Content Warnings

August: Osage County
By Tracy Letts
Directed by Eamon Flack

This production contains includes coarse language, mature themes, sexual references, drug and alcohol addiction, and violence. This production also includes the use of herbal cigarettes. 

Please note the following content warnings may contain spoilers.

Ableism, ableist language (mild)
A character uses the term 'retarded' as an insult

Abuse, emotional, verbal, physical, domestic abuse (mild)
A small reference is made by an older woman about her violent mother, as a way to criticise her daughter's parenting skills. And a story is told about a man attacking the daughters of his lover with a hammer.

Alcoholism, alcohol (mild)
Characters in play have an unhealthy relationship with substance abuse, including alcohol.

Animal abuse, animal violence, animal sacrifice, death of an animal (mild)
Light mention of someone killing a boxer dog when they were younger. A story is told of parakeets dying from neglect by being left in high heat.

Body shaming, fat shaming (mild)
Older women in the play make rude remarks about younger women's bodies.

Cigarettes, smoking (strong)
Characters smoke herbal cigarettes throughout the play.

Coarse language (strong)
Offensive language used includes 'Prick', 'Fuck', 'son-of-a-bitch', 'Asshole', 'Shit', 'Horseshit', 'Motherfucker', 'cunt', 'ass', 'Bitch'.

Divorce (mild)
Two characters in the play give the impression they are still married, but are going through a separation. Other characters mention their past divorces.

Drugs, depiction of someone on drugs (strong)
Characters in the play have a highly unhealthy relationship with both prescription and non-prescriptive drugs. The play shows characters intoxicated on prescription pain killers, and marijuana. Prescription medicine mentioned include Valium, Vicodin, Darvon, Darvocet, Percodan, Percocet, Xanax, Oxycontin, Diluaudid.

Homophobia (mild)
A mother uses the term 'lesbian' to insult her daughter.

Incest (mild)
Two characters in the play, who believe they are cousins, have an intimate relationship.

Loss of a loved one, death of a parent and/or spouse (mild)
A patriarchal figure goes missing at the start of the play and is later found dead.

Poverty, homelessness, starvation (mild)
Story is told of a man living with his mother and father in a car between the ages of four and ten.

Racism, systemic racism, racial profiling, police brutality, Islamophobia, genocide, white supremacy, antisemitism, hate crimes, lynching, Black trauma, white nationalism (mild)
A First Nations American Cheyenne character is referred to as an 'Indian' by their white employees. Another white American character refers to traditional dress as 'costumes'.

Rape, sexual abuse, sexual assault, sexual violence, statutory rape (mild)
A man in his 40s makes sexually related moves on a 15 year old girl. They smoke marijuana together, he talks in sexually charged innuendo and flirts with her - coercing her to inhale smoke he exhales while sharing a joint, and gropes her breasts. He turns out a light and we hear heavy breathing.

Suicide, mention of suicide (mild)
It is speculated a death that occurs in the play is suicide via drowning. A character also references Jean Seberg's suicide at one point in the play.

Terminal illness, cancer (mild)
A character in the play is living with a cancer diagnosis.

Violence, physical assault (mild)
A mother and daughter fight over prescription drugs, with other family members coming into the foray to stop them. There is hair grabbing and wrestling. A character hits another character over the head with a skillet. A woman throws a vase and breaks it, another woman smashes a plate.

Raised in Big Spirit Country
Created by Naomi Pigram-Mitchell

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander audiences are advised that the presentation will contain images of deceased persons.

Blue
By Thomas Weatherall
Directed by Ian Wilkes

This production contains strong themes of depression and suicide, and coarse language.

Please note the following content warnings may contain spoilers.

Alcoholism, alcohol (possible)
Light mention of 'drinking too much'.

Arson, fire (possible)
Brief mention of a news report where a house burns down and a couple and their child lose their lives.

Cigarettes, smoking (mild)
Character smokes a cigarette on stage.

Coarse language (mild)
'Words used include 'cunt', 'shit', 'fuck'.

Death, murder , drowning, death threats, poisoning (strong)
The play deals extensively with grief, and therefore contains different deaths through the work - including a drug overdose, a house burning down, and a death by drowning.

Depression (strong)
Character talks openly about their depression, and how they had thoughts of suicide. Character also speaks about different immobilising depression in those close to them.

Drugs, depiction of someone on drugs (mild)
References are made to people living with drug addiction - and it is implied death via overdose. Mild references to being 'stoned' are made. Depictions of abusing alcohol and prescribed medications are given.

Suicide, mention of suicide (strong)
Character talks openly about their depression, and how they had thoughts of suicide, mentioning they have attempted suicide in the past.

Terminal illness, cancer (strong)
A character has an aggressive cancerous tumour of the pancreas.

Never Have I Ever
By Deborah Frances-White
Directed by Kate Champion

This production contains sexual references, themes of racism, and coarse language.

Please note the following content warnings may contain spoilers.

Alcoholism, alcohol 
The play features drinking games throughout and the characters chant and pressure each other to drink. Throughout the play a large amount of alcohol is consumed.

Arson, fire
The play uses live flames erupting from tables within a restaurant.

Bullying, blackmail, online abuse
A character is accused of bullying another character, to which they object this accusation.

Coarse language
'Frequent use of the word 'Fuck'. Occasional use of the words ‘shit’ and ‘cunt’. Infrequent use of the words ‘spaff’, ‘nob’, ‘vag’, ‘shag’, ‘arse’, ‘cock’ 'wanker' and ‘twat’.

Contains words & descriptions that may be culturally sensitive, racist language
The play deals with racism throughout as the characters discuss their experiences of racial discrimination and privilege and how they navigate them. Areas of discussion include: The usage of the word 'woke' as appropriation from African American culture; A White character performing a type of expected allyship whilst being ignorant of the potential offence within their language or silence of People of Colour in doing so; A Black character telling a story of how they were invited to a party as a guest, but people assumed they were staff; Characters feeling 'fetishized' because of their ethnicity; A character's ethnicity and self identification as 'Turkish' is questioned by another character; A White character claims they are attacked for being White.

Drugs, depiction of someone on drugs
Characters in the play take Cocaine. Characters also speak of taking MDMA in the past during their university years.

Homophobia
A character who identifies as Queer is question on this identification by other characters in the play. A character refers to another character as a 'sort of bisexual' and not 'is a bisexual'.

Racism, systemic racism, racial profiling, police brutality, Islamophobia, genocide, white supremacy, antisemitism, hate crimes, lynching, Black trauma, white nationalism
A character tells a story of how they have experience racism through racial profiling at airports, and being subjected to 'random' searches. A Black character telling a story of how they were invited to a party as a guest, but people assumed they were staff. The play also hints at unconscious racial bias existing in the world, and has discourse around the UK Brexit vote which intersects with the existence of racial oppression.

Sex, descriptions of sex
Characters mention different sexual positions and discuss whether their married friend's still have sex or not. In the play a character offers to pay money for sex from another character. Oral sex occurs in the play during a moment of darkness, not visible to the audience. Different couples reveal public places they have had sex. The play also touches on university students having sex with Tutors or Lecturers, and the imbalance of power in these relationships.

Sexism, misogyny
A male character often refers to females in the world in a patronising way, calling them 'ladies' or 'girls'. This same character talks over women when discussing a female experience or topic.

Smoking, This production includes the use of herbal cigarettes.

Violence, physical assault
Verbal altercations escalate to physical attacks, with characters pushing and slapping each other. One character throws their drinks at another.

The Gospel According to Paul
Written and Performed by Jonathan Biggins
Directed by Aarne Neeme

Coarse Language (mild)
Words used in the show include: 'shit' 'bastard' 'shithole' 'fuck' and 'cunt' - often in the context of Paul describing politicians before his time, during his time, and after his time.

Speaking in Tongues
By Andrew Bovell
Directed by Humphrey Bower

This production contains includes themes of violence, murder and toxic relationships, and coarse language.

Please note the following content warnings may contain spoilers.

Abuse, emotional, verbal, physical, domestic abuse (possible)
Character tells a story in which they releases a torrent of abuse on someone else.

Ageism (possible)
Characters deal with growing old and speak of aging with sorrow.

Alcoholism, alcohol (possible)
Mentions of characters drinking more than usual, and being in a bad way.

Blood, gore, graphic images, blood effects (possible)
Descriptions of a bloody/broken nose.

Body shaming, fat shaming (possible)
Characters speak about not liking aspects of their own body, and create negative connotations.

Child abuse, child neglect (possible)
A character has a past of being abused as a child by their father, and another character refers to abuse as being an epidemic and out of control.

Cigarettes, smoking (possible)
Possible use of herbal cigarettes in production.

Coarse language (mild)
'Words used include 'fuck', 'shit', 'arsehole', 'bullshit'.

Death, murder , drowning, death threats, poisoning (mild)
A female is missing - and a police investigation into her murder takes place within the play.

Divorce (mild)
Married couples experience difficult times, and work through different cases of infidelity.

Simulated violence, knife fight, physical fight (possible)
Characters slap each across the face during the play.

Suicide, mention of suicide (possible)
A story is told where a man disappears and his shoes are left on the shore of the beach - it is not confirmed as a suicide in the play, but is one explanation given.

Toxic relationship, manipulation (mild)
A characters tells the story of a man following an ex lover and watching her without her knowledge. A psychologist suggests a character is manipulative in their actions towards men.

Violence, physical assault (mild)
Characters slap each across the face during the play. Characters are described as cut up and with blood on their shirt after an altercation. A female dead body is described as being discovered during the play - and violence against women is present in the work - including 'pushing' a pregnant woman.

Carol
By Andrea Gibbs
Directed by Adam Mitchell

This production contains coarse language and use of theatrical haze.

Please note the following content warnings may contain spoilers.

Audience interaction (mild)
One lucky member of the audience (seated near the stage) may be asked two simple questions about themselves. i.e. What is their name? What do they do for a job?

Car accident, vehicle accident (mild) 
At a group grieving session for those who have lost loved ones, a member speaks about his wife being 'killed in a car accident'.

Coarse language (mild)
Words spoken include 'Fuck', 'Shit', 'Bloody', 'Bastard', 'Cunt'

Haze, smoke effect (mild)
The show contains use of theatrical haze

Loss of a love one, death of a parent and spouse (mild)
A key storyline to the show is Carol, our protagonist, managing her life as Christmas approaches after the death of her husband Tom.

RBG: Of Many, One
By Suzie Miller
With Heather Mitchell
Directed by Priscilla Jackman

This production contains coarse language, adult themes, sexism, use of herbal cigarettes, haze, and flashing lights, and complete theatrical blackout.

Please note the following content warnings may contain spoilers.

Abuse, emotional, verbal, physical, domestic abuse (mild)
Direct quotes as spoken by Donald Trump about leeching over women and 'grabbing them by the pussy' - not seen, but spoken.

Loss of loved one, death of a parent and/or spouse (mild)
Deaths of family members remembered and relived by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, including her mother, her sister, and her husband.

Medical procedures, hospitalisation (mild)
Ruth recounts her husband’s battle against testicular cancer, her battle against breast cancer, and her loss and subsequent death at the hands of pancreatic cancer.

Sexism, misogyny (strong)
The life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg is one of battling long inherited personal and structural misogyny. Reference to imbalance for women through RBG's life made, including Donald Trump's sexist and misogynistic language, women not being included in mourning procedures at Jewish funerals, women being told not to raise their voice, limited positions in higher education for women and the difficulty of women being hired into law firms.

Suicide, mention of suicide (mild)
In speaking about a case, Ruth tells the audience of a child who took their own life. No method is described.

The Shepherd's Hut
Adapted by Tim McGarry from the novel by Tim Winton
Directed by

This production contains coarse language, adult themes, references to/simulated violence including family & domestic violence, and sexual references.

Please note the following content warnings may contain spoilers.

Abuse - emotional, verbal, physical, domestic abuse (mild)
Central character Jaxie is abused verbally and beaten physically by his father Sid.

Alcoholism, alcohol (mild)
Sid, Jaxie's father, is often referred to as being drunk - and often results in a violence towards Jaxie.

Animal abuse, animal violence, animal sacrifice, death of an animal (possible)
Stylised depiction of a goat being slaughtered for meat, and a kangaroo being shot are made in the play. A character in the play is also a Butcher - and references to a bone crate in their shop is made.

Anger issues (mild)
The central character Jaxie wonders whether the anger of his father towards him, including violence, is inherent in him too. A central theme of the work is how things such as anger in young men can be navigated safely.

Coarse language (mild)
Words spoken include: 'shithead' 'fuck' 'cunt'

Death, murder , drowning, death threats, poisoning (mild)
After extensive abuse and torture Fintan dies on stage, and the two men who torture him are shot by Jaxie. These moments are enacted in a stylised way.

Guns, gun violence, mass shooting, gun shooting (mild)
Jaxie uses a gun to shoot two men who torture Fintan. This moment is depicted in a stylised manner onstage.

Sex, descriptions of sex (possible)
Felatio is referenced in the text, but not enacted onstage.

Simulated violence, knife fight, physical fight (mild)
Most physical violence in the performance is stylised. Including where two thugs tie up Fintan and torture him with a knife.

Terminal illness, cancer (possible)
Jaxie's mother suffered from a terminal cancer diagnosis and passed. References to her shaved head are made.

Torture (mild)
Stylised enaction/interpretation of torture as two thugs tie up Fintan to a gambrel and cut him with a knife.

Violence, physical assault (mild)
Stylised depictions of being beaten up, tied up, and cut with a knife are made in the play.

War, bombing, refugee crisis (possible)
Fintan, the Irish priest, alludes to acts of war and mass burial grounds he witnessed in Africa. These events are mentioned in an obscure way, and we are never given the full details of their occurrence.

The Almighty Sometimes
By Kendall Feaver
Directed by Emily McLean

Please note this production contains coarse language, depictions of and references to suicide, mental illness, and prescription drug use.

Please note the following content warnings may contain spoilers.

Ableism, ableist language (mild)
Our central character Anna uses ableist language when talking about Oliver's disabled father, calling him 'a fat old man stuck in a chair'. And that Oliver's dad lost his legs through 'inaction' alone.

Bipolar disorder (strong)
The play's central character Anna is spoken about as having bipolar disorder.

Coarse language (possible)
'Words spokein include: 'Fuck' 'Fucking' 'Bullshit' 'Shit' ‘Arse’ ‘Dick’, ‘Bitch’ ‘Bastard’ ‘Dickhead’ ‘Shithead’ ‘Wankstain’

Depression (possible)
Depression and experiences of depression are often recounted in the play from the perspective of many of the characters.

Drugs, depiction of someone on drugs (strong)
The central character of the play, Anna, is diagnosed with a serious mental illness that she has been medicated and treated for since childhood.
Characters frequently discuss Anna's medication. One of the questions Anna asks herself throughout the play is whether she is still unwell as an adult despite being unwell as a child and whether medication inhibits her creativity. Anna goes off her medication at several points in the play.
Anna discusses how many different medications she has been on and side effects such as weight gain, nausea, insomnia, anxiety, rapid cycling, crawling skin, sensitivity to light.
It is alluded to the possibility that Anna consumed medication as a child that was hidden in her food by her mother.

Mental illness (strong)
The central character of the play, Anna, is diagnosed of a serious mental illness that she has been medicated and treated for since childhood.

Self harm, self harm presented on stage (possible)
A description in a story is given of a girl 'opening herself like a leather bag' with a kitchen knife - and stepping out of her skin. This is spoken but not enacted.

Suicide, mention of suicide (strong)
There are several references to suicide in the play including a character describing the feeling of wanting to suicide and an incident in which as a child a character attempted suicide.
There is a specific reference to the mechanics of suicide via prescription medication between Anna and her psychiatrist.
During the play Anna appears to attempt suicide by swallowing a number of pills. In the scene where this occurs, her mother Renee puts her fingers down her throat and Anna is physically violent towards Renee and they wrestle with one another while Oliver calls an ambulance. Later, it is inferred that Anna knew that she couldn't overdose on those specific pills.

Violence, physical assault (possible)
Wrestling is enacted onstage, and at other points in the play there are references to violence made by characters in the past.

Day (After Day) In The Life Of The Useless
By Will O'Mahony
Directed by Adam Mitchell

Please note this production contains coarse language, references to suicide, and mild violence.

Please note the following content warnings may contain spoilers.

Bullying, blackmail, online abuse (possible)
Our lead character mentions feeling like they are being blackmailed by a child.

Coarse language (mild)
Language spoken includes words: 'Cunts' 'Fuck' 'Pussy' 'Shit' 'Asshole'

Drugs, depiction of someone on drugs (possible)
Light mention of anti-depressant drugs, or people needing medication for mental illness.

Guns, gun violence, mass shooting, gun shooting (mild)
A character pulls a gun out and suddenly shoots another character.

Loss of a love one, death of a parent and spouse (possible)
A few moments where cameo characters mention a dead parent.

Mental illness (possible)
Light mention of anti-depressant drugs, or people needing medication for mental illness.

Paranoia (possible)
Character could be interpreted to be having a paranoid episode as they begin to think robots may have infiltrated the human race.

Sex, descriptions of sex (possible)
Possible very brief simulation of a sex scene.

Suicide, mention of suicide (mild)
There are a few moments where characters mention killing themselves, or say in a hurtful way that another character should kill themselves. In one scene a character stands at a ledge pondering jumping from a great height, when another character appears and also wants to jump off the ledge. They both speak of suicide and argue about some reasoning to it.

Terminal illness, cancer (possible)
A character mentions in conversation they are recently diagnosed with Huntington's disease and may not have long to live.

Violence, physical assault (possible)
A character arranges (via a third party) for their therapist to be assaulted, but the wrong doctor is attacked offstage.

Raised in Big Spirit Country
Created by Naomi Pigram-Mitchell

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander audiences are advised that the presentation will contain images of deceased persons.

Jacky 
By Declan Furber Gillick
Directed by Kate Champion and Maitland Schnaars

This production contains adult themes of alcoholism, drug addiction and sex, depictions of racism/racist slurs, coarse language, and possible nudity. 

Please note the following content warnings may contain spoilers.

Alcoholism, alcohol (mild)
Reference to alcoholism made. Characters appear in scene is drunk.

Contains words & descriptions that may be culturally sensitive, racist language (mild)
Script includes racially sensitive commentary/General discrimination towards a race/Racial slurs – including racial profiling, fetishisation of First Nations men, and racial comments. Script also references injustices faced by First Nations people, regarding incarcerations and mistreatment.

Death, murder , drowning, death threats, poisoning (possible)
References are made to a mother's ill health and life expectancy.

Divorce (mild)
Two characters are going through a divorce in the play, and an intermarital relationship takes place as this divorce transpires

Drugs, depiction of someone on drugs (mild)
References to addiction are made, including alcohol addiction and smoking and drug problems.

Nudity (possible)
Possible male nudity on stage.

Racism, systemic racism, racial profiling, police brutality, Islamophobia, genocide, white supremacy, antisemitism, hate crimes, lynching, Black trauma, white nationalism (strong)
Script includes racially sensitive commentary/General discrimination towards a race/Racial slurs – including racial profiling, fetishisation of First Nations men, and racial comments. Script also references injustices faced by First Nations people, regarding incarcerations and mistreatment.

Sex, descriptions of sex (strong)
A character has their first queer experience with a rent boy. Sex work is depicted in the play, and some characters judge this negatively. The play also contains overtly sexual language, as one character asks to see another character's penis, make references to being penetrated, and racially inferred references to 'big black cock'.

The Pool
By Steve Rodgers
Directed by Kate Champion

This production contains mature themes and coarse language.

Please note the following content warnings may contain spoilers.

Body shaming, fat shaming (mild)
Character speaks of dealing with self confidence issues to do with their body in a swimsuit when they are younger.

Child abuse, child neglect (mild)
A plot line involving a swim instructor being proud of a young swim student and kissing her on the cheek out of excitement, lands him in and his colleague in a difficult position. A character speaks of being kicked out of home by their parents when they were 17, and being slapped by their father after almost drowning in Green's Pool when they were very young.

Death, murder, drowning, death threats, poisoning (mild)
A character jokes about throwing themselves in the water and drowning themselves. At another time a character in the play tells a story of almost drowning as an infant at Green's Pool in Denmark.

Drugs, depiction of someone on drugs (mild)
A character who is a recovering drug addict mentions some of the drugs they've been addicted to in the past; Codeine, Demerol.

Eating disorder, anorexia, bulimia, disordered eating (mild)
A character speaks about difficulty in the past with liking their body, and subsequent eating disorder which followed from that. "I stopped eating, I starved myself, or I threw up after eating, I found myself a proper eating disorder."

Mental illness (mild)
Character living with diagnosed depression represented.

Medical procedures, hospitalisation (mild)
Mentions of Cancer treatments and hospitalisation, also mentions of treatment needed to address a prolapsed vagina.

Terminal illness, cancer (mild)
Multiple references to cancer.

Trauma, PTSD, victim blaming (mild)
Character suffering possible trauma from incident of almost drowning as a child.

Violence, physical assault (mild)
Mention of a child biting an adult on the arm and drawing blood

Audience interaction (mild)
Possible audience interaction for those who have selected to take part at point of purchase.