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The 39 Steps

Playhouse, QPAC

Updated: Sep 30, 2025

THE 39 STEPS, the turbo-charged, Olivier and Tony Award-winning comedy smash that mixes Alfred Hitchcock’s classic spy thriller with a dash of Monty Python-style chaos, is coming to the Playhouse QPAC from October 7 to 19.

Scene from The 39 Steps Playhouse, QPAC

After thrilling more than three million fans across 39 countries, from London’s West End to Broadway, this international sensation has been reimagined and is set to wow audiences when it lands in Brisbane.

actors on stage The 39 Steps Playhouse, QPAC

Directed by acclaimed theatre-maker Damien Ryan, THE 39 STEPS stars four of Australia’s most beloved talents - Lisa McCune (Blue Heelers, Sea Patrol, The King and I), Ian Stenlake (Sea Patrol, Stingers) and The Umbilical Brothers (David Collins and Shane Dundas).

Cast performing The 39 Steps Playhouse, QPAC

Join the suave but unsuspecting Richard Hannay as he finds himself framed for murder and tangled in a web of spies, secrets and seductive strangers. To clear his name, he must outrun the law, outwit international agents and survive a string of increasingly absurd adventures. In just 100 minutes of non-stop action, four fearless actors play 130 roles in a dazzling display of quick changes, inventive stagecraft and high-energy hilarity. 

scene from The 39 Steps Playhouse, QPAC

"It’s one of the world's first and most exciting spy thrillers and I think it reaches us so powerfully because the spy is one of us." said director Damien Ryan. "It’s not about a titanium-built ex-soldier coolly dismantling a global threat. It’s about a listless, restless everyman who gets framed into an adventure that sees him have to escape his humble London apartment and go on an iconic journey, both through the big bad world and within himself, finding love and courage and above all standing up against the surveillance state, political intrigue and a national betrayal. It’s a sharp and dangerous noir mystery, a joyous comedy and a deep romance. And it all happens simply because he went to the theatre one night!

Cast on stage The 39 Steps Playhouse, QPAC

Book now for THE 39 STEPS, a gripping fast-paced comedy thriller that will leave you breathless with laughter!

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The 39 Steps

Playhouse, QPAC

Russell St

South Brisbane

Oct 7-19

From $55 (+ trans.fee)

136 246

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