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School Dance

By Matthew Whittet
Presented by Queensland Theatre Company's Young Company

Think Wayne’s World meets Stranger Things. Matthew Whittet’s School Dance is a hilarious, heartfelt, and totally ’80s coming-of-age story that embraces the best things about being weird and transports us to the awkward, electric, and unforgettable world of high school.Three teena...

Think Wayne’s World meets Stranger Things.

Matthew Whittet’s School Dance is a hilarious, heartfelt, and totally ’80s coming-of-age story that embraces the best things about being weird and transports us to the awkward, electric, and unforgettable world of high school.

Three teenagers — Matt, Luke, and Jonathon — are the outsiders of their school. Invisible to the cool kids, terrified of bullies, and nursing giant crushes they’ll never admit to, they’re just trying to survive one big night: the school dance.

What starts as a painfully familiar teenage ordeal soon explodes into a surreal adventure where unicorns create portals, epic BMX rides provide more than mere exposition, and the ghosts of invisible teens haunt every mirror-ball spin.

With big hair, bigger emotions, and a soundtrack of iconic ’80s hits, School Dance is a wild, funny, and deeply relatable dive into what it means to want to be seen.

Queensland Theatre Company's Young Company is proudly supported by program partners Brisbane City Council, The Rekindle Foundation and Australian Communities Foundation, and our generous donors and supporters.

  • Dates
    4 - 11 July
  • Location
    Diane Cilento Studio
  • Times
    Sat 4 July 7.30pm
    Tues 7 July 7.30pm
    Wed 8 July 7.30pm
    Thurs 9 July 7.30pm
    Fri 10 July 7.30pm 
    Sat 11 July 2pm 
    Sat 11 July 7.30pm
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  • Ticket Pricing
    Adult
    $30
    Senior
    $30
    Concession
    $30
    Youth - 35 & Under
    $30
  • Duration
    80 minutes
  • Warning

    This production contains depictions of violence, occasional coarse language, strobe lighting effects, and the use of haze. Recommended for ages 14+.

    This production contains depictions of violence, occasional coarse language, strobe lighting effects, and the use of haze. Recommended for ages 14+.

  • Dates
    4 - 11 July
  • Location
    Diane Cilento Studio
  • Times
    Sat 4 July 7.30pm
    Tues 7 July 7.30pm
    Wed 8 July 7.30pm
    Thurs 9 July 7.30pm
    Fri 10 July 7.30pm 
    Sat 11 July 2pm 
    Sat 11 July 7.30pm
  • Buy Tickets
  • Ticket Pricing
    Adult
    $30
    Senior
    $30
    Concession
    $30
    Youth - 35 & Under
    $30
  • Duration
    80 minutes
  • Warning

    This production contains depictions of violence, occasional coarse language, strobe lighting effects, and the use of haze. Recommended for ages 14+.

    This production contains depictions of violence, occasional coarse language, strobe lighting effects, and the use of haze. Recommended for ages 14+.

Creatives

Writer Matthew Whittet
Director Ben Newth
Set and Costume Design Mentor Josh McIntosh
Lighting Design Mentor Christine Felmingham
Sound Design Mentor/ Composer Eloise Collins
Young Company Supervisor Ruby Sanders
Choreographer Neridah Waters
Cultural Safety Advisor Emily Burton

Young Performers

Ainslie Orcullo Ryan
Chylo Barriball-Hika
Cooper Ramsay
Dylan Komoff
Ebony Baird
Elizabeth Francis
Gilbee Gibson
Hannah Smethurst
Jess Thompson
Jesse Frommelt
Jessica Matthews
Lewis Flint
Liam Lazarus
Lixi Caldwell
Lucia Gollan
Lucy Hensley
with Emily Burton as The Narrator.

Young Designers

Billie Dowsett
Ev Brand
Hayden Harris
Lidija Spaile
Lily Weatherall
Oscar Buchholz
Pippa Kerr


Queensland Theatre Company proudly acknowledges and thanks all donors for their philanthropic gifts, grants, scholarships and generous support for young artists.

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