Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

In November 1911 Captain Robert Falcon Scott — navy officer, adventurer, explorer — led an intrepid, and ultimately doomed, race to the South Pole. In this searing masterpiece by Patricia Cornelius, winner of both the NSW and Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, the icy expanse of Antarctica becomes a haunting metaphor for old age — vast, majestic, unknowable, and unyielding.

A group of aged care residents imagine themselves as members of Scott’s ill-fated Antarctic expedition — battered by snow, blinded by wind, and trudging through a landscape as unforgiving as memory itself. But this isn’t just a journey to the South Pole, it’s a lyrical, unflinching exploration of ageing, the resilience of the human spirit and the extraordinary capacity for love to light the way back to ourselves.

Expertly crafted by one of Australia’s finest writers, Do Not Go Gentle inhabits two poetic worlds: one of epic adventure and another of quiet valediction.

Directed by Heather Fairbairn and featuring a cast of theatrical titans, Andrew Buchanan, Jennifer Flowers, Christen O’Leary, Bruce Spence, Steven Grives, and William Zappa, this once-in-a-generation production rages against the inevitable, our own mortality.

A rallying cry for dignity, defiance, and the fire that still burns in bodies grown old but spirits still strong – Do Not Go Gentle demands to be witnessed.

2026 SEASON – Auslan Interpreted Performances:

• The Great Gatsby – Playhouse, QPAC – Friday 27 February 2026, 7:30 PM
• Torch The Place – Bille Brown Theatre – Friday 20 March 2026, 7:30 PM
• The Sapphires – Bille Brown Theatre – Friday 8 May 2026, 7:30 PM
• Pride & Prejudice – Playhouse, QPAC – Friday 17 July 2026, 7:30 PM
• Do Not Go Gentle – Bille Brown Theatre – Friday 21 August 2026, 7:30 PM
• Strong is the New Pretty – Playhouse, QPAC – Friday 11 September 2026, 7:30 PM
• Small Mouth Sounds – Bille Brown Theatre – Friday 23 October 2026, 7:30 PM
• Into the Woods – Glasshouse Theatre, QPAC – Friday 20 November 2026, 7:30 PM

SPECIAL OFFER – Auslan Booking Instructions:

To get discounted tickets, choose from 4 different multi play packages – 5 plays, 6 plays, 7 plays or 8 plays. The more your buy = the bigger the discount. For example: The 8 play package offers you almost 50% of the ticket price of each show in the season.

Alternatively, if you prefer to attend only one or two productions, you can purchase single tickets.

Click here, scroll down the page to see the multi play packages.

lf you have any questions please email or phone Queensland Theatre.

EMAIL: ticketing team on sales@queenslandtheatre.com.au

PHONE:  Queensland Theatre Box Office 1800 355 528 (Monday to Friday 9.30am – 5pm)