Monster by Duncan Macmillan

“…A play that tests your liberal instincts to the limits...Macmillan's cracking play is a timely and gripping dissection of parenting and responsibility”  | The Guardian

For the first time on the Sydney stage, Duncan Macmillan’s compelling and provocative play Monster confronts the reach of empathy and weight of moral responsibility when it comes to the violence of boys and men.

A teacher is tasked with working with a troubled teenage boy on the brink of permanent expulsion. When Tom (Albert Mwangi) and Darryl (Campbell Parsons) are left alone in a classroom, a tense battle of wills unfolds and a teenage boy's actions ripple through the lives of those around him. How do you reach a child who appears afraid of nothing and cares for no one?

“He's got zero empathy. You could be having a conversation and start choking to death and he'd…probably just sit there and finish eating whatever you were choking on.”

Written by acclaimed British playwright Duncan Macmillan (People, Places and Things and Every Brilliant Thing), Monster refuses to deliver easy answers. It asks the audience to question; Are monsters inside all of us? Are they born or are they shaped? And what responsibility do the systems and societies around us bear?

Following Tiny Dog Productions’ acclaimed 5-star co-production of The Children’s Hour at The Old Fitz Theatre in 2025, Monster will be on at KXT on Broadway as part of its 2026 Summer Season (6-21 March 2026). This production is generously supported by the City of Sydney and Darlo Drama.

Starring Romney Hamilton (The Children’s Hour at The Old Fitz), Linda Nicholls-Gidley (The House of Bernarda Alba), Campbell Parsons (Babyteeth at KXT) and Albert Mwangi (2025 Sydney Theatre Award nominee), this exciting cast will bring Monster to life under the careful guidance of Director Kim Hardwick and an incredible team of Sydney creatives.

Season: 7:30pm, Tuesday - Saturday and 5:00pm, Sunday

Previews: Friday 6 March to Tuesday 10 March

Opening night: Wednesday 11 March at 7.30pm

Closing night: Saturday 21 March

Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/monster

Price: $25 - $50

Approx. duration: 2 hours

Content warning: Explores themes of violence and suicide

Director Kim Hardwick

1st Assistant Director Jo Booth

2nd Assistant Director Poppy Cozens

Set and Costume Designer Victor Kalka

Lighting Designer Topaz Marlay-Cole

Sound Designer Charlotte Leamon

Stage Manager Bede Curran

Dialect Coach Linda Nicholls-Gidley

Executive Producer Romney Hamilton

Associate Producer/Graphic Designer Mel Jensen

Assistant Producer Celine Widjaya

Marketing Liminka Pather

Photography Abraham De Souza

With Romney Hamilton, Linda Nicholls-Gidley, Campbell Parsons and Albert Mwangi