Bonny & Read: A New Musical

Name: Bonny & Read: A New Musical
Start: 2025-10-29T19:00:00+1100
End: 2025-11-08T21:00:00+1100
Location: Qtopia Sydney - The Loading Dock Theatre

Wed, 29 Oct 2025, 7pm - 9pm AEDT

Qtopia Sydney - The Loading Dock Theatre

darlinghurst, australia

Qtopia Sydney

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Event description

How harsh is life on the seas?

Pirates have always been bloodthirsty beasts, so what happens when you’re captured onto a pirate ship and forced to join the crew?

Bonny & Read is a new queer musical based on real female pirates of the 1700s. Mary Read is captured aboard a ship with a cut-throat female Captain Anne Bonny, sailing alongside Calico Jack. However, Mary must keep her identity hidden; disguised as “Mark” Read she must help them escape a feared Naval Captain hunting them down.

But what happens when Anne begins to fall for this mysterious “Mark” Read?

This new musical explores the themes of love, identity and finding your place in a world where you didn’t think you belonged.

REVIEWS

“The songs are classy and clever. Melody, harmony and lyric meld brilliantly.” - Theatre Red (ARTSLAB Development Season 2024)

CREATIVE TEAM

Playwright: Emily Whiting and Aiden Smith

Tickets for good, not greed Humanitix dedicates 100% of profits from booking fees to charity

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Qtopia Sydney is Australia's centre for Queer History and Culture.

Qtopia Sydney is an ACNC registered not-for-profit organisation committed to empowerment, inclusivity, celebration, challenge and education. Our public exhibitions, temporary displays, Live at Qtopia series and community engagement and education programs are resolute in their intent to represent the history and culture of the LGBTQIA+ community with integrity, authenticity and accuracy. We depend upon members of the public and government and private foundations for support and we ask you to join us on the journey and be part of our story.

Qtopia Sydney is home to Darlinghurst’s 3 newest live performance venues. Our theatres will always prioritise the stories of those in the LGBTQIA+ family and amplify the works of our great local storytellers from the wider community. Our theatre spaces serve to provide live engagement opportunities at Qtopia Sydney to extend the knowledge, empathy and understanding gained from a visit to the exhibitions, by provoking conversation through the mediums of live performance and events.

Qtopia Sydney seeks to highlight stories that reflect the queer experience, elevating the voices of artists with lived experience within the community. Qtopia Sydney also warmly welcomes allies and storytellers from all communities.

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