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Sydney Theatre Company

Julia

Where
Sydney Opera House
Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point, Sydney NSW 2000
Drama Theatre
When

Every day, 7:30pm to 9pm Thursday 30 March to Saturday 13 May Except Sunday 2 April, Sunday 9 April, Sunday 16 April, Sunday 23 April, Sunday 30 April and Sunday 7 May

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Cost

Adult: $57 - $104

In 2012, Australia's first female prime minister, Julia Gillard, gave a speech that sent shockwaves around the world. 

Now, 10 years later, one of Australia’s most esteemed and celebrated playwrights, Joanna Murray-Smith, brings the human story behind that speech to the stage.

Julia is an extraordinary new play that will see the glorious Justine Clarke (Children of the Sun) embody the life and career that led to the ‘misogyny speech’, in a phenomenal performance directed by Helpmann Award-winner Sarah Goodes (The Children). 

This is both an intimate and compelling insight into the person behind the public mask, and a reflection on the experience of women in contemporary politics. Combining genuine excerpts from Gillard’s speech with Murray-Smith’s incredible dramatic imagination this play is also a thrilling coming together of history and art.

Around the world, we are seeing the most profound rollbacks to women’s rights legislation in two generations. At the same time, there have been encouraging strides forward in the representation of women in positions of power, both at home and abroad. In this climate, Julia is a rousing and energising reminder of where we’ve come from and an empowering imagining of the challenges we’ve yet to face.

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