Mike Bartlett’s SNOWFLAKE is a laugh-out-loud, lump-in-your-throat festive showdown about generational differences and why it’s never just “pass the gravy.”
All Andy wants for Christmas is an X-Files box set, some bloody common sense in politics, and maybe — just maybe — a second chance with his daughter, Maya. The holidays are the perfect time for a family reunion… right? Or will she be too busy planning to dismantle the patriarchy before pudding?
Expect awkward silences, uncomfortable truths, and more tension than a family game of Monopoly. Mike Bartlett’s SNOWFLAKE is a laugh-out-loud, lump-in-your-throat festive showdown about generational differences and why it’s never just “pass the gravy.”
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★★★★ "A masterfully written generational clash lies at the heart of this timely story rich in insight, poignancy and optimism" The Guardian
★★★★ "A tender portrait of family conflict... perfect for your Christmas dinner prep" Time Out
Mike Bartlett
Mike is a multi-award-winning writer for both stage and screen. His first foray into television, THE TOWN, earned him a BAFTA Breakthrough Talent nomination. Then in 2015 he caused a sensation with his smash hit mini-series DOCTOR FOSTER. The first series was BAFTA nominated for Best Mini-Series and Best Writer in 2015, and won Best New Drama at the 2016 National Television Awards, Best Drama Series at the 2016 Broadcast Awards, and Outstanding Newcomer for British Television Writing at the British Screenwriting Awards. The second series went on to win Best Drama at the National Television Awards in 2018. Mike’s TV adaptation of his play KING CHARLES III was released in 2017, and was BAFTA nominated for Best Single Drama. Mike is currently developing a number of original projects for TV. Having begun his career in theatre, Mike has picked up numerous awards for his plays, including Olivier Awards for KING CHARLES III (best new play, 2015), BULL (Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre, 2015) and COCK (Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre, 2010). In 2022, he joined the pantheon of writers to have had three plays running simultaneously in London, with a West End revival of COCK starring Taron Egerton and Jonathon Bailey at the Ambassadors Theatre, his Shakespearian take on the 2024 US presidential election, THE 47TH premiering at The Old Vic, and restoration comedy SCANDALTOWN, which premiered at the Lyric Hammersmith. Mike’s most recent play, UNICORN, premiered at the Garrick Theatre last year, starring Erin Doherty, Nicola Walker and Stephen Mangan.
Jo Bradley
Director; Ensemble Theatre: SNOWFLAKE. Director, Producer and Original Production Dramaturg; JB Theatre Co: GIA OPHELIA (Sydney Fringe Festival, KXT on Broadway, Canberra Theatre Centre in association with Canberra Youth Theatre). Artistic Director and Producer: MARTIN-LYSICRATES PRIZE 2026. Director and Producer; JB Theatre Co/Good Time Theatrics at the Old Fitz: SNOWFLAKE. Director; Flight Path Theatre: YOUNG BODIES/SOMEBODY’S. Assistant Director; SCENES WITH GIRLS (National Institute of Dramatic Art), BANGING DENMARK (Finborough Theatre). Awards; Sydney Fringe Festival 2025: Best Emerging Artist (Winner), Best in Theatre, for GIA OPHELIA (Finalist). Training: University of New South Wales (including Exchange: Trinity College Dublin), National Institute of Dramatic Art.
Claudia Elbourne
Ensemble Theatre debut: SNOWLFLAKE. ACA Company: THE LARAMIE PROJECT. New Theatre: THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS. Old Fitz Theatre: SHE THREADED DANGEROUSLY, SNOWFLAKE. Sport for Jove Theatre Company: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, ROMEO & JULIET, THE CRUCIBLE. Sydney Fringe Festival: VICKIE & VINNIE. Film: VENUS & ADONIS. Training: Actors Centre Australia.
James Lugton
Theatre: Ensemble Theatre: TRUE WEST, THE GREAT DIVIDE, A DOLL’S HOUSE, DIPLOMACY, THE ODD COUPLE; Bell Shakespeare: JULIUS CAESAR, KING LEAR, MACBETH, HAMLET, JULIUS CAESAR, OTHELLO, RICHARD III; Good Time Theatrics: SNOWFLAKE; Monkey Baa Theatre: THURSDAY’S CHILD; Sport for Jove: THE HOLLOW CROWN, WAR OF THE ROSES, LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, THE CRUCIBLE, ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, CYRANO DE BERGERAC, HAMLET, THE TEMPEST, TWELFTH NIGHT, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, MACBETH, THE LIBERTINE, AS YOU LIKE IT, ROMEO & JULIET, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM; Whitebox/Griffin Independent: UNHOLY GHOSTS. Television: COLIN FROM ACCOUNTS, PLAYING GRACIE DARLING, APPLE CIDER VINEGAR, HOME AND AWAY, THE TWELVE, THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS, DIARY OF AN UBER DRIVER, HARROW, DOCTOR DOCTOR, FIGHTING SEASON, MARY: THE MAKING OF A PRINCESS. Film: JOE CINQUE’S CONSOLATION, BMX BANDITS.
Lilian Alejandra Valverde
Ensemble Theatre debut. The Old Fitz: SNOWFLAKE. Television: Stan Original: THE F WARD, BUMP: A CHRISTMAS FILM. Easy Tiger Productions; Binge, BBC, Paramount +: COLIN FROM ACCOUNTS Series 3. Training: National Institute of Dramatic Art, 2024.
Soham Apte
Ensemble Theatre: MR. BAILEY’S MINDER. Australian Theatre for Young People: STRAIGHT PANIC. Hayes Theatre Company & Redfern Lane: DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS. New Ghost Theatre Company: FRAME NARRATIVE, CUT CHILLI, BORN ON A THURSDAY. Outhouse Theatre Company: HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING, HOW TO DEFEND YOURSELF, CONSENT, ENGLISH. Training: National Institute of Dramatic Art.
Luna Yuet Yee Ng
Blush Opera: THE PARTS WE GIVE. Bring The Dog Productions: WHAT OF IT. Dollhouse Collective: MILKED. Griffin Theatre Company: LACUNA (Lookout Program, Assistant Lighting Designer). JB Theatre Co & Good Times Theatrics: SNOWFLAKE. Good Times Theatrics: SELKIE. New Ghosts Theatre Company: HARLOTS, IPHIGENIA IN SPLOTT, SITTING SCREAMING, W. Mitodo Productions: ES & FLO, MARY JANE (Co-Lighting Designer). Old Fitz Theatre: ANOMALIES. Peg on a Line Productions: THE 13TH MONTH. Senseless Production: SHE THREADED DANGEROUSLY. Sour Cherry Productions: FEKEI. Slanted Theatre: BOOM. Sport for Jove: BETRAYAL (Co-Lighting Designer).
Matt Cox
Ensemble Theatre: THE YEAR IN TATTERS A REVUE, THE ROOMMATE, THE DAPTO CHASER, 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD, 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.
Daniel Herten
Ensemble Theatre: FLY GIRL, THE HALF-LIFE OF MARIE CURIE. Belvoir Theatre: A MIRROR, GRIEF IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS. Griffin Theatre: SISTREN, FLAT EARTHERS: THE MUSICAL,THE LEWIS TRILOGY, WHITEFELLA YELLA TREE. Hayes Theatre: MURDER FOR TWO, RIDE THE CYCLONE, FLAT EARTHERS THE MUSICAL, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE. Sydney Festival: WILLIAM YANG: MILESTONE, SET PIECE. Sydney Theatre Company: CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION, RULES FOR LIVING. Michael Cassel Group: THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (BROADWAY TOUR). Sydney Opera House: CALAMITY JANE. Sport For Jove: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM. Darlinghurst Theatre: LET THE RIGHT ONE IN. Redline Productions: THE CHAIRS, HAND TO GOD. Erth Visual & Physical Inc: ARC. Essential Workers: COLLAPSIBLE. National Theatre Of Parramatta: FADE. Awards: GRIEF IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS (BEST SOUND DESIGN AND COMPOSITION OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION), THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY NOMINATION, TONY AWARDS), THE LEWIS TRILOGY (BEST SOUND DESIGN AND COMPOSITION OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION NOMINATION, SYDNEY THEATRE AWARDS).
Linda Nicholls-Gidley
Theatre: Ensemble Theatre: THE ROOMMATE, 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD, DIAL M FOR MURDER, TRUE WEST, THE HALF-LIFE OF MARIE CURIE, PRIMARY TRUST, THE GLASS MENAGERIE, THE HEARTBREAK CHOIR, COLDER THAN HERE, MASTERCLASS, ULSTER AMERICAN, SWITZERLAND, ALONE IT STANDS, THE MEMORY OF WATER, SUMMER OF HAROLD, BENEFACTORS, CLYDE’S, SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER, BOXING DAY BBQ, THE CARETAKER, PHOTOGRAPH 51, BLACK COCKATOO, BABY DOLL. Belvoir Street Theatre: COUNTING AND CRACKING. Crossroads Live: CLUEDO, BACK TO THE FUTURE, CINDERELLA, 9 TO 5. Darlinghurst Theatre: LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, ONCE, A CHORUS LINE. DreamWorks: HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON. Gordon Frost: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, SHREK, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, THE BODYGUARD, DIRTY DANCING. Griffin Theatre: THE ELOCUTION OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, PONY. GWB Entertainment HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, JAGGED LITTLE PILL, GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY, AN AMERICAN IN PARIS. Hayes Theatre: RIDE THE CYCLONE, MURDER FOR TWO. Jones Theatrical: PRETTY WOMAN Opera Australia: GUYS AND DOLLS, MISS SAIGON National Theatre of Paramatta: YOGA PLAY, FADE. Paul Dainty: TINA. Television: SHANTARAM, WELLMANIA, YEAR OF, MARY: THE MAKING OF A PRINCESS. Film: WE WILL NEVER DIE, JUNGLE.
Lauren Tulloh
Lauren is Ensemble Theatre’s Resident Stage Manager. Ensemble Theatre: TOP SILK, 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD, 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.
Geita Goarin
Ensemble Theatre: Debut. Set and Costume Design credits: KXT: GIA OPHELIA, ROMEO AND JULIE. Purple Tape Production: AFTERGLOW. Qytopia BONNY AND READ. Associate Designer credits: Griffin Theatre Company: KOREABOO, SISTREN. Old Fitz Theatre: IPHIGENIA IN SPLOTT. Sydney Theatre Company: BENNELONG IN LONDON. Training: Bachelor of Design National Institute of Dramatic Art.
Audio Described
- Thu 12 Nov 11am
- Sat 14 Nov 3pm
Q&A Sessions
- Tue 17 Nov 11am
- Fri 20 Nov 7.30pm
Free Teen Night
- Wed 18 Nov 7.30pm
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SNOWFLAKE was first produced in Australia by JB Theatre Co & Good Time Theatrics at the Old Fitz Theatre. The original team is listed here: https://www.oldfitztheatre.com.au/snowflake
Jo Bradley launched JB Theatre Co in 2024, with her award-winning production of SNOWFLAKE by Mike Bartlett. She is passionate about new and contemporary playwriting, and strives to bring the best local and international scripts to Sydney stages. JBTheatreCo.Com / Jo-Bradley.com
Good Time Theatrics is an exciting cross-genre theatre company led by Kurtis Laing. Working across both Brisbane and Sydney. GTT’s output spans musical theatre, sketch comedy and drama. KurtisLaingDirector.com.au