Soft Tread Productions, presented by Sydney Festival
Your favourite outback oracle’s cracker yarn
Hitch a ride with Bev on his 18-wheeler, as the highway philosopher whisks you through outback beauty and expounds on an Australia that’s changing faster than he can accelerate. His drily witty yarns might be salty, funny, and more than a little crude, but you’ll find it hard not to love this isolated, opinionated Baudrillard of the bitumen.
Actor-director duo Jonny Hawkins and Nell Ranney were last on Sydney Festival stages with their hit Maureen: Harbinger of Death (2021), a tribute to women elders told through an eccentric Kings Cross veteran bohemian. Now Hawkins has turned their eye to spotlighting a no less under-seen and underestimated group – the working class truckies who keep our nation supplied through long, lonely hours on the road.
Hawkins interviewed around 30 Aussie truck drivers for this piece, which empathetically weaves their stories with Jonny’s own reminiscences of being a “limp wristed gay kid from the Central Coast”. Changing social ideas of masculinity, echo-chambers and the isolation of life as a truckie all get a laconic serving on this long-haul journey into the heart of the Australian dream.
Image credit: Joy Lai
Broadway World
Time Out Sydney
Written and performed Jonny Hawkins
Director and co-creator Nell Ranney
Set and Costume Design Isabel Hudson
Lighting Design Nick Schlieper
Composer and Sound Designer Steve Toulmin
Promotional Photography Joy M Lai
Production Photography Daniel Boud
Production Manager Barry Searle
Stage Manager Tanya Leach
Technician/Lighting Realiser Sam Read
Producer Jo Dyer
Everest Theatre
| Tue 19 Jan | 7pm |
|---|---|
| Wed 20 Jan | 6:30pm |
| Thu 21 Jan | 6:30pm* |
| Fri 22 Jan | 6:30pm |
| Sat 23 Jan | 2pm, 7:30pm |
*Includes post show talk and Q&A.
Approximately 95 minutes with no interval. Partial lockouts apply.
| Premium | $69.90 |
|---|---|
| A Reserve | $59.90 |
| A Reserve Concession* | $53 |
$8 transaction fee applies.
*Concessions are available for: Full-time Students, Pensioners, Senior Card Holders, Unemployed. Please be prepared to present corresponding ID at your event if requested by our staff. Read more.
Contains strong language, flashing lights, adult themes, drug references and sexual references. Recommended for ages 15+.
Children under two years may sit on a guardians lap free of charge. All children under 16 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian into the theatre.
If you have access needs, please contact our Box Office staff at 02 7255 1561.
The only authorised ticket sellers for this event are Seymour Centre and Sydney Festival. If you purchase from an unauthorised seller, you risk that your tickets may be fake or invalid.
Everest Theatre
| Tue 19 Jan | 7pm |
|---|---|
| Wed 20 Jan | 6:30pm |
| Thu 21 Jan | 6:30pm* |
| Fri 22 Jan | 6:30pm |
| Sat 23 Jan | 2pm, 7:30pm |
*Includes post show talk and Q&A.
Approximately 95 minutes with no interval. Partial lockouts apply.
| Premium | $69.90 |
|---|---|
| A Reserve | $59.90 |
| A Reserve Concession* | $53 |
$8 transaction fee applies.
*Concessions are available for: Full-time Students, Pensioners, Senior Card Holders, Unemployed. Please be prepared to present corresponding ID at your event if requested by our staff. Read more.
Contains strong language, flashing lights, adult themes, drug references and sexual references. Recommended for ages 15+.
Children under two years may sit on a guardians lap free of charge. All children under 16 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian into the theatre.
If you have access needs, please contact our Box Office staff at 02 7255 1561.
The only authorised ticket sellers for this event are Seymour Centre and Sydney Festival. If you purchase from an unauthorised seller, you risk that your tickets may be fake or invalid.
Written and performed Jonny Hawkins
Director and co-creator Nell Ranney
Set and Costume Design Isabel Hudson
Lighting Design Nick Schlieper
Composer and Sound Designer Steve Toulmin
Promotional Photography Joy M Lai
Production Photography Daniel Boud
Production Manager Barry Searle
Stage Manager Tanya Leach
Technician/Lighting Realiser Sam Read
Producer Jo Dyer