Laced with acerbic humour, Do Not Pass Go turns hustle culture inside out to ask: when the system is built to break you, what’s left to hold onto?
Flux and Penny are colleagues whiling away their lives in the nondescript purgatory of a workplace no-one seems to run, doing a job no-one can explain, in a system neither of them really believe in. Clocked on, but gradually checking out. As their conversations drift further from work – into politics and their views across the generational divide, and whether any of it still matters – their hot takes cool to something closer to connection. Together, they follow the precarious path to ‘work friends’, searching for common ground in a world that feels increasingly broken.
Since debuting Hungry Ghosts in 2018, screenwriter and playwright Jean Tong (Heartbreak High, Flat Earthers: The Musical) has cemented their place as one of the most exciting contemporary voices in Australian writing.
Event Details:
Dates: 14 Feb — 28 Mar 2026
Duration: Not provided
Suitable for: Mature Audiences
Location: Southbank Theatre, The Lawler
Warnings: This production contains mature themes.
Notes:
Audio Described by Vision Australia: Saturday 7 March at 1.30pm and Tuesday 10 March at 7pm
Tactile Tour at venue: Saturday 7 March at 1.30pm (Tactile tour commences at 12.30pm)
Open Captioning via screen Saturday 14 March at 1.30pm
Closed Captioning via GoTheatrical App Saturday 14 March at 1.30pm