What’s On
Ad Astra Season Galaxy 2027
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How to Survive a Happy Childhood
David Williamson: World Premiere
February 2027
Galaxy
Ad Astra is delighted to announce a World Premiere from our beloved Australian Playwright David Williamson.
""How to Survive a Happy Childhood"" is about intergenerational wealth and the conflicts it generates. While Baby Boomers are hoarding, Gen X can find it difficult to buy a house. Our female protagonist is a University student whose controlling grandparents are wealthy and whose parents are struggling artists.Directed by Heidi Gleadhill
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Twelfth Night
William Shakespeare
March 2027
Galaxy
Another twisted tale from the Bard:
A Shipwreck, Twins, mistaken identity...What could go wrong?
Twelfth Night is part of Ad Astra's Shakespearean festival.
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Mystery Play
We await the rights for this exciting play
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The Operators
Steven Grives: World Premiere
June 2027
Ad Astra is proud to announce the Premiere of 'The Operators' by Steven Grives. This multimedia interactive production will engage you and challenge your ethics.
Steven is an accomplished actor and has appeared in Ad Astra's 'Bakersfield Mist' and 'Loot'
We are delighted to see this new work.M13+
Directed by Steven Grives
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Lucky Stiff
Music S. Flahery, Lyrics and Book L. Ahrens
August 2027
What would you do for $6 million?
From the Tony Award-winning writing team of Ragtime, Seussical, and Once On This Island comes a musical misadventure full of quirky characters, surprises, and a whole lot of laughs. Lucky Stiff follows Harry Witherspoon, an English shoe salesman who must take his taxidermized Uncle on a vacation to Monte Carlo in exchange for a $6 million inheritance. Hot on his heels, and adding (hilariously) to the challenge is a representative of rival beneficiary, the Universal Dog Home of Brooklyn, and his Uncle’s gun-wielding ex-lover. Lucky Stiff is a farce you won’t want to miss!Directed by Stacie Hobbs
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Christmas Pantomime
December 2027
We begin a tradition of a Christmas pantomime that you can bring your children or grandchildren to What a great way to introduce theatre into their life and make memories that they will treasure.
Directed by Prue Robb
Ad Astra Season Pluto 2027
( Pluto is not yet an accessible theatre and has stair access)
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Mrs Kelly
Jesse Richardson
May / June 2027
Yet another Ad Astra World Premiere!
We have all heard the story of Ned Kelly but where did he come from and who were his influences. 'Mrs Kelly' by our own playwright and award winning film producer, Jesse Richardson, explores Ellen Kelly and her story as a pioneering woman.
Directed by Jesse Richardson
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Betrayal
Harold Pinter
July / August 2027
The play details a classic love triangle involving Emma, her husband Robert (a publisher), and Jerry (a literary agent), who is Robert's best friend. The defining characteristic of Betrayal is its reverse-chronological structure. It begins in 1977, two years after the seven-year affair between Emma and Jerry has ended, and moves backward through time to its origin at a party in 1968
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Sunday in the Park with George
Stephen Sondheim
Sept / October 2027
Sunday in the Park with George is a Pulitzer Prize-winning musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, inspired by Georges Seurat’s painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. The narrative contrasts the 1884 creation of the masterpiece by Seurat with the 1984 struggles of his great-grandson, addressing the personal costs and profound rewards of artistic expression.
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Black Rock
Nick Enright
November 2027
Australian Playwright Nick Enright (dec) wrote this play after a tragedy in Newcastle NSW. He explores themes of mateship and loyalty against responsibility and examines the fabric of our society. Themes of Violence, Rape and Murder: M15+
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We are raising money for a lift to provide accessibility to Pluto for audiences and access to dressing rooms for Actors with mobility constraints.
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Ad Astra
Ad Astra Theatre Company began life in 2018. Initially located in a repurposed 1970s office block in Misterton Street, Fortitude Valley. It remained until the theatre was demolished in 2025. In this beautiful space we produced 30 productions, showcased hundreds of emerging and re-emerging actors, directors, stage managers and many other professional level emerging creatives both on and off the stage.
In 2025, we moved to our exciting new complex on Petrie Terrace with four amazing spaces - Galaxy, Pluto, Cosmos and Halley’s Cottage. This new creative hub will be home to exciting Australian and International plays, new Queensland works, musicals, comedy and so much more.
Auditions & News
Our Spaces
Discover Galaxy
A beautiful proscenium arch 151 seat theatre that showcases plays and musicals from Australia and across the planet.
Discover Pluto
Our 44 seat, blackbox theatre, which is a contemporary space infused with so much history, will showcase intimate productions.
Discover Halley’s Cottage
A beautifully restored, century old cottage.
Discover Cosmos
A modern, fresh space with views to Mt Coot-Tha and an adjoining courtyard.
Acknowledgement of Country
The Jagera and Turrbul people have been creating art and telling stories for tens of thousands of years on the land where Ad Astra now stands. We recognise them as the very first creatives on this land.
There is strong oral and archaeological evidence of First Nations people using elevated areas like what is now called Petrie Terrace for gatherings, ceremonies, and lookouts, given their prominence and vantage points.
Ad Astra acknowledges the Jagera people and the Turrbal people, as the traditional owners of the lands on which we work, rehearse and perform.
We pay respect to Elders past and present who continue the cultural and spiritual connections to country.
We recognise their contribution to the arts and continued traditions of storytelling.