Picnic at Hanging Rock

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Event Picnic at Hanging Rock
Venue Drama Theatre (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW
First Date 17 February 2025
Opening Date 21 February 2025
Last Date 5 April 2025
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Five modern teenage girls recount a story burnt into the Australian psyche. St Valentine’s Day, 1900. In the summertime heat of the Macedon Ranges, four schoolgirls sneak away from their excursion to climb the imposing monolith of Hanging Rock, pulled higher and higher by a mysterious force. All but one disappears without a trace.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Adaptation
Subjects 1900s
Mystery
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Olivia DeJonge Actor
Kirsty Marillier Actor
Lorinda May Merrypor Actor
Masego Pitso Actor
Contessa Treffone Actor
Joan Lindsay Author
James Brown Composer & Sound Designer
Elizabeth Gadsby Designer
Ian Michael Director
Tim Dashwood Fight Director/Fight Choreographer
Trent Suidgeest Lighting Designer
Danielle Micich Movement Director & Intimacy Coordinator
Tom Wright Playwright Adapted from the novel by Joan Lindsay
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web https://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/whats-on/productions/2025/picnic-at-hanging-rock
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 211804