No Seasons

Created by Oliver Ayres
Produced by SKINT
Sound Design by Justin Gardam & Rachel Lewindon
Lighting Design by Sidney Younger
Set Design by Ashley Reid
Choreography by Penny Baron
Dramaturgy by Kaite Head
Stage Management by Liz Bird
Access Consultants: Peta Hooke & Karan Nagrani
★★★★★
’Confessional theatre at its best’ - The Age

’Vulnerable, intimate and immersive’ - R L Smith
‘I was left changed in the way all good art changes you… Ayres is a master of presence’ - Ryan Hamilton
WINNER - Access and Inclusion, Melbourne Fringe 2025
NOMINEE - Best Experimental, Melbourne Fringe 2025
PREVIOUS AWARDS FOR OLIVER
WINNER - Best Experimental, Melbourne Fringe 2024
WINNER - Change Maker Award, Presented by Theatre Network Australia, Melbourne Fringe 2024
NOMINEE - Best Work By An Emerging Artist, Melbourne Fringe 2024
NOMINEE - Best Experimental, Melbourne Fringe 2023
2024:
Development Season, Brand X Performing Arts Residency
2025:
Melbourne Fringe Hub, Meat Market, Melbourne Fringe
'Gentle, beautiful, and thought-provoking.'
'An important and moving piece of theatre I haven't stopped thinking about. Cannot recommend enough'
'A deeply moving piece of theatre that make me think and feel in equal measure, also the set was delicious'
'Moved to my core and hypnotised... still am days later.'
'Oliver is an incredible creative, performer and advocate. The entire team has created a stunning piece.'
'Carries us out of the physical space; the audience is never left behind'

A new work about transness and the ethics of IVF

After 3 sellout Melbourne seasons and a sell out season at the prestigious Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, Oliver Ayres is debuting his new show ‘No Seasons’ this Melbourne Fringe.

'No Seasons' is a new experimental work by Oliver Ayres exploring gender, IVF, disability, and parenthood.

“When I was nineteen years old, I had my eggs frozen before I started taking hormones - and prior to my diagnosis with a rare and chronic immune condition. Almost ten years later, and what seemed like a hypothetical future is slowly becoming my reality - but what is my ethical responsibility in bringing children into this world? And if I choose not to use my eggs to have my own children, can I live with myself if I donate them to other families, knowing that one day they may search for their biological mother - and find their father instead.”

Each audience member will be asked to choose from three options before entering the theatre: ‘I am a parent/step-parent/guardian etc.’, ‘I am not, but I may be someday’ and ‘I am not and I never will be’.

This project is supported by the VCA50 Creative Development Grant. This project has been Fringe Funded. This project has been made more accessible with support from Access Fringe.

Poster Photo by Jacquie Manning
Show Photos By Iz Zettl

Special thanks to Gabriel Bethune, Harry Gill, and Tiernan Maclaren