28 November - 21 December
New Ghosts Theatre Company presents
BORN ON A THURSDAY
Written by Jack Kearney
Directed by Lucy Clements
A WORLD PREMIERE
“We’re not the bad things that happen to us. We are - in spite of those things. And sometimes because of them.”
After years abroad, April returns to her family home in Western Sydney to a brother irrevocably changed and a mother unyieldingly the same. What begins as a strained homecoming slowly unravels into a desperate reckoning with memory, guilt, and the crippling weight of things left unsaid.
Set across four seasons, Born on a Thursday is a searing new Australian play about the ache of family ties, the long shadow of trauma, and the strange, persistent shape of unconditional love. It’s a nod to the toughness and beauty of an ordinary life; to rugby league and kidney beans and the rareness of a well-fitting pair of jeans; to both the power and limitation of learning to get on with things.
Delivered through characters that will stay with you long after you leave the theatre, this is a story about coming home - not in triumph, but with trembling hands.
Cast and Creative Team
Producing Company: New Ghosts Theatre Company
Writer: Jack Kearney
Director: Lucy Clements
Producer: Emma Wright
Set Designer: Soham Apte
Costume Designer: Rita Naidu
Sound Designer: Sam Cheng
Lighting Designer: Veronique Benett
Movement Director: Shannon Burns
Dramaturg: Mary Rachel Brown
Production Manager: Izzy Morrissey
Stage Manager: Oscar Ali
Set Builder: Angus Nott
Assistant Directors: Bella Ness & Jasper Reucassel
Assistant Producer: Izzy Williams
Assistant Production Manager: Megan Heferen
Assistant Stage Managers: Sasha Byk Giroux & Justin Li
Cast (of 5): Deborah Galanos, James Lugton, Owen Hasluck, Sharon Millerchip, Sofia Nolan
This listing is updated as cast/creatives are confirmed in the lead-up to the production, and if there are changes to the team.
Dates + Ticketing
Season: 28/11 - 21/12 (previews 28/11 & 29/11, opening night [invitation only] 30/11)
Times: Tues-Fri 7pm, Sat 1.30pm & 7pm, Sun 5pm
Ticket Prices:
Previews: $29.70 + booking fee
Cheap Tuesday: $38.50 + booking fee
Adult: $49.50-82.50 + booking fee
Concession: $38.50-60.50 + booking fee
ThursDATE Night: 20% off when booking 2 or more tickets to a Thursday performance
+ BORN ON A THURSDAY is offering an allocation of complimentary tickets to First Nations peoples. Please contact Virginia at boxoffice@oldfitztheatre.com.au to claim.
Approximate Run Time: 2 hours 40 minutes (including interval)
Content Warnings: Self-harm, suicide, and suicidal ideation, domestic violence, traumatic brain injury, stage blood, coarse language, discussion of race, loud / sudden noises and flashing lights
Note: ticketing for Mainstage productions at the Old Fitz Theatre operate on a Dynamic Pricing model. This system means prices increase in line with audience demand (determined by capacity targets), and ensures we are able to provide cheaper tickets for a period whilst also making sure artists - who are often contracted on a profit share basis - get paid. In the interest of full transparency, the structure of the model can be viewed in full on our Welcome page. Concession tickets will never exceed $60.50, and previews and Cheap Tuesday’s will be capped at $38.50 and will not scale.
This season of Born on a Thursday is proudly supporting the Australian Sports Brain Bank - an Australian not-for-profit charity organisation who use expert diagnostic neuropathology, coupled with research, to understand chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and other brain pathology that is associated with repetitive head injury in sport and elsewhere. They empower families and loved ones by providing accurate diagnoses, and we use donor tissue for biomedical research into CTE and other brain disorders.
Throughout the season we are raising funds for the ASBB via their donation portal which can be accessed HERE. Donations above $2 are tax-deductible.
