Exit the Boy

Cipta Theatre Company is excited to present our Semester One production for 2025: Exit the Boy by Blue Jordan!

ABOUT THE PLAY

This tale does not exist to lecture you, and neither does its villain.

A deeply visceral play that explores religion, fairytale, folklore, and the experience of terror, Exit the Boy follows two teenagers as they navigate an encounter with a demon during their stay at Father Kirk’s Bible camp. As the play progresses, the questions arise: what is the true nature of this demon? Is conquering the villain as simple as fairytales make it out to be? And can we ever really grow out of believing the stories we grew up on?

CONTENT WARNINGS

Viewers should be advised this performance features flashing lights, theatrical haze, mentions of sexual assault and domestic violence. 

SESSIONS

Wed 7 May - 7.30-8.30pm (preview performance)

Thu 8 May - 7.30-8.30pm

Fri 9 May - 7.30-8.30pm

Sat 10 May - 7.30-8.30pm

IMPORTANT INFO

Run time: approx 60 min

ACCESSIBILITY

Companion tickets are only applicable to people in a caretaker role accompanying a person with disability to the show. You must be able to provide a valid companion card in order to be admitted into the show. 

Wheelchair access and seating available.

Hearing assist system, infrared pendants are available and may be collected from Box Office prior to performance.

Elevators, escalators and staircases allow for various access paths to Level 2 theatres.

There are accessible toilets available in the Arts & Cultural Building on all levels.

All performances will be captioned.

VENUE

Guild Theatre, University of Melbourne Arts & Cultural Building, 761 Swanston St, Parkville VIC 3010

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY

Cipta Theatre Company would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians where this show is being performed, the Wurundjeri Woi-worung peoples of the Kulin Nation. We pay respects to elders, past and present, as well as any Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders here with us today. We acknowledge that this is stolen land and that sovereignty has never been ceded. We would also like to encourage those who would like to do more to look into organisations such as Pay The Rent. This always was and always will be Aboriginal land.