Backstage

West Gate | Stories from the audience

We invited our audience to share a memory, story or connection to the West Gate Bridge.

Video

How did we make the bridge fall?

Sound Designer & Composer Kelly Ryall unpacks the way lights and sound helped create the West Gate Bridge collapse on stage.

West Gate | A story for our city

Don't miss performances from a stellar cast of screen favourites, including Steve Bastoni, Daniela Farinacci, Darcy Kent, and Rohan Nichol.

West Gate Trailer

Watch the video trailer for West Gate ahead of seeing the production live on stage.

Programme

West Gate programme

Playwright Dennis McIntosh was just eleven years old when he heard the thud of the West Gate Bridge collapse reverberate across Melbourne’s west. Read his extraordinary story and meet the cast and creatives.

Video

Meet the cast of West Gate

Steve Bastoni, Paul English, Daniela Farinacci, Peter Houghton, Rohan Nichol, Darcy Kent, Simon Maiden, Ben Walter and Director Iain Sinclair tell us about the production.

Feature

The road to the West Gate Bridge

Learn more about Melbourne’s 2,582-metre box girder bridge.

Video

West Gate | Behind the scenes

Get your first look at the cast bringing shearer-turned-playwright Dennis McIntosh's brand-new work about the West Gate Bridge collapse to life.

Video

West Gate | Inside the rehearsal room

The human story behind Australia's worst industrial disaster. Made in Melbourne, for Melbourne.

Galleries

West Gate in the Rehearsal Room

Here's your first look at West Gate. Scroll through our image gallery for a glimpse of the show before it hits the stage.