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Season 2025

August: Osage County

Past Show - Season 2025

27 Feb - 16 Mar

Heath Ledger Theatre

This darkly comedic study of a family in meltdown is an unflinchingly honest and captivating look at addiction, personal failure, and the complex relationships we have with those closest to us.

Unflinching, funny and utterly tragic.

The West Australian
Completely engrossing, horribly funny and train-wreck compelling.

Limelight Magazine
Hilariously, painfully, shockingly superb.

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August: Osage County

Presented by Black Swan State Theatre Company & Belvoir St Theatre

ONE OF THE MONUMENTAL PLAYS OF THE 21ST CENTURY

Pawhuska, Oklahoma, 2007. In the scorching heat of summer, the Weston family has come together following the disappearance of their alcoholic patriarch, Beverly, a world-class poet.

While his wife, Violet, spirals into opiate addiction, the three daughters dutifully return to their childhood home with their spouses, children and unfinished business trailing behind. For the first time in years, the family is together... almost.

As the temperature soars, so do the familial tensions, boiling over in vicious point-scoring and score-settling to sensationally entertaining effect.

This darkly comedic study of a family in meltdown is an unflinchingly honest and captivating look at addiction, personal failure, and the complex relationships we have with those closest to us. August: Osage County is a brilliant example of the best of contemporary American drama, and a theatrical juggernaut of epic proportions.

Presented in association with

PREVIEW PERFORMANCES

A Reserve
- $75.00 Adult
- $70.00 Concession
- $40.00 Student
B Reserve
- $65.00 Adult
- $60.00 Concession
- $40.00 Student
C Reserve
- $35.00 Adult

SAVER PERFORMANCES (Tue/Wed evenings & Wed/Sat Matinees)

Premium
- $100.00 - $119.00 Adult
A Reserve
- $90.00 - $109.00 Adult
- $80.00 - $99.00 Concession
- $45.00 Student
B Reserve
- $79.00 - $99.00 Adult
- $69.00 - $89.00 Concession
- $45.00 Student
C Reserve
- $35.00 Adult

STANDARD PERFORMANCES (Thu/Fri/Sat evenings & Sundays)

Premium
- $119.00 - $139.00 Adult
A Reserve
- $99.00 - $119.00 Adult
- $90.00 - $109.00 Concession
- $45.00 - $50.00 Student
B Reserve
- $85.00 - $105.00 Adult
- $75.00 - $95.00 Concession
- $45.00 - $50.00 Student
C Reserve
- $35.00 Adult

$30 UNDER 30

If you are between 17 and 30 years old, you can enjoy great theatre at great value with $30 tickets on B and C Reserve seats, subject to availability. Limit 2 $30 tickets per order.

CONNECTIX

Connectix tickets are for people who face social barriers to attending the theatre or who are experiencing economic hardship, especially those who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, or culturally and/or linguistically diverse. To book $25 Connectix tickets, use the code CONNECTIX when selecting your seats. This offer is only applicable on A, B & C Reserve seats with a limit of 2 tickets per transaction, and 10 tickets per performance.

PRICING & FEE INFORMATION

For group bookings phone (08) 6212 9300 or email learn@blackswantheatre.com.au - special discount pricing for schools with an ICSEA ranking of < 1000 and /or < 300 students.
Demand-based pricing may see prices increase or decrease at any time and occur without notice. Such alterations do not entitle you to a refund or adjustment for ticket purchases prior to the revised pricing.

Dates

27 Feb - 16 Mar

Venue

Heath Ledger Theatre

Pricing

Tickets between $30.00 - $139.00

Duration

3 hours 45 minutes (including two intervals)

Content Warning

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

For additional content warnings, please click here.

Wheelchair accessible venue

Use the calendar below to view the dates of accessibility services available for this production. Further access information and seat guides can be found via the Accessibility Page.