ART, starring Richard Roxburgh, Damon Herriman and Toby Schmitz, opens in Brisbane in March

In a rare opportunity to see three of Australia’s finest actors on stage together, Richard Roxburgh (Rake, The Correspondent, Elvis), Damon Herriman (Better Man, Mr Inbetween, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) and Toby Schmitz (Boy Swallows Universe, Gaslight, Grief is the Thing with Feathers) star together in the internationally award-winning play ART by Yasmina Reza translated by Chrispher Hampton, a razor-sharp comedy about friendship, ego and the chaos a single opinion can cause.

 

 

Direct from a sell-out Sydney season that attracted rave reviews, and commencing performances at Brisbane’s QPAC from 11 March, ART is directed by Lee Lewis (the original production of Prima Facie, Gaslight, Mother Play), with set and costume design by Charles Davis (The Importance of Being Ernest,  La Traviata), lighting design by Paul Jackson (Rusalka, The Spare Room), sound design by David Letch for System Sound, and is produced by Rodney Rigby with Marriner Group, Paul Wheelton AM, and State Theatre Company South Australia.

When one friend buys a ridiculously expensive painting, the others don’t just question his taste — they question everything. Egos flare, old wounds resurface, and a decades-long friendship begins to fracture.

 

 

Winner of both the Tony Award for Best Play and the Olivier Award for Best Comedy,ART explores – with biting wit and pitch-perfect timing – how the smallest things, especially the unspoken ones, can spiral into something much bigger.

This 90-minute modern classic is brim full of intelligent laughs, standout performances, and sharp insight, and asks: can we truly see and still forgive the people we’ve known the longest? Because everyone’s a critic. Especially your friends.

This loud-out-loud 90-minute play is the perfect antidote to your problems.”- Sydney Morning Herald

Very entertaining, brilliant actors, superbly directed. A really good night in the theatre.” -ABC Radio Sydney

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Season Details

Venue: QPAC, Brisbane
Date: 12 – 22 March 2026

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