Image by Lee Illfield

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!

WORLD PREMIERE AT New annual 2025

Venue
Newcastle Ocean Baths

Season
27 September – 4 October

Reviews
★★★★★ — Sydney Arts Guide
★★★★—Limelight Magazine

"The perfect piece with which to celebrate the egalitarian vibe, history and importance of Newcastle's Ocean Baths to the community."Limelight Magazine

"This is a show about romantic nothing. In the sum of its parts, it becomes about everything."Newcastle Herald


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
Production Manager Becky Russell
Technical Operator Josh Ingle

Proudly supported by Civic Theatre Newcastle