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We are equally thrilled!Maci-Grace is thrilled to be working with the award-winning JUTE Theatre Company and to be travelling to remote communities with this important work.

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🎬 Go behind the scenes of The Accidental Bride!

Catch exclusive interviews with playwright Shoba Sadler, director Bali Padda, and actor Matt Domingo as they reflect on the whirlwind Creative Development week and the joy of bringing this hilarious, heartfelt rom-com to life during the Showcase on April 5th. From laughter to cultural insight, this video gives you a taste of what’s to come in 2026 in this vibrant new work celebrating love, family, and identity.

For the YouTube version, click here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu_SpDEvG0o
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It was such a wonderful experience to attend the "showing, not show" as Bali explained. Had no idea how much work goes into a production. Definitely look forward to the finished version. 👏 👏 👏

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Thanks to everyone who attended - it was great to see so many people interested in the development of this new work and embrace it.

Love the photos from the Creative Development Showcase!

Fantastic to be in the audience & learn about the creative process. Thanks for the education. 😊

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Throwback Thursday: Just over a year ago, we had our first Creative Development for The Accidental Bride. This Saturday is the second and we cant wait to see what the team has been working on the past week! 

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Throwback Thursday: Just over a year ago, we had our first Creative Development for The Accidental Bride. This Saturday is the second and we can't wait to see what the team has been working on the past week!

www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.966176662182143&type=3Welcome to the exciting world of ‘The Accidental Bride,’ a captivating new theatrical creation by the talented Shoba Sadler, a published writer, journalist, and emerging playwright of Indian heritage hailing from the Far North. As a proud graduate of JUTE’s Write Sparks script development program in 2022, Shoba brings her unique voice and cultural perspective to the forefront.

The script, a delightful comedy love story, follows the lives of Anil and Ashwin, two charismatic Indian brothers navigating the challenges of love, tradition, and cross-cultural misunderstandings in an Australian-based Indian Wedding Textile company.

This Bollywood-style rom-com explores themes of love at first sight versus learning to love after marriage, all set against the vibrant backdrop of the Indian festival of love, Holi. The narrative artfully blends traditional Indian culture with modern Australian Indian perspectives, offering a rich and colourful depiction that celebrates collective culture and individuality.

In this exciting collaboration, Shoba joined forces with JUTE Theatre Company and the Cairns Indian Community to further develop the script through a series of workshops in 2024. Two key leaders of the Cairns Indian Community served as project consultants, bringing their invaluable insights to enrich the cultural authenticity of the theatrical, choreographic, and musical aspects of the script. JUTE Theatre Company’s role extends to auspice, infrastructure, and providing a venue for this collaborative journey.

The Creative Development Showcase was held at Bulmba-ja on Sunday, February 25th.

Photos by Manveer Singh

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The Regional Arts Development Fund is a partnership between the Queensland Government and Cairns Regional Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.
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Big thanks to ABC Far North for their continued support of the arts in our region! We're grateful for the way they shine a spotlight on local artists and creative projects.  This week, ABC Presenter Amanda Cranston sat down with playwright Shoba Sadler and actor Ravin Nair to chat about the upcoming Creative Development showcase for The Accidental Bride. 

📻 Tune in tomorrow morning (106.7FM) between 6 AM and 9 AM to catch the interview and hear all about it!

Big thanks to ABC Far North for their continued support of the arts in our region! We`re grateful for the way they shine a spotlight on local artists and creative projects. This week, ABC Presenter Amanda Cranston sat down with playwright Shoba Sadler and actor Ravin Nair to chat about the upcoming Creative Development showcase for The Accidental Bride.

📻 Tune in tomorrow morning (106.7FM) between 6 AM and 9 AM to catch the interview and hear all about it!
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Ahead of tonight's show, director and playwright Amber Grossman and actor Charlotte Davies spoke with ABC Wide Bay about O, Ophelia, and why you should go and see it at the Wintergarden in Bundaberg, which is re-opening tonight. 

To buy tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/o-ophelia

Photos in this video by Colin Pett

Ahead of tonight`s show, director and playwright Amber Grossman and actor Charlotte Davies spoke with ABC Wide Bay about O, Ophelia, and why you should go and see it at the Wintergarden in Bundaberg, which is re-opening tonight.

To buy tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/o-ophelia

Photos in this video by Colin Pett
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📣 Matt Domingo returns for The Accidental Bride Creative Development

Next week, the second Creative Development of Shoba Sadler's work, The Accidental Bride, will take place here at Bulmba-ja. For the past few months, a group of emerging Indian actors have been working on developing their acting and performance skills and becoming familiar with the script with facilitator and actor Natalie Taylor. 

During the Creative Development, and the subsequent showcase on Saturday April 5th at 3pm, they will be joined by professional actor Matt Domingo, who will be back from his Queensland tour with JUTE and Overall Arts' production O, Ophelia. 

If you'd like to get a sneak peek at how theatre is made, see how the work has progressed since last year, join us on the 5th. Tickets are only $10 and include refreshments. 

PS - Happy Birthday @drmattdomingo
💻 https://events.humanitix.com/the-accidental-bride-creative-development-showcase-2

Photo: Matt Domingo and Charlotte Davis in O, Ophelia - photographed by Mimi Tannaka.

📣 Matt Domingo returns for The Accidental Bride Creative Development

Next week, the second Creative Development of Shoba Sadler`s work, The Accidental Bride, will take place here at Bulmba-ja. For the past few months, a group of emerging Indian actors have been working on developing their acting and performance skills and becoming familiar with the script with facilitator and actor Natalie Taylor.

During the Creative Development, and the subsequent showcase on Saturday April 5th at 3pm, they will be joined by professional actor Matt Domingo, who will be back from his Queensland tour with JUTE and Overall Arts` production O, Ophelia.

If you`d like to get a sneak peek at how theatre is made, see how the work has progressed since last year, join us on the 5th. Tickets are only $10 and include refreshments.

PS - Happy Birthday @drmattdomingo
💻 https://events.humanitix.com/the-accidental-bride-creative-development-showcase-2

Photo: Matt Domingo and Charlotte Davis in O, Ophelia - photographed by Mimi Tannaka.
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JUTE Theatre Company

From humble beginnings in regional obscurity, stretched and moulded through years of hard work, fuelled by tenacity, rigour and persistence, JUTE Theatre Company has become a dynamic, award-winning, nationally regarded new work theatre company, sitting at the forefront of industry practice and consistently seeking new boundaries to explore in theatre practice.

Drawing on over three decades of industry experience, JUTE is a crucible in which new stories and perspectives are forged that inspire our communities and allow us all to reimagine ourselves through powerful shared theatre experiences. JUTE yields the floor to regional voices to examine the marginal, the unexplored, the unforeseen, to create stories that impact us deeply and change our world.

We do this through a wide range of inclusive programs of new work development, productions and touring, our Dare to Dream regional and remote tours with residencies, training, mentorship and community outreach.

Click here for more info about JUTE…

Acknowledgement of Country

JUTE wishes to pay its respects to Elders, past and present, of the lands where we work, live and perform. JUTE acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this land as well as the many regional areas we visit, tour and produce work. We recognise that these lands have always been places of art and story-telling.