Monster by Duncan Macmillan

“…A play that tests your liberal instincts to the limits...Macmillan’s cracking play is a timely and gripping dissection of parenting and responsibility.” – The Guardian

For the first time on the Sydney stage, Duncan Macmillan’s compelling and provocative play Monster confronts the reach of empathy and weight of moral responsibility when it comes to the violence of boys and men.

A teacher is tasked with working with a troubled teenage boy on the brink of permanent expulsion. When Tom (Albert Mwangi) and Darryl (Campbell Parsons) are left alone in a classroom, a tense battle of wills unfolds and a teenage boy’s actions ripple through the lives of those around him. How do you reach a child who appears afraid of nothing and cares for no one?

“He's got zero empathy. You could be having a conversation and start choking to death and he'd… probably just sit there and finish eating whatever you were choking on.”

Written by acclaimed British playwright Duncan Macmillan (People, Places and Things and Every Brilliant Thing), Monster refuses to deliver easy answers. It asks the audience to question: are monsters inside all of us? Are they born or are they shaped? And what responsibility do the systems and societies around us bear?

Following Tiny Dog Productions’ acclaimed 5-star co-production of The Children’s Hour at The Old Fitz Theatre in 2025, Monster will be on at KXT on Broadway as part of its 2026 Summer Season (6-21 March 2026). This production is generously supported by the City of Sydney and Darlo Drama.

Starring Romney Hamilton (The Children’s Hour at The Old Fitz), Linda Nicholls-Gidley (The House of Bernarda Alba), Campbell Parsons (Babyteeth at KXT) and Tony J. Black (NCIS: Sydney (CBS/Paramount +)), this exciting cast will bring Monster to life under the careful guidance of Director Kim Hardwick and an incredible team of Sydney creatives.

• Season: 7:30pm, Tuesday to Saturday and 5pm, Sunday

• Previews: Friday 6 March to Tuesday 10 March

• Opening night: Wednesday 11 March at 7:30pm

• Closing night: Saturday 21 March

• Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/monster

• Price: $25 - $50

• Approx. duration: 2 hours

Content warning: Explores themes of violence and suicide

• Director Kim Hardwick

• 1st Assistant Director Jo Booth

• 2nd Assistant Director Poppy Cozens

• Set and Costume Designer Victor Kalka

• Lighting Designer Topaz Marlay-Cole

• Sound Designer Charlotte Leamon

• Stage Manager Bede Curran

• Dialect Coach Linda Nicholls-Gidley

• Executive Producer Romney Hamilton

• Associate Producer/Graphic Designer Mel Jensen

• Assistant Producer Celine Widjaya

• Marketing Liminka Pather

• Photography Abraham De Souza

• With Tony J. Black, Romney Hamilton, Linda Nicholls-Gidley and Campbell Parsons