Beyond the Neck

Beyond the Neck
starring Francis Greenslade
A TheatreWorks Production

Friday, 1 May at 7.30pm* *VIP pre-show lounge event and post-show Q&A for Director’s Circle Members

Saturday, 2 May at 7.30pm** **Auslan interpreted performance

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Tickets will go on sale to the General Public at 10am Monday 1 December 2025.

Prices
Early Bird Price (*Available until Sunday 7 December) $62.10
Full Price $69
Centre Stage Member Price $62.10
Director’s Circle Member Price $58.65
Concession $65
Under 30 $59
Group (15 or more) $61
MobTix $30

Please note all bookings by Non-Members will incur a $4 fee per transaction. This transaction fee is payable whether booking tickets online, over the phone or in-person.

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About the show

A mother. A teenager. A tour guide. A man who can’t outrun the past. Their lives don’t intersect – until they do, in the aftershock of one day Australia won’t forget.

Tom Holloway’s Beyond the Neck is a profoundly compassionate portrait of a community living with loss. Four individual stories braid together, observing, echoing and gently urging the characters forward. Humour and care thread through the show, allowing light to enter even as it looks unflinchingly at trauma.

Directed by Suzanne Chaundy, this new Theatre Works production honours the delicacy and daring of Holloway’s writing; clear, unsentimental and luminously humane.

This production sensitively addresses the aftermath of the Port Arthur massacre on 28 April 1996. The performance will mark the 30 year anniversary of this tragedy. 

“Theatre Works is proving they are the match of any mainstage company.”– Australian Arts Review

About Theatreworks

Melbourne’s home for independent theatre commissioning, coproducing and presenting bold new Australian work. Independent by nature. Fierce by choice. Stronger with you. 

Creative team

Playwright: Tom Holloway

Director: Suzanne Chaundy  

Cast: Frances Greenslade, Emmaline Carroll Southwell, Cassidy Dunn, Freddy Collyer  

Creatives: Lighting - Jason Bovaird, Set & Costume - Jacob Battista, Sound Composition - Phil McCleod, Sound Designer - Jack Burmeister     

  • Show duration

    75 minutes, with no interval

  • Content warning

    This production sensitively addresses the aftermath of a real-life tragedy and themes of grief and recovery. 

  • Accessibility

    Wheelchair spaces are available, subject to booking. Please make your booking via phone on 9243 9191 to reserve a wheelchair designated spot.

    For more information about accessibility at the Clocktower Centre please see here.

The safety of everyone is important to us. Please ensure that you are familiar with the current Victorian guidelines for attending indoor events. You can view our updated Conditions of Purchase and Conditions of Entry. Closer to each production, all ticket holders will be sent up to date information on the current guidelines.