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No Seasons

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A photo of a young man lying on his back. He is half submerged in a blue blow up pool, his white clothes are wet and semi-transparent. His hair is brown and curly and spreads out in rays from his head, floating on the surface of the shallow water. He has an enormous smile, like he's been caught in the photo mid belly-laugh.
Jacquie Manning
A photo of a young man lying on his back. He is half submerged in a blue blow up pool, his white clothes are wet and semi-transparent. His hair is brown and curly and spreads out in rays from his head, floating on the surface of the shallow water. He has an enormous smile, like he's been caught in the photo mid belly-laugh.
Jacquie Manning
A photo of a young man lying on his back. He is half submerged in a blue blow up pool, his white clothes are wet and semi-transparent. His hair is brown and curly and spreads out in rays from his head, floating on the surface of the shallow water. He has an enormous smile, like he's been caught in the photo mid belly-laugh.
Jacquie Manning
A photo of a young man lying on his back. He is half submerged in a blue blow up pool, his white clothes are wet and semi-transparent. His hair is brown and curly and spreads out in rays from his head, floating on the surface of the shallow water. He has an enormous smile, like he's been caught in the photo mid belly-laugh.
Jacquie Manning
A photo of a young man lying on his back. He is half submerged in a blue blow up pool, his white clothes are wet and semi-transparent. His hair is brown and curly and spreads out in rays from his head, floating on the surface of the shallow water. He has an enormous smile, like he's been caught in the photo mid belly-laugh.
Jacquie Manning
A photo of a young man lying on his back. He is half submerged in a blue blow up pool, his white clothes are wet and semi-transparent. His hair is brown and curly and spreads out in rays from his head, floating on the surface of the shallow water. He has an enormous smile, like he's been caught in the photo mid belly-laugh.
Jacquie Manning
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A new work about transness, disability, and the ethics of IVF.

'No Seasons' is a new experimental work by Oliver Ayres ('I'm Ready To Talk Now' - Best Experimental, Change Maker Award) exploring gender, IVF, disability, and parenthood.

“When I was nineteen years old, I had my eggs frozen before I started taking hormones - and prior to my diagnosis with a rare and chronic immune condition. Almost ten years later, and what seemed like a hypothetical future is slowly becoming my reality - but what is my ethical responsibility in bringing children into this world? And if I choose not to use my eggs to have my own children, can I live with myself if I donate them to other families, knowing that one day they may search for their biological mother - and find their father instead.”

Each audience member will be asked to choose from three options before entering the theatre: ‘I am a parent/step-parent/guardian etc.’, ‘I am not, but I may be someday’ and ‘I am not and I never will be’.

Oliver is also a finalist for the 2025 Trans Visibility Awards in Creative Excellence presented by Transgender Victoria.

Praise for Oliver:

★★★★★ "An intense moment of intimacy and openness...this immersive experience cements Ayres as a forward thinking creative to watch." - TimeOut
★★★★ "Calls for more compassion between us all while exemplifying what this can look like in practice" - The Scotsman
★★★★ "A gentle, radical kind of care" - Fest Mag
★★★★ "Disarmingly intimate and unavoidably involving" -The Arts Desk

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“Confessional theatre at its best”
The Age
“Vulnerable, intimate and immersive”
R L Smith

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    Event Info

    Important Event Information

    Are you disabled? Are you trans? Both? You won’t have to pay full price to see ‘No Seasons’.


    Our primary goal as artists is to make theatre more accessible for our communities. To help, we’ve introduced a new ticket type for disabled and trans audiences - ‘Access Tix’.


    To purchase an Access Ticket, go through the regular steps to purchase a full-price ticket for ‘No Seasons’, then use the code ‘ACCESSTIX’ at check out for $25 tickets. This code is valid for every performance across our entire two week season.


    P.S. No one is checking at the door. You don’t have to prove that you’re ‘trans enough’ or ‘disabled enough’ - we trust you!



    Tactile Tour & early opening info

    When: 15mins before the show start time
    Where: Meet at the entrance to the performance space or at 'Stables meeting point' in the Garden where you can be escorted by our FOH staff There will also be friendly volunteers around to assist you!
    What: a pre-show time in the space to either engage in a Tactile Tour and/or be in the space beforehand. This tour will be delivered by lead performer Oliver Ayres.
    Who: This time is offered to Blind and Low Vision audiences, Neurodivergent audiences & anyone that else who would like to come along


    Link to the 'No Seasons' wayfinding video

    Content Warning

    Drug References, Alcohol Use, Death, Mental Health

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