La Boite Theatre will mark its 100th year in 2025 as Australia’s longest, continuously running theatre company with a lineup of special storytelling and events, surprise guests, and sojourns down memory lane.
The party started last night with the announcement of La Boite’s anticipated 2025 Season – a daring program of reimagined classics, cross-genre productions, powerful performances and striking cultural contributions.
There will be four major productions – a spirited adaptation of Macbeth (March 6-22), the world premiere of Dead Puppet Society’s We’re All Gonna Die! (July 29- August 16), a co-presentation with the Sydney Theatre Company and Singapore Repertory Theatre with the world premiere of Congratulations, Get Rich! (September 4-20), and the Queensland premiere of a Griffin Theatre production, WhiteFella Yella Tree (October 23-November 8).
La Boite Encores will complement the mainstage program. It is a three-month play-reading series that brings to life ten celebrated hits and fan favourites from the company’s 100-year-old archives. It will dive into La Boite’s box office hits and ground-breaking productions as it celebrates 100 years of theatrical excellence.
La Boite Artistic Director Courtney Stewart said legacy and longevity were important to the company.
“I keep returning to a quote I read in Christine Comans’ book, La Boite: The Story of an Australian Theatre Company, which recounted the ethos on which the company was founded,” Ms Stewart said.
“It was about ‘presenting serious drama and aspiring to cultural awareness, social improvement, discussing moral and spiritual values and collective responsibility,’ and it’s become a guiding light.
“It’s what La Boite’s founders were trying to do 100 years ago, and it’s what we’re still trying to achieve – how do we set ourselves up for another century of legacy?
“I invite everyone to join us in our 100th year as we begin another century of changing the world, one story at a time.”
For more information about La Boite’s 100th year, to view the full 2025 Season program, and to purchase tickets, visit laboite.com.au
