Dark Noon

Name: Dark Noon
Start: 2025-01-09T20:00:00+11:00
End: 2025-01-23T19:00:00+11:00
Location: Sydney Town Hall

Schedule

Thu, 09 Jan, 2025 at 08:00 pm to Thu, 23 Jan, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC+11:00

Location

Sydney Town Hall | Sydney, NS

Dark Noon flips the script on the Wild West, envisioning American history as equal parts absurd, horrifying and deeply profound.
On a stage covered in the red dirt of the prairie, a pioneer town springs up in real time as an extraordinary cast of South African actors reimagines the story of the American frontier through an outsider’s lens. Directed by Danish visionary Tue Biering and South African co-director and choreographer Nhlanhla Mahlangu, Dark Noon challenges everything you thought you knew about the Wild West.
Through gunslinging cowboys, Native Americans, missionaries, enslaved Africans, Chinese workers and European settlers, it tears down Hollywood tropes with slapstick humour, breathtaking stagecraft and biting satire.
Fresh from five-star runs at New York’s St Ann’s Warehouse, Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Factory International, Dark Noon transforms Sydney Town Hall for a limited season, pulling audiences into a raw, immersive ride through history that confronts power, race and displacement.
A fearless and unmissable festival experience.
★★★★★ "Extraordinary outsider vision of American history."
– The Guardian
★★★★★ "A truly staggering, relentless theatre experience."
– British Theatre Guide
★★★★ "Dark Noon is outrageously entertaining... the stagecraft is spectacular and the slapstick is delightfully silly."
– Time Out
Dates:
Thu 9th Jan, 08:00pm
Fri 10th Jan, 07:00pm
Sat 11th Jan, 02:30pm
Sat 11th Jan, 07:30pm
Sun 12th Jan, 06:30pm
Tue 14th Jan, 06:30pm
Wed 15th Jan, 07:00pm
Thu 16th Jan, 07:00pm
Fri 17th Jan, 07:00pm
Sat 18th Jan, 02:30pm
Sat 18th Jan, 07:30pm
Sun 19th Jan, 06:30pm
Tue 21st Jan, 06:30pm
Wed 22nd Jan, 07:00pm
Thu 23rd Jan, 07:00pm
Duration:
1 hour, 45 minutes (no interval)
Ticketing & Pricing:
Premium Full Price – $119
A Reserve Full Price – $89
A Reserve Concession – $80
+ booking fee
Accessibility:
Wheelchair Access
Important Info
Entry via Druitt Street to access downstairs seats
Warning – this performance contains potentially distressing themes, depictions of suicide, physical and sexual violence, haze and strobe lighting and nudity
Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult aged 18+
Recommended for ages 15+