Belvoir is an Australian

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based at the Belvoir St Theatre in Sydney, Australia, originally known as Company B. Since 2016 and its artistic director is Eamon Flack. The theatre contains a 330-seat Upstairs Theatre and a 80-seat Downstairs Theatre. The Belvoir company receives government support for its activities from the federal government through the Major Performing Arts Board of the Australia Council for the Arts and the state government through

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. Many Australian actors who have later found wider success both locally and internationally such as

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, Cate Blanchett,

Jacqueline McKenzie Jacqueline Susan McKenzie (born 24 October 1967) is an Australian film and stage actress. Early life Born in Sydney, New South Wales, McKenzie attended Wenona School in North Sydney until 1983 then moved to Pymble Ladies' College, where she ...

Richard Roxburgh Richard Roxburgh (born 23 January 1962) is an Australian actor, writer, producer, and director. He is the recipient of a number of accolades across film, television, and theatre, including three AACTA Awards (including AFI), three Logie Awards, ...

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Toby Schmitz Toby Schmitz (born 4 May 1977) is an Australian actor and playwright. He was born in Perth, Western Australia, attended Perth's Scotch College and briefly studied law at the University of Western Australia. He graduated from the acting course ...

Judy Davis Judith Davis (born 23 April 1955) is an Australian actress in film, television, and on stage. With a career spanning over 40 years, she has been commended for her versatility and regarded as one of the finest actresses of her generation. Frequen ...

and

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have appeared in Belvoir productions.

History

Theatre

The theatre, converted from a former

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factory, opened in 1974 as the Nimrod Theatre for the

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. The first production at the theatre was rock musical '' The Bacchoi''. It was renamed as "'Belvoir St" in 1984 by Sue Hill and Chris Westwood when the building was purchased by a syndicate of people (Belvoir Street Theatre Pty Ltd). Renovations costing around commenced in 2005 and were delayed in 2006 with the discovery of asbestos in the building's roof. The theatre reopened in October 2006 with the Sydney season of ''It Just Stopped'' by Stephen Sewell.

Formation of the company

Belvoir began, in 1984, when two syndicates were established: "Company A" with shares at $1000 each, which would own the building, and "Company B", with shares at $10 each. Company B aimed to stage theatre productions which were "contemporary, politically sharp, hard-edged Australian theatre; to develop new forms of theatrical expression; work by and about "

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; work created by women; radical interpretations of the classics and work that is surprising, diverse and passionate.

Company

Belvoir was officially launched in February 1985. Later that year, ''Signal Driver'', written by Patrick White and directed by Neil Armfield, was 'the first play produced from the ground up by Belvoir'. In the lead roles were

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and

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. The theatre poster was designed by

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. Armfield later recalled that White, who had purchased ten shares in the theatre, was its 'greatest shareholder'. From its foundation, Belvoir also instituted a "parity pay policy" where all employees, from actors to stage hands, received the same hourly rate of pay. This policy, which continued from 1985 to the end of the 2011 season, prompted former Australian Prime Minister

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to describe the Belvoir as "Australia’s last commune". In 2005, Belvoir temporarily moved to the

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, Chippendale, while the theatre building underwent an $11.6 million renovation, and returned the following year. In January 2011, Ralph Myers took over from Neil Armfield as artistic director, stating 'There's a wealth of Australian playwriting and 2500 years of great plays to draw on, I don't see a need to import new plays from overseas.' In July 2014, Myers announced that he would be stepping down from his role at the end of the 2015 season. Myers said he had 'an "ideological" commitment to the regular turnover of artistic directorships'. Also in 2011, Belvoir appointed

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as the first director-in-residence. Stone's adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's ''

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'', with the Belvoir, went on to win both Helpmann and Sydney Theatre Awards, in 2011, before being taken to Oslo for a three night performance as part of the 2012 International Ibsen Festival. Stone resigned from his position in 2013, and was replaced by dual directors-in-residence

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and

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. In 2016 Myers was succeeded as artistic director by Eamon Flack. In February 2022 Carissa Licciardello and Hannah Goodwin were appointed directors-in-residence. In 2019 Belvoir collected an unprecedented thirteen Helpmann Awards, including Best Play, Best New Australian Work and Best Direction of a Play. In the same year actors in Belvoir productions collected Best Female Actor in a Play, Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play, Best Male Actor in a Play and Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play.

Shareholders

There are currently 600 shareholders, including noted actors, directors, writers and performers

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, Gillian Armstrong, Peter Carey,

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, Neil Armfield and

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. Previous shareholders have also included Joan Sutherland,

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, Dorothy Hewett,

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and Patrick White.

Balnaves Fellowship

The Balnaves Foundation is a private

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organisation founded by media executive

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in 2006. In 2011 the Balnaves Foundation established support for two Indigenous-led works per year at Belvoir. It also created the Balnaves Award, which evolved into the Balnaves Fellowship in 2021. The fellowship is awarded to a playwright or director or writer/director, who is given over 12 months to create a new work, spending two days a week over 10 months as a resident artist at Belvoir. Past recipients of the award or fellowship include: * 2021 – Thomas Weatherall * 2020 – Jorjia Gillis * 2019 – Nathan Maynard * 2018 – Kodie Bedford * 2017 –

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* 2016 –

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* 2015 –

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* 2014 –

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* 2013 –

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* 2012 – Nakkiah Lui

Seasons

2023

*''Blue'' by Thomas Weatherall, directed by Deborah Brown *''Into The Woods'', music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Lapine, directed by Eamon Flack *''Blessed Union'' by Maeve Marsden, directed by Hannah Goodwin *''Scenes From the Climate Era'' by David Finnigan, directed by Carissa Licciardello *''At What Cost?'' by Nathan Maynard, directed by Isaac Drandic *''The Weekend'' by Sue Smith, based on the book by Charlotte Wood, directed by Sarah Goodes *''Miss Peony'' by Michelle Law, directed by Courtney Stewart *''Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill'' by Lanie Robertson, directed by Mitchell Butel *''The Master and Margarita'' adapted from the

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by Eamon Flack, directed by Eamon Flack *''Robyn Archer: an Australian Songbook'' devised and performed by Robyn Archer

2022

*''Black Brass'' by Mararo Wangai, directed by Matt Edgerton *''At What Cost?'' by Nathan Maynard, directed by Isaac Drandic *''Opening Night'' based on the screenplay by

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, adapted & directed by Carissa Licciardello *''Wayside Bride'' by Alana Valentine, directed by Hannah Goodwin & Eamon Flack *''Light Shining in Buckinghamshire'' by Caryl Churchill, directed by Eamon Flack & Hannah Goodwin *''Tell Me I'm Here'' by Veronica Nadine Gleeson, based on the book by Anne Deveson, directed by

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*''Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes'' by

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, directed by Petra Kalive *''The Jungle and The Sea'' written and directed by S. Shakthidharan and Eamon Flack *'' Looking For Alibrandi'' by Vidya Rajan, based on the book by

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, directed by Stephen Nicolazzo

2021

*'' Fangirls'' by Yve Blake, directed by Paige Rattray *''Stop Girl'' by

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, directed by

*''

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'' by

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, adapted & directed by Carissa Licciardello *''The Cherry Orchard'' by Anton Chekhov, directed by Eamon Flack *''Miss Peony'' by Michelle Law, directed by Courtney Stewart *''At What Cost?'' by Nathan Maynard, directed by Isaac Drandic *''The Boomkak Panto'' by

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, directed by Richard Carroll *''Light Shining in Buckinghamshire'' by Caryl Churchill, directed by Eamon Flack *''Wayside Bride'' by Alana Valentine, directed by Hannah Goodwin (''Miss Peony'' was rehearsed and produced but the season was cancelled due to Covid restrictions. ''At What Cost?'', ''Light Shining in Buckinghamshire'' and ''Wayside Bride'' were likewise rehearsed but were postponed to the 2022 season.)

2020

*''Every Brilliant Thing'' by Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe, directed by Kate Champion *''Jesus Wants Me For a Sunbeam'' adapted from the

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novella by Steve Rodgers, directed by Darren Yap *''Dance Nation'' by Clare Barron, directed by Imara Savage *''

'' by

, adapted & directed by Carissa Licciardello *''Escaped Alone'' by Caryl Churchill, directed by Anne-Louise Sarks *''The Jungle and The Sea'' by S. Shakthidharan, directed by Eamon Flack *''Miss Peony'' by Michelle Law, directed by Sarah Giles *''My Brilliant Career'' adapted from the

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novel by Kendall Feaver, directed by Kate Champion *''Cursed!'' by Kodie Bedford, directed by Jason Klarwein *''

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, adapted & directed by Eamon Flack (Note that the outbreak of

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saw the theatre go dark after two performances of ''Dance Nation''. The season resumed on 16 September with ''A Room of One's Own'', followed by ''Cursed!'' and ''My Brilliant Career'', which played into 2021. The productions of ''Escaped Alone'' and ''Summerfolk'' were cancelled.)

2019

*'' Counting & Cracking'' by S. Shakthidharan, directed by Eamon Flack *'' The Wolves'' by Sarah DeLappe, directed by Jessica Arthur *''Every Brilliant Thing'' by Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe, directed by Kate Champion *'' Barbara & The Camp Dogs'' by

& Alana Valentine, directed by

*''Winyanboga Yurringa'' by

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, directed by Anthea Williams *''

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'' by

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, directed by Neil Armfield *''

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'' by Bertolt Brecht, translated by Tom Wright, directed by Eamon Flack *'' Fangirls'' by Yve Blake, directed by Paige Rattray *''Packer & Sons'' by Tommy Murphy, directed by Eamon Flack

2018

*''My Name Is Jimi'', by

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, directed by Jimi Bani and Jason Klarwein *''My Urrwai'', by Ghenoa Gela, directed by

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*''Mother'', by Daniel Keene, directed by

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*''Single Asian Female'', by Michelle Law, directed by Claire Christian *''Sami in Paradise'', written and directed by Eamon Flack *''The Sugar House'', by Alana Valentine, directed by Sarah Goodes *''Bliss'', adapted from the Peter Carey novel by Tom Wright, directed by Matthew Lutton *'' A Taste of Honey'', by

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, directed by Eamon Flack *''Random'', by debbie tucker green, directed by

*''

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'', adapted from the Charles K. Freeman stage-play by Ronald Hanmer and Phil Park, directed by Richard Carroll *'' An Enemy of the People'', adapted from the Ibsen play by Melissa Reeves, directed by Anne-Louise Sarks *'' The Dance of Death'', by

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, directed by

2017

*'' Prize Fighter'', by Future D. Fidel, directed by

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*''Which Way Home'', by Katie Beckett, directed by

*''Boundless Plains To Share'', performed by

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*''Jasper Jones'', revival of the 2016 production *'' Mark Colvin's Kidney'', by Tommy Murphy, directed by

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*''The Dog/The Cat'', by

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and

, directed by

Ralph Myers Ralph Myers is an Australian theatre designer and director, and the former artistic director of Sydney's Belvoir. In 2005 and 2006 Myers was the resident designer at the Sydney Theatre Company; he was later an associate artist at Belvoir. His a ...

and Anthea Williams *''Guru of Chai'', by

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and Justin Lewis, directed by Justin Lewis * ''Mr Burns'', by Anne Washburn, directed by Imara Savage *'' The Rover'', by Aphra Behn, directed by Eamon Flack *''Hir'', by

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, directed by Anthea Williams *'' Ghosts'', by Henrik Ibsen, directed by Eamon Flack *''The Bookbinder'', by Ralph McCubbin Howell, directed by Hannah Smith *''Atlantis'', by

, directed by Rosemary Myers *'' Barbara & The Camp Dogs'', by Alana Valentine and

, directed by

2016

*''Jasper Jones'', adapted from the Craig Silvey novel by

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, directed by Anne-Louise Sarks *'' The Blind Giant Is Dancing'', by Stephen Sewell, directed by Eamon Flack *''The Great Fire'', by Kit Brookman, directed by Eamon Flack *''The Events'', by David Greig, directed by Clare Watson *''The Tribe'', by

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and Janice Muller *''Back at the Dojo'', by

, directed by Chris Kohn *'' The Drover's Wife'', by

, directed by

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'', directed by Eamon Flack *''Title And Deed'', by Will Eno, directed by Jada Alberts *''Ruby's Wish'', by Holly Austin, Adriano Cappelletta and Jo Turner *'' Faith Healer'', by

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, directed by

*''Girl Asleep'', by Matthew Whittet, directed by Rosemary Myers

2015

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, directed by Leah Purcell *''Kill the Messenger'', by Nakkiah Lui, directed by Anthea Williams *''Blue Wizard'', by Nick Coyle *''Elektra / Orestes'', by Jada Alberts and Anne-Louise Sarks, directed by Anne-Louise Sarks *''The Wizard of Oz'', adapted by

*''Samson'', by Julia-Rose Lewis, directed by Kristine Landon-Smith *''

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'', translated by

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, directed by Eamon Flack *''The Dog / The Cat'', by

and

, directed by Ralph Myers *''Seventeen'', by Matthew Whittet, directed by Anne-Louise Sarks *''La Traviata'', by Ash Flanders and Declan Greene, directed by Declan Greene *''Ivanov'', written and directed by Eamon Flack (after

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) *''Mortido'', by Angela Betzien, directed by Leticia Caceres

2014

*''Oedipus Schmoedipus'', created by Zoe Coombs-Marr, Mish Grigor and Natalie Rose *'' Once in Royal David’s City'', by

, directed by Eamon Flack *''The Government Inspector'', directed by

starring Mitchell Butel. *''20 Questions'', with

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*''Cain And Abel'', created by Kate Davis and Emma Valente, directed by Emma Valente *''Brothers Wreck'', by Jada Alberts, directed by Leah Purcell *''Hedda Gabler'', directed by Adena Jacobs *''Nora'', by Kit Brookman and Anne-Louise Sarks, directed by Anne-Louise Sarks *''Oedipus Rex'', directed by Adena Jacobs *''

The Glass Menagerie ''The Glass Menagerie'' is a memory play by Tennessee Williams that premiered in 1944 and catapulted Williams from obscurity to fame. The play has strong autobiographical elements, featuring characters based on its author, his Histrionic persona ...

'', directed by Eamon Flack *''Is This Thing On?'', by Zoe Coombs-Marr, directed by Kit Brookman and Zoe Coombs-Marr *''A Christmas Carol'', adapted by Benedict Hardie and Anne-Louise Sarks, directed by Anne-Louise Sarks *''Cinderella'', by Matthew Whittet, directed by Anthea Williams

2013

*''Peter Pan'', adapted by Tommy Murphy, directed by Ralph Myers *''This Heaven'', by Nakkiah Lui, directed by

Lee Lewis Lee Lewis is an Australian theatre director. Early life and education Lewis trained as an actor at Columbia University in New York. Returning to Australia, she completed a Masters of Directing at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) ...

*'' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'', directed by

*''Stories I Want to Tell You in Person'', written and performed by

, directed by Anne-Louise Sarks *''Forget Me Not'', by Tom Holloway, directed by Anthea Williams *'' Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches'' *''Angels in America Part Two: Perestroika'', directed by Eamon Flack *''Persona'', adapted and directed by Adena Jacobs *''The Baulkham Hills African Ladies Troupe'', written and directed by Ros Horin *''Miss Julie'', adapted by Simon Stone, directed by Leticia Caceres *''Small and Tired'', written and directed by Kit Brookman *''Hamlet'', directed by Simon Stone *''

The Cake Man ''The Cake Man'' is a 1975 play by Aboriginal Australian writer Bob Merritt, notable for being the first play written by an Indigenous Australian person to be published, televised and to tour out of Australia. A telemovie was made of a 1977 per ...

'', by Robert J. Merritt, directed by Kyle J. Morrison *''Coranderrk'', by Andrea James and Giordano Nanni, directed by Isaac Drandic

2012

* ''Buried City'', by Raimondo Cortese, conceived and directed by Alicia Talbot * ''I'm Your Man'', creator and director

Roslyn Oades Roslyn Oades is an Australian actress, puppeteer and theater maker. Her acting work includes on iconic Australian TV shows ''A Country Practice'' as a guest actor, and a two year stint on the 47-time Logie Award-winning show ''Home and Away'' as ...

* ''Thyestes'', co-written by

Thomas Henning Thomas K. Henning (born 9 April 1956) is a German astrophysicist. Since 2001, he is a director at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy. Henning is an expert in the field of star and planet formation. Education and career Henning studied p ...

, Chris Ryan,

and Mark Winter after

Seneca Seneca may refer to: People and language * Seneca (name), a list of people with either the given name or surname * Seneca people, one of the six Iroquois tribes of North America ** Seneca language, the language of the Seneca people Places Extrat ...

, directed by Simon Stone * '' Babyteeth'', by Rita Kalnejais, director Eamon Flack * ''Every Breath'', written and directed by Benedict Andrews * ''Food'', by Steve Rodgers, directed by Kate Champion and Steve Rodgers * ''Strange Interlude'', by Simon Stone after

Eugene O'Neill Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953) was an American playwright and Nobel laureate in Nobel Prize in Literature, literature. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into the U.S. the drama tech ...

, directed by Simon Stone * ''Old Man'', by Matthew Whittet, directed by Anthea Williams * ''

Death of a Salesman ''Death of a Salesman'' is a 1949 stage play written by American playwright Arthur Miller. The play premiered on Broadway in February 1949, running for 742 performances. It is a two-act tragedy set in late 1940s Brooklyn told through a montage ...

'', by Arthur Miller, directed by Simon Stone * ''Conversation Piece'', choreographer and director

Lucy Guerin Lucy Mary Guerin (born 1961) is an Australian dancer and choreographer. Her work is described as post-modern. Life and career Lucy Guerin was born in Adelaide, Australia, and began her dance education at local dance schools. She graduated fro ...

* ''

Private Lives ''Private Lives'' is a 1930 comedy of manners in three acts by Noël Coward. It concerns a divorced couple who, while honeymooning with their new spouses, discover that they are staying in adjacent rooms at the same hotel. Despite a perpetu ...

'', by Noël Coward, directed by Ralph Myers starring

. * ''Medea'', by Kate Mulvany and Anne-Louise Sarks after Euripides, directed by Anne-Louise Sarks * ''Beautiful One Day'', created by Paul Dwyer, Eamon Flack,

and David Williams * ''Don't Take Your Love To Town'', created by Eamon Flack and Leah Purcell, based on the book ''Don’t Take Your Love to Town'' by Ruby Langford Ginibi, directed by Leah Purcell

2011

* ''The Wild Duck'', written and directed by

, after Henrik Ibsen * ''Jack Charles v the Crown'', by Jack Charles and

John Romeril John Henry Romeril (born 1945) is an Australian playwright and teacher. He has written around 60 plays for theatre, film, radio, and television, and is known for his 1975 play ''The Floating World''. Early life and education John Henry Romeril ...

, directed by Rachael Maza Long * ''Cut'', by Duncan Graham, directed by Sarah John * ''The Business'', based on '' Vassa Zheleznova'' by

, adapted by Jonathan Gavin with Cristabel Sved, directed by Cristabel Sved * ''The Kiss'', by Anton Chekhov, Kate Chopin,

and

Guy de Maupassant Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (, ; ; 5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a 19th-century French author, remembered as a master of the short story form, as well as a representative of the Naturalist school, who depicted human lives, destin ...

, directed by Susanna Dowling * ''

The Seagull ''The Seagull'' ( rus, Ча́йка, r=Cháyka, links=no) is a play by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov, written in 1895 and first produced in 1896. ''The Seagull'' is generally considered to be the first of his four major plays. It dramatises th ...

'', by Anton Chekhov, directed by Benedict Andrews * ''Neighbourhood Watch'', by

, directed by Simon Stone * ''Windmill Baby'', by David Milroy, directed by Kylie Farmer * ''Human Interest Story'', choreographed by

* ''And They Called Him Mr Glamour'', by Gareth Davies, directed by Tom Wright * ''

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll ''Summer of the Seventeenth Doll'' is an Australian play written by Ray Lawler and first performed at the Union Theatre in Melbourne on 28 November 1955. The play is considered to be the most significant in Australian theatre history, and a " ...

'', by

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, directed by Neil Armfield * ''The Dark Room'', by Angela Betzien, directed by

* '' As You Like It'', by William Shakespeare, directed by Eamon Flack

2010

* ''

That Face ''That Face'' is a two- act play written by Polly Stenham. It premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in London on 26 April 2007, directed by Jeremy Herrin. The play was revived at the Duke of York's Theatre in the West End in 2008, opening on 1 ...

'', by

Polly Stenham Polly Stenham (born 16 July 1986) is an English playwright known for her play ''That Face'', which she wrote when she was 19 years old. Background Stenham was born and raised in London. She attributes her love of theatre to her father as he to ...

, directed by Lee Lewis * ''Love Me Tender'', by Tom Holloway, directed by Matthew Lutton * ''The Power of Yes'', by David Hare, directed by Sam Strong * '' Measure for Measure'', by

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, directed by Benedict Andrews * ''Gwen in Purgatory'', by Tommy Murphy, directed by Neil Armfield * '' Namatjira'', by

Scott Rankin Scott Rankin (born 1959) is an Australian theatre director, writer and co-founder and creative director of the arts and social change company Big ''h''ART. Based in Tasmania, Rankin works in and with isolated communities and diverse cultural set ...

, directed by Scott Rankin and Wayne Blair * '' The Diary of a Madman'', by Nikolai Gogol (adapted by David Holman with Neil Armfield and

Geoffrey Rush Geoffrey Roy Rush (born 6 July 1951) is an Australian actor. He is known for his eccentric leading man roles on stage and screen. He is among 24 people who have won the Triple Crown of Acting, having received an Academy Award, a Primetime Em ...

, directed by Armfield) * ''The End'' by Samuel Beckett, directed by Eamon Flack * ''The Bougainville Photoplay Project'' by Paul Dwyer, directed by David Williams

Belvoir education program

The Belvoir's education program for students and teachers includes practical theatre workshops at the theatre or participating school, tours of backstage and behind the scenes areas of the theatre, technical tours led by a professional theatre technician and a Theatre Enrichment Program for "senior English and Drama students in Western Sydney and regional NSW". In addition, Belvoir's Outreach Program partners with local youth support organisations such as Youth Off The Streets, The John Berne School, Twenty10 and Regenesis Youth. Through the Priority Funded Schools Program Belvoir also allows selected students to attend some performances free of charge. Limited student work experience and work placement opportunities are also available.

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