Saddle Up for a Wild Ride as Calamity Jane Swings into the Pilbeam!

Published on 22 September 2026

Pull up a bar stool and prepare for a rollicking good time when Queensland Theatre’s Calamity Jane swaggers into the Pilbeam Theatre on Wednesday, 30 September.

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Queensland cabaret darling Naomi Price (Ladies in Black, Drizzle Boy) tugs on Calamity’s cowboy boots in this raucous revival celebrating the wildest woman in the West.

From the famous 1950s Doris Day movie musical to tales of the American frontier, Calamity Jane has delighted audiences for generations.

Queensland Theatre’s revival is a celebration of an extraordinary woman who was unpredictable and unconventional, who refused to yield to gender stereotypes but was strong enough to show her vulnerability and brave enough to yearn for something deeper.

Featuring timeless tunes such as The Deadwood Stage, Just Blew In From The Windy City, Black Hills of Dakota, and Secret Love performed with a piano and a grab bag of other instruments, Calamity Jane will inject a rough-and-ready sense of spontaneity into the Pilbeam Theatre.

From the moment audiences enter, they are immersed in the world of Deadwood’s Golden Garter Saloon.

Adding to the action is the opportunity to join Calamity’s posse at one of the onstage saloon tables.

Price said she relished the opportunity to inhabit one of Deadwood’s most iconic residents.

“In a time when men called the shots and a place where lawlessness ruled, Calamity was this legendary woman, a daredevil who unapologetically refused to play by anyone else’s rules,” she said.

“To play such a pioneering woman who – decades later – is still so admired and adored is a genuine privilege, and I can’t wait to kick open the saloon doors.”

Calamity Jane Director Richard Carroll first brought the story to the stage as a rehearsed reading in 2016, infusing it with more colour, bigger characters and bolder staging until it made its mainstage debut in 2018.

He said he was excited to swing through the Golden Garter Saloon doors again and transform the versatile Bille Brown Theatre into a rootin’ tootin’ den of raucous good times.

“There is such a liveliness to this show, a sense among the cast and audience that ‘we’re all in this together’,” Carroll said.

“A genuine intimacy and authenticity comes from immersing the audience in the production and making them part of the onstage action.

“Everyone becomes a player in Calamity’s story, not just a witness to her revelations and transformations, and that’s such a rarity to achieve in full-scale productions like this.”

Queensland Theatre Company is assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body. This project is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.

EVENT DETAILS

When: Wednesday, 30 September 2026 | 7:30pm
Where: Pilbeam Theatre
Tickets: Available online at www.seeitlive.com.au/CalamityJane, by calling 4927 4111 or visiting the Pilbeam Theatre Box Office.

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CALAMITY JANE

CREDITS

Adapted by Ronald Hanmer and Phil Park
From the stage play by Charles K. Freeman after Warner Bros. film written by James O’Hanlon
Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Music by Sammy Fain
Directed by Richard Carroll

By arrangement with Music Theatre International (Australasia)

Presented in association with One Eyed Man Productions, Neglected Musicals and Hayes Theatre Co.

CAST

Henry Miller Andrew Buchanan
Katie Brown/ Flo Laura Bunting
Francis Fryer/ Johnny Roll-Up Darcy Brown
Susan Miller/ Adelaide Adams/ Male Customer Juliette Coates
Wild Bill Hickok Anthony Gooley
Calamity Jane Naomi Price
Cover Aurélie Roque
Lieutenant Danny Gilmartin/ Deadwood Dick Sean Sinclair
Cover Jeremiah Wray

CREATIVE TEAM

Key Creatives

Director Richard Carroll
Musical Director Nigel Ubrihien
Choreographer Cameron Mitchell
Designer Lauren Peters
Lighting Designer Trent Suidgeest

Original Production Credits

Producer Richard Carroll
Associate Producer Michelle Guthrie
Assistant Producer Virginia Gay
Head of Production Jack Daniel Woods
Assistant Director Dash Kruck

ENDS