This month we will be seeing Tommy Murphy’s production of Packer & Sons, directed by Eamon Flack, at Belvoir St Theatre.

In brief – a battler at a Tasmanian racecourse finds ten shillings in the dirt. He puts it on a 12-1 long shot, and when it romps home he’s off to the mainland, and the Packer Dynasty is born. Fathers and sons across generations, through war, the Depression, technological change. The family myth grows with the influence, and each son feels the weight of time, of power. But now it’s the 21st century. Newspapers, magazines, broadcast TV – what are they? Now it’s time for entertainment through your phone. And back to laying bets on long shots.

A deeply researched, muscular work from Tommy Murphy, Packer & Sons puts on stage the men who have loomed large over Sydney for nearly 100 years. Plotted around the transitions of power from father to son over four generations, this is a play about power and what it does to the men who wield it.

Supported by Australian Writers’ Guild’s David Williamson Prize

DATE: Thursday 28 November 2019

TIME: 7.30pm – 10.00pm

VENUE: Upstairs Theatre, Belvoir St Theatre, 25 Belvoir Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010

TICKETS: Adults $75-80, Seniors $65-70

We have purchased our Senior tickets (weekday side) for $65 each in Row E.

Purchase your tickets at belvoir.com.au or ring the box office on 9699 3444.

(NOTE: Transaction fees may apply)

PRE-PERFORMANCE (Optional): You are welcome to join Theatre Group Convenors Judith Nguyen and Liz Polednik at Belvoir St Theatre prior to the performance, where you can buy snacks and drinks at the bar.

RSVP TO: Judith Nguyen at [email protected] by Thursday 21 November 2019

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THEATRE GROUP – Last play for the year

 Wednesday 11 December – The Odd Couple by Neil Simon (Ensemble)