Canberra Repertory Society

12/06/2026

The stage design and creation is one of the many journeys involved in Travelling North experience the set live this June (11-27) 2026.

Are you under 30? Get tickets for the all shows for just $25.

Dates: 11 - 27 June 2026
Location: Canberra REP Theatre
Tickets: https://canberrarep.org.au/content/book-online-choose-performance?ID=TN26

11/06/2026

We asked the cast of Travelling North about the play and this is what they had to say.

Dates: 11 - 27 June 2027
Location: Canberra REP Theatre
Tickets: https://canberrarep.org.au/content/book-online-choose-performance?ID=TN26

What are you in for?
In June, David Williamson’s Travelling North comes to life at Canberra REP Theatre.

The play, directed by Cate Clelland, follows the journey of a couple—Frances (Danielle Spiller) and Frank (Pat Gallagher)—who head north only to be faced with Frank’s signs of mortality. The journey comes with the exploration of the couple’s dynamic with their children, mortality, love, and aging. This play is an homage to age and the old radicals who changed the course of Australian history

11/06/2026

Dates: 11 - 27 June 2026
Location: Canberra REP Theatre
Tickets: https://canberrarep.org.au/content/book-online-choose-performance?ID=TN26

What are you in for?
In June, David Williamson’s Travelling North comes to life at Canberra REP Theatre. The play directed by Cate Clelland, follows the journey of a middle aged couple that travels north of Australia only to be faced with Frank’s (played by Pat Gallagher) signs of mortality. The journey north comes with the exploration of the couple’s dynamic with their children, mortality, love, aging. This piece is a homage to age and the old radicals who changed the course of Australian history.

09/06/2026

Much thanks to Arts Editor Helen Musa at Canberra CityNews for this preview article of David Williamson's Travelling North.

"Playwrights have always loved using travel to symbolise personal growth, escape from the mundane or exploration of the unknown, and Australia’s best-known playwright, David Williamson, is no exception in his much-performed 1979 work Travelling North, soon coming to Canberra Rep Theatre".

Book now for Travelling North
https://canberrarep.org.au/content/book-online-choose-performance?ID=TN26

Preview Q&A Night 11 June
Tix $20
Phone Bookings Only
Quote: "I love my Canberra REP"

David Williamson's much-performed 1979 work Travelling North is coming soon to Canberra Rep Theatre.

09/06/2026

Travelling North is a timeless journey that hits close to home.

Frank (Pat Gallagher) and Frances (Danielle Spiller) pack up their lives and head towards the sun-drenched subtropics of Queensland, looking for a second chance at passion and tranquillity, away from the expectations of their adult children.

David Williamson's 'biographical' play is a witty, moving exploration of the ultimate late-life rebellion. A tribute to the courage it takes to live—and love—on your own terms.

Cast
Margeaux Arundel-Williams, Adrian Breen, Grace Cassidy, Pat Gallagher, Kumar Kartikey Gupta, Steven Kennedy, Matilda Millar-Carton, Danielle Spiller, and Stephanie Van Lieshout.

Production Details
Written by: David Williamson
Directed by: Cate Clelland
Venue: Canberra REP Theatre, 3 Repertory Lane, ACTON
Dates: 11–27 June 2026

Bookings: https://canberrarep.org.au/content/book-online-choose-performance?ID=TN26 or call (02) 6257 1950

07/06/2026

Did you see our great big expensive ad on the back page of Panorama in the Canberra Times on the weekend?

Finally! Proof that Travelling North by David Williamson is OPENING THIS WEEK at Canberra REP Theatre.

Canberra REP – Still here for Canberra! Still going strong!

Book now for Travelling North
https://canberrarep.org.au/content/book-online-choose-performance?ID=TN26
Link in bio

05/06/2026

Cate Clelland on Monday’s (June 1) ABC Radio 666 Morning show with Saskia Mabin brings us everything we need to know about her thought and process behind Travelling North before it hits the stage next week June 11 2026.

Interview starts at 1:35:20: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/canberra-mornings/mornings/106731464

Tickets for Travelling North are live: https://canberrarep.org.au/content/book-online-choose-performance?ID=TN26

04/06/2026

This is how your June can look like at Canberra REP. Think witty and emotional. Travelling North brings to life the complexities of human relationships through depiction of family and romance. It also brings questions about mortality and ageing in a light and warm way.

Catch it on the dates highlighted in Green.

27/05/2026

Introducing the cast and creatives of David Williamson’s Travelling North at Canberra REP Theatre 12-27 June.* With a bonus glance back to their own travels north.

First up, Danielle Spiller who makes her Canberra REP debut as Frances, a woman who ultimately rediscovers her independence. A CAT Award nominee for Best Actress, Danielle says that playing this role is a joy. “She is a woman who yearns for adventure, though needs to navigate complex relationships which bring the weight of maternal guilt”.

First line: “I was just listening”.

When she isn't bringing complex characters to life on the stage, Danielle is busy chasing her three daughters, playing tennis, and singing in her local choir.

Danielle shares with us a 70s snap with her sister at Queensland’s Big Pineapple. What cuties! Danielle “loved family road trips as a child, but had to keep clear of my little sister who was carsick all the way!”

https://canberrarep.org.au/content/book-online-choose-performance?ID=TN26

Travelling North 🚚🍍
By David Williamson
Directed by Cate Clelland
Canberra REP Theatre | 12-27 June

*Preview Q&A Night 11 June tix $20. Phone Bookings Only.
Quote: "I love my Canberra REP".

27/05/2026

Introducing the cast and creatives of David Williamson’s Travelling North at Canberra REP Theatre 12-27 June.* With a bonus glance back to their own travels north.

Next up, Pat Gallagher plays Frank, a stubborn freethinker whose abrasive exterior gives way to a deeply moving battle with mortality. A versatile actor and a familiar face to REP audiences, Pat is as at home in musicals as in straight theatre. He was most recently seen in Ayckbourn’s Bedroom Farce at REP.

First line: “Can you hear the little puffing billies out there hauling in the sugar-cane?”.

Pat shares with us a holiday snap taken of his mother in 1956, and a touching recreation of himself at the same spot in 2012.

https://canberrarep.org.au/content/book-online-choose-performance?ID=TN26

Travelling North 🚚🍍
By David Williamson
Directed by Cate Clelland
Canberra REP Theatre | 12-27 June

*Preview Q&A Night 11 June tix $20. Phone Bookings Only.
Quote: "I love my Canberra REP".