2023 Season
A packed season that will take you on a journey through the full range of the human experience, from the deeply personal to outbursts of joy and laughter and great comedies along the way.
A BROADCAST COUPby Melanie Tait
Cut-throat journalist Jez Connell is out for her next sting. It’s been a year since she brought down one of TV’s most lauded stars for behaving badly and now...
- 04 Mar 2023
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David Williamson'sRHINESTONE REX AND MISS MONICA
Glenn Hazeldine and Georgie Parker reprise their 2010 performances in this updated David Williamson social comedy, complete with a musical trip down memory lane.
- 29 Apr 2023
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CLYDE’Sby Lynn Nottage
On a long stretch of highway, in the middle of here and there, Clyde’s truck stop diner sizzles with the aroma of possibility and redemption. Ensemble presents the Australian...
- 10 Jun 2023
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SUDDENLY LAST SUMMERby Tennessee Williams
Deep amongst the monstrous flytraps and ferns in Sebastian’s garden, tendrils of a sordid family secret are beginning to unfurl. Vibrant, funny, beautiful, Tennessee Williams takes us into the...
- 18 May 2023 - 10 Jun 2023
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BENEFACTORSby Michael Frayn
Writer Michael Frayn, creator of international hits COPENHAGEN and NOISES OFF, explores what it is to be human in a statistically driven world, in this Olivier Award-winning comedy set...
- 22 Jul 2023
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MR BAILEY’S MINDERby Debra Oswald
Leo has been ravaged by years of alcohol abuse, self-loathing and indulgent misbehaviour, and now needs round-the-clock care. Enter Therese, fresh out of prison and down to her last...
- 02 Sep 2023
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IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT LADY?by Debra Oswald
Debra needs to move on… can the audience help her to decide what to do next? Debra Oswald and director Lee Lewis reunite for this infectiously funny, deeply personal...
- 18 Sep 2023 - 14 Oct 2023
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SUMMER OF HAROLDby Hilary Bell
In award-winning playwright Hilary Bell’s SUMMER OF HAROLD, the transformative power of everyday objects threads through three cracking comedic plays about adventure, obsession and hope.
- 08 Sep 2023 - 14 Oct 2023
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THE MEMORY OF WATERby Shelagh Stephenson
Winner of the Olivier Award for Best Comedy, Shelagh Stephenson’s poignant and painfully funny comedy is about conflicting memories, life and loss. A beautiful bittersweet comedy, bound by sisterly...
- 20 Oct 2023 - 25 Nov 2023
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MIDNIGHT MURDER AT HAMLINGTON HALLby Mark Kilmurry & Jamie Oxenbould
It is the opening night of director-writer Shane Tweed’s new murder mystery. Jamie Oxenbould and Mark Kilmurry’s new comedy looks behind the scenes at the world of amateur theatre,...
- 01 Dec 2023 - 14 Jan 2024
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Special Event
PHILIP QUAST: THE ROAD I TOOKWith Philip Quast and Anne-Maree McDonald
What a chance to see musical theatre royalty Philip Quast, three-time winner of the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical, in the intimacy of the Ensemble...
- 29 Mar 2023
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