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WELCOME, WANDERER.
Sport for Jove Theatre is an award winning NSW-based repertory theatre company producing a major touring summer festival of outdoor Shakespeare in Australia, along with theatrical and education-based seasons of classical and new works in Sydney theatre venues AND is the resident theatre company of the Seymour Centre. Additionally, the company provides an interactive Education program to NSW schools.
Sport for Jove theatre is an unfunded independent company. We love telling stories. If you love our stories and want to help see more of them come to life on stage, please consider donating.
"A thousand thanks"
Shakespeare
JOVE MAINSTAGE
After an incredible year in 2024 with knockout seasons of Timon of Athens, Isolde and Tristan, Henry IV Part 1, Richard III and Romeo and Juliet, playing to tens of thousands from across New South Wales, Sport for Jove’s Season 2025 is here, and it is one of the most exciting seasons in our 16-year history.
JOVE EDUCATION
For Teachers
For Students
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Support from expert Arts Educators
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Professional and exciting live productions
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Easy excursion booking process
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Ongoing collaboration opportunities
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Detailed Student Resource Kits available
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Professional and exciting live productions
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Extracurricular theatre opportunities
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Opportunity to engage with artists live in forum
![“This company, Sport for Jove, is quite frankly a living national treasure. What Damien [Ryan] and the company achieve, with very little resources, is quite extraordinary.” — John Gaden AO
👑 Helpmann Award winning John Gaden — fresh from his appearance in The Player Kings — shares his deep admiration for Sport for Jove and the vital role it plays in Australian theatre.
❤️ If Sport for Jove has moved and inspired you, show your support with a donation before June 30.
🎯 This EOFY, our goal is to raise $50,000 to open the door to our new home on Marlborough St., deliver our final 2025 productions, and create a place where art, ambition, and community meet.
🔗 To make a tax-deductible donation, follow the link in our bio, or go to: www.sportforjove.com.au/support
Support for Jove Today
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![Be honest now… Do you hate your fake friends? 🤬🖕
Damien Ryan joins @2ser107.3 Breakfast to unpack what makes Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens such a powerful, surprisingly modern, yet lesser known work, and what makes that so exciting to perform.
[🔉 SOUND ON: Swipe across to take a listen at a few insightful moments from Timon himself.]
10 days until we open. 5 shows only. Book now!
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I HATE PEOPLE; OR TIMON OF ATHENS
12 - 15 JUN | @seymoursydney
by Will Shakespeare & Tom Middleton
Adapted by Damien Ryan and Margaret Thanos
Directed by Margaret Thanos @margaret.thanos
🎟️ Ticket link in bio or go to sportforjove.com.au/timon-of-athens-2025
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Acknowledgement of Country
At Sport for Jove, we love telling stories. Many
of these stories are over 400 years old, but this is nothing compared to the 60,000+ years of stories, culture, and knowledge that have flourished
on this land.
We at Sport for Jove acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work and live. We celebrate the diversity and resilience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their ongoing cultures and connections to the lands and waters of Australia.
We pay our respects to Elders past, present, and emerging, and we acknowledge the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are part of our shows, audiences, and creative community.