A FEW GOOD MEN

Aaron Sorkin’s cinematic smash returns to the stage.

Long before Hollywood, this sizzling legal drama from the masterful Aaron Sorkin dominated Broadway, and now court is in session in the Playhouse for QPAC’s 40th Birthday celebrations. One misfit US Marine is dead, two others stand accused of killing him, and the whole corps is on trial as a team of young military lawyers uncover a sinister conspiracy in this gripping judicial thriller.

Inspired by actual events at Guantanamo Bay in 1986, this “brilliant, intelligent, cutting, shivering and even nasty script” (The Independent) sparkles with the signature quickfire repartee of Sorkin’s screen hits The West Wing, The Newsroom and The Social Network.

Turning a spotlight on the toxic internal culture of the United States military, A Few Good Men interrogates the idea that instilling unquestioning loyalty in a soldier has dark and terrible consequences, and that patriotism is the virtue of the vicious. Helmed by three-time Matilda Award-winning director Daniel Evans, a cast of rising stars go head-to-head with a swathe of stage legends in this courtroom tour-de-force.

Can you handle the truth?

"Enormously entertaining."
— New York Daily News

"Sorkin is the ratatat duke of dialogue, reigning king of the walk–and–talk."
— Entertainment Weekly

A Few Good Men is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

This event is supported by the QPAC 40 program, celebrating 40 years of joy, inclusion, gathering and stories.

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THE REVIEWS ARE IN

“A tour de force for Queensland Theatre Company … world class"
— InReview

★★★★★
“As close to perfection on stage as is humanly possible, this production was an incredible night of theatre that everyone should endeavour to see.”
— Queensland Stage Critics

★★★★½
"A Few Good Men is a momentous achievement and ends Queensland Theatre Company’s 2025 season on a high note."
— Limelight

★★★★
“Operatic in scale and cinematic in structure, it is a feat”
— ArtsHub

“This is theatre made with intellect, brawn, and a fierce sense of purpose … impeccable”
— Stage Whispers

“Daniel Evans has delivered direction that feels razor sharp.”
— The Scoop

“Simone Romaniuk’s set design is a triumph.”
— ArtsHub

“A tremendous and powerful production … gripping, intense and weighted with dramatic complexity.”
— Australian Arts Review

“Ben Hughes’ lighting design elevated and enhanced every second of action on stage.”
— Queensland Stage Critics

“A Few Good Men delivers the kind of audience experience you want every time you take your seat in a theatre.”
— InDaily

“Theatre at its sharpest, its loudest — and its most necessary.”
— Absolute Theatre

“Mike Willmett’s composition and sound design are extraordinary … one of the defining achievements of the production.”
— The Scoop

“George Pullar takes on Daniel Kaffee with exhilarating originality … crafting a performance that’s charismatic, restless, and fully lived-in.”
— Stage Whispers

“Told with a calibred approach that finds sophistication in its every nuance.”
— Blue Curtains Brisbane

“Hayden Spencer delivers an incredible performance as Lt. Col. Nathan Jessep … magnetic, terrifying and impossible to look away from.”
— The Scoop

“The must see show of the year — or possibly the Queensland Theatre Company production of the decade.”
— Creatives Future Photography

“Courtney Cavallaro’s Joanne Galloway is magnetic. She’s sharp, warm, and unflinching, charting the character’s smarts and spirit with thrilling precision.”
— Stage Whispers

“Under Daniel Evans’ meticulously calibrated direction, A Few Good Men becomes a full-throated study of power, loyalty, and the brittle machinery of institutional honour.”
— Stage Whispers

“Reagan Mannix makes Louden Downey beautifully vulnerable, his contrasting military strength and personal fragility rendered with quiet truth.”
— Stage Whispers

“A technical and performance masterclass.”
— The Scoop

“Donné Ngabo is riveting as Dawson, all clenched honour and coiled moral injury; his physical work is superb.”
— Stage Whispers

“Hugh Parker delivers a performance of remarkable nuance as Markinson, he’s haunted, conflicted, achingly human. It is acting of the highest order.”
— Stage Whispers

“Jeremiah Wray was commanding as Lt Kendrick … stoic, terrifying and deeply believable in his performance.”
— Queensland Stage Critics