Cate Blanchett - Theatre Credits

Theatre Credits

Year Production Location Role Notes
pre-1992 Odyssey of Runyon Jones, TheThe Odyssey of Runyon Jones Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne Unknown Adaption of play by Norman Corwin
pre-1992 They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne Director Directed fellow students in a production of an adaptation of the novel by Horace McCoy
1992 Electra National Institute of Dramatic Art, Sydney Electra Lead
1992/1993 Top Girls Sydney Theatre Company Unknown This play by Caryl Churchill was her first starring role there
1993 Oleanna Sydney Theatre Company Carol Lead opposite Geoffrey Rush in David Mamet's play about a university professor who is accused of sexual harassment by a student. Won Rosemont Best Actress Award.
1994 Hamlet Belvoir Street Theatre Company Ophelia Played opposite Geoffrey Rush. It was a Company B Production, directed by Neil Armfield.
1995 Sweet Phoebe Sydney Theatre Company and Warehouse Theatre, Croydon Helen Played lead in the Belvoir Street Theatre/Playbox Theatre co-production, written and directed by Michael Gow. The Sydney production was the first ever, then transferred to the West End
1995 Tempest, TheThe Tempest Belvoir Street Theatre Company Miranda A Company B Production, directed by Neil Armfield. Played alongside Duxton Chevalier.
1995 Blind Giant is Dancing, TheThe Blind Giant is Dancing Belvoir Street Theatre Company Rose Draper Played alongside Hugo Weaving. A Stephen Sewell play. It opened on 15 August 1995, and closed on 10 September 1995. It was a Company B production, directed by Neil Armfield, with music composed by Paul Charlier.
1997 Seagull, TheThe Seagull a.k.a. The Seagull in Harry Hills Belvoir Street Theatre Company Nina Lead in the Anton Checkov play. It opened on 4 March 1997, and closed on 13 April. It was a Company B Production, directed by Neil Armfield, music composed by Paul Charlier.
1999 Plenty The Alemida Season at the Albery Theatre, London Susan Traherne Lead in play by David Hare, directed by Jonathan Kent. It opened on 27 April 1999, and closed on 27 July.
1999 Vagina Monologues, TheThe Vagina Monologues Old Vic Theatre, London Unknown Ensemble; Took part in the show in February 1999, alongside other actors including Melanie Griffith.
2004 Hedda Gabler Sydney Theatre Company Hedda Gabler Opened on 22 July 2004, and closed on 26 September 2004. She reprised her performance as Hedda in New York in March 2006, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Harvey Theatre. On that occasion, she was awarded the Ibsen Centennial Commemoration Award.
2009 War of the Roses, The. CycleThe War of the Roses Cycle Sydney Theatre Company Richard II, Lady Anne Previewed from 5 January 2009; performed in two parts as part of the Sydney Festival 2009, 10–31 January; through 14 February 2009.
2009 Streetcar Named Desire, AA Streetcar Named Desire Sydney Theatre Company Blanche DuBois The play was directed by actress Liv Ullmann and co-starred Joel Edgerton. 2009 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Non-Resident Production, Washington, DC
2010 Uncle Vanya Sydney Theatre Company Yelena Adaptation by A. Upton; with Richard Roxburgh (Vanya), John Bell (Professor Serebryakov), Hugo Weaving (Astrov)
2011 Big and Small Sydney Theatre Company Lotte Directed by Benedict Andrews; new translation by Martin Crimp of Botho Strauß's 1978 play Groß und klein; co-commissioned by the Barbican Centre, London 2012 Festival, Théâtre de la Ville, Paris, Vienna Festival and Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen
2013 The Maids Sydney Theatre Company - Played alongside Isabelle Huppert; directed by Benedict Andrews; new translation by Benedict Andrews and Andrew Upton of Jean Genet's 1947 play Les Bonnes

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