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Season Tickets

Queensland Theatre 2023 Season Tickets are now available to purchase.

Bille Brown Theatre


19 Aug - 9 Sep 2023
$68 - $97
Discounts Available

Senior, Concession, Youth, Groups, Schools

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1 hour 35 minutes

(no interval, subject to change without notice)

A GENTLY FUNNY, ALMOST GOTHIC TALE ABOUT LAND, FAMILY AND RECONNECTION.

Joan needs her father. She hasn’t seen him since he left her and her Mum when she was just a little girl. She wants answers, she wants history, she wants to know more about who she is.

Travelling into country as remote as it is strange to this city girl, Joan finds Mick. He doesn’t speak much, and bears little resemblance to the man who taught her to play Scrabble all those years ago. But amid the flies, the heat, the dust and the stillness of this small river town lurk many ghosts and mysteries. Over cups of tea and Scrabble in Mick’s weather-beaten old house, Joan is about to discover some family secrets that have been hidden below the surface for decades.

With a light touch of humour and a philosophical undercurrent, this play is an intimate work from an exciting new First Nations voice, directed by Queensland Theatre’s Artistic Elder Roxanne McDonald with Lee Lewis.


Creatives

Hannah Belanszky

Written by

Roxanne McDonald and Lee Lewis

Directed by


Special Events

Night with the Artists

Mon 28 Aug 2023, 6:30 PM

If you want to know about the audition process for an actor, how a character was developed, or why that piece of music was chosen, consider booking the Night with the Artists performances on selected evenings. Following the show, the cast and creatives discuss the process with you.

Important Information

Accessibility at Bille Brown Theatre

Queensland Theatre is committed to making their performances accessible to all theatre lovers.

Visit queenslandtheatre.com.au/accessibility or contact their Ticketing Team at 1800 355 528 (Mon-Fri, 9:30am-5pm) or sales@queenslandtheatre.com.au for more information.

Presented by Queensland Theatre

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