Dates: 7/1/2023 - 7/29/2023
📍 Theatre: Belvoir St Theatre
Belvoir St Theatre
25 Belvoir St, Surry Hills NSW
Sydney, New South Wales 2010
Phone: (02) 9699 3444
Tickets: From $54
Belvoir St Theatre is proud to announce the long-awaited world premiere of Michelle Law’s Miss Peony, which hits the stage for the very first time before a national tour this July. An inter-generational comedy for 21st century Australia, Miss Peony will play at the Upstairs Theatre at Belvoir from 1st July to 29th July 2023 before heading to Melbourne, Canberra, Wollongong and Geelong.
Presenting a tri-lingual show for the first ever time on a Sydney mainstage, Miss Peony is a glitzy, glamorous and slightly-unhinged dive into the world of beauty pageants, featuring projected captions in English, Cantonese and Simplified Chinese simultaneously throughout the show.
Lily’s grandmother was a beauty queen back in Hong Kong. She doesn’t care that times have changed and that Lily lives in a new country and a new century. She realises that Lily’s caught between worlds, and prods her to enter the Chinese community beauty pageant, the highly competitive Miss Peony. She won’t take no for an answer.
And to make matters worse, she’s a ghost.
Michelle Law (playwright) draws on childhood memories of when she finally saw people like herself on screen to create MISS PEONY, a work that celebrates retaining a connection to her heritage while challenging what it means to identify as Chinese in 21st century Australia.
Belvoir has unveiled the productions that will make up its 2023 season; bursting at the seams with joyful optimism, thought-provoking theatre, and with lashings of heart. 2023 will see ten plays grace the Belvoir mainstage, with something for everyone - from a Sondheim musical to a best-selling book adaptation, climate issues to exuberant comedy, and so much more - all while shining the light on some incredible Australian artistic talents.
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The Choir of Man Merrigong Theatre Company (9/30-10/04) |
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The Magic Flute Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House (1/13-3/23) |
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Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Australia) Sydney Lyric Theatre (3/09-4/04) |
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The Elevator Ensemble Theatre (9/18-10/18) |
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Good Company Entertainment Presents: The Big Chillout Saraton Theatre (10/11-10/11) |
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Bach & Charpentier – Music for Christmas Our Lady of Dolours Catholic Church (11/14-11/14) |
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Piss Be With You Cleo Rapture (2/23-6/02) |
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I Love Your Faces: The Don Lane Story Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre (11/14-11/14) |
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Britten's War Requiem Sydney Opera House (10/17-10/17) |
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Eucalyptus Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House (3/22-3/25) |
