STAGE BUZZ BRISBANE
3 Oct 2026
Season: October 3rd, 2026
Title: UTC’s Playground Festivals ’24–’26
Presented By: Underground Theatre Company, as part of Backbone Festival 2026
Genre: New Australian writing/staged readings/emerging theatre
Synopsis: This event presents three intimate staged readings selected from Underground Theatre Company’s Playground Festivals in 2024, 2025 and 2026. Each work was developed through UTC’s Writers Room, a two-month training program in which emerging playwrights create short scripts with support from the company’s development officer. Playground brings together new writers, directors, performers, technicians and designers, operating as both a testing ground for new Australian writing and a launchpad for emerging creatives. Ticket proceeds support the continuation of UTC’s creative-development programs.
Featured Plays:
Maggot Therapy by Ella Kratzer
Jordan and August have been housemates for too long, and their closeness is beginning to stink. But are the maggots a symptom—or a cure?
Something Very Human by Charlize Kruger
After their spacecraft is struck by a foreign object, Charlie Armstrong and Sam Valentine are left drifting in space with only minutes of oxygen remaining. They must determine how to live—or, when everything else fails, how to die.
Mortis Memoria by Eloise Collins
In 2073, Jude revisits memories from his time in palliative care and wishes he could take everything back.
Performance Date: Saturday 3 October 2026
Performance Time: 4:30 PM–5:15 PM
Performance Location and Address: Ron Hurley Theatre, Seven Hills Hub, 28 Tallowwood Street, Seven Hills QLD 4170
Ticket Costs:
General admission — $15
Additional booking fees apply.
A day-pass discount may apply when tickets for multiple eligible Backbone Festival performances on the same day are added to one cart.
Ticket Link: Book UTC’s Playground Festivals ’24–’26
Warnings:
Coarse language
Strobe lighting
Sexual references
Recommended Age: Due to the coarse language and sexual references, parental or guardian discretion is recommended for younger audiences. Patrons under 18 must be accompanied by a guardian because Backbone Festival operates within a licensed area.
Duration: Approximately 45 minutes
Production Website:
Other Information:
Seven Hills Hub has 66 parking spaces, including two designated accessible parking spaces for permit holders.
The performance contains strobe lighting. Patrons with photosensitive epilepsy or other neurological or sensory access requirements should contact Backbone before booking.
Bus routes 212, 215 and 220 stop at Agnew Street, Stop 42, approximately 350 metres from the venue.
Morningside railway station is closed for renovations; Norman Park is the closest operating railway station.
Backbone Youth Arts can be contacted at info@backbone.org.au or 07 3544 6139.
