A raging metropolis, erupting into life.

 

“Did the wowsers really think, come the angelus bell, that the wharfies and the factory workers of Sydney were going to scuttle on home for a game of dominoes and a cup of tea, with the few hours of life the day spared them? The law had turned every second shop in Darlinghurst into a sly-groggery, forcing blokes to huddle in back rooms in butchers, florists, fruit shops, breaking the law to pay two, three times the odds for a glass of watered-down ale. Making criminals of us all..." 

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Crims is a new physical theatre piece by Christopher Samuel Carroll, inspired by true stories from the violent underworld of 1920s Sydney. In the saloons, billiard rooms, brothels, and racetracks of a raging metropolis erupting into life, gunmen, conmen, coiners and swindlers, bootleggers, burglars, politicians and hoodlums seized their share.

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Developed with an eclectic ensemble of local performers, this world premiere work promises to be dark, thrilling, and explosive, unearthing hidden histories in a larger-than-life theatrical style that has become synonymous with the work of Bare Witness Theatre Company.​

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Crims will play for 4 performances only as part of the Q – The Locals season at Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre, 19–22 November 2026.

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Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre

253 Crawford St, Queanbeyan NSW 2620

19–22 November 2026
Tickets: $30 – $50

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Tickets via theq.net.au

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(02) 6285 6290​​​

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The writing of Crims has been funded by the CAPO fellowship.

CREDITS

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Writer/Director

Christopher Samuel Carroll

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Asst Director

Marcel Cole

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Performers

Marcel Cole

Jack Shanahan

Gabriel Sinclair

Miriam Slater

Piumi Wijesundara

Petronella Van Tienen

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Set & Costume Designer

Roz Hall​

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Promotional Photographs

Art Atelier Photography​