Queensland’s regional theatre sector is set for a new wave of growth, with free statewide advisory support delivered by Cairns-based JUTE Theatre Company through the remodelled Regional Arts Services Network (RASN). JUTE is proud to be one of the six organisations contracted to deliver RASN services for the 2026-2027 period. Building on its expertise of … Read more
Exploring the small joys that make life worth living, JUTE Theatre Company, in association with Ipswich’s THAT Production Company, will open its 2026 season at Bulmba-ja Arts Centre next month (4–14 March) with Every Brilliant Thing, an intimate theatre experience starring Cairns’ own hometown hero Jason Klarwein. Written by the Olivier-Award-nominated Duncan Macmillan with Jonny … Read more
The graduating class of JUTE’s Actors Studio Pathways program will take centre stage this month as JUTE Theatre Company, in partnership with Overall Arts, presents Cooked, a gripping new work by award-winning playwright Kathryn Ash and directed by Amber Grossmann. Tickets are on sale now for Cooked, which will premiere at Bulmba-ja Arts Centre on … Read more
JUTE Theatre Company, in partnership with Belloo Creative (Brisbane), will launch a brand-new script development model when it presents 4 on the Floor, with a public showcase of new works in progress, on Friday 24 October at Bulmba-ja Arts Centre. Developed over an intensive week-long creative lab in Cairns, 4 on the Floor brings together … Read more
Leaping from 17th-century Italy to today’s urban art scene in a fast, funny and thought-provoking mash-up of history, humour and imagination, new dark comedy Genius will premiere at Cairns’ Bulmba-ja Theatre from 26 September to 4 October 2025. Written by acclaimed Darwin playwright Sandra Thibodeaux, directed by Nicky Fearn, and co-produced by Thibodeaux, JUTE Theatre … Read more
JUTE Theatre Company invites audiences to take part in the creative journey of HUNTERS, a powerful new Australian play by Michael Sams, with a special public reading at Bulmba-ja Arts Centre on Friday, 6 June. Sams is an award-winning playwright whose works have been performed nationally and internationally, with HUNTERS marking his latest full-length work … Read more
The Board of JUTE Theatre Company is delighted to welcome acclaimed theatre maker, director, and arts leader Chris Kohn as its new Executive Artistic Director following the retirement of co-founder, Artistic Director and CEO, Suellen Maunder. Kohn’s appointment follows an extensive national search and marks the beginning of a new chapter for the company, with … Read more
Who’s up for Bollywood dance numbers and an hilarious romantic comedy? —loud, joyful, and just a little bit chaotic, The Accidental Bride delivers the fun, wrapped in saree. JUTE Theatre Company invites Cairns audiences to step inside the creative whirlwind of this vibrant new comedy by Shoba Sadler. When a ‘serious Indian boy’ accidently proposes … Read more
In March, Dr Matt Domingo returns to the Far North to play Hamish, a charismatic figure cloaked in darkness, in JUTE Theatre Company and Overall Arts’ co-production of O, Ophelia. JUTE Theatre Company and Overall Arts’ poignant and thought-provoking new production of O, Ophelia, premieres at Bulmba-ja Arts Centre, Cairns, on Friday, 7 March … Read more
After nearly three decades of leadership, JUTE Theatre Company’s founding Artistic Director and CEO will cap off an extraordinary and transformative era in Queensland’s regional theatre. JUTE Chair Gill Townsend praised Ms Maunder’s creativity, vision, and tireless dedication, making the Cairns-based organisation a national leader in regional arts and a vibrant company that has empowered … Read more
