BCD Theatre

in community —

Events That Move Us

Intimate gatherings of food, live performance and honest conversation. These nights are how we raise the funds — and the room — that carry our work to new stages. Sit down with us.

Three nights · one mission

Food, performance, and the kind of conversations that change rooms.

Past event · sold out

01 / Melbourne 2026

Courageous Conversations Fundraising Dinner

Tuesday 24 March 2026, 6:30pmMasti Modern Indian, Fitzroy VIC

$2,500+raised · sold out

An intimate Melbourne evening supporting the 2026 season of And What Will People Say? at fortyfivedownstairs. Guests enjoyed a three-course modern Indian feast by Curry Queen Manpreet Sekhon, a live extract from the production, and a candid panel — Let's Talk About the Hustle — led by founder Kersherka alongside three trailblazing creatives on identity, sustainability and art as a force for change.

“91% of audiences report our work helped reduce stigma around talking about domestic violence.”

— BCD Theatre audience research, 2025
Past event

02 / Sydney 2023

Unity Through Community Dinner

Monday 21 August 2023, 6:30pmLavendra on Lavender Bay, Sydney

$10,000+raised for the national tour

An invite-only fundraising dinner at the award-winning Lavendra on Lavender Bay, bringing together 30 community leaders, advocates and supporters to fund the national tour of Behind Closed Doors. Over a three-course dinner with drinks, guests experienced a live extract and heard directly about the mission to take this work to South Asian communities across Australia — beyond Sydney for the first time.

“A genuine capacity to influence change within South Asian communities and public debate more broadly.”

— SAARI Collective

Proceeds supported ICSA (Indian Sub-Continental Crisis & Support Agency) — Australia's first NGO dedicated to South Asian communities in crisis.

● Coming soon

03 / 13 August 2026

The Exit Interview

Thursday 13 August 2026, 6:00pm – 9:30pmComedy fundraising evening · Soultrap Bar, Surry Hills NSW

Our next community fundraiser supports the world premiere of The Algorithm of Us. Join us at Soultrap Bar in Surry Hills for a comedy evening featuring four comedians — headliner Daniel Muggleton, Michael Hing, Andrew Bauer and Emma-Anne Komadina — an exclusive preview of The Algorithm of Us, and hosting by award-winning journalist Claire Murphy. Tickets include three drinks and unlimited gourmet pizza. Proceeds support BCD Theatre's production — a sharp, satirical romantic comedy about two Tamil professionals navigating love, ambition and the absurdity of corporate Australia.

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Could your venue or table hold the next one?

If you run a restaurant, a venue, a community space, or you'd like to host a private table for BCD, we'd love to talk. These nights only happen because people open their rooms to us.

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