A heartwarming true story of friendship, 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD celebrates the enduring bonds forged through letters, books, and a shared love of words.
When a wise-cracking New York writer and a reserved London bookdealer strike up a correspondence over their shared love of dusty old books, neither expects to find a lifelong friend tucked between the pages.
Told through real-life letters, this heartwarming tale unfolds across two decades and an ocean. Amid post-war rationing, royal coronations, and the rise of Beatlemania, their bond only deepens, proving some of the most meaningful relationships are written into existence.
Directed by Mark Kilmurry and featuring double Gold Logie winner Georgie Parker, 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD is a celebration of connection, compassion, and the joy of finding kindred spirits in the most unlikely places.
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| 2026 SINGLE TICKET PRICING | PREVIEWS | IN SEASON |
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| FULL PRICE | $90 | $95 |
| SENIORS CARD | $87 | $92 |
| PENSIONER | $83 | $88 |
| GROUP 10 - 19 | $83 | $88 |
| GROUP 20+ | $78 | $83 |
| FULL-TIME STUDENT / UNDER 30s | $46 | $46 |
| INDUSTRY INSIDER / MEAA / AWG | $46 | $46 |
| SCHOOL GROUP | $25 | $25 |
★★★★ "A thoroughly sweet and charming piece... enjoyable and uplifting to watch" The Reviews Hub
★★★★ "It is funny... surprisingly poignant" Mail on Sunday

Mark Kilmurry
Ensemble Theatre: DIAL M FOR MURDER, EMERALD CITY, THE LOVER AND THE DUMB WATIER, MCGUFFIN PARK, UNCLE VANYA, THE GREAT DIVIDE, MIDNIGHT MURDER AT HAMLINGTON HALL, BENEFACTORS, RHINESTONE REX AND MISS MONICA, BOXING DAY BBQ, A DOLL’S HOUSE, THE WOMAN IN BLACK, OUTDATED, KENNY, CRUNCH TIME, THE ODD COUPLE, THE LAST WIFE, MURDER ON THE WIRELESS, THE BIG TIME, THE NORMAN CONQUESTS, SHIRLEY VALENTINE, TAKING STEPS, NEVILLE’S ISLAND, TWO, ODD MAN OUT, RELATIVELY SPEAKING, BAREFOOT IN THE PARK, BETRAYAL, GOOD PEOPLE, MY ZINC BED, EDUCATING RITA, ABSENT FRIENDS, OTHER DESERT CITIES, THE ANZAC PROJECT, RICHARD III, THE GLASS MENAGERIE, FRANKENSTEIN, MANAGING CARMEN, RED, THE SPEAR CARRIER and HAMLET. THE ODD COUPLE; The Comedy Theatre, Melbourne & Theatre Royal, Sydney for Crossroads Live Australia. Film: Co-writer and co-director of BEING GAVIN. Literature Illustration: CAPTAIN COURAGEOUS.

Julia Robertson
Director; Little Eggs Collective: PINOCCHIO, THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER, EXTENDED PLAY: OLIVER SHERMACHER (with City Recital Hall), METROPOLIS (with Hayes Theatre Co.) Joshua Robson Productions: THE PRODUCERS (with Hayes Theatre Co & Riverside Parramatta). RaCreate & Old Fitz Theatre: DO YOU MIND? Assistant Director; Ensemble Theatre: THE GREAT DIVIDE, THE HEARTBREAK CHOIR. Joshua Robson Productions & Hayes Theatre Co: BONNIE AND CLYDE, CITY OF ANGELS. Opera Australia: IL TRITTICO. Actor: Ensemble Theatre Debut, HOW TO PLOT A HIT IN TWO DAYS. Belvoir 25A: POV (with re:group), JESS AND JOE FOREVER (with Sugary Rum Productions), THE ASTRAL PLANE. Christine Dunstan Productions: TIM. Griffin Theatre Company: WHEREVER SHE WANDERS. Little Eggs Collective: THE LOST BOYS. Sydney Theatre Company: THE REAL THING. Film: HOT MESS. Training: Lee Strasberg Institute of Theatre and Film (New York) and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (London).

Katie Fitchett
Ensemble Theatre: THE ODD COUPLE, MURDER ON THE WIRELESS, FRANKENSTEIN, LITTLE NELL, A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, CASANOVA. Belvoir St Theatre: MISS JULIE, A VIEW OF CONCRETE, ANTIGONE. Catnip Productions: THE NETHER. Griffin Theatre: HOLDING THE MAN. Melbourne International Festival: WALKABOUT, REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST. Melbourne Theatre Company: ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER. Film: HATING ALISON ASHLEY, BURNING MAN. Television: TRICKY BUSINESS, CROWNIES, SPIRITED, LEGEND OF THE SEEKER, DARWIN’S BRAVE NEW WORLD, ROGUE NATION, ALL SAINTS. Training: Victorian College of the Arts.

Angela Mahlatjie
Ensemble Theatre: PRIMARY TRUST. Archipelago Productions: WOMEN OF TROY. Blue Room Theatre: LET ME FINISH, ONCE WE WERE KINGS. Red Ryder Productions: THE WOLVES. Sydney Theatre Company: THE DICTIONARY OF LOST WORDS, A RAISIN IN THE SUN. Old Fitz Theatre: HYPERDREAM. Film: I MET A GIRL, H IS FOR HAPPINESS. Television: HE HAD IT COMING, GOING HOME, C*A*U*G*H*T, PIECES OF HER, THE HEIGHTS series 1 & 2, ITCH.

Brian Meegan
Ensemble Theatre: THE ODD COUPLE, THE NORMAN CONQUESTS TRILOGY, TWO, A HISTORY OF FALLING THINGS, ABSENT FRIENDS, NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH, FRANKENSTEIN, THE ACT, MY WONDERFUL DAY, NINETY, ABIGAIL’S PARTY, CHAPTER TWO, ART, THE HEARTBREAK KID, MACBETH, WRONG FOR EACH OTHER, ALARMS AND EXCURSIONS and THE BOYS NEXT DOOR. Outhouse Theatre Company: ULSTER AMERICAN. Red Line Productions: COCK. Western Australian Theatre Company: GLEN GARRY GLEN ROSS, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM. The Hole in the Wall Theatre Company: THE GRASS WIDOW. The Sydney Theatre Company: THE DICTIONARY OF LOST WORDS, HAMLET, HENRY IV, OTHELLO and ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA. The Studio Company: KING LEAR. Co-writer: THE BOYS GOTTA BONK (Tour Syd, Melb & Perth). Television: HOME AND AWAY, RAKE, IN DEVILS DUST, UNDERBELLY “BADNESS”, A MODEL DAUGHTER – THE KILLING OF CAROLINE BYRNE, SEA PATROL, WATER RATS, ALL SAINTS, GRASS ROOTS, STINGERS, BLUE HEELERS, BLUE WATER HIGH and THROUGH MY EYES. SBS: GOING HOME. ABC: MARKING TIME and CURTIN. Voice over credits: ABC: PETALS, Yoram Gross: OZ THE MAGICAL ADVENTURE – Interactive DVD and DEADLY, Interactive game for 2K Australia P/L: BORDERLANDS. Film: CHILDREN OF THE CORN, THE INVISIBLE MAN, PRIME MOVER, $9.99, JOYRIDER, THREADED and RISK. Training: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.

Georgie Parker
Ensemble Theatre: HOW TO PLOT A HIT IN TWO DAYS, THE GREAT DIVIDE, RHINESTONE REX AND MISS MONICA (Revival), MURDER ON THE WIRELESS, LUNA GALE, BAREFOOT IN THE PARK, RAPTURE BLISTER BURN, LET THE SUNSHINE, RABBIT HOLE, THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG, CHAPTER TWO. Footbridge Theatre and National tour: HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING. NUNSENSE. Marion St Theatre: WAIT UNTIL DARK, HERE COMES SHOWTIME. Melbourne Theatre Company: HIGH SOCIETY. Queensland Theatre: RHINESTONE REX AND MISS MONICA, THREEPENNY OPERA. Sydney Theatre Company: SCENES FROM A SEPARATION, ALL IN THE TIMING. Theatre Royal: CRAZY FOR YOU. Tilbury Hotel: GRIN AND BERRET. Sydney Entertainment Centre and National tour: MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER. FILM: THE 13TH SUMMER, THE STRANGER (short film) SANTA’S APPRENTICE (animation), IRRESISTIBLE, DANGER DOWN UNDER, YOUNG EINSTEIN, THE REPRISAL, THE BOY WHO HAD EVERYTHING, THE 13TH FLOOR. Television: HOME AND AWAY, PLAY SCHOOL, CITY HOMICIDE, SCORCHED, EMERALD FALLS, STUPID STUPID MAN, STEPFATHER OF THE BRIDE, THE SOCIETY MURDERS, ALL SAINTS, FIRE, OVER THE HILL, ACROPOLIS NOW, GP, ALL TOGETHER NOW, A COUNTRY PRACTICE, RAFFERTY’S RULES, BARLOW AND CHAMBERS, WILLING and ABEL. Georgie has been nominated for a Logie Award 11 times and won 7, two of them Gold for her television work.

Erik Thomson
Auckland Theatre Company: JULIUS CAESAR, TWELVE ANGRY MEN, ALL MY SONS, ANGELS IN AMERICA. Court Theatre: SCHOOL FOR A SCANDAL, HAMLET, GYPSY. GWB Entertainment: A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Melbourne Theatre Company: THE SPEECHMAKER. Noosa Alive!: SLEEPING DOGS. State Theatre Company of South Australia: THE PUZZLE. Sydney Theatre Company: THE SPLINTER. Film: KANGAROO ISLAND, MONOLITH, HOW TO PLEASE A WOMAN, BLUEBACK, COMING HOME IN THE DARK, AWOKEN, STORM BOY, ACCIDENTS HAPPEN, SOMERSAULT, THE BLACK BALLOON. Television: 800 WORDS, ALL SAINTS, PACKED TO THE RAFTERS, AFTERTASTE, MY BRILLIANT CAREER, CRITICAL INCIDENT, C*A*U*G*H*T, BLACK SNOW, THE CLAREMONT MURDERS, BACK TO THE RAFTERS, THE LUMINARIES, ALL SAINTS.

Nick Fry
Ensemble Theatre: DIAL M FOR MURDER, THE HEARTBREAK CHOIR, UNCLE VANYA, THE ONE, BENEFACTORS. Michael Cassel: A VERY MUSICAL CHRISTMAS. Michael Cassel/Eva Price: TITANIQUE. Opera Australia/Cameron Mackintosh: MISS SAIGON. GWB/Cameron Mackintosh: MISS SAIGON ASIA TOUR. Hayes Theatre Co: ZOMBIE: THE MUSICAL, PIRATES OF PENZANCE. JRP: THE PRODUCERS. Curveball Creative: ONCE ON THIS ISLAND. Little Eggs Collective/Hayes Theatre Co: METROPOLIS, THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER. Artists in Motion/Dubai Expo: DIWALI, NYE, WHY? THE MUSICAL, DAILY PRODUCTIONS. Artists in Motion: RED SEA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, THE QUEST FOR THE MOON, HSING YUN. Betty Productions: 48TH UAE NATIONAL DAY. Training: BFA, MFA: National Institute of Dramatic Art.

Matt Cox
Ensemble Theatre: DIAL M FOR MURDER, THE LOVER AND THE DUMB WAITER, ARIA, UNCLE VANYA, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, BOXING DAY BBQ, A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, A BROADCAST COUP, THE CARETAKER, NEARER THE GODS, DIPLOMACY, MURDER ON THE WIRELESS, ALONE IT STANDS, BENEFACTORS, SUMMER OF HAROLD. Bangarra Dance Theatre: WARU JOURNEY OF THE SMALL TURTLE, DUBBOO, ONE’S COUNTRY, OUR LAND PEOPLE STORIES, BLAK, BELONG. Duet Group: DIVAS. Hayes Theatre Company: SHE LOVES ME. Louise Withers and Associates: THE MOUSETRAP, A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED. Soft Tread: WHARF REVUE 2023: PRIDE IN PREJUDICE, WHARF REVUE 2022: LOOKING FOR ALBANESE, WHARF REVUE 2021: CAN OF WORMS. Sydney Chamber Opera: HIS MUSIC BURNS. Sydney Theatre Company: WHARF REVUE 2020; WHARF REVUE 2019; WHARF REVUE 2018; RUBY MOON. Tinderbox Productions: DAVID SUCHET, POIROT and more.

Madeleine Picard
Madeleine is a sound designer & composer working on Gadigal land. Select credits include; Ensemble Theatre; Composer and Sound Designer: DIAL M FOR MURDER, EMERALD CITY. Sound designer & composer: Belvoir 25A: SHITTY, HOT TUB, LIFE IS A DREAM. Virginia Plain & KXT: GRAIN IN THE BLOOD. Old Fitz: AMBER, ALL THE FRAUDULENT HORSE GIRLS. Sydney Fringe Festival: VENUS IN FUR. Sound designer; Belvoir St Theatre: THE WEEKEND. ATYP: SCAB. Associate sound designer; Belvoir St Theatre: SONG OF FIRST DESIRE, THE WRONG GODS. Hayes Theatre: RIDE THE CYCLONE. Sydney Theatre Company: THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY. Training: Bachelor of Fine Arts (Technical Theatre and Stage Management), National Institute of Dramatic Art.

Lauren Tulloh
Lauren is Ensemble Theatre’s Resident Stage Manager. Ensemble Theatre: THE SOCIAL LADDER, EMERALD CITY, THE LOVER and THE DUMB WAITER, ARIA, MCGUFFIN PARK, UNCLE VANYA, SWITZERLAND, ALONE IT STANDS, THE MEMORY OF WATER, MR BAILEY’S MINDER, CLYDE’S, A BROADCAST COUP, THE CARETAKER, THE ONE, A LETTER FOR MOLLY, KILLING KATIE: CONFESSIONS OF A BOOKCLUB, THE WOMAN IN BLACK, THE APPLETON LADIES’ POTATO RACE (2021 regional tour), OUTDATED, THE LAST WIFE, THE LAST FIVE YEARS, MARJORIE PRIME, THE PLANT, BETRAYAL. Hayes Theatre Company: REWIRED: MUSICALS REIMAGINED, AMERICAN PSYCHO, HIGH FIDELITY, ASSASSINS, CALAMITY JANE (2025 Sydney Opera House, 2018 Belvoir & Comedy Theatre, 2017 Hayes Theatre), THE FANTASTICKS, VIOLET. National Theatre of Parramatta: QUEEN FATIMA, THE THINGS I COULD NEVER TELL STEVEN, JESUS WANTS ME FOR A SUNBEAM (Belvoir season). Training: National Institute of Dramatic Art: Production.

Bella Wellstead
As Assistant Stage Manager: Ensemble Theatre: THE SOCIAL LADDER, TRUE WEST, EMERALD CITY, ARIA. As Production Assistant: Ensemble Theatre: HEARTBREAK CHOIR, MCGUFFIN PARK, COLDER THAN HERE, THE QUEEN’S NANNY, UNCLE VANYA, MASTER CLASS, MR BAILEY’S MINDER. New Ghosts Theatre Company: FRAME NARRATIVE. As Designer: Flight Path Theatre: VARIOUS CHARACTERS, THE ESCAPE ROOM. As Assistant Director: New Theatre: ATLANTIS.
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