Play Date, 2025
All over so called Australia
Pop duo and best friends Turtle and Sugar Rush bring you the ultimate dance and play party; where you and your little ones can boogie down together.
In this colourful adventure through stories of identity, body positivity and the power of imagination, Turtle and Sugar Rush lead the ultimate dance party for children and their ‘chosen’ families. Featuring their original pop bangers Different, Frown to Crown, Fruit Time and the instant classic My Chosen Family, this daytime disco overflows with high energy and joy.
Stream Play Date album HERE.
About
Pop duo Turtle and Sugar Rush bring you the ultimate dance and play party; where you and your little ones can boogie down together. In this colourful adventure through stories of identity, body positivity and the power of imagination, Turtle and Sugar Rush lead the ultimate dance party for children and their ‘chosen’ families.
Featuring their original pop bangers Different, Frown to Crown, Fruit Time and the instant classic My Chosen Family, this daytime disco overflows with high energy and joy.
Perfect for children aged two to seven, Play Date encourages singing and dancing like no-one’s watching, and the chance for children, their Carers and accompanying Adults to learn and enjoy Auslan inclusive dance moves.
It’s guaranteed to give you a rush and encourage you to come out of your shell.
But wait, there’s more…
Arrive early for a special pre-party workshop starting one hour before the show, dive into a treasure trove of craft fun and create a rainbow crown, fruit salad headpiece, shiny gold crown, or your very own Play Date colouring-in map.
This show is an interactive, immersive dance experience, designed to get everyone moving, grooving, and fully involved in the fun from start to finish!
Brisbane – Sunday 11 November
Presented by Brisbane Powerhouse for Melt Festival
When: Sunday 9 November, 2025
Where: Brisbane Powerhouse
Tickets and event information HERE
Townsville – Saturday 4 October & Sunday 5 October
Presented by NAFA (Northern Australian Festival of the Arts)
When: Saturday 4 October and Sunday 5 October.
Where: The Virago, Strand Park, Townsville.
Castlemaine – Wednesday 1 October
Presented by Castlemaine Community House, Castlemaine Pride and Mount Alexander Shire Council.
Show times: Wednesday 1 October
Morning Show – 10:30am – 11:30am (Morning free craft activities: 9:30am – 10:30am)
Afternoon show – 1pm – 2pm (Afternoon free craft activities: 12pm – 1pm)
Wyndham City – Monday 29 September
City of Stopnnington – Friday 11 July
Present by Roola Boola Children’s Art Festiva
When: Friday 11 July, 10.30am and 1pm
Where: The Chapel, Chapel Off Chapel
Book tickets HERE
Fed Square – Tuesday 15 April – Thursday 17 April
Melbourne Recital Centre – Wednesday 22 January
Credits
Creators / Performers: Tristan Meecham and Bec Reid.
Creative Producer: Anna Pidgeon.
Lighting Design: Bosco Shaw.
Sound Design: Luke Smiles.
Costume Design and Creation: Jandruze.
Prop Design: Amy Devereux.
Video Design: Rachael Johnson.
Film Direction and Edit: Kimberly Summer.
Photography: Jorge de Araujo, Artificial Studios.
Hair and Make Up: Kelly Zampogna.
Tristan Meecham – Creator and Performer
Tristan Meecham is a queer artist and community activist who uses performance as a tool for social change and civic engagement. His work centres underrepresented voices, transforms public space, and creates joyous large-scale projects with lasting community impact.
Under Tristan’s leadership, All The Queens Men has built strong partnerships across arts, health, equity, and community sectors, cementing its reputation as one of Australia’s most dynamic community-driven arts organisations.
Bec Reid – Creator and Performer
Bec Reid is third culture kid and an Australian based Performer, Producer, Director and Choreographer. Bec encourages people to experience their worlds in revelatory ways through highly physical, participatory, practical and celebratory actions. For 20+ years, Bec has passionately collaborated where professional Artists and communities coalesce; locally, nationally and internationally.
Anna Pidgeon – Production and Stage Manager
Pidge is an arts facilitator, passionate about creating environments where the work of others can flourish. She has a degree in philosophy and has worked in Radio, the Arts and the Emergency Services as a firefighter all of which feed into her love of talking, problem solving and making things happen in fast paced, unexpected environments. She loves a late-night heated debate about just about anything and is always prepared to go all in (often with little information).
Luke Smiles – Sound Design
Luke has composed and produced soundtracks for many Australian and International artists and companies including: All The Queens Men, Australian Dance Theatre, Bare Bones Dance Company (UK), Brink Productions, Belvoir, Chunky Move, Dancenorth, Frontier Danceland (Singapore), Gabrielle Nankivell, Melbourne Theatre Company, Nederlands Dans Theatre, Ox (Belgium/Slovenia), Rachel Arianne Ogle, Rambert Dance Company (UK), Restless Dance Theatre, State Theatre Company South Australia, Sydney Dance Company, Sydney Theatre Company, Tasdance, The Farm, West Australian Ballet and Windmill Theatre Co
Partners and Support
Play Date has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body and Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (Vic Health) through the Growing Healthy Communities initiative.
Past Presentations
