NEWK - The John Newcombe Story
Warners Bay Theatre, 39 Lake St, 2282 Warners Bay Directions
Sun Nov 01 2026 16:00
Grab a Cinzano and enjoy this rollicking ride about the life of one of Australia’s greatest sportsmen!
NEWK - The John Newcombe Story is a grand story about wanting life to be a huge ride, where rest is secondary and finally how that zest and appetite for life never disappears but needs to be tempered.
Written by award-winning Australian playwright Kieran Carroll and performed by acclaimed Melbourne actor, Paul Armstrong, NEWK traces the life of the great Australian tennis champion of the 1960s and 70s, John Newcombe. NEWK has been a big hit all over NSW and Victoria since 2019.
Set in 2024 at Newk’s 80th birthday in Sydney, Newcombe’s journey travels from naïve 1960s schoolboy, to the No 1 player in the world in the 1970s, to his time as Davis Cup Captain, to the stroke he suffered in 2003.
TICKETS
General Admission $44 + b/fee
Lake Mac Arts Member $40 + b/fee
This performance is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.
