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We actively seek funding to provide performance opportunities for people who have experienced marginalisation to create art about social issues. We provide a platform from which mixed ability writers, actors and artists can tell the stories they want to tell. 

Upcoming Performances!

Performances available for hire!

Book a Playback Theatre performance

Interactive theatre in which the audience share stories and see them played back before them.

4 people perform on stage with outstretched arms
Chemical Reaction

Interactive Forum Theatre performance about the challenges of science communication.

A group of men and women smile for the camera
Inner Climate

An interactive theatrical exploration of climate change, and all of the voices telling us what we should and shouldn’t do…

Graphic of a globe and a male silhouette bust. THe words 'inner climate' are curved around the globe

Past Performances 

Crossroads Mental Health Festival
A woman in coloured clothing walking down a street onto an arrow pointing in three different directions. On the first arrow point a man in tracksuit jumps in the air playing electric guitar, on the second a man sits playing acoustic guitar, on the third a man plays saxophone
Everyday Heroes

Coming Home
4 people perform on stage with outstretched arms
The Art of Disruption (2024)

Rebus Theatre Presents:
THE ART OF DISRUPTION
Truth meets imagination on a journey like no other.
May 30 – June 1 at the ACT Hub

A man in a suit stands frowning with hands in pockets. A woman peeks out from behind him with a big grin! There is a cartoon dragon behind them
Systems and Sanity (2023)

A theatrical journey through the mental health system by people who have travelled there, or got lost along the way. Book now for online streaming season Jun 20-July3

A printed image of 4 people in black clothes sit/stand below a big tree posing for the camera is being fed through a paper shredder
Utopiate (2022)

An intergalactic odyssey to a planet without pain

A silhouetted figure in a spacesuit stands looking out at an abstracted, sci-fi landscape made up of thousands of light blue lines intersecting across a dark background. There are points of illuminated red and orange particles in the top left corner. The abstract scene and the figure are mirrored on the reflective surface of the floor.
At The End Of Our Street (2022)

Interactive Playback Theatre performances in East Gippsland, Bega Valley Shire, Eurobodalla Shire, Queanbeyan Palerang Regional Council and the Australia Capital Territory about why we love where we live

Chemical Reaction (2022)

Interactive Forum Theatre performance about the challenges of science communication.

A group of men and women smile for the camera
Inner Climate (2022)

An interactive theatrical exploration of climate change, and all of the voices telling us what we should and shouldn’t do…

Graphic of a globe and a male silhouette bust. THe words 'inner climate' are curved around the globe
What If Scientists Ruled The World (2021)

Interactive Forum Theatre performance about the challenges of science communication.

A poster with an image of the Australian Academy of Science at the forefront
The Titanic 2020 (2021)

A dramatic comedy about life as a member of the ageing population through COVID-19

Two women on stage
The Beauty Thief (2021)

A funny, thought-provoking play using movement and music to tell a tale that reflects on the idea of beauty, and its relationship to worth and power.

The play title "The Beauty Thief" appears next to a blonde woman wearing a red cloak and smiling at you with a raised eyebrow
A Tender Thing (2019)

An original play about love and disability inspired by Romeo and Juliet; developed and performed by a mixed ability cast.

A woman smiles on stage
Moving Climates (2018)

A cross-disciplinary artistic response to the inner world of climate scientists.

2 women on stage, the woman in the foreground is lying on the ground
Landed (2018)

A creative development of a physical theatre piece about women’s experiences of migration to Western Australia.

Three women on stage
All In (2016)

A variety night by people with and without a disability in celebration of International Day for People with a Disability.

actors gaze right
Keep Calm and Panic (2016)

A 10-minute comedy about anxiety.

A man and a woman act out anxiety
Fractured (2016)

A cross disciplinary creative development about the effects of living with trauma.

A woman touches a mans face
Journeys to Here (2016)

A multicultural workshop involving participants from 13 different countries.

A multicultural group of actors smiles at the camera
Not Dead Yet (2016)

A Comedy about death and dying.

A woman plays guitar next to a person with a skeleton mask with people walking towards them in a line
Melbourne Fringe Festival (2015)

A tour of two Forum Theatre Workplace Training shows to the Melbourne Fringe Festival.

2 women acting on stage

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