YOUTH THEATRE: School Dance - Queensland Theatre Company

Title: School Dance

Presented By: Queensland Theatre Company’s Young Company

Genre: Theatre / Coming-of-Age / Youth Theatre

Synopsis: Think Wayne’s World meets Stranger Things. School Dance is a hilarious, heartfelt and totally ’80s coming-of-age story about the best parts of being weird. Three teenagers — Matt, Luke and Jonathon — are invisible to the cool kids, terrified of bullies and trying to survive one very important night: the school dance. What begins as an awkward teenage ordeal soon becomes a surreal adventure of unicorn portals, epic BMX rides and mirror-ball ghosts.

Written By: Matthew Whittet

Performance Dates: Saturday 4 July – Saturday 11 July 2026

Performance Times:

• Sat 4 July – 7:30pm

• Tue 7 July – 7:30pm

• Wed 8 July – 7:30pm

• Thu 9 July – 7:30pm

• Fri 10 July – 7:30pm

• Sat 11 July – 2:00pm & 7:30pm

Performance Location and Address: Diane Cilento Studio, Queensland Theatre, South Brisbane QLD

Ticket Costs:

• Adult $30

• Senior $30

• Concession $30

• Youth – 35 & Under $30

Ticket Link: https://queenslandtheatre.com.au/plays/school-dance

Warnings: Depictions of violence, occasional coarse language, strobe lighting effects and haze

Recommended Age: 14+

Duration: 70 minutes, no interval

Cast: Ainslie Orcullo Ryan, Chylo Barriball-Hika, Cooper Ramsay, Dylan Komoff, Ebony Baird, Elizabeth Francis, Gilbee Gibson, Hannah Smethurst, Jess Thompson, Jesse Frommelt, Jessica Matthews, Lewis Flint, Liam Lazarus, Lixi Caldwell, Lucia Gollan, Lucy Hensley, with Emily Burton as The Narrator

Creative Team:

• Writer: Matthew Whittet

• Director: Ben Newth

• Assistant Director / Young Company Supervisor: Ruby Sanders

• Set and Costume Design Mentor: Josh McIntosh

• Lighting Design Mentor: Christine Felmingham

• Sound Design Mentor / Composer: Eloise Collins

• Choreographer: Neridah Waters