A Room With A View

Based on the novel by E.M. Forster
Adapted by Grace Chapple
Directed by Hannah Goodwin

A Room
with a View

  • 3 Oct – 1 Nov 26 Upstairs Theatre

A Room With A View

Based on the novel by E.M. Forster
Adapted by Grace Chapple
Directed by Hannah Goodwin

  • Venue Upstairs Theatre
  • Dates 3 Oct – 1 Nov 26
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E. M. Forster’s classic tale of living boldly, together

A smart new adaptation by one of our rising stars, Grace Chapple, of Forster’s great novel of love and discovery.

Lucy Honeychurch could follow the path set out for her – life would be easy and comfortable. But a few days in Florence, and her view of love and possibility is thrown out the window. Sublime art and architecture, an array of folk who see the world through different eyes, and the attentions of the passionate George Emerson might just change her forever.

But back home in her room, Tuscany feels like another universe. Will she stay safe with her slightly underwhelming fiancé Cecil? Or will Lucy find a new room, and a new view?

I hope this one’s a surprise, in more ways than one. You’ll quickly recognise the gorgeousness of Forster’s novel – its perfect plotting and fabulous set pieces. But tucked inside this period rom-com is a resounding and full-throated yearning to look past the sharp categories of a divided society and reach for a richer and more connected life and world. If you saw Grace Chapple’s Never Closer last year, you’ll know she’s the real deal. Her adaptation here is full of both fidelity and daring. With the brilliant Nathalie Morris as Lucy and in the sure directorial hands of Hannah Goodwin, this will be a treat. – Eamon

Performance Times

Weekly Times

  • tuesday 6.30pm

    Except 6 Oct at 7.30pm

  • wednesday 6.30pm

    Except 7 Oct at 7.30pm

  • thursday 1pm & 7.30pm

    No 1pm performance on 8 & 22 Oct

  • friday 7.30pm
  • saturday 2pm & 7.30pm

    No 2pm performance on 3 Oct

  • sunday 5pm

    Except 4 Oct at 6.30pm

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PRICES

  • Full Price (Adult)~^ $78 – $98
  • Mates Rates (Adult)^ $73 – $88
  • Senior* $68 – $88
  • Concession $58 – $78
  • 30-Down# $56 – $71
  • Previews $58 – $63
  • Student Saver $43 – $58

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# 30-Down and Student Saver prices are available for Tuesday evening, Wednesday evening, Thursday evening, and Friday evening.

TEAM

  • E. M. Forster
    Original Author
  • Grace Chapple
    Adaptor
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    Grace Chapple is an Australian playwright and screenwriter currently based in the UK. Her debut play, NEVER CLOSER, was produced for Belvoir St Theatre’s 25A program in 2022, for which it received an AWGIE nomination for Best Stage Play (Original), and was remounted for Belvoir’s mainstage season in May 2024. NEVER CLOSER has also been […]

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  • Hannah Goodwin
    Director
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    Hannah Goodwin is Associate Director at Belvoir St Theatre. She is a director and dramaturg known for premiering and championing new work, as well as for her bold reimagining of existing plays. Her work includes: The Wrong Gods by S. Shakthidharan (co-dir. S. Shakthidharan, Belvoir & Melbourne Theatre Company), The Curious Incident of the Dog in […]

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  • A cast of 8 including

  • Kate Atkinson
    Miss Lavish & Mrs Honeychurch
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    Kate Atkinson has been a familiar face on Australian stage and screen for over 30 years. A Room With a View marks Kate’s debut at Belvoir. Her extensive theatre credits include Three Little Words, Lungs, The Waiting Room, Rockabye and Away for Melbourne Theatre Company, numerous productions for PlayBox, Barking Gecko, Echelon and Black Swan […]

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  • Tom Conroy
    Mr Beebe
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    For Belvoir, Tom’s credits include King Lear, Holding the Man, The Master and Margarita, Tell Me I’m Here, My Brilliant Career, Ghosts, Jasper Jones, Mortido, Mother Courage and Her Children, and Small and Tired. Tom’s other theatre credits include 1984, Hay Fever, Spring Awakening (Sydney Theatre Company); The Mousetrap (John Frost/Crossroads Live national tour); The Wider Earth (Queensland Theatre Company/Sydney Festival and 2022 Tour); Cock (Melbourne Theatre Company/La […]

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  • Tomáš Kantor
    Freddy
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    Tomáš is a multidisciplinary performing artist working across cabaret, stage and screen.  Their professional debut was in the national tour of Fangirls (Belvoir) in 2021, the same year they played Chino in the national tour of West Side Story (Opera Australia/GWB).  They showcase their multitudinous skills (including pop-vocals, piano and cello) in the “gender-queer, one-person […]

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  • Hayley McElhinney
    Charlotte
  • Nathalie Morris
    Lucy Honeychurch
  • Patrick Williams
    Mr Emerson
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    Patrick Williams’s stage credits include Is God Is (Melbourne Theatre Company), Strangers in the Night (Malthouse Theatre); The Sunset Limited (Ensemble Theatre); The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (fortyfivedownstairs) and Prayer Machine (Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre).Musical theatre highlights include Bad Boy Johnny (BBJ Productions); The Buddy Holly Story (Everyday Productions); Hair (E,H&W Productions/Auckland Theatre Company); […]

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  • Luke Wiltshire
    George Emerson
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    THEATRE: fortyfivedownstairs: Rumbleskin, BRINK x Adelaide Festival: Squid, CRAM Collective: Edge, Flinders Alumni: Whore, FullHouse: Massage Therapy, Daddy Algorithm, Flinders University: Coming of Age in the 21st Century, Blood Wedding, Sweet Road, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Spring Awakening. TV: SBS: Homebodies.

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  • Charles Wu
    Cecil Vyse
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    Charles Wu is one of Australia’s most exciting actors of stage and screen. Charles’ theatre credits include The True History Of The Life And Death Of King Lear & His Three Daughters The Cherry Orchard alongside Pamela Rabe, An Enemy of the People, Jasper Jones, Scenes from the Climate Era, Ms. Peony, Samson, The Overcoat: […]

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  • Creatives

  • Zoë Atkinson
    Set & Costume Designer
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    Zoë Atkinson is an award winning designer for stage and screen. Belvoir credits include: A ROOM WITH A VIEW, THE LIFE OF GALILEO. Selected other credits include: for Sydney Theatre Company, SIGNS OF LIFE; for Perth Festival, THE SMALLEST STAGE, BOORNA WAANGINY, HOME, MUSEUM OF WATER; for Black Swan State Theatre Company, YORK, THE TEMPEST, JANDAMARRA, THE […]

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  • Amelia Lever-Davidson
    Lighting Designer
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    Amelia Lever-Davidson is an award-winning lighting designer for theatre, dance, live art, installation and events. Belvoir credits: A ROOM WITH A VIEW, THE WRONG GODS, BLESSED UNION, MY BRILLIANT CAREER, EVERY BRILLIANT THING. Other credits include: for Sydney Theatre Company: THE SEAGULL, JULIUS CEASAR; for Melbourne Theatre Company: LOSING FACE, THE ALMIGHTY SOMETIMES, MEET ME […]

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  • Grace Ferguson
    Composer
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    Grace Ferguson is a composer, instrumentalist and music teacher, represented as an Associate Artist by the Australian Music Centre. Selected past works for theatre include: Uncle Vanya, Rebecca (Melbourne Theatre Company); On the Beach (Sydney Theatre Company); Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, (Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre; Sydney Theatre Company); ANNA X ((Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre); Julius Caesar, Hamlet and Eurydice (Melbourne Shakespeare Company); We All Know […]

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  • Madeleine Picard
    Sound Designer
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    Madeleine is a sound designer & composer working on Gadigal land. Combining her backgrounds in technical theatre and music, she is interested in storytelling through sound and in being part of the creation of new Australian theatrical works. Recent select credits include: The Weekend (Belvoir); Life is a Dream, The Edit, Hot Tub, Shitty (Belvoir 25A); Julius Caesar (Bell Shakespeare); Dial M for […]

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  • Hailley Hunt
    Associate Set & Costume Designer & Assistant Costume Maker | Housemate
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    Hailley is a Sydney based Set and Costume Designer, her credits as Set and Costume Designer include: Belvoir 25A: Aurat Raj, Forgetting Tim Minchin, Feminazi. Griffin Theatre Company Savior, Lacuna. Old Fitz Theatre:  Amber, sitting, screaming, Anomalies. PACT: The Changelings. ATYP: Scab. Eternity Playhouse: Christmas Unwrapped: A Very Naughty Variety Show. As Set Designer: Hayes Theatre: Phar Lap: The Electro Swing Musical, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. Belvoir 25A: Shitty. As […]

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  • Elle Evangelista
    Choreographer
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    Elle Evangelista loves dancing. Her BELVOIR choreography credits include Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Holding the Man, The Master and Margarita, The Cherry Orchard, The Boomkak Panto, The Rep Season and Furious Mattress (25a). Her other theatre choreography credits include Mackenzie, Twelfth Night (Bell Shakespeare), A Very Expensive Poison (NIDA) and Where […]

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  • Laura Farrell
    Voice & Accent Coach
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    Laura Farrell (she/her) is a Voice and Dialect Coach living and working on Gadigal land. She holds a Masters of Fine Arts in Voice from NIDA; a Post Graduate Diploma in Voice from the Victorian College of the Arts; and a Bachelor of Music Theatre from the Victorian College of the Arts. A current lecturer […]

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  • Diego Retamales
    Fight Director
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    Diego is a Chilean-Australian actor and fight choreographer based in Sydney/Gadigal with a B. Performance from Theatre Nepean’s final graduating year in 2008. Recent fight choreography credits include: A Mirror (Belvoir), Grief is the Thing with Feathers (Belvoir), Purpose (STC), Timon of Athens (Sport for Jove), Taming of the Shrew (Playwrought Project), Port (December Theatre Co/KXT), […]

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  • Amy Cater
    Intimacy Coordinator
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    Amy Cater is part of the first cohort of qualified Intimacy Coordinator practitioners, training and working since 2018 when the profession first arrived in Australia. Previous stage works include A Streetcar Named Desire, Cost of Living, Is God Is, Seventeen, Jacky, Cyrano, Sunday, Bernhardt/Hamlet, Fun Home, As You Like It (Melbourne Theatre Company); Oscar (The […]

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  • Mehhma Malhi
    Assistant Director
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    Mehhma Malhi is an up-and-coming director. She has experience in philosophy, bioethics, and journalism and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Politics from New York University and a Master of Science in Bioethics from Columbia University.   At NIDA she held the Animal Logic Entertainment scholarship. Her directorial work includes Ephemera By Anchuli Felicia King […]

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  • Bella Kerdijk
    Stage Manager
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    Bella graduated from the production course at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 2008. She has worked as a Stage Manager and Assistant Stage Manager on many shows, including: for Belvoir:  Big Girls Don’t Cry, An Enemy of the People, The Dog/The Cat, The Drover’s Wife, Every Brilliant Thing, Fangirls, Girl Asleep, The Glass Menagerie, HIR, Jasper Jones, Kill the Messenger, Mother, Mother Courage and […]

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  • Maddison Craven
    Assistant Stage Manager
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    Maddie (she/her) is a Sydney based stage manager who is passionate about creating an inclusive environment in the arts and ensuring security in spaces for previously unheard voices.  Some of Maddie’s previous works as an Assistant Stage Manager include Belvoir Street Theatre Company’s production of Never Closer, Jacky (Co-Production with Melbourne Theatre Company), and Big Girls Don’t Cry. […]

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Information
for schools

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    TERM FOUR

    See this play for:
    REIMAGINED CLASSIC
    ENSEMBLE

    Recommended for Years 10 – 12

    Curriculum Links

    Drama
    Stage 5
    • Appreciating Outcomes 5.3.1, 5.3.2
    Stage 6
    Preliminary
    • Improvisation, Playbuilding, Acting (P1.7, P1.8, P2.1, P2.2, P2.6, P3.1)
    • Elements of Production in Performance
      (Outcomes P2.6, P3.1, P3.2)
    • Theatrical Traditions and Performance Styles
      (Outcomes P2.6, P3.1, P3.2, P3.4)
    HSC
    • Individual Project: Performance, Design, Scriptwriting
    ENGLISH
    Stage 6
    HSC
    • Texts and Human Experiences (Common Module) (related text)
    ENGLISH extension 1
    • Common Module: Literary Worlds (related text)

    Schools Performances

    All schools performances are followed by a Q&A session with the cast.
    • Wed, 21 Oct 2026 11:30am

    Tickets are only $25 per student with one complimentary teacher ticket for every ten students booked.

    Evening and Matinee Performances

    School groups can book any general public performance. Book our Thursday 1pm matinees for the schools performance price of $25 per ticket, or an evening performance from $45 per student.

    What to expect

    Belvoir creates for a wide audience and our productions may contain mature content. Accurate information about productions including running times and content is available once rehearsals have begun.

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    Head of Education Jane May
    +61 (2) 8396 6241

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