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SUMMARY:Theatre Group – February 2026 Purpose– Sydney Theatre Company February 9
DESCRIPTION:The Play \nAn influential African American family stands firmly on the highest pedestal of American politics; producing congressmen\, celebrity pastors and civil rights leaders. But when their estranged\, youngest son\, Nazareth\, returns home with an uninvited house guest\, decades of secrets and unresolved tensions threaten to topple their empire. \nMost awarded new American play of 2025\, Purpose is a ‘merciless dissection of hypocrisy – you may have trouble catching your breath from laughing so hard. \nFeaturing actors Deni Gordon\, Markus Hamilton\, Tinashe Mangwana and Sisi Stringer. \nDATE: Monday 9 February 2026 \nTIME: 6:30pm to 9:30pm \nVENUE: Sydney Theatre Company\, Wharf 1 Theatre\, at Wharf 4/5\, 15 Hickson Road\, Walsh Bay\, Sydney\, NSW 2000 \nTICKETS: Purchase your ticket at the Sydney Theatre Company Box Office at boxoffice@sydneytheatre.com.au or Tel 9250 1777 \nCherry and Lou-anne have purchased tickets N8\, N9 Balcony \nPRE-PERFORMANCE (Optional): Join us for pre-theatre meal at 4:45 pm at the new Wharf Restaurant and Bar. \nRSVP TO: Cherry Spoor at bungalowbrennan@yahoo.com and \nCC to Lou-anne Folder at louanfol@gmail.com BY 1 February 2026 \nTHEATRE GROUP – Looking ahead in 2026 \nTo enable you to plan your diary for 2026\, below are the dates and selected plays for Theatre Group for the remainder of 2026. Newcomers to SWIC are very welcome – if you need help with booking or have any queries\, please contact Cherry Spoor at bungalowbrennan@yahoo.com or Lou-anne Folder at louanfol@gmail.com \n\n\n\nDate & Day\nPlay\nDescription\nTheatre\nTime\nSeats (Convenors)\n\n\n22 March \n(Sunday)\nThe Elocution of Benjamin Franklin \nCast starring: \nSimon Burke\nA landmark work of Australian theatre returns to the stage where if first sprung to inglorious life. This revival is a riotous\, razor-edged tragicomedy and harrowing portrait of persecution.\nBelvoir St Theatre in downstairs theatre – Griffin is temporarily housed here.\n5:30pm\nGeneral Admission\n\n\n19 April (Sunday )\nSistren\nSistren is that rarest of things: a play that feels like a true original. Chaotic\, sprawling\, yet laser – focused\, it’s like chugging five cans of Red Bull\, then doom-scrolling with YouTube. It’s Cosmic\, Outspoken\, Fab.\nBelvoir St Theatre in downstairs theatre – Griffin is temporarily housed here.\n5:30pm\nGeneral Admission\n\n\n24 May (Sunday)\nSavior\nA typhoon hits the Philippines and local project officer\, Michelle\, lands her dream assignment. It’s her first time co-ordinating a global relief effort for a sleek American NGO. Satire. Disaster. Tinder.\nBelvoir St Theatre in downstairs theatre – Griffin is temporarily housed here.\n5:30pm\nGeneral Admission\n\n\n21 June (Sunday)\nThe Roommate \nCast of 2 includes \nLucy Bell\nA dark comedy about two very different women\, who clash\, reinvent themselves and discover that sometimes the biggest risk is opening the door to change.\nEnsemble Theatre\n5:00pm\nC13\, C14\n\n\n26 July (Sunday)\nDoubt: A Parable \nCast includes: \nSam Worthington and Pamela Rabe\nStage and screen icons Sam Worthington and Pamela Rabe go head-to -head in one of the most iconic and electrifying plays of the 21st century. A drama wrestling with the gaps between belief and truth…\nSydney Theatre Co \nRoslyn Packer Theatre\n2:00pm\nC22\, C23 Circle\n\n\n30 August \n(Sunday)\nRunt \nFrom the novel by Craig Silvey\nFor anyone aged 8 to 108\, Craig Silvey’s funny and touching tale of the hoops all of us – human and canine – must jump through. It’s a tale of the small taking on the mighty.\nBelvoir St Theatre\n5:00pm\nD17\,D18\n\n\n8 September (Tuesday)\nHousework \nCast: \nWith Susie Youssef (Deadloch\, The Project)\, Emily Taheny (Mad as Hell) and the multi-talented Indira Naidoo\nBrought to brilliant life by some of Australia’s most beloved comic actors\, Housework follows a group of political dynamos through the back stabbing and backroom deals of a high-stakes sitting week in Canberra\, whilst balancing family crises just as frantic.\nSydney Theatre Co Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre\n7:30pm\nT12\, T13 Stalls\n\n\n22 October (Thursday)\nThe Year in Tatters \nCast includes: \nAndrew Hansen (The Chaser)\, Mark Humphries (7.30)\, Chris Taylor (The Chaser) and Christie Whelan Browne (Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell)\nThe revue tradition returns to Sydney as four of Australia’s sharpest comedic performers cast a satirical eye over the highs and lows of 2026! \nAnd they fearlessly skewer the year in politics\, culture and everything in between. \n  \n \nEnsemble Theatre\n8:15pm\nD41\, D42\n\n\n9 November (Monday)\nStrong is the New Pretty  \nWritten by the celebrated Australian playwright\, Suzie Miller\, who wrote RBG\, Of Many\, One\, Prima Facie and Inter Alia\, Suzie Miller.\nIn 2010\, an official report into the state of Australian Rules Football recommended the creation of a national women’s league. Seven years later\, the AFLW was born. This is the untold story of how the league went from a pipe dream to a sensation the sports world could no longer ignore.\nSydney Theatre Co Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre\n6:30pm\nQ16\, Q17 Stalls\n\n\n2 December (Wednesday)\nThe Gospel According to Paul. (The Second Coming) \n  \n \nExploring the former PM’s political achievements and personal obsessions\, The Gospel According to Paul shines light on a man who approached economics as an artform\, and demanded we confront the wrongs of our past.\nSydney Theatre Co \nWharf 1 Theatre\n7:30pm\nM11\, M12 Balcony
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LOCATION:Wharf Theatre\, Hickson Rd\, Walsh Bay\, NSW\, Australia
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ORGANIZER;CN="Cherry Spoor":MAILTO:bungalowbrennan@yahoo.com
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