That wasn’t quite the case at the opening night of Belvoir St Theatre’s production of Orlando. The fantastic tale follows the adventures of a poet, Orlando, who lives for centuries, changing gender and taking on new identities across the ages. Orlando: four eras, four OrlandosIn this adaptation, we encounter the titular character across four distinct epochs, played in each period by a different actor. Shannen Alyce Quan as Orlando bows before Amber McMahon’s Queen Elizabeth I as Nyx Calder and other cast members look on, in a scene from Belvoir’s 2025 production, ‘Orlando’. Orlando plays the Belvoir St Theatre, Surry Hills NSW, until 28 September 2025.