02/09/2026
CLOSER — LOVE. DESIRE. BETRAYAL. REVENGE.
“Love is a lie we tell ourselves.”
What happens when the person you love becomes the person who knows exactly how to hurt you?
AVID Theatre, in association with The 1812 Theatre, presents Patrick Marber’s explosive modern classic, CLOSER.
In the intimate surrounds of The Bakery @ 1812, four strangers are drawn together by attraction, curiosity and desire. Dan, Alice, Anna and Larry fall in love, fall out of love, betray one another and demand the truth — even when the truth is the most devastating thing they could hear.
Seductive, darkly funny and brutally honest, CLOSER strips away the romantic façade to expose the jealousy, obsession, vulnerability and cruelty that can exist beneath intimacy.
With the audience just metres from the action, there is nowhere for the characters — or you — to hide.
Raw. Sexy. Savage. Uncomfortably human.
Directed by Michael Fenemore, this confronting and electrifying production brings one of contemporary theatre’s most celebrated relationship dramas into startlingly close focus.
STRICTLY LIMITED SEASON
28 October – 7 November 2026
12 performances only
The Bakery @ 1812 Theatre
https://www.1812theatre.com.au/2026-season/closer/
How close can you get to someone before you destroy each other?
CLOSER
Some truths should never be asked for.
