Ghost Quartet - Sydney Season 2025

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Wed 08 Jan 2025 - Sat 01 Feb 2025

Presented by Antipodes Theatre Company in association with Hayes Theatre Co

Music, Lyrics and Text by Dave Malloy

Directed by Brandon Pape

Antipodes Theatre Company is kicking off its stellar 2025 season with the highly lauded Melbourne production of Ghost Quartet.

Playing at Hayes Theatre Co in Sydney for a strictly limited season, this intoxicating musical odyssey about love, death and whisky is sure to delight theatregoers this summer.

Written and composed by Dave Malloy (Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812), Ghost Quartet premiered at Brooklyn's famed Bushwick Starr in 2014 and then ran in some of New York's most prestigious venues, including New York Theatre Workshop (birthplace of the musical Once) and The McKittrick Hotel (home of Sleep No More).

Antipodes Theatre Company staged the acclaimed Australian premiere of Ghost Quartet at Melbourne's Gasworks Arts Park in 2019 and a sold-out revival at Meat Market Stables in November 2021. Hailed as "rapturous" and "rollicking" (New York Times), this brand new season of the Australian premiere production is ready to cast its spell on Sydney audiences!

4 sides. 7 centuries. 90 minutes.

Four friends conjure spirits (both spectral and alcoholic) as they unravel four interwoven narratives spanning seven centuries: a warped fairy tale about two sisters and a treehouse astronomer; a retelling of Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher; a purgatorial intermezzo about Scheherazade and the ghost of Thelonious Monk; and a contemporary fable about a subway murder. Inspired by source material as diverse as Arabian Nights and The Twilight Zone, Ghost Quartet is about the stories we choose to pass on, the versions of ourselves we choose to inhabit, and the healing power of music.

"Antipodes Theatre Company is now in its sixth year and we could not be more thrilled to be making our Sydney debut," noted Antipodes Theatre Company Director Brandon Pape. "We've had two successful seasons in Melbourne, and this show really is the gift that keeps on giving. Dave Malloy has crafted a genuinely haunting song cycle around his fascination with why we believe in ghosts and the stories that shape us."

"Through Malloy's unique perspective, audiences can expect a musical experience that grapples with death, grief, guilt, and the nagging feeling that maybe we aren’t living our lives to their fullest potential. I am so thrilled to revisit this piece and get to share the Australian premiere production with Sydney audiences."

The Antipodes creative team have assembled a phenomenally talented cast of singer-musicians that includes Cameron Bajraktarevic-Hayward (My Brilliant Career, Little Women), David Butler (Love That For You), Hany Lee (Hamilton), and Willow Sizer (Guys and Dolls).

Don't miss this strictly listed Sydney season of Ghost Quartet - it is primed to be a highlight of the 2025 Musical Theatre season. Running for four weeks only, tickets are now on sale.

Click here to purchase your tickets.

PLAN YOUR VISIT

WHEN:
Mon 6:30pm, Wed–Sat 7:30pm, Sat Matinee 2pm, Sun 5pm
Opening night: Friday 10 January, 7:30pm

Community Nights:
Mon 20: Industry Night (Connect with other artists from the performing arts community)
Wed 15: Queer Night (Show your pride alongside other members of the LGBTQIA2S+ community, featuring live music in the lobby before the show)
Sun 19: Q&A (Join us after the performance for a Q&A with the director and cast)
Wed 22: Folk Night (Bringing together local musos and technicians from the live music community, featuring live music in the lobby before the show)

Tickets: $65-86 (Full), $59-79 (Concession/Group 8+), $49-59 (Under 35)
Bookings: hayestheatre.com.au
Venue: Hayes Theatre, 19 Greenknowe Ave, Potts Point NSW

Runtime: 90 minutes, no interval
Recommended for audiences 14+, parental discretion is advised.
Warnings: Coarse language and references to death, murder and childhood trauma. Contains flashing lights, loud sounds, theatrical haze and a 15-minute blackout sequence.

Find out more at:
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CAST + CREW
Directed by Brandon Pape
Performed by Cameron Bajraktarevic-Hayward, David Butler, Hany Lee and Willow Sizer
Musical Direction: David Butler
Production Design by Jodi Hope
Lighting Design by Sidney Younger
Sound Design by Evan Drill
Sydney Stage Manager: Jemma Sproul
Melbourne Stage Manager: Ashleigh Walwyn
Assistant Stage Manager: Adelaide Tustian
Associate Producer and Production Manager: Laura Campbell
Associate Producer and Marketing: Cameron Steens
Graphic Design: Kenney Designs

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