Welcome to Mockingbird Theatrics, Canberra’s most respected and popular acting studio and award-winning theatre company. Now in residence at Belconnen Arts Centre.
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Great Plays. Great Performances. Great Theatre.
Mockingbird Theatre is an award-winning Canberra-based theatre company bringing discerning audiences the best text-based 20th and 21st Century plays from around the world. Utilising the talents of Canberra’s brightest experienced and emerging theatrical talents, Mockingbird Theatre will ensure you are moved, thrilled and entertained.
We aim to create theatrical magic that will touch the soul.
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If you love what we do, please consider donating. Your generosity will allow us to raise the standards of local theatre, pay our artists and continue to spread the word to Canberra that there is great theatre on their doorstep.
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2026 Season
Our exciting 2026 season, bringing you great plays from Australia and around the world is in full swing. Award-winning comedies, iconic dramas, modern classics – there is something for everyone. We are now offering a season subscription for our main stage productions!
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Winner of the Tony Award® for Best Play. Also winner of the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, Drama League Award for Outstanding Production of a Play.
In VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE, master of comedy, Christopher Durang, takes characters and themes from Chekhov, pours them into a blender and mixes them up. The utterly hilarious and occasionally touching result is his multi-award-winning play set in present day Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
“Broad comic acting is raised to the level of high art…deliriously funny…a heedless good time.” —The New York Times.
“…riotous…the show’s a ton of fun even if you can’t tell your Seagull from your Uncle Vanya…This is the kind of full-on comedy that’s sadly rare.” —New York Post
13-23 May 2026
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WHO ARE YOU… WHEN LOVE DEMANDS A CHOICE?
A razor-sharp modern classic about identity, desire and the cruelties of indecision.
Mike Bartlett’s C*ck has, in just over a decade, secured its place as a seminal modern classic — strong, startling, and unforgettable, it’s a play that confronts identity, desire and the cruelties of choice with wit, tension and emotional clarity.
When John, long in a relationship with his boyfriend, meets a woman who captivates him, everything fractures. His decision — or indecision — spirals outward, dragging in friends, rivals, lovers, and expectations, until a final dinner becomes a battleground for truth. With blistering dialogue and brutal honesty, C*ck forces us to ask: can anyone really choose? What happens when identity is fluid, but allegiances demand definition?
“Bartlett’s sharp, witty study is less about tortured bisexuality than the paralyzing indecision that stems from not knowing who one really is.” — The Guardian
Winner: Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre
Happy Students
Chris has created something truly special with the Mockingbird classes – an incredibly supportive community free of judgement, where people are encouraged to take risks, be themselves and have fun! I’ve learnt so much more than I ever expected – about acting and about myself – under Chris’ guidance. The classes are truly the highlight of my week! I can’t overestimate how much joy and value Mockingbird brings to us all!