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Meet me at the baths

Stories of love, loss and change sparkle against the stunning backdrop of the Newcastle Baths.

Take a seat on the Baths’ beloved aquamarine concrete bleachers, don a pair of headphones, and become immersed in stranger-than-fiction stories inspired by real Novocastrians. Meet Me at the Baths is a brand new site-specific work presented by local powerhouse theatre company Whale Chorus.

Playwright Ang Collins (Spewy) and director Janie Gibson (Voices of Joan) join forces to amplify this special place’s untold stories.

Created in collaboration with community and mixed with gorgeous live soundscapes direct to your eardrums, Meet Me at the Baths is a heart-first plunge into life’s changing rhythms, the healing properties of salt water swims and the radical public power of our city’s iconic ocean pool. Bring your cossies and take a dip at the end! Book now

Headlining New annual 2025

Venue
Newcastle Ocean Baths

Dates
Sat 27 Sept
11:00am + 2:00pm
Sun 28 Sept 11:00am + 2:00pm
Mon 29 Sept 11:00am + 2:00pm
Tue 30 Sept 11:00am + 2:00pm
Thu 2 Oct 11:00am + 2:00pm
Fri 3 Oct 11:00am + 2:00pm
Sat 4 Oct 11:00am + 2:00pm


TEAM

Director & Devisor Janie Gibson
Writer & Devisor
Ang Collins
Performers & Devisors
Barney Donaghy, Jim Lawson, Katia Molino & Stephanie Rochet
Sound Design & Composition
Liesl Pieterse
Movement Direction
Angie Diaz

Proudly supported by Civic Theatre Newcastle

MEDIA

Newcastle Herald

Newcastle Weekly