Seymour Centre and Griffin Theatre Company present
NUCLEUS - School Show
A Matinee Performance for High School Students
Passionate. Polarising. Political.
Alana Valentine is an award-winning playwright whose works Cyberbile and Parramatta Girls are recognised on the Stage 6 Drama course prescriptions for 2025 - 2027. She is one of Australia's most respected playwrights, writers and artists.
Join Alana for an exclusive post-show Q&A. This will be an invaluable opportunity for students to discuss Nucleus alongside Valentine's other works as part of the HSC Drama Syllabus incorporating Individual Projects and Verbatim Theatre modules.
Gabriel is a nuclear engineer. Cassie is an anti-nuclear campaigner. For nearly 30 years their lives have collided and entwined, with Cassie's cause dominating public opinion across the decades. But with political change rumbling underfoot, Cassie's life's work could yet be undone - and it's all led to this explosive night.
Against the enflamed background of one of Australia's most divisive environmental issues, Alana Valentine's tender, surprising new play interrogates the intersection of personal ambition and global responsibility.
Nucleus welcomes two of Australia's theatre greats back to Griffin—one of our most celebrated and awarded playwrights Alana Valentine (Ladies Day) and the great Paula Arundell (The Bleeding Tree). Directed by Griffin's very own Associate Artistic Director Andrea James (swim, Jailbaby), Nucleus tears through long drawn battle lines to reveal what's at our core.
Image credit: Brett Boardman
"Valentine, an essential Australian dramatist, who writes the marginalised and oft-persecuted fringes of Australia into our dramatic canon with long-denied dignity and grace."Time Out Magazine
Writer Alana Valentine
Director Andrea James
Designer Isabel Hudson
Lighting Designer Verity Hampson
Dramaturg Dylan Van Den Berg
Starring Paula Arundell and Peter Kowitz
Tickets
$24 per student. One teacher free per school group; $24 for each additional teacher.
Payment
Find out how our school bookings process works. Full payment for this event is due by 22 Jan 2025.
From 19 Feb 2025, if you are a teacher trying to make a school booking for this event, please contact our Box Office staff directly via phone 02 7255 1561 or email schoolbookings@seymour.sydney.edu.au
Curriculum links
Suitable for students in years 11 - 12:
Stage 6 Preliminary Drama
Stage 6 HSC Drama
Detailed curriculum links can be found here.
Post-show Q&A
Stay for a 20-minute post-show Q&A with playwright Alana Valentine.
Your visit
Find out how to get here, where to eat and when to arrive.
Find out about our COVID-Safe measures.
Risk assessment
Find our 2025 risk assessment information here
Suitable for students in years 11 - 12:
Stage 6 Preliminary Drama
Stage 6 HSC Drama
Reginald Theatre
| Wed 5 Mar | 11am |
|---|
Approximately 110 minutes with no interval including a post-show Q&A. A total lockout applies.
| School Student | $26 |
|---|---|
| School Teacher | $26 |
No booking fee applies to school bookings.
One teacher free per 10 students; $26 for each additional teacher.
Recommended for ages 15+. Contains coarse language, adult themes, sexual references, references to dying and haze smoke. Filming and photography strictly prohibited.
The only authorised ticket seller for this event is Seymour Centre. If you purchase from an unauthorised seller, you risk that your tickets may be fake or invalid.
Suitable for students in years 11 - 12:
Stage 6 Preliminary Drama
Stage 6 HSC Drama
Reginald Theatre
| Wed 5 Mar | 11am |
|---|
Approximately 110 minutes with no interval including a post-show Q&A. A total lockout applies.
| School Student | $26 |
|---|---|
| School Teacher | $26 |
No booking fee applies to school bookings.
One teacher free per 10 students; $26 for each additional teacher.
Recommended for ages 15+. Contains coarse language, adult themes, sexual references, references to dying and haze smoke. Filming and photography strictly prohibited.
The only authorised ticket seller for this event is Seymour Centre. If you purchase from an unauthorised seller, you risk that your tickets may be fake or invalid.
Writer Alana Valentine
Director Andrea James
Designer Isabel Hudson
Lighting Designer Verity Hampson
Dramaturg Dylan Van Den Berg
Starring Paula Arundell and Peter Kowitz
Tickets
$24 per student. One teacher free per school group; $24 for each additional teacher.
Payment
Find out how our school bookings process works. Full payment for this event is due by 22 Jan 2025.
From 19 Feb 2025, if you are a teacher trying to make a school booking for this event, please contact our Box Office staff directly via phone 02 7255 1561 or email schoolbookings@seymour.sydney.edu.au
Curriculum links
Suitable for students in years 11 - 12:
Stage 6 Preliminary Drama
Stage 6 HSC Drama
Detailed curriculum links can be found here.
Post-show Q&A
Stay for a 20-minute post-show Q&A with playwright Alana Valentine.
Your visit
Find out how to get here, where to eat and when to arrive.
Find out about our COVID-Safe measures.
Risk assessment
Find our 2025 risk assessment information here