Warning
This production contains smoking on stage, adult themes and coarse language. This show contains a strict lockout period.
The Platypus
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Cremorne Theatre, QPAC
10 - 13 Sep 2025
$65
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1 hour 30 minutes
(no interval, subject to change without notice)
The Platypus
Multiple genres, two actors, one black comedy, and possibly a platypus …
The Platypus is a strange creature. It’s composed of odds and ends, as though evolution got tired one afternoon and stopped paying attention to what it was doing. It seems wrong, strangely put together, a curiosity – just like this play about the messy end of a relationship.
Written and directed by well-known actor Francis Greenslade (Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell, Winners and Losers) and performed by John Leary (The Good Place, Glitch, The Letdown, Upper Middle Bogan) and Rebecca Bower (The Spooky Files, Offspring, Wentworth), The Platypus is a genre-busting delight – an outrageously clever, wildly entertaining play about theatre, relationships, and the roles we all play.
The Platypus is part of Brisbane Festival.
There’s a bit of Shakespeare, a bit of Oscar Wilde and even some Sondheim-inspired musical theatre ... It reflects the struggles of a very recognisable family, with plenty of Easter eggs for theatre nerds thrown in.
- Francis Greenslade
The Platypus is theatre at its very best: thought-provoking, emotional, often hilariously funny, and relentlessly entertaining.
- Glam Adelaide
Funny, moving and rewarding.
- The Advertiser (Adelaide)
Important Information
Age Recommendation
This production is suitable for those 15 years and over.
Accessibility at QPAC
For wheelchair users, Companion Card holders or those requiring assistance, dedicated seating options are available, and bookings can be made through QPAC's Call Centre by calling 136 246. You can also find information on access and accessibility
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Presented by Brisbane Festival and QPAC