Gia Ophelia

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About this event

The award-winning Fringe hit GIA OPHELIA by Grace Wilson, returns after sell-out Canberra Theatre Centre and KXT seasons, directed by Jo Bradley and produced by JB Theatre Co.

Struggling with infertility and a stalled acting career, Gia wants to play Ophelia one last time.
Written by Grace Wilson (NYC New Play Award Runner-up), Directed by Jo Bradley (Snowflake), and starring Annie Stafford (Stupid Fucking Bird), Gia Ophelia is a darkly comic one-woman satire, skewering sexism and ageism in the arts.

Gia played Ophelia once when she was younger and fresh on the scene. And now she’s older, and wiser, and ready to give Ophelia one last crack. But she’s not the same youthful Gia she once was. Conflicted by the trials of motherhood, infertility and her youth passing her by, Gia must ask herself where her priorities lie and what it truly means to be a mother and an artist.

Winner of the Emerging Artist Award and a finalist for Best in Theatre at Sydney Fringe 2025, GIA OPHELIA returns for a limited season in 2026. A resounding, rebounding palpable hit (Australian Stage), GIA OPHELIA is not to be missed.

★★★★½ – What’s On Sydney
★★★★½ – Stage Door Podcast
★★★★ – Cultural Binge
★★★★ – Spot on Sydney
★★★★ – State of the Arts

Show details

25 - 27 Sep | 1 hour
Venue: Pottery Lane Performance Space

Performance notes

Content warnings: Coarse Language, Discussion of Suicide, Content Related to Mental Health/Ill-health

Venue details & accessibility

Pottery Lane Performance Space

1 Pottery Lane, Lane Cove 2066 (Cameraygal Country)
Telephone: 02 9911 3555

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Reviews

With wit, verbal dexterity, and gimlet-eyed perception, Wilson dissects society’s — and the theatre world’s — hypocrisy and double standards regarding sexism and ageism... this performance is utterly riveting from start to finish. It never lets the audience go for a moment. WhatsOn Sydney

In sixty minutes, Stafford transforms a small stage into a vivid world of obsession, longing and grief... Scathingly funny, intimate and devastating, Gia Ophelia is proof that theatre ignites when a fearless performance collides with a superb creative team and razor-sharp storytelling. City Hub

Wilson’s text echoes language, symbolism and characterisation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, whilst giving Ophelia a second life on stage through a contemporary lens. With such an endearing and likeable performer on stage as Annie Stafford, Gia Ophelia is a one-hour-treat to gift yourself Theatre Thoughts