The Australian Trans Theatre Festival, co-presented by Green Door Theatre Company, Carriageworks and Malthouse Theatre, under the artistic direction of Dino Dimitriadis, marks a historic moment in Australian performance: a festival dedicated entirely to the voices and visions of trans and gender diverse theatre artists.
Running 7–18 January at Carriageworks (Sydney) and 21–31 January at Malthouse Theatre (Melbourne), the inaugural festival unites trailblazing artists from Australia and beyond for a month of urgent, ambitious, unapologetically trans-lensed storytelling.
Headlining the festival is international writer, performer, activist and icon Travis Alabanza with their acclaimed hit BURGERZ, the first time Alabanza has performed the work in Australia. Winner of the Total Theatre Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, BURGERZ has been a sell-out sensation across the world since 2018. After someone threw a burger at them and shouted a transphobic slur, performance artist Travis Alabanza became obsessed with burgers. How they are made, how they feel, and smell. How they travel through the air. How the mayonnaise feels on your skin.
Urgent, ambitious, and unapologetically trans, this is a space where artists and audiences can meet to imagine new futures.
This hilarious and heartbreaking show explores how trans people survive and reclaims an act of violence with a side of serious bite. 2026 marks 10 years since that burger slid off Travis's face on London's Waterloo Bridge.
Presented by Green Door Theatre Company in association with Carriageworks and Malthouse Theatre.
Festival Dates:
Sydney: 7–18 January 2026 – Carriageworks
Melbourne: 21–31 January 2026 – Malthouse Theatre
