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Stuff Happens

27 Jul, 4 Aug, ...

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Ticket Prices

Subscription Packages
Six Play Package $84 ($14 a play)
Five Play Package $75 ($15 a play)
Four Play Package $64 ($16 a play)

Single Schools Performance Tickets
$19 plus 1 supervising teacher per 10 students goes FREE! Please note schools prices are not available to tertiary students.

Ticket Price for regular performances
Students $33, Teachers $45*
(*Only for teachers accompanying school groups)

If you are a Priority Funded School you may be eligiblefor free schools performance tickets.

For more information please call:

Jane May
Telephone (02) 8396 6222
jane@belvoir.com.au

or download our PFS booking form.

Schools Performance Times

All performances are on Wednesdays and Thursdays starting at 11.30am. Please contact the Box Office closer to the performances for finishing times. Please note latecomers will not be admitted until a suitable break in the performance.

General Performance Times

Tuesday at 6.30pm, Wednesday to Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 2pm and 8pm, Sunday at 5pm

Booking Your Tickets

Download the booking form.

Once completed please fax or post to the Belvoir St Theatre Box Office. Upon receipt of your booking form a non-refundable 50% deposit will be required within 14 days. Full payment will be required at least 30 days prior to the performance or the booking may be cancelled. Cheques should be made payable to Company B Ltd.


Must close this Sunday!

"...immediate, brilliantly crafted and riveting... Armfield's splendidly realised production is clear, purposeful and near-seamless." Bryce Hallett, The Sydney Morning Herald

"...a thoroughly absorbing epic drama... one of the best large casts assembled in Sydney for many years." John McCallum, The Australian

“A triumph of theatre, drama, relevance and timeliness... don’t miss out.” Diana Symonds, The Sunday Telegraph

"Armfield's production is snakily alive and epically arresting... one of the most authorative and capivating productions we have seen in a long time." The Age, 29.08.05


Written by
David Hare

Directed by
Neil Armfield

With
Paul Bertram, Wayne Blair, Peter Carroll, Ralph Cotterill, Russell Dykstra, John Gaden, Victoria Haralabidou, George Henare, Russell Kiefel, Rebecca Massey, Pip Miller, Rhys Muldoon, Leah Purcell, Hazem Shammas, Greg Stone and Sandy Winton


Playing in the York Theatre at the Seymour Centre.

On April 11, 2003, while Baghdad was being pillaged in the aftermath of invasion, the American Secretary of Defense held a press conference at which he said, “Stuff happens… and it’s untidy, and freedom’s untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things.”

David Hare (My Zinc Bed, The Judas Kiss) takes Rumsfeld’s comments as the starting point for his odyssey into the heart of the reasons for the invasion of Iraq. Transcripts from articles and press conferences are fused with real dialogue collected in personal interviews.

In Neil Armfield’s epic production, a large cast takes us on an urgent and exhilarating ride from the Oval Office to the streets of Baghdad to the inevitable outcome.

Essential viewing for the next generation.

'...the Yr 9-11 boys enjoyed Stuff Happens. They really got into it both theatrically and content wise... the perfect play for them... Thanks!' Anita Cassidy, North Sydney Boys HS

'Teachers were passionate about it in the staffroom because the play worked on so many levels of the senior syllabus.' Pauline Hageman, Sydney Secondary College, Blackwattle Campus

Recommended for...

  • HSC English (Advanced): Telling the Truth
  • HSC English (Advanced): Powerplay
  • HSC Modern History

All schools performances start at 11.30am

Download Teachers Notes (PDF* 1.2Mb)

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High School Students: Review this Production and Win Tickets!

Company B is happy to announce the revival of its theatre review competition for high school students. The aim of this competition is to support young writers and to encourage discussion and written analysis of the performance process.

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