Pony Club by Grace Wilson - Melt Festival
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Premiering at Melt Festival, Brisbane’s premier festival of queer arts and culture. From acclaimed playwright Grace Wilson (Goodbye Eli Anderson) and directed by emerging powerhouse Indiah Morris (Blushing), PONY CLUB is a loud, queer, wildly funny new dramedy about identity, fan-fiction and growing up in the digital age, asking what’s more terrifying – coming out, or being found out?
Ipswich high schoolers Cassie, Sam, Tai and Jay are just figuring it all out, until the fan-fiction they co-write suddenly erupts into an online phenomenon. Now everyone’s waiting for the next post by PonyLuvr459. But when a rogue fan starts closing the gap between screen and reality, their secret authorship – and everything they’re not ready to admit – comes under threat.
"Wilson’s voice is both fearless and deeply compassionate, marking her as an exciting force in Australian theatre...Bold and fiercely original" ATF NYC 2026 for Bogqueen
Book Now! Limited season at the New Benner Theatre, Metro Arts, from October 28 - 31
This project is supported by the Melt Giving Circle. Pony Club is commissioned and developed through the Telescope New Writing Program.
Content warnings: This production contains coarse language, sexual references, depicts and/or references homophobia, references to Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling, references mental health struggles, references animal cruelty, depicts violence, weapons and fire, use of fake blood.
Premiering at Melt Festival, Brisbane’s premier festival of queer arts and culture. From acclaimed playwright Grace Wilson (Goodbye Eli Anderson) and directed by emerging powerhouse Indiah Morris (Blushing), PONY CLUB is a loud, queer, wildly funny new dramedy about identity, fan-fiction and growing up in the digital age, asking what’s more terrifying – coming out, or being found out?
Ipswich high schoolers Cassie, Sam, Tai and Jay are just figuring it all out, until the fan-fiction they co-write suddenly erupts into an online phenomenon. Now everyone’s waiting for the next post by PonyLuvr459. But when a rogue fan starts closing the gap between screen and reality, their secret authorship – and everything they’re not ready to admit – comes under threat.
"Wilson’s voice is both fearless and deeply compassionate, marking her as an exciting force in Australian theatre...Bold and fiercely original" ATF NYC 2026 for Bogqueen
Book Now! Limited season at the New Benner Theatre, Metro Arts, from October 28 - 31
This project is supported by the Melt Giving Circle. Pony Club is commissioned and developed through the Telescope New Writing Program.
Content warnings: This production contains coarse language, sexual references, depicts and/or references homophobia, references to Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling, references mental health struggles, references animal cruelty, depicts violence, weapons and fire, use of fake blood.
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Where is it happening?
Metro Arts, 97 Boundary Street,Brisbane,QLD,Australia
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Host or PublisherObservatory Theatre
