Rodeo Clown
SHOW DETAILS:
Wednesday 18 – Sunday 29 November 2026
preview: Wednesday 18 November
opening night: Thursday 19 November
duration: 60-70 minutes
times:
Tuesday to Saturday 7:30pm
Sunday 5pm
ticket price: $35 – $55
bookings: 03 9662 9966
warnings: TBC
Created by some of Australia’s most decorated performing arts legends – Nicci Wilks, Susie Dee, Patricia Cornelius, Angus Cerini, Wayne Macauley. and Melissa Reeves – Rodeo Clown is about the dangerous business of staying alive.
This groundbreaking Australian work, featuring the extraordinary Nicci Wilks, is a uniquely Australian cocktail of larrikin humour and high-stakes artistry, where the traditional relationship between rodeo clown and rider becomes a heart-stopping dance and a masterclass in comedic timing.
This production doesn’t just push boundaries; it somersaults right over them. With raw and cruel humour, Rodeo Clown uncovers the culture, politics and hardcore realities of one of the most hair-raising jobs on earth.
Image by Ian Sutherland
Co-Creators: Nicci Wilks and Susie Dee
Writers: Angus Cerini, Patricia Cornelius, Wayne Macauley, and Melissa Reeves
Director: Susie Dee
Performer: Nicci Wilks
Sound Designer/Composer: Jethro Woodward
Lighting Designer: Kofi Isaacs
Design Associate: Lindy Macauley
Choreography Consultant: Michelle Heaven
Ticket Prices:
Preview: $35
Full: $49 ($55 Sunday)
Concession: $39 ($45 Sunday)
Group 6+: $39 ($45 Sunday)
Mob tickets (discount for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island mob): $35
Concessions:
Pensioners/Full-time students/MEAA members
Ticket sales are subject to a booking fee of $5.00 per ticket plus any merchant charges for payments by American Express
Ticket fees are charged reluctantly. As an unfunded CBD located venue, our expenses continue to rise. If fortyfivedownstairs is to survive, we are obliged to increase our revenue without inflicting costs on already struggling artists. Without support, we risk losing artists or having to close our doors. We do hope for your understanding!