First Night (of the One Day of the Year) by Stephen Vagg
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The world premiere of a new play by Stephen VaggA satirical comedy about the uneasy birth of an Australian theatre classic
Adelaide, 1960. It’s a time of the Cold War, puritanism, six o’clock closing and near-complete foreign domination of Australian culture. Alan Seymour’s stage play The One Day of the Year, a critical look at Anzac Day, is about to make its world debut in the city of churches. The play had been selected for performance at the Adelaide Festival, a decision overturned by the Festival’s governors on the grounds its contents might offend ex-serviceman. An amateur theatre society decide to put on the show instead. The First Night is a fictional rendering of opening night, based on fact - cast romances, bomb threats, the vice squad, censorship, snide bureaucrats, missing actors, ASIO spies, cultural cringe, and that friend of the show who demonstrates support by sitting in the front row and coughing. It's a farcical comedy about sex, spies, spoons, Adelaide, acting, Australian stories and why the show must go on.
Join us for this moved reading in the beautiful Cosmos at Ad Astra. This will be the opening event in this new space.
Date
Wednesday 10 December 2025 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM (UTC+10)Location
Cosmos
210 Petrie Terrace, Brisbane Queensland 4000
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