and Mark Pennington Wesley Enoch, and a beloved classic of Australian theatre. Twenty-five Composer & years later, in an updated and vivid new production, it’s as urgent and vital Sound Designer as ever. Steve Francis A woman stands alone on stage. Over one gripping hour, she traces seven With phases of Aboriginal history – Dreaming, Invasion, Genocide, Protection, Elaine Crombie Assimilation, Self-Determination, and Reconciliation. Mailman and Enoch’s script is a potent expression of resilience and survival, as well as INSIGHT EVENTS humour, joy and strength. It’s an ode to the power of storytelling. Pre-season Briefing Mon 25 May 6.45pm Making her directorial debut is Shari Sebbens, Sydney Theatre Company’s Richard Wherrett Studio current Richard Wherrett fellow, with Helpmann Award-winner Elaine Crombie (Barbara and the Camp Dogs) tackling this performance tour de Night with the Artists force with customary vivacity. Mon 8 Jun post-show The 7 Stages of Grieving’s generosity of spirit is set to be embraced by a Matinee Club whole new generation. Wed 10 Jun 12pm “Oi! Yeh, you with the hat! You can’t park here, eh! You’re taking up the whole bloody harbour! Just get in your boat and go!”

30 MAY – 13 JUN | ROSLYN PACKER THEATRE

APPROX. DURATION 1hr no interval Elaine Crombie Elaine Mia Wasikowska

14 15 2020 SEASON The Writer BY ELLA HICKSON DIRECTED BY JESSICA ARTHUR AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

Designer Rebel with a cause Elizabeth Gadsby Lighting Designer A young writer confronts a director in an empty theatre. In a bristling Mark Pennington exchange about his work, the director attempts to disarm her. He flirts. Composer & He patronises. He even offers her a job. She stares him down. She wants Sound Designer to do things her way; she wants the world to change shape. And without Jessica Dunn warning it does, revealing stories nested within stories like Russian dolls, each more brilliant and daring than the last. A play that fractures form With and structure, The Writer takes aim at the business of making art – the Emily Barclay compromises it demands, the people it chews up, and the endless ways Charmaine Bingwa patriarchal power can infect. Toby Schmitz Ella Hickson is one of the UK’s most exciting young playwrights and The INSIGHT EVENTS Writer, which premiered at London’s Almeida Theatre in 2018, has been Pre-season Briefing hailed as “momentous” (Broadway World), “riveting” (The Guardian UK) Mon 15 Jun 6.45pm and “very punk rock” (Time Out London), exploding the very nature of Richard Wherrett Studio what theatre can be.

Night with the Artists Directed by Resident Director Jessica Arthur, the ensemble cast features Mon 29 Jun and Emily Barclay (Lethal Indifference), Heath Ledger Award-winner Mon 6 Jul post-show Charmaine Bingwa and Toby Schmitz (The Present). It’s furious, raw and edge-of-seat compelling.

“Electrifying... a thrillingly uninhibited rally against the establishment.” TIME OUT LONDON

CO-PRODUCER 20 JUN – 11 JUL | ROSLYN PACKER THEATRE

APPROX. DURATION CONTENT 2hrs Adult themes, frequent strong language, no interval sexual references and sex scenes Charmaine Bingwa and Emily and Barclay Bingwa Charmaine Mia Wasikowska

16 17 The Picture of Dorian Gray BY OSCAR WILDE ADAPTED AND DIRECTED BY KIP WILLIAMS WORLD PREMIERE

Designer A classic story gets a Wilde twist Marg Horwell Lighting Designer Oscar Wilde’s century-old moral fable, packed with witticisms, is as Nick Schlieper devilishly wicked today as on its debut. Composer & Sound Designer Seeing himself in a dazzling new portrait, an exquisite young man makes Stefan Gregory a Faustian wish for eternal youth. Dorian Gray throws himself into a life Dramaturg of wanton luxury drifting from the pampered salons of Victorian London Eryn Jean Norvill to the darkest recesses of the capital, and revelling in the splendour of his Production Dramaturg beauty which remains forever golden. Meanwhile, the portrait – banished Paige Rattray to an attic – becomes more and more grotesque.

With This new interpretation of Wilde’s only novel is adapted and directed by Eryn Jean Norvill Artistic Director Kip Williams. Collaborating once again with Eryn Jean Norvill (Suddenly Last Summer, Romeo and Juliet), Williams’ reimagining INSIGHT EVENTS will see Norvill performing every role in the story in an audacious cascade Pre-season Briefing of theatrical transformations. The inventive use of live video that made Mon 13 Jul 6.45pm Suddenly Last Summer and The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui so visually Richard Wherrett Studio compelling will capture and amplify every move.

Night with the Artists Mon 3 Aug post-show “The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.” LORD HENRY

21 JUL – 15 AUG | ROSLYN PACKER THEATRE

PRESENTING PARTNER PRODUCTION PATRON APPROX. DURATION CONTENT Frances Allan & Ian Narev 1hr 45mins Adult themes, no interval drug use Eryn Norvill Jean

18 19 2020 SEASON Fun Home MUSIC BY JEANINE TESORI; BOOK AND LYRICS BY LISA KRON BASED ON THE NOVEL BY ALISON BECHDEL DIRECTED BY DEAN BRYANT AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

Music Director A groundbreaking new musical Lucy Bermingham Designer After smash-hit seasons on Broadway and in London, Fun Home comes Alicia Clements to Sydney in a soaring brand-new production. Lighting Designer Matt Scott Winner of three Tony Awards including Best Musical and Best Original Associate Director Score, and a finalist for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Fun Home has Clemence Williams been hailed as a “beautiful, heartbreaker of a musical” (New York Times) and “one of the best new musicals of our era” (LA Times). Based on Alison With Bechdel’s graphic novel, it’s a heartfelt story about coming out and Ryan Gonzalez coming of age. Lucy Maunder Lisa McCune After the unexpected death of her father, Alison is forced to confront his Maggie McKenna secrets that come to light. Shifting between past and present, we meet Adam Murphy present-day Alison, a successful graphic novelist; college-age Alison on the Chloe Zuel cusp of self-discovery; and precocious-child Alison, who plays in coffins instead of sandboxes in the family’s Bechdel Funeral Home. INSIGHT EVENTS Pre-season Briefing Four-time Gold Logie Award winner Lisa McCune and Maggie McKenna Tue 25 Aug 6.45pm (Muriel’s Wedding the Musical) join an exceptional ensemble including Richard Wherrett Studio Ryan Gonzalez (Jersey Boys), Lucy Maunder (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical), Adam Murphy (Aladdin) and Chloe Zuel (West Side Story). Night with the Artists Directed by Theatre Company’s Associate Director, Dean Mon 7 Sep and Bryant, Fun Home has laughs, drama and great tunes in spades. Mon 14 Sep post-show Don’t miss this chance to see one of the hottest musicals to come out of the US in a decade.

“Fun Home is not your ordinary Broadway musical, because it is extraordinary.” TIME OUT NEW YORK

CO-PRODUCER 29 AUG – 2 OCT | ROSLYN PACKER THEATRE

APPROX. DURATION CONTENT 1hr 40mins Suicide, sexual references, no interval adult themes and strong language Mia Wasikowska

20 21 2020 SEASON Wonnangatta BY ANGUS CERINI DIRECTED BY JESSICA ARTHUR WORLD PREMIERE

Designer A haunting tale of mystery and revenge Jacob Nash Lighting Designer Wonnangatta Station, 1918. Two men arrive at a dark and empty Nick Schlieper farmhouse looking for the manager, their friend Jim Barclay. No one’s Composer & Sound heard from him for more than a month. Something’s amiss. Then a grim Designer discovery sets the men off on a journey across the harsh Australian terrain, Stefan Gregory looking for answers, maybe for revenge.

With Angus Cerini’s multi-award-winning The Bleeding Tree was a sensation on Wayne Blair its premiere at Griffin Theatre and again when remounted by STC at The Hugo Weaving Wharf. In Wonnangatta, Cerini’s dark lyricism explores the Australian landscape – geographic and psychological – in a hard-driving yet poetic INSIGHT EVENTS celebration of language and story. Pier Group Lunch with the Artists Who better than theatrical powerhouses Hugo Weaving and Wayne Blair Mon 17 Aug 12pm to bring these words to life in an exciting world premiere production directed by Resident Director Jessica Arthur? Pre-season Briefing Mon 31 Aug 6.45pm This Australian gothic fable will keep you on the edge of your seat. Richard Wherrett Studio

Night with the Artists Mon 21 Sep and “Something’s not right. Not right at all.” Mon 28 Sep post-show

Wonnangatta was developed with the assistance of the Australian Writers’ Guild David Williamson Prize Development Grant.

7 SEP – 17 OCT | DRAMA THEATRE, SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE

PRODUCTION PATRON APPROX. DURATION CONTENT Girgensohn Foundation 1hr 30mins Infrequent strong no interval language, violent imagery Wayne Blair and Hugo Weaving Hugo and Blair Wayne Mia Wasikowska

22 23 2020 SEASON Rules for Living BY SAM HOLCROFT DIRECTED BY SUSANNA DOWLING

Designer Let the games begin Charles Davis Lighting Designer Meet the family. Edith is a highly-strung matriarch who prepares for lunch Sian James-Holland like it’s a military offensive. Youngest son Matthew, a frustrated actor and reluctant lawyer, longs for a different career … and for his brother’s wife. With But Sheena, peeved and prickling for an argument, longs only for a drink. Michelle Lim Davidson It’s Christmas – what could possibly go wrong? Heather Mitchell Sam Holcroft’s audacious script cranks the familial tension up to 11 using INSIGHT EVENTS narrative tricks that clue the audience into a joke of which the hapless Pre-season Briefing characters are unaware. Frenetically funny, Rules for Living is about all Mon 19 Oct 6.45pm those expectations and roles that life sets upon us – and the tics and Richard Wherrett Studio twitches that betray us when we struggle to shake them off.

Night with the Artists Susanna Dowling makes her STC directorial debut with a brilliant Mon 16 Nov and ensemble cast including Heather Mitchell (The Harp in the South) and Mon 23 Nov post-show Michelle Lim Davidson (Banging Denmark).

Timed for the silly season, Rules For Living is the most deliciously dysfunctional Christmas lunch you’ll ever attend.

“An intelligent comedy that leaves us questioning at what point the rules for living we all adopt become a form of entrapment.” THE GUARDIAN UK

26 OCT – 12 DEC | DRAMA THEATRE, SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE

PRESENTING PARTNER PRODUCTION PATRON APPROX. DURATION CONTENT The Vine Foundation 2hrs 30mins Sexual references, including interval strong language

b Mitchell Heather and Lim Davidson Michelle a Mia Wasikowska

24 25 2020 SEASON A View from the Bridge BY ARTHUR MILLER DIRECTED BY KIP WILLIAMS

Set Designer Betrayal and desire on the waterfront David Fleischer Costume Designer Rose Byrne returns to STC in A View from the Bridge, a play that, by her Renée Mulder own account, is one that changed her life and sparked a lifelong love Lighting Designer affair with theatre. Appearing alongside her is Emmy Award-winner Nick Schlieper Bobby Cannavale, her real-life partner and one of the US’s most respected screen and stage actors. With Rose Byrne Rose plays Beatrice who, together with her husband Eddie, has forged Bobby Cannavale a family with her orphaned niece Catherine on the tough streets of the Brooklyn waterfront. When Beatrice’s cousins, Marco and Rodolpho, INSIGHT EVENTS arrive from Sicily, desperate for a better life, she takes them in without Pier Group Lunch with hesitation. But as Catherine falls for Rodolpho, jealousy and desire boil the Artists over in an uncontrollable and devastating sequence of events. Mon 9 Nov 12pm After 2016’s lauded production of All My Sons, Kip Williams returns to Pre-season Briefing Arthur Miller with an arresting new production. Mon 30 Nov 6.45pm Richard Wherrett Studio Exploding the tensions between honour, duty and desire, this enduring 1956 classic by one of the twentieth century’s great dramatists strikes at Matinee Club the heart of the American dream. Wed 16 Dec 12pm

Night with the Artists “You want somethin’ else, Eddie, and you can never Mon 4 Jan 2021 and Mon 11 Jan 2021 post-show have her!” BEATRICE

Presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International (Australasia).

8 DEC – 16 JAN | ROSLYN PACKER THEATRE

APPROX. DURATION CONTENT 1hr 55mins Violence, no interval sexual references Bobby Cannavale and Rose Byrne Rose and Cannavale Bobby Mia Wasikowska

26 27 2020 SEASON The Wharf Revue 2020: Good Night and Good Luck BY , DREW FORSYTHE AND CO-DIRECTED BY JONATHAN BIGGINS AND DREW FORSYTHE

Musical Director After 20 years the comedy institution bids farewell Phillip Scott Lighting Designer Don’t miss out on this one last hurrah as the indefatigable trio of Jonathan Matt Cox Biggins, Drew Forsythe and Phillip Scott reunite with dazzling accomplice Mandy Bishop for one final victory lap of The Wharf Revue. It’s good night With and good luck to the comedy juggernaut that’s been keeping the bastards Jonathan Biggins honest since 2000. Mandy Bishop Drew Forsythe The bad news is that the planet is on fire and our world leaders are barely Phillip Scott qualified to run a chook raffle. And the good? The Wharf Revue has fake news, fake hair and real laughs in abundance. No one is safe and no topic INSIGHT EVENTS too taboo in this night of sketches, songs and side-splitting satire. You’ll Night with the Artists laugh! You’ll cry! You’ll want to move to New Zealand! Mon 2 Nov and Mon 9 Nov post-show “Its best material is so hysterical that twice I was Pier Group Gala: brought to tears – an activity usually reserved The Wharf Revue Closing Night for funerals, Puccini and hitting my thumb with a Sat 28 Nov post-show hammer.” SYDNEY MORNING HERALD 7.30pm performance See page 51 for details

21 OCT – 21 NOV | ROSLYN PACKER THEATRE

ASSOCIATE PARTNER PRODUCTION PATRON APPROX. DURATION The Petre Foundation 1hr 30mins no interval Jonathan Biggins, Mandy Bishop, Bishop, Biggins, Mandy Jonathan Scott Phillip and Forsythe Drew Mia Wasikowska

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34 35 SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY 2020 SEASON How to book your season ticket Dates to note SEP OCT STEP 1 STEP 4 Choose your plays Add your programs Select 6 to 11 plays to create your Season Ticket Pre-purchase your programs for only $10 each. Thu 5 Sep 2019 Tue 1 Oct 2019 package, and select your Special Offer. We’ll include a voucher with your tickets to 2020 Season announced. Priority booking window ends redeem at the venue. Programs will be available for renewing Season Ticket STEP 2 for 10 of our plays in 2020. See page 35 for details. Tue 10 Sep 2019 Holders at midnight. Select your dates Priority booking window opens Choose your preferred performances. Dates, times for renewing Season Ticket Fri 4 Oct 2019 CHECK YOU HAVE: and special performances are listed in the calendar Holders. Season Tickets go on sale on pages 40-43 or on the website. Your Season Ticket play choices to everyone. Fri 20 Sep 2019 Your Special Offer We recommend mailing your STEP 3 form now so we’re sure to Book your Season Ticket Date and time preferences receive it before Tue 1 Oct. Online How many program vouchers you’d like The quickest and easiest way to book the best Contact information for you and your available seats is online. It’s easy to select plays and companions seats that are confirmed on the spot. NOV DEC FEB Payment details Go to sydneytheatre.com.au/2020 and login to Proof of concession if applicable Mon 18 Nov 2019 Wed 4 Dec 2019 Wed 5 Feb 2020 My STC to get started. Need to swap dates? Season Single tickets go on sale at 9am Single tickets go on sale at 9am Special access requirements if needed Ticket Holders can exchange for: The Deep Blue Sea; No Pay? for Wonnangatta; The Wharf If you’re an existing Season Ticket Holder who into another performance of the No Way!; Home, I’m Darling; Revue 2020; Rules for Living; doesn’t have a My STC log in, contact us and same play, fee free, from today. Triple X; The 7 Stages of Grieving; A View from the Bridge. we’ll set it up so it’s connected to your bookings, BOOKING A GROUP THEATRE OUTING? The Writer; The Picture of Dorian discount and benefits. You can book Season Tickets for large groups Gray; Fun Home. online, or you can download our groups booking By post form from the website and mail it to us. Tue 31 Dec 2019 Complete the booking form mailed in your pack Deadline for purchasing or download one at sydneytheatre.com.au/2020 ACCESS AND SPECIAL SEATING REQUIREMENTS a Season Ticket using the and mail to: If you have access or special seating requirements, instalment payment option. Sydney Theatre Company please post your booking form to us. We will 2020 Season Tickets specially select tickets to suit your needs, as these Book all 11 plays before Tue 31 Reply Paid 85302 seats are unable to be booked online. Dec and receive a free ticket to a Strawberry Hills NSW 2012 production of your choice. PROOF OF CONCESSION If you’re renewing by post, we encourage you You can purchase a concession if you are an to send your booking ASAP. Posted bookings Australian full-time student, an Australian Pensioner are processed in order of receipt. Renewals are or if you receive unemployment benefits. Proof of age processed first, and new Season Tickets are for Under 30s, Seniors cardholders and concessions processed from Fri 4 Oct. must be provided at the time of booking.

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$45 Tickets for Under 30s $45 Preview prices Season Enjoy a night at the theatre without breaking the Be rewarded for being part of one of the first bank. Our Under 30s Season Tickets are all priced audiences for a production. Preview performances at just $45, Monday – Friday, no matter what play are an important part of a production’s Ticket prices you’re seeing. development before the official opening night. All Season Ticket preview prices are $45.

Special offer Take advantage of this exclusive discount offer for Season Ticket Holders and get the best available seats Choose 6 to 11 plays to create your Season Ticket and save at least before tickets go on sale to the public. 20% on in-season full-price single tickets. SATURDAY SENIORS SPECIAL OFFER PLAY ADULT CONCESSION UNDER 30 PREVIEW Due to popular demand and limited capacity we charge a flat rate for Saturday evenings. EVENING CARD

The Wharf Revue 2020 $88 $82 $74 $65 $45 $45 PLUS: Book early and access the best seats before anyone else. Spread the cost of your Season Ticket across four payments. Extra single ticket prices Exchange for free. We know you enjoy sharing theatre as much as we do. Season Ticket Holders get a discount all year Pay no transaction fees on your Season Ticket booking. round so you can purchase extra single tickets for family and friends. Extra single ticket prices listed Plus lots more. See pages 32-33 for details. below are valid until Tue 31 Dec.

SATURDAY SENIORS SATURDAY SENIORS PLAY ADULT CONCESSION UNDER 30 PREVIEW PLAY ADULT CONCESSION UNDER 30 PREVIEW EVENING CARD EVENING CARD

The Deep Blue Sea $88 $82 $74 $65 $45 $45 The Deep Blue Sea $99 $93 $84 $74 $48 $48

No Pay? No Way! $88 $82 $74 $65 $45 $45 No Pay? No Way! $99 $93 $84 $74 $48 $48

Home, I’m Darling $88 $82 $74 $65 $45 $45 Home, I’m Darling $99 $93 $84 $74 $48 $48

Triple X $56 $56 $56 $56 $45 $45 Triple X $63 $63 $63 $63 $48 $48

The 7 Stages of Grieving $48 $48 $48 $48 $45 $45 The 7 Stages of Grieving $54 $54 $54 $54 $48 $48

The Writer $56 $56 $56 $56 $45 $45 The Writer $63 $63 $63 $63 $48 $48

The Picture of Dorian Gray $88 $82 $74 $65 $45 $45 The Picture of Dorian Gray $99 $93 $84 $74 $48 $48

Fun Home $108 $100 $86 $77 $45 $45 Fun Home $121 $113 $97 $87 $48 $48

Wonnangatta $88 $82 $74 $65 $45 $45 Wonnangatta $99 $93 $84 $74 $48 $48

Rules for Living $88 $82 $74 $65 $45 $45 Rules for Living $99 $93 $84 $74 $48 $48

A View from the Bridge $96 $87 $79 $71 $45 $45 A View from the Bridge $108 $98 $89 $80 $48 $48

38 39 Calendar 2020 SEASON TRIPLE X THE 7 STAGES OF GRIEVING THE WRITER THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 30 APR – 23 MAY | PLAYHOUSE, SOH 30 MAY – 13 JUN | ROSLYN PACKER THEATRE 20 JUN – 11 JUL | ROSLYN PACKER THEATRE 21 JUL – 15 AUG | ROSLYN PACKER THEATRE Key

CAPTIONED AUDIO DESCRIBED MATINEE SCHOOLS NIGHT WITH AUSLAN INTERPRETED PRE-SEASON May OC M Sch NWA P PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE CLUB PERFORMANCE THE ARTISTS PERFORMANCE BRIEFING SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 2 THE DEEP BLUE SEA NO PAY? NO WAY! HOME, I’M DARLING 7:30PM PREVIEW 4 FEB – 7 MAR | ROSLYN PACKER THEATRE 10 FEB – 20 MAR | DRAMA THEATRE 6 APR – 16 MAY | DRAMA THEATRE February 1 APR – 4 APR | RIVERSIDE PARRAMATTA 8PM 2PM, 8PM 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 7:30PM 7:30PM 1:30PM, 7:30PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 1:30PM, 7:30PM JAN 28 JAN 29 JAN 30 JAN 31 1 6:30PM 6:30PM 1PM, 8PM 8PM 8PM 2PM, 8PM NSW SCHOOL BEGINS 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 P 6:45PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 1:30PM, 7:30PM 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 6:30PM 6:30PM 8PM 8PM 8PM 2PM, 8PM 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

P 6:45PM 7:30PM PREVIEW 7:30PM PREVIEW 7:30PM PREVIEW 7:30PM PREVIEW 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 7:30PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 1:30PM, 7:30PM

6:30PM 6:30PM Sch 11:30AM, 7:30PM 7:30PM 1:30PM, 7:30PM 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 8PM PREVIEW 8PM PREVIEW 8PM PREVIEW 8PM PREVIEW 7:30PM 8PM 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 P 6:45PM 7:30PM PREVIEW 6:30PM 6:30PM 1PM, 7:30PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 1:30PM, 7:30PM 31 6:30PM 6:30PM 8PM 8PM 8PM 2PM, 8PM 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

6:30PM 6:30PM M 1PM, 7:30PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 1:30PM, 7:30PM 6:30PM 6:30PM 8PM 8PM 8PM 2PM, 8PM June March SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

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6:30PM Sch 11:30AM M 1PM, 7:30PM Sch 11:30AM 7:30PM 1:30PM, 7:30PM 6:30PM 6:30PM 1PM, 8PM 8PM 8PM 2PM, 8PM 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

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Sch 6:30PM 6:30PM Sch 1PM, 8PM 8PM 8PM 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 7:30PM PREVIEW 7:30PM PREVIEW 7:30PM 7:30PM 1:30PM, 7:30PM 28 29 30 29 30 31 6:30PM 6:30PM

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PARRAMATTA PARRAMATTA PARRAMATTA PARRAMATTA 7:30PM 7:30PM Sch 11:30AM, 7:30PM 2PM, 7:30PM 1PM, 7:30PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 1:30PM, 7:30PM 5 6 7 8 9 10 GOOD FRIDAY 11 EASTER SATURDAY 5 6 NSW SCHOOL HOLS 7 8 9 10 11

8PM PREVIEW 8PM PREVIEW 8PM PREVIEW 2PM, 8PM 6:30PM 6:30PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 1:30PM, 7:30PM 12 EASTER SUNDAY 13 EASTER MONDAY 14 NSW SCHOOL HOLS 15 16 17 18 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

6:30PM 6:30PM 1PM, 8PM 8PM 8PM 2PM, 8PM P 6:45PM 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ANZAC DAY 19 20 NSW SCHOOL BEGINS 21 22 23 24 25

6:30PM 6:30PM 8PM 8PM 8PM 2PM, 8PM 7:30PM PREVIEW 7:30PM PREVIEW 7:30PM PREVIEW 7:30PM PREVIEW 26 27 NSW SCHOOL BEGINS 28 29 30 26 27 28 29 30 31

P 6:45PM 7:30PM PREVIEW 6:30PM 6:30PM 8PM 8PM 6:30PM 6:30PM 1PM 7:30PM 7:30PM

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THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY FUN HOME WONNANGATTA THE WHARF REVUE 2020 THE WHARF REVUE 2020 RULES FOR LIVING A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE 21 JUL – 15 AUG | ROSLYN PACKER THEATRE 29 AUG – 2 OCT | ROSLYN PACKER THEATRE 7 SEP – 17 OCT | DRAMA THEATRE 21 OCT – 21 NOV | ROSLYN PACKER THEATRE 21 OCT – 21 NOV | ROSLYN PACKER THEATRE 26 OCT – 12 DEC | DRAMA THEATRE 8 DEC – 16 JAN | ROSLYN PACKER THEATRE August November

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

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SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY September 1 2 3 4 5

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 6:30PM 8PM 8PM 8PM 2PM, 8PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 6:30PM 8PM 8PM 8PM 7:30PM PREVIEW 7:30PM 1:30PM, 7:30PM 6:30PM 7:30PM PREVIEW 7:30PM PREVIEW 7:30PM PREVIEW 7:30PM PREVIEW 2PM, 8PM 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 6:30PM 6:30PM 1PM, 7:30PM 7:30PM 1:30PM, 7:30PM 8PM PREVIEW 8PM PREVIEW 8PM PREVIEW 8PM PREVIEW 7:30PM 8PM 6:30PM 6:30PM M 1PM, 7:30PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 1:30PM, 7:30PM 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 NSW SCHOOL HOLS 22 23 24 25 CHRISTMAS DAY 26 BOXING DAY

6:30PM 6:30PM Sch 11:30AM, 7:30PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 1:30PM, 7:30PM 6:30PM 6:30PM 1PM, 8PM 8PM 8PM 2PM, 8PM 6:30PM 6:30PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 BOXING DAY PUBLIC 29 30 31 NEW YEAR’S EVE HOLIDAY 6:30PM 6:30PM 1PM, 7:30PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 1:30PM, 7:30PM 6:30PM 6:30PM 8PM 8PM 8PM 2PM, 8PM 6:30PM 6:30PM 7:30PM 27 28 NSW SCHOOL HOLS 29 30 6:30PM 6:30PM 7:30PM 6:30PM 6:30PM 8PM January 2021

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY October 1 NEW YEAR’S DAY 2

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 7:30PM 1:30PM, 7:30PM 1 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7:30PM 7:30PM 8PM 8PM 2PM, 8PM 6:30PM 6:30PM 1PM, 7:30PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 1:30PM, 7:30PM 4 5 LABOUR DAY 6 7 8 9 10 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

6:30PM 6:30PM 8PM 8PM 8PM 2PM, 8PM 6:30PM 6:30PM 1PM, 7:30PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 1:30PM, 7:30PM 11 12 NSW SCHOOL BEGINS 13 14 15 16 17 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

6:30PM Sch 6:30PM 8PM 8PM 8PM 2PM, 8PM 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

P 6:45PM 7:30PM PREVIEW 7:30PM 7:30PM 1:30PM, 7:30PM 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 31 6:30PM 6:30PM 1PM, 7:30PM 7:30PM 1:30PM, 7:30PM 8PM PREVIEW 8PM PREVIEW 8PM PREVIEW 8PM PREVIEW 7:30PM 8PM

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“Theatre helps us laugh at ourselves. We’re all Beyond the ludicrous and life is stage ludicrous. Without a sense of humour, we’re totally stuffed. You can laugh at anything and you should laugh at anything. It’s a responsibility.”

Glace Chase will be appearing in Triple X

44 45 Our Resident Artists

Pictured from left to right: Resident Designer Elizabeth Gadsby, Richard Wherrett Fellow Shari Sebbens, CAAP Initiative Sydney Theatre Company has a proud heritage Director Kenneth Moraleda, Artistic Director Kip Williams, Associate Director Paige Rattray, STC Emerging Writer Jordyn Fulcher, STC Emerging Writer Wendy Mocke, Patrick White Playwrights Fellow Nakkiah Lui, CAAP Initiative Director Courtney Stewart, as a creative hub and incubator for Australian STC Emerging Writer Enoch Mailangi, Resident Director Jessica Arthur, CAAP Initiative Director Tasnim Hossain, STC Emerging Writer James Elazzi, CAAP Initiative Director Jennifer Rani. theatre and theatre-makers.

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“Our Resident Artists are an inspiring critical to exploring Australia’s cultural identity. STC’s partnership with Contemporary Asian and supremely talented group of Australian Performance (CAAP) began with a series individuals, some of whom have of masterclasses and workshops over a number of years, and has developed into a two-year tailored already been instrumental in directing training program for selected directors, which was the course of Australian theatre – and launched in 2019 with its first group of directors. others who will shape its future.” For Kenneth Moraleda, a participant in the initiative as well as a regular on the STC stage Kip Williams (Muriel’s Wedding the Musical, Talk), the program Artistic Director has been a motivating dialogue. “Having had access to the resources and people of STC has encouraged Supported through the generosity of our Resident Director Jessica Arthur (Mosquitoes, me to be more proactive. It doesn’t seem so donors, Sydney Theatre Company’s Resident Banging Denmark) found her way into the impossible to get a show up, or to plan for bigger Artist program emphasises new writing, diverse company through a string of Assistant Director and better things. The company shows us how the voices and a collaborative creative environment roles including Endgame in 2015 and Chimerica industry works on all levels, and gets input from that encourages artistic excellence. Having in 2017. Previously a Richard Wherrett us about the kind of theatre we want to make as forged his own career at STC as a Resident Fellow (a directorial position in memory of artistic practitioners and as people of our culture.” Artist, Artistic Director Kip Williams has our founding Artistic Director), she’ll go on Above: Associate Director Paige Rattray assembled an incredible group of directors, to direct three mainstage plays for STC in “...the programs are merely the playwrights and designers to play a central role 2020, including Angus Cerini’s Wonnangatta in the day-to-day artistic life of Sydney Theatre with Hugo Weaving and Wayne Blair. NSW Premier’s Literary Award - starting point of a lifetime of Company and shape the work on its stages. Prize) and 2019’s biting political satire, How to creative exchange.” “Being a Resident has had a huge influence on Rule the World. “I think so much of great theatre my artistic practice. While I’ve learnt really comes from good relationships,” Nakkiah says. practical things, the residency at STC has also STC also offers developing writers a friendly “I love working with Paige because she is able creative space and a raft of skill-building built my confidence. It was initially daunting to take my words and characters and create the being an emerging artist working with opportunities through the Emerging Writers world they exist in, which is a really special gift. Group. STC Literary Manager Polly Rowe explains: seasoned professionals, but in my few years It’s like we’re both parents of the production.” at the company I’ve been able to slowly work “There are some wonderful creative conversations that go on between our Fellows and the Emerging on bigger and bigger projects and meet – and A Gamillaroi/Torres Strait Islander woman, Writers. They talk about ideas, each other’s plays, pick the brains of – experienced artists.” Nakkiah is a young leader in the Australian theatre that they have seen or things they have read. community, whose plays deal with central It’s great for company culture to have playwrights questions about Aboriginal identity and working alongside us, forming part of the company “...so much of great theatre comes the politics of reconciliation and racism in ‘brains trust’.” from good relationships.” contemporary Australia. For our current Richard Wherrett Fellow, Shari Sebbens – STC’s Resident programs aim to give artists time, herself a proud Bardi, Jabirr-Jabirr woman – space and opportunity to create the best theatre Partnerships based on trust are key to the creation the Resident Artist program has a responsibility of new work. Paige Rattray, our Associate Director they can, but the programs are merely the starting to ensure Indigenous stories continue to be point of a lifetime of creative exchange. As CAAP and also a former Richard Wherrett Fellow, told: “STC’s investment in my development as plays an integral role in developing home-grown Director Jennifer Rani says, “With the support of a director is also an investment in the future of STC I have been able to invest in myself and learn plays for the STC stage. “Paige is a truly exciting Indigenous storytelling on our stages. It’s nice director and has an innate gift in the development to trust in my skills, so I can share them with others to be a part of a company that understands you and give back.” of new Australian work” says Kip. With close cannot talk about Australia’s cultural identity collaborator Nakkiah Lui, an award-winning without Indigenous people at the table.” writer and our current Patrick White Playwrights Fellow, Paige has created a number of exceptional The CAAP Directors Initiative works towards a Find out more at productions including 2017’s smash hit Black similar responsibility – discovering and nurturing sydneytheatre.com.au/residentartists Above: Richard Wherrett Fellow Shari Sebbens is the New White (for which Nakkiah won the Asian Australian directors for the stage is also

48 49 SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY 2020 SEASON Connect with the artists Insight Event Diary

PRE-SEASON BRIEFINGS Free to attend, but bookings are essential. All briefings start at 6.45pm at the Richard Wherrett Studio. Dates are listed on the calendar. Book at sydneytheatre.com.au/2020briefings

NIGHT WITH THE ARTISTS Free with your play ticket, just purchase tickets to a designated performance and stay in your seat after the show. Dates are listed on the calender and on the website.

MATINEE CLUB Purchase tickets to performances on Matinee Club dates, and an invitation will be emailed prior to each event. Free, but RSVP is essential. Pictured: Anthony Taufa, Michelle Lim Davidson and Nakkiah Lui The Deep Blue Sea Wed 26 Feb Above: Charles Wu The 7 Stages of Grieving Wed 10 June and Hugo Weaving A View from the Bridge Wed 16 Dec

Sydney Theatre Company engages some of the Enjoy a rare opportunity to hear directly from PIER GROUP LUNCH WITH THE ARTISTS PIER GROUP GALA: most exciting actors and creatives in Australia the cast and creatives over a two-course meal $85pp including lunch and a glass of wine. THE WHARF REVUE CLOSING NIGHT Transaction fees may apply. Call Box Office and beyond, telling stories in a way you won’t and a glass of wine at Pier Group Lunch with It’s good night and good luck from the Revue! see anywhere else. the Artists followed by a lively panel discussion (02) 9250 1777 or book online from Wed 4 Dec. and Q&A exploring the issues raised in the plays. New venue to be announced. Support us by attending STC’s final ever performance We invite you to go behind the curtain with our Hosted by Pier Group co-founder and patron of The Wharf Revue. An hysterical night of political Insight Events. Home, I’m Darling Mon 2 Mar Anne Schofield AM, funds raised support the sketches and musical mayhem awaits, followed by Wonnangatta Mon 17 Aug Join cast and creatives for a relaxed Q&A during immediate and evolving needs of STC. celebrations with the cast and a star-studded VIP A View from the Bridge Mon 9 Nov guest list at the closing night party. Hosted by the Pier our Pre-season Briefings, where you’ll get Or take a fascinating glimpse into the making Group, with funds raised helping to continue to make unparalleled insight into the process of making of new theatre at Rough Drafts, a chance to see ROUGH DRAFTS great theatre. Book on your paper form or call the Box an STC production. fragments of a work in progress after a week of Rough Drafts are announced during the year Office (02) 9250 1777. Transaction fees may apply. creative development. Get up close and personal at Night with the through our enewsletter and on our website. Artists, joining the cast for a post-show Q&A. Visit our website at sydneytheatre.com.au/ Free, but bookings are essential. DATE: S at 28 Nov, 6.30pm arrival for 7.30pm show. Chat with other theatre-goers and enjoy a talk insightevents or watch out for our enewsletters from a member of the creative team before for more details throughout the year. Everyone Find out more at COST: A Reserve $200 selected performances at Matinee Club. is welcome! sydneytheatre.com.au/insightevents B Reserve $180

50 51 SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY 2020 SEASON Improving literacy for over a decade

Waiting outside the classroom at Plunkett the books alive, not just read them,” Emma tells Street, a tiny public school nestled in the heart him. “How we can change our faces, our body of Woolloomooloo, Rowan Freeman is greeted positioning and our voices to tell a story.” enthusiastically by every student who spots him. He’s about to finish a seven-week School DramaTM “I’ve got kids here who are writing five pages course with Plunkett Street teacher Emma Gillogly and others who are struggling to pick up a pen, and her composite class of years 1, 2 and 3. so I needed to find a way to engage the whole class with the same activities. Drama does that, As an STC Teaching Artist, Rowan uses his because you can access it from every level.” performance background to inspire new ways of accessing a text. “You taught me how to bring Rowan and Emma work collaboratively to devise exercises built around the reading of one picture book – for this course it’s Drew Daywalt’s existential think piece, The Day the Crayons Quit. “The strategies we devise around Pictured: Rowan Freeman, the book keep the kids locked into its world,” Emma Gillogly and Rowan explains, “and that’s how you stretch students from Plunkett Street Public School a short picture book across seven weeks.”

“(Rowan) taught me how to bring the books alive, not just read them. Plunkett Street as far as Albury–Wodonga, it at first – Miss Gillogly as the penguin!” How we can change our faces, our , Melbourne, Brisbane, Darwin, Perth and Auckland thanks to donor support. Ten years since the Plunkett Street pilot, the body positioning and our voices to School Drama formula is so robust it also helps tell a story.” A sustainable impact is always the goal, therefore struggling high school students, young people School Drama prioritises educating and who are incarcerated and refugees learning “The kids are so engaged they are dying to empowering the teacher, providing “a suitcase English for the first time. The “suitcase of tools turn the page at the end of the lesson,” Emma of knowledge and skills they can use whenever, and knowledge” is now bursting at the seams, chuckles. “I had to hide the book! One week and share with other teachers,” explains Rowan. packed with ten years of resources and collective when Rowan was ill they were beside themselves experience, but it’s the confidence that comes as about the delay – absolutely ropeable!” “(School Drama provides) a a by-product that Rowan and Emma consider the most valuable. “I come in and offer something fun that they suitcase of knowledge and skills don’t realise is learning,” says Rowan. “It’s like they can use whenever, and “Confidence for the kids and confidence for covering a healthy carrot in peanut butter.” myself,” adds Emma. “It’s good to know that share with other teachers.” I can be the penguin too.” Implemented in 2009 by STC’s former Artistic Directors and “I loved working with Rowan because it was alongside The University of Sydney’s Professor team-teaching. The kids didn’t only see him as the Robyn Ewing AM, the School Drama program drama teacher, I would participate too; I would be Above: Emma Gillogly and students from Plunkett has been an unqualified success, expanding the elephant on the other side of the door, or the Find out more at Street Public School from its pilot year in the classrooms of penguin who got lost. The kids couldn’t believe sydneytheatre.com.au/education

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into a wall cavity of the STC administration area to die and live on for some time as a disturbing miasma. Occasionally STC would invade the rats’ territory, creating pop-up theatre spaces downstairs to house an experimental Shakespeare series, a promenade production of Away, the Starfish Club (where Stomp made its Australian debut, and Dein Perry’s Tap Dogs had their world premiere) – and anything else that occurred to Wayne Harrison, the Artistic Director of the Memories of time who was never short of an idea. During this period, The Wharf celebrated its tenth anniversary The Wharf as the home of STC and in my role I oversaw the production of Walking on Water, a commemorative BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR book of essays and reminiscences. PATRICK MCINTYRE “...The Wharf remains a vibrant and beloved theatre hub for the coming generation...”

I think the first time I came to The Wharf was Many years and a few different jobs later, I in 1991. My dad was in town and had tickets to returned to STC as Executive Director in time for see David Hare’s Racing Demon. I had moved to the thirtieth anniversary! For any public building, Sydney from a country town in the mid eighties a thirtieth birthday is a difficult milestone when after finishing high school. It seems incredible decades of wear and tear, changing community that it took me so many years to find my way expectations and evolving building codes all make down to Walsh Bay – especially seeing as only two themselves known. So we began the process of

years later, The Wharf became an almost constant working out how to best renew our facilities to Above: Richard Wherrett (STC Artistic Director), The Hon Above: The Wharf prior presence in my working life up to the present day. make sure that The Wharf remains a vibrant and Neville Wran (Premier of NSW), David Churches (Project to renovations 2017 Architect, Government Architects Branch) inspect The I remember the slightly forbidding atmosphere beloved theatre hub for the coming generation. Wharf during renovations, 1984. Photo: Hugh Hamilton of Hickson Road back then – somewhat dark and Plus safer, energy efficient and with more toilets. deserted – and then that miraculous journey down the long walkway to the bar and theatre jutting As we dreamed and planned the opportunities and the generosity of our capital donors and the out over the water. It definitely had the feeling that came with refurbishing The Wharf, a dog- NSW Government, this new range of options will of a “best kept secret” despite already being well eared old volume of Walking on Water became become available once the building re-opens. established in the hearts of theatre goers. my constant companion. It contains such useful gems as this, from founding Artistic Director An important guiding principle throughout was Richard Wherrett: “I had wanted what is now to maintain the building’s intrinsic ‘wharfiness’: “It definitely had the feeling of a called Wharf 1 to be a more flexible space in the textures of well-worn surfaces, scarred floor ‘best kept secret’...” which the seats could be removed and replaced boards, soaring roof trusses, low yellow western in any configuration the director wanted, but light, and the diamond sparkle of the water. the money wouldn’t stretch to that.” This struck But in a concession to the more sophisticated In 1993, I joined STC as Publications Manager – a chord with me and our Artistic Director at the expectations of visitors in the 21st century – no writing and editing the company’s publications time, Andrew Upton – what if we could re-fashion water rats. and program notes. The Wharf community the performance spaces to provide a whole new Top Right: The Wharf included STC, Sydney Dance Company and an range of experiences for artists and audiences, Photo: Hugh Hamilton army of water rats who enjoyed the run of what is including end-on, corner-on, in-the-round or no- Find out more at Above: Executive Director Patrick McIntyre now the Bangarra space, occasionally creeping up seats-at-all? Thanks to technological advancements sydneytheatre.com.au/wharfrenewal

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“It’s people’s Playing generosity and your part passion that keeps it going.”

Left: Glenn Hazeldine and Ursula Yovich in Love and Information (2015), co-produced by STC and Malthouse

the individual, it’s an appreciation of the whole community.” Glenn goes on to describe conversations with dedicated audience members who have been watching STC shows since the Pictured: Heather Mitchell company’s nascent years. “Speaking to long-time and Glenn Hazeldine subscribers and donors is the best gift because I get to hear about their experience of STC’s evolution, not just understand it through the prism of my own career.”

“The Drama Theatre looked like it was blending Glenn remembers. “It was a big, colourful Heather recalls speaking with a donor who brings into infinity. There was just blackness and stars celebratory romp with an amazing set by Brian her daughter and aspiring-actor granddaughter – truly magical. Sitting in the audience I had one Thomson, beautifully lit, a cast of fourteen – I was to every production, engendering theatre culture of those epiphany moments; it felt as if my whole in heaven, and I remember every inch of it.” within the family with each visit. “Like an chest was opening up and I think I actually leant inheritance,” explains Heather, “passing on the forward and, for a moment, was truly transported.” love of something to the next generation. Most “...I wanted to do every aspect of people who go to the theatre are not just going A familiar face to STC audiences since the eighties, it – or any aspect! As long as I was for themselves. They are coming to share the Heather Mitchell is describing one of her earliest part of it.” experience, share the dialogue afterwards, and memories of an STC production to fellow actor ensure the longevity of the form.” Glenn Hazeldine, an equally beloved fixture on STC stages, and both are appearing in our 2020 Heather and Glenn were both cast by Sydney “It comes back to knowing that you are a part of Season. The epiphany-inducing starry sky was Theatre Company soon after graduating drama it,” Heather concludes. “No matter what aspect designed by Shaun Gurton for the 1981 production school, and are eternally grateful for the early of the community you’ve aided, you can watch a of The Man from Muckinupin. opportunity which has shaped their lives. show and know that your contribution has been “Because it can stage big-cast shows, STC has essential for its success. It’s people’s generosity “I already knew I wanted to be an actor, but I came always had a practice of balancing well-known and passion that keeps it going. The kindness of away from that play feeling that I also wanted to faces with emerging actors, giving people crucial strangers, really, except they’re not strangers at all design, to do the costumes, the lights... I wanted to first opportunities,” says Glenn. “And more than – they’re family.” do every aspect of it – or any aspect! As long as I that: as Heather and I are both lucky enough to was part of it.” know, STC can foster careers.” Join the donor family today to create great theatre we can share together. Add a tax-deductible gift “The first STC production I saw was Richard “But we are just two collaborators in a bigger with your Season Ticket on your booking form or Above: Heather Mitchell and Bruce Spence in rehearsals for Wherrett’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 1989,” picture. Our gratitude isn’t just focused on online anytime at sydneytheatre.com.au/donate The Harp in the South (2018)

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Foundation, Mark & Louise Nelson, Packer Family Catriona Mordant AM & Simon Mordant AM, Gretel We applaud our Foundation, Gretel Packer, The Paradice Family Packer, The Paradice Family Foundation, The Petre Foundation, The Petre Foundation, Will & Jane Vicars, Foundation, Paul Robertson AO & Lenore Robertson, The Vine Foundation Saines Family, Tony Scotford, Vaux Family Education donors who make our & Learning Foundation, Will & Jane Vicars, Vittoria $50,000 – $99,999 Coffee, Peter & Susan Young Robert Cameron AO & Paula Cameron, Danita R. Lowes work possible. & David M. Fite, Ruth Ritchie, Paul Robertson AO & $10,000 – $14,999 Lenore Robertson, Elenora & Michael Triguboff, Vaux Anonymous, Ruth Armytage AM, Nerida & Craig Caesar, Family Education & Learning Foundation, Catherine Edward Federman, Ms Anne Galbraith, I Kallinikos, Dovey & Kim Williams AM The Alexandra & Lloyd Martin Family Foundation, Oranges & Sardines Foundation, Louise Taggart & Peter $25,000 – $49,999 Homel, Turnbull Foundation, Prof John Yiannikas WHARF RENEWAL PROGRAM Anonymous (4), Robert Albert AO & Libby Albert, We gratefully acknowledge the leadership gifts for STC’s Wharf Renewal Project. Michele Brooks & Andrew Michael, Copyright Agency $5,000 – $9,999 Cultural Fund, Ms Rowena Danziger AM & Mr Ken Anonymous (3), Wayne Adams in memory of Liz Coles AM, Denton Family Foundation, Megan Grace & O’Neill OAM, Michael Adena & Joanne Daly, Patty Brighton Grace, Maple-Brown Family Foundation Ltd, Akopiantz, Ellen Borda, David Z. Burger Foundation, The Paradice Sally & Geoffrey White, Rosie Williams & John Grill on Geoffrey Cousins AM & Darleen Bungey, John & Libby Family behalf of the Serpentine Foundation Fairfax, Y Faros & P McIntyre, Ross & Jinnie Gavin, Judi Foundation Hausmann, Bill & Alison Hayward, Sally Herman, The $15,000 – $24,999 Hilmer Family Endowment, Alexandra Joel, Maureen Frances Allan Ian Darling ao John & Frances Will & Jane Anonymous, Mr Neil Balnaves AO, Ms Jillian Lyons, Michael Markiewicz, Sam Meers, Karen Moses, & Ian Narev & Min Darling Vicars Ingham Broadbent AC, Mr Michael & Mrs Helen Carapiet, Natasha Nankivell, Mrs Roslyn Packer AC, Amy Payten, David Craig, Darin Cooper Foundation, John M Green Ms Christina Pender, Victoria Rati, Jan Swinhoe, Mark & Anne Mark & Louise W & A Johnson The Chairman’s The Petre & Jenny Green, Keith & Maureen Kerridge, Peter Victoria Taylor, Susan & Ian Thomas, Alison Watkins, Anonymous Louise Lazberger Nelson Family Foundation Council Foundation Christie Mason AM & Kate Mason, Mr Ian Saines, Vittoria Coffee, James & Clytie Williams, Yim Family Foundation Sarah Whyte, Peter & Susan Young, Carla Zampatti AC Legacy Gifts Chairman’s Council We gratefully acknowledge those who have pledged a Anonymous, Frances Allan & Ian Narev, Mr Neil gift to STC in their will. Balnaves AO, Anita & Luca Belgiorno-Nettis Foundation, Ilse & Cameron O’Reilly STC FOUNDATION Jillian Broadbent AC & Olev Rahn, Mark Burrows AO, Anonymous (10), Colin & Richard Adams, Rob Origin Foundation Chair Gretel Packer Robert Cameron AC & Paula Cameron, Mr Michael & Brookman AM, Sarah Cruickshank, Jayati Dutta, Terry Directors Anita Belgiorno-Nettis AM, Cate Blanchett, Gretel Packer Mrs Helen Carapiet, Jane & Andrew Clifford, Ken Coles M Fahy, Jennifer Fulton, Ros Gestier, Girgensohn Roslyn Packer AC John Connolly, Mandy Foley, Judi Hausmann, & Rowena Danziger, Ian Darling AO & Min Darling, Foundation, Dorothy Hoddinott AO, Stephan Holmes, Packer Family Foundation Frances Ingham, Justin Miller, Heather Mitchell, Catherine Dovey & Kim Williams AM, David Gonski AC Wolf Krueger, The McBriarty Family, Justin Miller, The Paradice Family Foundation Paul Robertson AO, Anne SchofieldAM , Alex Schuman & Orli Wargon OAM, John M Green & Jenny Green, Ann Trudie Rogers, Emine Sermet The Petre Foundation & Warwick Johnson, Keith & Maureen Kerridge, Mark & The Pier Group (Chair Anne SchofieldAM ) Life Patrons Anne Lazberger, Sandra Levy AO, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Shi Family Foundation Donations to the STC Foundation are recognised for 12 months from Anonymous Peter Mason AM & Kate Mason, Martin McCallum, the date of donation. This listing is current as at 18.07.2019 Mr Giorgio Armani Andrew Stuart Anita & Luca Belgiorno-Nettis Foundation Upton Blanchett Family The Caledonia Foundation Kim Williams AM & Catherine Dovey Crown Resorts Foundation Carla Zampatti AC Ian Darling AO & Min Darling Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation $100,000 & above Julie & Stephen Fitzgerald Frances Allan & Ian Narev, Anita & Luca Belgiorno- A special thank you to all of our donors for helping to ensure the future of Australian theatre. David Gonski AC & Orli Wargon OAM Nettis Foundation, Jane & Andrew Clifford, Crown Resorts Foundation, Ian Darling AO & Min Darling, John & Frances Ingham Join the donor family by adding a tax-deductable gift with your season Season Ticket on your Girgensohn Foundation, David Gonski AC & Orli W & A Johnson Family Foundation booking form on online at sydneytheatre.com.au/donate Mark & Anne Lazberger Wargon OAM, John & Frances Ingham, W & A Johnson Danita Lowes & David Fite Family Foundation, Alan Joyce & Shane Lloyd, Simona Minderoo Foundation & Leon Kamenev, Mark & Anne Lazberger, Catriona AM AM Catriona Mordant AM & Simon Mordant AM Mordant & Simon Mordant , The Neilson Sydney Theatre Company Foundation | 02 9250 1976 | [email protected]

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Thank you to our Partners.

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT In the neighbourhood

Sydney Theatre Company is assisted by the Australian Sydney Theatre Company is supported by the Government through the Australia Council, its arts NSW Government through Create NSW funding and advisory body When you’re seeing a show at Roslyn Packer Theatre, head down to the stylish neighbouring restaurant, Walsh Bay Kitchen, for a delicious PRESENTING PARTNERS meal in a lively setting. With a dedicated pre- theatre dining menu, special offers for Stars and Legends, and the ease of dining next door to the a b theatre, it’s a great addition to your night out. Head Chef Juo Chao’s menu emphasises seasonality, texture and finely balanced flavours. After cutting her teeth working in Sydney’s ASSOCIATE PARTNERS leading restaurants alongside top chefs including Kylie Kwong and Neil Perry, Juo Chao’s enticing fare combines ancient Chinese cooking techniques with innovative modern flavours.

For entrée, you might try the subtle flavours of the SEASON PARTNERS salmon tartare paired with edamame hummus and the sharp notes of Japanese-inspired miso and wasabi dressing. Or a plate of karaage chicken: a delight of satisfying crunch and tender meat.

For your main event, enjoy four-hour slow cooked sticky Chinese pork ribs served with steamed rice noodles and an aromatic Vietnamese-style slaw. Or a dish of lightly pan-fried Barramundi served with braised winter turnips, daikon radish, shiitake mushrooms and finished with crispy lotus root and tangy pickled enoki. CORPORATE SUPPORTERS With an enticing fusion menu, extensive wine list, knowledgeable staff and a fantastic location, City of Sydney Hospitality Management Australia iKOU Tourism & Transport Forum Walsh Bay Kitchen is the perfect pre- or post-show experience.

Above: Delicious dishes from For further information please contact Rebecca Cuschieri, Director Partnerships on the new seasonal menu at To book call 1300 368 801 or visit (02) 9250 1995, [email protected] Walsh Bay Kitchen www.sydneytheatre.com.au/walshbaykitchen

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ACCESSIBILITY AT STC CONTENT WARNINGS AND RUN TIMES BOX OFFICE CREDITS In 2020, we will offer Audio Described Please note that our productions may include Roslyn Packer Theatre Art direction Performances, Captioned Performances and smoke effects, smoking on stage, strobe effects, 22 Hickson Road, Walsh Bay NSW 2000 Nisha Agiasotis Auslan Interpreted Performances of the following nudity, strong language, loud sound effects and Telephone (02) 9250 1777 Project management Anika Chapman, Sophie Withers productions: music, adult themes and imagery or themes that Toll-Free 1800 467 993 (non-metro NSW) Photography may be triggering for some people. We have [email protected] Rene Vaile The Deep Blue Sea; Home, I’m Darling; Fun Home included anticipated warnings and approximate sydneytheatre.com.au Photography assistants (Auslan Interpreted only); Rules for Living; run times on each production page. At the time of Ben Butcher, Ryan Peter, Hugh Read, A View from the Bridge (Captioned and Audio performance we will also provide updated notice POST Tim Simon, Seok-Ho Yoon Described only). in the foyers of our theatres and on our website. Graphic design PO Box 777 Nisha Agiasotis, Hon Boey, Millers Point NSW 2000 Australia STC caters for a wide range of access and special To ensure you have the most up-to-date Nadia Dubrovic, Shara Parsons Telephone (02) 9250 1700 seating requirements including wheelchair access. information about our productions, opt in to Photography styling Guide dogs are welcome. Jeremy Allen, Charles Davis, receive our enewsletter and pre-show emails by Michael Hili, Hugh O’Connor including your email address on your booking VENUES If you have access or special seating requirements, Hair and makeup form or when booking online. In 2020, our plays are presented across four Oli Antunes, Cherry Cheung, Daniel Cini, please post your booking form to us. We will stunning theatres: specially select tickets to suit your needs, as these Chris Coonrod, Ivy Lam, Sonia Reshetnikova, PRE-SHOW REMINDER AND INFO Isabella Schimid, Kelly Tapp seats are unable to be booked online. Please Roslyn Packer Theatre Other imagery About three days before your play dates, we specify your requirements at the time of booking 22 Hickson Road Demas Rusli pg 2; Nic Walker pg 5, 46, 54; send a pre-show email including articles, casting to make use of our services. Walsh Bay Sherman Lee pg 17; Prudence Upton pg 32, 50, 51; updates, show length, content warnings and traffic Hon Boey pg 48; Grant Sparkes-Carroll pg 49; Please note, if you are attending all productions on information. To receive this, include your email Patrick Stevenson pg 52, 53, 56; Pia Johnson pg 57; Drama Theatre offer, you are entitled to Season Ticket discounts. address when booking. Lisa Tomasetti pg 57 Complete your booking form with the plays and Sydney Opera House Copywriting dates as marked on the calendar. Bennelong Point Carl Nilsson-Polias, Kate Scott, Jordan Smith, CAST AND CHANGES Sophie Withers Dates for all access shows are on the 2020 Calendar We’ve provided as much information as we have The Playhouse Print and sydneytheatre.com.au/access where you will available at the time that this brochure went Sydney Opera House Special T Special thanks to also find more information. If you have questions, to print in August 2019. Unfortunately, due to Bennelong Point unforeseen circumstances we sometimes have Kirrikin, Kate Mactiernan, Magpie Goose, please do not hesitate to contact us on (02) 9250 Moss & Spy, Emily Royal, Ivy Urquhart 1777 or [email protected] so we to change casting and other details about the Riverside can ensure your comfort and enjoyment. productions. We’ll get in touch about any big Riverside Theatres Details in this book are correct at time of publication, changes and keep our website updated with the Corner Church and Market Streets Aug 2019. Sydney Theatre Company reserves the right to add, most up-to-date details. Parramatta withdraw or substitute artists and to vary the program and prices. Full terms and conditions available at our website.

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“It’s cathartic when you’re in the middle of that stage, going for broke with nothing to lose. You’re just there and it’s happening live. And when you take the audience with you, it’s palpable. It’s hard to put into words, but there’s an indescribable energy that is present.”

Wayne Blair will be appearing in Wonnangatta

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