A mother.
A teenager. A tour guide. A man who can't outrun the past. Their lives don't intersect – until they do, in the aftershock of one day Australia won't forget.
Tom Holloway's Beyond the Neck is a profoundly compassionate portrait of a community living with loss. Four individual stories braid together, observing, echoing and gently urging the characters forward. Humour and care thread through the show, allowing light to enter even as it looks unflinchingly at trauma.
Directed by Suzanne Chaundy, this new Theatre Works production honours the delicacy and daring of Holloway's writing; clear, unsentimental and luminously humane.
This production sensitively addresses the aftermath of the Port Arthur massacre on 28 April 1996. The performance will mark the 30 year anniversary of this tragedy.
Accessibility
- Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
- Caters for people who are blind or have vision loss.
- Caters for people who are deaf or have hearing loss.
- Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
- Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- An access and inclusion statement is available (make this available on your website).
Dates
2026
- May 1st
- May 2nd
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