Overflow

After a critically-acclaimed 2022 season, Overflow returns to Sydney and is going on tour!

A hilarious and devastating tour of women's bathrooms, who is allowed in and who is kept out

From internationally acclaimed writer and one of the UK's most prominent trans voices, Travis Alabanza (Burgerz), comes the return season of "a future classic" (Evening Standard, ★★★★) directed by Dino Dimitriadis.

"Club toilets have taught me more about sisterhood than any book."

Cornered into a flooding toilet cubicle and determined not to be rescued again, Rosie distracts herself with memories of bathroom encounters. Drunken heart-to-hearts by dirty sinks, friendships forged in front of crowded mirrors, and hiding together from trouble.

But with her panic rising and no help on its way, can she keep her head above water?

★★★★★
“Members of the trans and gender diverse community will no doubt find catharsis in Overflow. But really, the show is essential viewing for everyone who is not trans. And I daresay, enlightening.”
Time Out

★★★★
"Director Dino Dimitriadis has lovingly built the production that Rosie, the funny and formidable woman who leaps off the page and into audience hearts, deserves."
Sydney Morning Herald

★★★★
"An unequivocal treat for the eyes and ears...an exhilarating performance"
Suzy Goes See

"Travis Alabanza's (playwright) Overflow is a brilliantly funny and powerfully informing new theatre work that puts the Trans experience in the spotlight."
Broadway World

Content Warnings

  • Strong language (swearing)
  • Sexual references
  • References to transphobia and use of a transphobic slur
  • References to threat of misogynistic or sexual violence
  • References to drug use
  • References of body dysmorphia
  • Haze
  • Loud noises
  • Limited use of vape and herbal cigarettes
  • Minimal use of perfume by performer

Cast & Creative Team

A Darlinghurst Theatre Company Production

Playwright: Travis Alabanza (they/them)

Director and Set Designer: Dino Dimitriadis (they/them)

Stage Manager and Assistant Director: Steven Ljubovic (they/them)

Rosie: Janet Anderson (she/her)

Rosie Understudy Thea Raveneau (she/her)

Lighting Designer: Benjamin Brockman (they/them)

Sound Designer and Composer: Danni Esposito (they/them)

Movement Director: Fetu Taku (she/her/they/them)

Costume Designer and Community Engagement Specialist: Jamaica Moana (she/he)

Community Engagement Specialist : Janet Anderson (she/her)

Community Engagement Specialist: Loz Foy (they/them)

Community Engagement Specialist: Tommy Misa (they/them)

Production Manager: Frankie Clarke (they/them)

Touring and Community Engagement Producer: Green Door Theatre

Inclusion Consultant : Bayley Turner (she/her)

Voice and Dialect Coach : Adi Cabral


 

When

Sydney Festival
Darlinghurst Theatre Company
17 - 27 January

Please note: Rosie Understudy Thea Raveneau will perform on 24 January.

Trans Theatre Symposium
Sunday 21 January
Darlinghurst Theatre Company

Forum: The Future of Trans Theatre: 2 - 3.30pm
Artist showcase: 4 - 5pm
Networking drinks: 5 - 7pm

Learn more

Join some of the trans and gender diverse leaders in the theatre industry as they discuss the state of trans theatre today, the experiences of trans people in our industry, and the change we want to see for the future.

This free event is for both trans and cis attendees, for artists, artistic programmers and theatre-going audiences. The conversation is for anyone interested in the future of trans storytelling, how we make it and how we best support it.

Forum: The Future of Trans Theatre. Moderated by Cassie Hamilton. With: Suzy Wrong, Amy Sole, Dino Dimitriadis and Daley Rangi.


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8 - 10 February 2024


Photos by Robert Catto

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