Catholic Schools Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle presents Scrambled, the 2026 ASPIRE production, coming to Civic Theatre Newcastle next week.
This large-scale original production brings together students from across the Diocese for a celebration of creativity, storytelling and performance unlike anything else you’ll see in Newcastle.
I hardly remember anything … and what’s there is sort of … scrambled.
After a fall, Beth has lost her memory. She remembers pieces of things: the date she broke her arm, the books her mum read to her when she was little, and the kid at school who never had a hat. However, bigger things — like who she is, what she’s like, and even who her older sister is — are missing.
As she tries to find her lost memories, with the help of the various parts of her brain, Beth discovers that everything is not what it seems and wonders if losing her memory might be the best thing that could ever have happened.
Featuring a host of contemporary hits, this trip down memory lane for Gen Z and Gen Alpha asks, ‘Do you like the person you’re becoming?’ and ‘If you had the chance to change, would you?’
Scrambled runs from 29 July to 1 August at Civic Theatre Newcastle and is suitable for all ages.
Running time is 2 hours 25 minutes including interval. Running times are approximate and subject to change. Book your tickets here.
ASPIRE marks it’s 15th year with the production of Scrambled. ASPIRE is a Diocese-wide creative arts program run by Catholic Schools Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle. What started as a single production 15 years ago now reaches more than 11,800 students annually across all 58 Catholic schools in the region.
The program spans drama, dance, music, visual arts and creative writing, offering students workshops, competitions, exhibitions, performances and school collaborations throughout the year.
At the heart of ASPIRE is the mission ‘To Spark a lifelong passion and appreciation for the creative arts in all our students’. In this period of uncertainty for the arts industry, programs like Aspire in our schools are vital to ensuring the audiences of the future.
Artistic Director Anna Kerrigan describes the program’s philosophy simply: “ASPIRE is about students creating original work that reflects their interests, concerns and hopes. Theatre should hold a mirror up to the human race, it should make us question the world around us. And creating theatre should do all those things too.”