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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s
The Great Gatsby
Adapted by Daniel Evans and Nelle Lee
Directed by Daniel Evans and Nick Skubij
Can you repeat the past? Of course you can, Old Sport.
Welcome to The Jazz Age: a fever dream of dizzying excess where love, lies and liquor are in hot supply. Late to this glittering party arrives Nick Carraway, a blow-in from the mid-West, who’s immediately drawn to the enigmat...
Can you repeat the past? Of course you can, Old Sport.
Welcome to The Jazz Age: a fever dream of dizzying excess where love, lies and liquor are in hot supply. Late to this glittering party arrives Nick Carraway, a blow-in from the mid-West, who’s immediately drawn to the enigmatic playboy next door: Jay Gatsby.
Every Saturday night New York’s Flappers, Freeloaders and Pleasure Seekers swill from Gatsby’s generosity while rumours swirl about their mysterious host. Is he a racketeer? A mobster? A bootlegger? A saint? Nick soon discovers the forlorn Gatsby is a man who has everything he wants - except the only woman he’s ever loved … Daisy.
Considered one of the greatest novels ever written, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s literary masterpiece comes roaring to the stage in a stylish and scintillating adaptation where dreams shimmer then shatter, hearts beat achingly out of time and everyone’s chasing their own green light.
Queensland Theatre Company and our nationally-acclaimed homegrown heroes Shake & Stir Theatre Co spirit you away to that elusive gin-soaked Summer of 1922, where love and longing is served on the rocks. From the creative teams that brought you Pride & Prejudice, Frankenstein, A Christmas Carol and GRIMM, alongside a cast of rising stars, this Gatsby is shaken, not stirred.
Praise for The Great Gatsby
“Scintillating and genuinely brilliant.” — New York Post
“…it's not the champagne and the dancing… it is those feelings of wondering where we are, the sense that anything can crumble at any moment, that keep Gatsby meaningful.” — Michael Farris Smith, American Novelist
“Perhaps the supreme American novel.” — Sunday Times
“Forget great. The Great Gatsby is the greatest…” — Maureen Corrigan, So We Read On
Dates
12 Feb – 8 Mar, QPAC 5 – 6 Feb: The Empire Theatre
Location
Playhouse, QPAC & The Empire Theatre, Toowoomba
Times
The Empire Theatre
Evenings: Fri-Sat 7:30pm Matinee: Sat 1:00pm
2 hours 30 minutes including interval, subject to change without notice
Accessibility
Auslan Interpreted Fri 27 Feb at 7:30pm
Audio Described Sat 28 Feb at 2:00pm
The Briefing
Tues 10 Feb 6:30pm
Warning
This production contains mature themes, moderate violence, sexual references and the simualted use of drugs and alcohol. Recommended for ages 15+
This production contains mature themes, moderate violence, sexual references and the simualted use of drugs and alcohol. Recommended for ages 15+
Creatives
Set & Costume Designer Christina Smith Associate Costume Designer Nat Ryner Lighting Designer Trent Suidgeest Composer & Sound Designer Guy Webster Choreographer Nerida Matthaei Creative Producer Ross Balbuziente
Cast
Meg Fraser Ryan Hodson Shiv Palekar Jeremiah Wray
Special Toowoomba Performances
The Great Gatsby will have special out of town performances at Toowoomba’s historic Empire Theatre on the 5 & 6 February 2026, before hitting the stage at South Brisbane’s QPAC.
