My Brilliant Career, a new musical based on the novel by Miles Franklin.
Miles Franklin’s classic novel as you’ve never seen it before, with a live soundtrack that’s equal parts contemporary pop, folksy bush band and barnstorming pub rock.
Beloved by audiences and showered with five-star reviews, My Brilliant Career was Melbourne’s most in-demand ticket in 2024. “Brimming with abundant heart and soul” (Time Out), this uniquely Australian story has captivated a new generation and will have its Sydney premiere in 2026.
The “outrageously talented” (Australian Stage) Kala Gare plays Sybylla Melvyn, a fiercely intelligent and individual young woman in 1890s Australia who rallies against the idea that her ambition should start and end at finding a wealthy husband. Forced to choose between romance and her career, a family and a future that she defines, she decides she’s having it all.
With a joyfully fresh adaptation by Sheridan Harbridge, Dean Bryant and Mathew Frank, expert direction by Melbourne Theatre Company Artistic Director Anne-Louise Sarks, and stunning set and costume design by Olivier and Tony Award-winner Marg Horwell (The Picture of Dorian Gray), My Brilliant Career transforms an iconic literary figure into an effervescent rockstar heroine for the modern age.
Venue
Roslyn Packer Theatre
Approx. Duration
2hrs 30 mins | including interval
Cast
Cameron Bajraktarevic – Hayward
Victoria Falconer
Kala Gare
Raj Labade
Ana Mitsikas
Christina O’Neill
Jarrad Payne