Sport for Jove Roars Into 2025

Sport for Jove Theatre Company is back in 2025 and preparing for their biggest and most exciting season in their 16-year history with a whopping 9 productions across their Summer Season, Main Stage, and their essential Education Season – including arguably Jove's most epic, ambitious project of the year…

From familiar comedy classics to first-time musical collaborations... from east coast tours to outdoor site-specific experiences... from intimate contemporary plays to large-scale Shakespeare adventures... this season has something for everyone!

Jove kicks off their Summer Season XVI with acclaimed Sydney-based director Samantha Young, who brings her beautiful and uniquely Australian vision of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing to an array of beloved outdoor stages, including Bella Vista Farm, Leura Everglades, and a new venue partnership with The Hub at Blue Mountains Theatre in Springwood. Picnics, wine, and friends – Jove’s renowned Summer Season is the perfect outdoor experience. Much Ado About Nothing opens in Bella Vista on 19 December 2024 and plays across the holiday season.

Jove’s Theatrical Event of the Year

Celebrating Seymour Centre’s 50th Anniversary, Sport for Jove has an extraordinary Main Stage offering — Damien Ryan’s brand-new adaptation of Shakespeare’s great double tetralogy, The Player Kings: Shakespeare and Marlowe's History Cycle.

Featuring a company of some of Australia’s most revered performers, including John Gaden, Peter Carroll, Katrina Retallick, Leilani Loau, Seán O’Shea, Marty Alix, Steve Rodgers, Emma Palmer, Christopher Stollery, Andrew Cutcliffe, Gareth Davies, Lulu Howes, Ruby Henaway, Liam Gamble, and more, tackling Shakespeare’s epic history of the “Hollow Crown” from Richard II through Henry IV and Henry V, to the “Wars of the Roses”, the masterful study of political chaos that is Henry VI and Richard III.

Patrons can experience the two parts on back-to-back nights or, for the ultimate adventure, immerse themselves in a Saturday marathon, complete with a delightful dinner break. With a limited season of eight performances, this is a rare and unmissable event.

The Player Kings: Part 1 and Part 2 runs from 26 March to 5 April at the York Theatre, Seymour Centre. Tickets are limited, and early bookings are recommended. For more info, visit sportforjove.com.au.

Also On Offer...

Jove’s 2025 continues with an explosion of treats. Director Cristabel Sved takes on Harold Pinter’s Betrayal at the Old Fitz Theatre in Woolloomooloo.

Following this is a first-time partnership with Hayes Theatre for the brilliant Steve Martin & Edie Brickell bluegrass musical Bright Star – electric atmosphere, joyous rhythm, and profound humanity.

Closing the year out is Peter Shaffer’s intense, frightening, and utterly brilliant Equus, playing in the Shed Theatre at Bella Vista Farm; an incredible and immersive site-specific event directed by Margaret Thanos.

Also returning is Thanos’s 5-star production I Hate People; or Timon of Athens, playing a strictly limited season in the York Theatre at Seymour Centre in June. Featuring Damien Ryan as Timon, this show has been described as “a new star in the firmament of the best Shakespeare productions” (SMH).

Finally, Jove’s Education Season is equally adventurous, with a big east coast Australian tour through NSW and Queensland of a brand-new production of Macbeth, directed by George Banders, preceded by Henry IV and Richard III (extracted from The Player Kings Part 1 and 2) for HSC students at Seymour Centre. And of course, their all-encompassing Symposia series continues – a critical partnership with NSW teachers.

Don’t miss out on Sport for Jove’s thrilling Season 2025. Book early and bring your friends for enchanting encounters and unforgettable nights out.

Dates and Venues:

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

19 Dec - 23 Jan | Bella Vista, Leura, Springwood

THE PLAYER KINGS (PART 1 & 2)

26 Mar - 5 Apr | Seymour Centre

HENRY IV PART 1

24 Mar - 2 Apr | Seymour Centre

RICHARD III

25 Mar - 1 Apr | Seymour Centre

MACBETH

30 Apr - 7 Aug | ON TOUR: Riverside Theatres, Seymour Centre, Orange Civic Theatre, Roxy Theatre Leeton, Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre, The Events Centre Caloundra, HOTA Gold Coast, The Empire Toowoomba

I HATE PEOPLE; OR TIMON OF ATHENS

11 Jun - 14 Jun | Seymour Centre

BETRAYAL by Harold Pinter

18 Jul - 10 Aug | The Old Fitz Theatre

BRIGHT STAR by Steve Martin & Edie Brickell

5 Sep - 4 Oct | Hayes Theatre

EQUUS by Peter Shaffer

23 Oct - 9 Nov | Bella Vista Farm

Book your tickets now at www.sportforjove.com.au