WORKS IN TOUCAN
Produced by Salad Days Collective
27 NOV – 11 DEC ’26
27 Nov – 11 Dec
Duration: 60 minutes
Price: PWYC (from $7)
Recommended 16+
Level 2 Theatre
Three works. Three nights. One big beautiful mess.
WORKS/IN/CHAOS is back, and this time we’re taking over TOUCAN Festival!
Salad Days Collective’s development playground returns with three brand-new Australian works, three fearless creative teams and a whole lot of glorious uncertainty.
Somewhere between a reading and a fully staged production, WORKS/IN/TOUCAN is where scripts are tested in the room, not perfected for the stage. Over four weeks, writers, directors and actors will throw themselves into the unknown, building bold, immediate and unfiltered versions of brand-new work.
But this time, we’re doing things a little differently.
Across three Friday nights, each work will have its very own moment in the spotlight. From the absurd and politically outrageous to the intimate and interdimensional, each showing invites audiences into the messy, electric and wonderfully unpredictable process of making new theatre.
Raw. Unpredictable. Completely alive.
This is not polished theatre.
This is process.
This is CHAOS.
FRIDAY 27TH NOV • 7:00PM • POWER HUNGRY ANIMALS
FRIDAY 4TH DEC • 7:00PM • DUTTON: A PRE-APOCALYPTIC LNP AUSTRALIA PLAY
FRIDAY 11TH DEC • 7:00PM • IT'S WRITTEN IN THE STARS
CONTENT WARNINGS
WORKS / IN / CHAOS contains references to and depictions of:
- Violence and threats of violence.
- Emotional and psychological abuse.
- Sexual references.
- Mental health themes including grief, anxiety, and distress.
- Death and existential themes.
- Strong language.
- Flashing or rapidly shifting lighting states.
- Loud sound effects.
This performance also uses haze.
THE WORKS
POWER HUNGRY ANIMALS
By Matt Bapty
FRIDAY 27 NOVEMBER · 7PM
SYNOPSIS
The party’s over. The wine is still flowing. And the rich are behaving very, very badly.
In the aftermath of a lavish garden party, a mining heiress, her boyfriend and her best friend settle in for one last drink. But as the evening unravels, so do their carefully constructed relationships, exposing a world of privilege, manipulation and increasingly dangerous secrets.
A wickedly dark comedy about power, wealth and the lengths people will go to protect their place at the top.
DUTTON: A PRE-APOCALYPTIC LNP AUSTRALIA PLAY
By Zachary Stehn-Prewett
FRIDAY 4 DECEMBER · 7PM
SYNOPSIS
Peter Dutton has been summoned. Australia may never recover.
When two bored university students accidentally unleash a mythical version of the former opposition leader upon the world, they embark on an increasingly ridiculous quest to stop him before it’s too late.
Ancient magic, political absurdity and a deeply questionable understanding of democracy collide in this outrageous, unapologetically chaotic political satire.
The end is nigh. Probably.
IT’S WRITTEN IN THE STARS
By Peter Wood
FRIDAY 11 DECEMBER · 7PM
SYNOPSIS
WORKS/IN/CHAOS ARCHIVAL
OUR HOUSE
By Aimee Tacon / Directed by Maxi Mossman
DANCE FOREVER
By Malika Savory
SPACEMAN
By Samuel Herbertson / Directed by Lauren Dillon
THIS WAS HUMAN GENERATE*D
By Georgina Sawyer
A Fruit Fly
By Harrison Allen
Price
Showtime
6:00pm Doors and Bar Open
7:00pm Show Starts
Accessibility
PIP theatre is fully accessible via the foyer lift. We have dedicated accessibility spaces and are equipped with wheelchair-accessible amenities. Please email info@piptheatre.org for any questions or to book a companion card ticket.
Parking
Parking spaces located under the theatre in the Savoir Faire Car Park (Driveway located next to Maple Fusion Chinese Restaurant). Free on weekends and after 4pm weekdays. Plenty of street parking is also available along Park Road and surrounding streets.
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