Tiddas

Tiddas is the highly-anticipated adaptation of Anita Heiss’ best-selling novel, brought to life on stage at La Boite's Roundhouse Theatre as a joint La Boite Theatre, QPAC and Brisbane Festival production, from September 5-24, 2022.

Billed as a love letter to Brisbane, Tiddas is a story about enduring, unconditional friendship, women supporting women, sisterhood, and the beauty of living in our sub-tropical city.  

Tiddas, a commonly used term in the community for “women who are like sisters”, is a First Nations-led work about five best friends since childhood - Izzy, Veronica, Xanthe, Nadine and Ellen - whose monthly book club meetings cover life, love, literature and everything in between.

Dissecting each other’s lives seems the most natural thing in the world and honesty, no matter how brutal, is something they treasure. 

Best friends tell each other everything, don’t they? But each woman carries a complex secret and one weekend, without warning, everything comes unstuck.

A powerhouse cast of homegrown talent breathes life into the revered and relatable characters with Chenoa Deemal as Ellen, Anna McMahon as Veronica, Louise Brehmer as Nadine, Phoebe Grainer as Izzy and Shakira Clanton as Xanthe.

Supporting them on stage is Queensland theatre luminary Roxanne McDonald as Mum/Noon and the versatile Sean Dow playing the roles of Richard, Asher, Spencer, Craig and Rory.

Bringing the acclaimed novel from page to stage is Brisbane-based Heiss in her playwriting debut, introducing Brisbane audiences to the story’s inimitable stars: Izzy, Veronica, Xanthe, Nadine and Ellen.

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