SMOKO by Jazzy Story - Nhulunbuy

In partnership with Gove Arts Theatre, Big Truck Productions presents SMOKO!

After national and Territory touring, this tripple award winning play is coming to Nhulunbuy for one night only. Tell your friends, grab your tickets and get set for a night of comedy, puppets and small town mishaps.

High-vis glamour meets outback grit in this whip-smart, comedy about landfill life, self-worth, and the rubbish we carry (inside and out). Join Beccy— outback landfill worker, hopeless romantic, and high-vis icon—as she dives headfirst into the filth to find meaning among the mess. With a hapless dating history and a gnawing sense of internal emptiness, Beccy descends into the depths of the dump and into herself to explore what happens when we begin to feel like the disposable items that have infiltrated our modern lives.

SMOKO, directed by Betty Sweetlove & Ruby Conolan Barrett, is a hilarious & heartfelt story of what it's like to unpack your own internal rubbish, while sorting through your hometown's dump. Told through smoko break confessionals & puppetry, with a necessary dose of small town queer dating. SMOKO unpacks how we treat each other—and ourselves—in a world obsessed with stuff. Jazzy’s sharp writing and fearless performance promise a night of laughter, realness, and maybe a little catharsis.

Written during smoko breaks at an outback landfill, SMOKO will have you laughing, crying and googling if the Alice Springs Dump is hiring*.

Awarded in 2026:
Browns Mart Best Theatre Award
Darwin Festival Pomelo Award
Darwin Fringe Technician's Choice Award
Melbourne Fringe Judges Pick

Fri 27th November, 6PM for 6.30PM start.
Tickets are strickly limited, so snap them up to avoid disapointment!
This show is rated M for audiences 15 and up as there are mild sexual references.

'Magic, when it happens in the theatre, is an extraordinary experience, and in SMOKO, Jazzy Story creates moment after moment of theatrical wonder that is as astonishing as it is life-affirming.' - Review by Stage Whispers.

‘Rich in symbolism and pulling every theatre trick out of their dump truck, it’s a holistic reminder of theatre’s capability to transport you to another world without being limited by the size of the room. – Jay Darroch, Magazine6000, Perth.

Written and Performed by Jazzy Story.
Directed by Betty Sweetlove and Ruby Conolan Barrett.
Dramaturgy by Rhumer Diball.
Sound design by Moogie Costello & Tiana Bateman.
Show image by Laura Seeds.
Crow and backdrop by Claude Creighton.

$1 from every ticket will be donated to Arid Lands Environment Centre, to continue their work fighting against buffel grass & fracking.

This event will take place on the unceeded lands of the Yolngu People. Sovereinty of this land was never ceeded. We wish to acknowledge the rich story telling legacy that this land and it's people hold and continue. Always was always will be, Aboriginal land.

This event has been made possible by funding from Arts NT.

*they are currently hiring.