Written by Izzy Azzopardi Traffic Light Party is a contemporary, dark comedy set at a university party, where what you wear indicates your relationship status – red if you’re taken, yellow if it’s complicated, and green if you’re single. However, it soon becomes clear that your colour choice says far more than you think.

Created by Jezebel Productions’ the award-winning play was a sold-out Sydney Fringe hit, shortlisted for the 2025 Katie Lees Fellowship and winner of the 2025 Sydney Fringe Festival ‘Best of the Festival’ Award.

Directed by Brea Macey, the play cleverly examines labels through metaphor and analogy, paralleling road roles with the dynamics of relationships. These themes are brought vividly to life as flirting escalates, sexual tension builds, peer pressure intensifies, and warnings signs signal hazards ahead. DMs are exchanged on the dance floor, while sexual confrontations unfold off it.

Traffic Light Party will resonate with anyone who has been in a relationship, as it covers them all. The cast of nine—Izzy Azzopardi, Renée Billing, Meg Denman, Grace Easterby, Caitlin Green, Isaac Harley, Travis Howard, Caleb Jamieson and Jordy Stewart—take the audience through a range of relationship dynamics from romantic partnerships to friends that feel like a constant third wheel. There are couples that are yet to come out, some unwilling to commit, and those who are desperate not to be alone.

Azzopardi captures the frustration of confusion in relationships and especially the ‘stuck in yellow’ ones beautifully. When the script turns to defining relationship status, a simple “what are we?” is dogged with “human beings”, along with kisses and attempts for intimacy. The line lands with a collective groan from the female members of the audience. It’s familiarity both funny and painfully recongnisable.

This is a party, so dancing is expected and the cast don’t disappoint, twerking to thumping club tracks but it’s the slow-motion sequences choreographed by Macey that particularly stand out, especially as they sync seamlessly with Holly Nesbitt’s lighting design and are perfectly timed to shifts in tempo.

Macey also creates a modern, flexible set using mobile perspex slates to transform the space fluidly between scenes. Staying on theme, traffic warning and detour signs decorate the set, along with traffic hats and hazard symbols.

When labels disappear, chaos follows. Traffic Light Party asks audiences to reflect on relationships and reconsider the comfort of labels in a world defined by ambiguity. The show is engaging, energetic and entertaining, and thought provoking. For Azzopardi and Macey, this debut play is sensational, signaling with a bright future ahead.

4.5 stars

Run time: 90 minutes (no interval)

Traffic Light Party is playing at KXT Sydney in Broadway, until 7 February 2026. For tickets visit: KXT on Broadway