when: 07 June 2025 - 13 July 2025 | venue: Upstairs Theatre, Belvoir St Theatre | cost: $41- $97 | address: 25 Belvoir St, Surry Hills NSW 2010 | website: https://belvoir.com.au/productions/the-spare-room/ | tickets: https://belvoir.com.au/productions/the-spare-room/
published: 06 May 2025, 5 min read
Directed and adapted by Eamon Flack, Belvoir’s artistic director, and featuring Elizabeth Alexander (Netflix’s Clickbait, STC’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf), alongside the three-time Emmy Award-winner, The Spare Room is an emotionally nuanced depiction of two old friends confronting the burden of illness, inspired by Garner’s own experiences caring for a friend with cancer.
When Helen’s old friend, Nicola, comes to town for treatment, it only makes sense she should stay in the spare room. Nicola has put her faith in a shady alternative cancer clinic, and Helen is determined to be her brilliant friend and carer no matter what. But as the sleepless nights rack up, a short stay in the spare room becomes a loving, maddening battle for life.
From frustration and rage to love and honesty, this tour-de-force of modern Australian theatre is not to be missed.
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Directed and adapted by Eamon Flack, Belvoir’s artistic director, and featuring Elizabeth Alexander (Netflix’s Clickbait, STC’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf), alongside the three-time Emmy Award-winner, The Spare Room is an emotionally nuanced depiction of two old friends confronting the burden of illness, inspired by Garner’s own experiences caring for a friend with cancer.
When Helen’s old friend, Nicola, comes to town for treatment, it only makes sense she should stay in the spare room. Nicola has put her faith in a shady alternative cancer clinic, and Helen is determined to be her brilliant friend and carer no matter what. But as the sleepless nights rack up, a short stay in the spare room becomes a loving, maddening battle for life.
From frustration and rage to love and honesty, this tour-de-force of modern Australian theatre is not to be missed.
Go see The Spare Room 2025.
The Spare Room 2025 is on 07 June 2025 - 13 July 2025. See start and end times below. Conveniently located in Surry Hills. Call 02 9699 3444 for details. Visit their website at https://belvoir.com.au/productions/the-spare-room/.
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