GOODNIGHT SWEET PRINCE

GOODNIGHT SWEET PRINCE

31 July - 15 August

GOODNIGHT SWEET PRINCE

Adapted by Liesel Badorrek, Raj Labade & Jack Twelvetree from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet

Directed by Liesel Badorrek

Presented by Send For Productions

Not Hamlet – A bold reimagining.

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  • Confucius said: Before you embark upon a journey of revenge, dig two graves.

    A room that once held art is in ruins. Inside it, a boy is being watched, tested, pushed toward something he doesn’t fully understand. He trusts no one. Not even himself.

    Goodnight Sweet Prince distills Shakespeare’s Hamlet into an intense reflection. A mind caught in cycles of memory, remorse, and brutality, hovering at the brink of breaking point.

    Each night actors Raj Labade (The Talented Mr Ripley, My Brilliant Career, King Lear) and Jack Twelvetree (Blackout Songs, Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again) swap parts - Hamlet, Horatio, the rest - identity fractures, reforms, repeats through each unique performance. This is not a faithful retelling. It’s time distorted. A study of inherited violence. A sense of being watched, and the quiet damage done when revenge is dressed up as honour.

  • Presenting Company: Send For Productions 

    Original Writer: William Shakespeare

    Adaptors: Liesel Badorrek, Raj Labade and Jack Twelvetree 

    Director: Liesel Badorrek

    Producer: Sue Donnelly

    Movement: Grace Lewis

    Stage Manager: Corinna MacEwan

    Set & Costume Designer: Keerthi Subramanyam

    Sound Designer: Ross Johnston

    Lighting Designer: Verity Hampson

    Marketing and Content: Nisha Labade

    Photographer: Campbell Parsons

    Cast (of 2): Raj Labade, Jack Twelvetree

    Voice of Ophelia: Catherine Lagaaia

    This listing is updated as cast/creatives are confirmed in the lead-up to the production, and if there are changes to the team.

  • Season: 31/07 - 15/08 (previews 7pm 31/07 & 2pm 1/08, opening nights 7pm 1/08 & 5pm 2/08)

    Times: Tues-Fri 7pm, Sat 2pm & 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

    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.

  • Approximate Run Time: 90 minutes

  • Content Warnings: Depictions of psychosis, suicide, haze, strobe lighting

    Age Recommendation: 14+

  • The team of Goodnight Sweet Prince acknowledge and warmly thank their Key Supporters: Sophie & Stephen Allen, Anonymous x 3, Belvoir St Theatre, Blake Beckett Trust, Andrew & Cathy Cameron, Houston Group, Anne & Mark Lazberger, Nelson Meers Foundation, University of Sydney - Dept of Performance & Theatre Studies.