TIDDAS
- 12-28 Jan 24 Upstairs Theatre
- 1 hour & 30 minutes (no interval)
TIDDASSydney Festival 2024
Sydney Festival 2024
By Anita Heiss
Co-directed by Nadine McDonald-Dowd & Roxanne McDonald
- Venue Upstairs Theatre
- Dates 12-28 Jan 24
- Duration 1 hour & 30 minutes (no interval)
- Produced by
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- Co-presented by
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- Indigenous theatre at Belvoir supported by
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The comedy smash of the Brisbane Festival, for a three-week Sydney season.
Five women, best friends for decades, meet once a month to talk about books, lovers, and the jagged bits of life in between. Dissecting each other’s lives seems the most natural thing in the world and honesty, no matter how brutal, is something they treasure. Best friends tell each other everything, don’t they?
But each woman carries a complex secret and one weekend, without warning, everything comes unstuck.
Anita Heiss’ own adaptation of her much-loved novel is paying a visit from its home town in Brisbane as part of Sydney Festival’s Blak Out program.
This play wears its heart on its sleeve, an upbeat start to the year. Plenty of laughs, but there are serious questions that come out of it – about reading and writing in black and white Australia, about whatever reconciliation is now, and about the truths, half-truths and outright lies we tell ourselves. – Eamon
Tiddas was commissioned and originally produced by La Boite Theatre, Brisbane Festival and the Queensland Performing Arts Centre.
Performance Times
Upcoming Performances
Friday • 12 Jan 2024
7:30pm
Preview Session Saturday • 13 Jan 2024
7:30pm
Preview Session Sunday • 14 Jan 2024
6:30pm
Opening Night (Invite Only) Tuesday • 16 Jan 2024
6:30pm
Q&A Following Performance Wednesday • 17 Jan 2024
6:30pm
Thursday • 18 Jan 2024
1:00pm
Thursday • 18 Jan 2024
7:30pm
Weekly Times
- tuesday 6:30pm
- wednesday 6:30pm
- thursday 1pm & 7:30pm
- friday 7:30pm
- saturday 2pm & 7:30pm
- sunday 5pm
Except 14 Jan at 7:30pm & 28 Jan at 2pm
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Preview Session - Special Performance
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Audio description
TEAM
- Anita Heiss
WriterAnita Heiss
- Nadine McDonald-Dowd
Co-DirectorNadine McDonald-Dowd
- Roxanne McDonald
Co-DirectorRoxanne McDonald
Cast
- Louise Brehmer
NadineLouise Brehmer
- Lara Croydon
IzzyLara Croydon
- Sean Dow
Richard, Asher, Spencer, Craig & RorySean Dow
- Roxanne McDonald
Grandma & MumRoxanne McDonald
- Anna McMahon
VeronicaAnna McMahon
- Perry Mooney
EllenPerry Mooney
- Kaylah Truth
XantheKaylah Truth
Creatives
- Zoe Rouse
Set & Costume DesignerZoe Rouse
- Grace Deacon
Associate DesignerGrace Deacon
- Jason Glenwright
Lighting DesignerJason Glenwright
- Wil Hughes
Sound Designer & Composer
Read full bioWil’s credits as a composer, songwriter and sound designer for theatre have ranged from contemporary ballet to musicals, and include Face to Face (Playlab); Arc, Still Life (Australasian Dance Collective); Tiddas, Single Asian Female, The Dead Devils of Cockle Creek, The Village, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Wind in the Willows (La Boite Theatre Company); […]
Wil Hughes
Wil’s credits as a composer, songwriter and sound designer for theatre have ranged from contemporary ballet to musicals, and include Face to Face (Playlab); Arc, Still Life (Australasian Dance Collective); Tiddas, Single Asian Female, The Dead Devils of Cockle Creek, The Village, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Wind in the Willows (La Boite Theatre Company); Kill Climate Deniers (That Production Company); Elizabeth I (Monsters Appear/Wonderland Festival); Rice, The Scene Project 2018 (Queensland Theatre); Mind Your Head, From Within, Sonder, B-Sides (Queensland Ballet); Propel (Expressions Dance Company); Day After Terrible Day, We Will Not Kiss/Touch/Frighten You in the Dark, Caligula (The Danger Ensemble); The Theory of Everything (Brisbane Festival/Metro Arts); Dust Covered Butterfly (Metro Arts); and Sweet Meniscus (Anywhere Theatre Festival).
Wil is also an internationally acclaimed composer for film, television and other media, awarded Composer of the Year in 2018 by the California Independent Film Festival and most recently winning Best Music for a Short Film at the 2022 Australian Screen Music Awards.
- Shona Erskine
Performance PsychologistShona Erskine
- Letetia Harris
Song LicenseLetetia Harris
- Mia Kanzaki
Stage Manager
Read full bioMia Kanzaki is a Sydney based stage manager with a passion for diverse stories and inclusive practices in the arts. She is a recent graduate of WAAPA’s Bachelor of Performing Arts (Stage Management). Her credits include Blessed Union (Belvoir) and Assassins, Gloria and Cabaret (WAAPA).
Mia Kanzaki
Mia Kanzaki is a Sydney based stage manager with a passion for diverse stories and inclusive practices in the arts. She is a recent graduate of WAAPA’s Bachelor of Performing Arts (Stage Management). Her credits include Blessed Union (Belvoir) and Assassins, Gloria and Cabaret (WAAPA).
- India Lively
Assistant Stage Manager
Read full bioIndia is an emerging Stage Manager and theatre technician currently studying at the National Institute of Dramatic Art. India feels extremely lucky to have done a placement on “Into the Woods” at Belvoir. India was also fortunate enough to be the Production Management Intern on Runaway Entertainment’s “Newsies” at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre in […]
India Lively
India is an emerging Stage Manager and theatre technician currently studying at the National Institute of Dramatic Art. India feels extremely lucky to have done a placement on “Into the Woods” at Belvoir. India was also fortunate enough to be the Production Management Intern on Runaway Entertainment’s “Newsies” at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre in London. Her NIDA credits include; “Eugene” directed by Danielle Micich (NIDA in collaboration with Force Majeure), “Falsettos” directed by David Berthold, “Mr Burns: A Post Electric Play” directed by Alexander Berlage and “Perfect Stranger” directed by Kate Champion.
