2023 OLD FITZ LINEUP

  • A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S CREAM

    29 NOVEMBER - 10 DECEMBER

    A rite of passage, a tradition, a tease, a turning point, a theatrical mantric wish. A Midsummer Night’s Cream is the first production by Body Of Work, a performance company co-founded by Charlotte Farrell & Emma Maye Gibson. Do you believe in faeries? What do we do with our eco grief? Am I a mother?

    What comes of Shakespeare and this most lamentable comedy when met with creative rapture and rupture? Cream, sha-boogie bop.

  • THE FACE OF JIZO

    28 OCTOBER - 11 NOVEMBER

    The Face of Jizo centres on a father and daughter in the aftermath of war. Tender, beautiful and seasoned with moments of familial humour, this acclaimed Japanese play makes its Australian premiere at the Old Fitz Theatre. This is a tale of courage, first love, spirited fathers, and learning to embrace the ghosts of the past.

  • THE CHAIRS

    5 SEPTEMBER - 21 OCTOBER

    Fifteen years after collaborating on The Rocky Horror Show, internationally acclaimed powerhouse director Gale Edwards finally reunites with legendary performers Paul Capsis and iOTA for an unhinged and searing reimagining of Ionesco’s absurdist masterpiece, THE CHAIRS.

  • THEY TOOK ME TO A QUEER BAR

    1 - 12 AUGUST

    After a critically-acclaimed sell out season in 2022, They took me to a Queer bar returns for a limited season. Part play, part celebration and inspired by Sydney’s Queer lineage, Tommy shares stories from the past and present and offers hope for a collective Queer future.

  • A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE

    3 JUNE - 1 JULY

    Winner of the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire is the tale of a catastrophic confrontation between fantasy and reality, embodied in the characters of Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski. A steamy and shocking landmark drama, often hailed as one of the most influential plays of the twentieth century.

  • NEW BALANCE

    19 -23 APRIL

    What are the points of connection that are unique for the queer community? Built from a tapestry of intersecting stories of the queer disabled experience, New Balance celebrates the intimacy and surprising universality of the experience growing up on the outside. In doing so, Bryant and Palackic interrogate and constellate the moments that formed and hurt us in equal measure.

  • DANCE DOUBLE BILL

    11 - 16 APRIL

    Two new works by choreographers Jenni Large and Chloe Leong.

  • COLLAPSIBLE

    9 MARCH - 1 APRIL

    COLLAPSIBLE is a funny and furious new work about navigating a world that cares so much about you keeping it together, it doesn't notice you falling apart.

    This coming-of-age comedy-drama explores identity, anxiety and what it means to be ‘real’. Coated in comedy and complete with Buzzfeed quizzes, COLLAPSIBLE is a contemporary nosedive into the phenomenon of disassociation. It’s a work for anyone who has ever tried to write a truthful cover letter.

  • AN ENIGMA SPEAKS

    20 - 21 FEBRUARY

    She is the enigma of Kings Cross, now Ayesha will reveal all!

    For just 2 nights only, King's Cross local and Les Girls Legend Ayesha (and her two dogs) take to the Old Fitz Stage for an intimate retrospective on her extraordinary life. Hosted by another Legend, award winning playwright, screenwriter and novelist Louis Nowra.