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Yong
Jenevieve Chang

It's 1857, and the Australian Gold Rush is booming. Thirteen-year-old Yong and his father leave their small village in Guangdong, China, to cross the seas in search of fortune in the goldfields of Ballarat. But Yong doesn't want to be on this journey.

The Wrong Gods
S. Shakthidharan

A gripping new play from S. Shakthidharan (Counting and Cracking, The Jungle and the Sea) co-directed by Hannah Goodwin (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Never Closer)The Wrong Gods melds mother-and-daughter struggle with the economics of progress, asking, what are we worshipping? And what price will we pay?

The Robot Dog
Roshelle Yee Pui Fong and Matthew Ngamurarri Heffernan

It's 2042 and Australia is more automated than ever before. Janelle, a woman of Cantonese heritage, and her partner Harry, a First Nations man, move back into Janelle's family home after the death of her mother. As they attempt to navigate their lives, they find themselves assisted by the quirky AI controlling their home and a robotic therapy dog. 

Golden Blood
Merlynn Tong

Set beneath the shiny skyscrapers and shopping malls of Singapore, Golden Blood transports us into a seething underbelly of violence, drugs and chaos. As the orphaned siblings envision a future glittering with Chanel and Miu Miu bling, they'll also have to reckon with the half-remembered rituals they've inherited and confront the ghosts of their past...

King Troll (The Fawn)
Sonali Bhattacharyya

Sonali Bhattacharyya's play King Troll (The Fawn) is a dark and dystopian exploration of migrant experiences in all their complexity – and the troll that lives within all of us, whispering 'me, not us', and definitely 'me first'

Lose to Win
Mandela Mathia

From South Sudan to Egypt to Belvoir St, this is the extraordinary journey of Mandela Mathia. Fleeing his war-torn home as a child, Mandela spent many years journeying, searching, and eventually finding his way to our stage. This is a joyful, poignant solo script, straight from the man who lived it.

A Very Jewish Christmas Carol
Elise Esther Hearst with Phillip Kavanagh

A Very Jewish Christmas Carol is a celebration of life—with a sprinkle of time-travelling ghosts, overbearing relatives and a life lesson or two.

This Rough Magic
Helen Machalias

A chaotic storm erupts. A disastrous shipwreck ensues. Refugees Prospero, Miranda and Ariel are washed ashore on Christmas Island seeking asylum in Australia. Miranda connects with Caliban, a Christmas Island local who transforms from rescuer to detention centre guard. Detained by authorities, Prospero and Ariel summon life-changing forces, risking everything in pursuit of freedom.

The Jungle and the Sea
S. Shakthidharan and Eamon Flack

War makes things of people. The Jungle and the Sea is about a family who refuse to become things while they are still alive.

Flake
Dan Lee

Dan Lee's wry new play draws us deep into the mess and chaos of old friendships, fragmented families and the inevitable blur of aging. Meanwhile, the ancient city of Hanoi howls and crashes around outside, through the walls of the tiny basement kitchen.

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