A woman wearing a red dress holding a bouquet of dying flowers.

Becky Shaw By Gina Gionfriddo
Directed by Mitchell Butel

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  • Sydney Theatre Company
  • Drama Theatre
  • Run time: 150 minutes, Including interval Subject to change
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“Gionfriddo is some kind of genius” (Variety)

Becky Shaw is a gloriously wicked comedy of contemporary manners by two-time Pulitzer Prize nominee and screenwriter Gina Gionfriddo (House of Cards, Law and Order). 

Loosely based on William Thackeray’s novel Vanity Fair, Gionfriddo’s Becky Shaw was revived on Broadway in 2026 in a Tony-winning production. In this brand-new Australian production, Andrea Demetriades (Home, I’m Darling, The River) steps into the deliciously complex role of Suzanna, a woman who learns never to play matchmaker. 

Suzanna’s relationship with her acid-tongued foster brother Max is complicated. Max is cynical, damaged, and abrasive – but he is also loyal to Suzanna, and her dependence on him in the aftermath of her father’s death spills over into something… not exactly sibling-like.

The charge is still there even after Suzanna marries nice guy Andrew. When they set Max up on a blind date with Andrew’s colleague Becky, what could go wrong?

Presented by the Sydney Theatre Company

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Gina Gionfriddo’s tangled tale of love, sex and ethics…is as engrossing as it is ferociously funny

The New York Times

Credits

Designer
Jeremy Allen
Lighting Designer
Damien Cooper
Composer & Sound Designer
David Bergman

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