Stories from Brown's Mart

We’re the new home of SPUN

We have some incredible SPUN shows planned for 2022, watch this space! Our Friends at StoryProjects have something to say… After seven years, 20 events and more than 130 stories, Darwin’s much-loved, home grown storytelling show, SPUN, has moved to Brown’s Mart. Founded in 2014 by Darwin-based StoryProjects, the first SPUN event, at Eva’s Café,…

Farewell to Sean Pardy – and a Sneak Peak of 2022

On the brink of Sean’s departure, we thought we might let the cat out of the bag about a couple of performance works you will see at Brown’s Mart in 2022

HUSH by Ciella Williams postponed

We’re sad to announce that due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Brown’s Mart and New Ghosts Theatre Company’s new work Hush, by Darwin playwright Ciella Williams has been postponed from what would have been an October 2021 season at Brown’s Mart Theatre. Hush tells the story of Nina, a young woman whose waters have broken…

Rachael Chisholm on burning stories, community, and our First Nations Writing Program

Don’t listen to the negative voice inside your head that says ‘You can’t do that’ … That voice is not worth the sacrifice of you living your fullest life.

Building Up our own Regional Renaissance

“we’re committed to our community, to our artists, and to creating a space where all ideas, all peoples, all stories are welcome,”

All Aboard to New Babylon!

A solitary ship carrying the last hope of humanity – this show packs an hilarious post apocalyptic punch and more than a few wake-up calls.

Party like it’s 1999… again

a smiling woman on a beach with the words Build Up 2021

Ciella Williams, Sarah Reuben, and Kyle Walmsley will begin their first stage creative development as part of BUILD UP next month at Brown’s Mart. This new site-specific, interactive work will bring 1999 New Year’s Eve in Darwin back to life. Ciella spoke to us about audience participation, the development process, and where shows come from.…

Hymns for the Witching Hour

One of the biggest inspirations for the project was me coming to terms with parts of my very Christian upbringing and the prayers I said before I went to bed…

Being a fishy weirdo and sweating together.

OYSTER BOY is back from April 15-17 after selling out the Darwin Festival in 2020. We spoke with the show’s co-creator and solo performer, Kyle Walmsley, about art, self flagellation, the truth, and how many one-man shows you should make in 5 years. Kyle, you just got back from touring Oyster Boy down the guts,…

Interview with Ciella Williams & Bryn Wackett

Brown’s Mart stalwart Kyle Walmsley took a moment during rehearsals for Highway of Lost Hearts to chat to director Ciella Williams and star of the show, Bryn Wackett about the joys and challenges of creating their own unique iteration of Mary Anne Butler’s iconic work… Ciella: Structurally the play is unconventional in that it’s very…