• Ensemble Theatre: How To Plot A Hit In Two Days

    Ensemble Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
    It’s 1985. TV prime time. Across Australia, millions of tear-stricken eyes are glued to their television sets in disbelief. A Country Practice’s beloved Molly Jones takes her final breath. Fade to black and she’s gone. Inside the story room, in a creative flurry powered by coffee, cigarettes and Fantales, the…
    RUINS أطلال

    Seymour Centre: RUINS أطلال

    Seymour Centre Chippendale, NSW, Australia
    Grief-stricken by her late father’s sudden death, Amelia Alyssa embarks on a journey to her ancestral homeland, Lebanon. She bears witness to the ancient Baalbek ruins of the Beqaa Valley while lodging nearby at the Palmyra Hotel, a time capsule of a flourishing yesteryear. An exploration of migration and sacrifice…
    Ruins أطلال

    Seymour Centre: Ruins أطلال

    Seymour Centre Chippendale, NSW, Australia
    Seymour Centre and Clockfire Theatre Company are delighted to present the full-scale world premiere of Emily Ayoub and Madeline Baghurst’s RUINS أطلال at the Reginald Theatre from 25th September to 18th October. Grief-stricken by her father’s sudden death, Amelia Alissa travels to her ancestral homeland, Lebanon. Amid the ancient Baalbek…
    We Keep Everything

    Brown’s Mart Theatre: We Keep Everything

    Browns Mart 12 Smith Street, Darwin, NT, Australia
    Lisa Pellegrino’s family migrated to Australia from Italy and Scotland in the 1940s and 1950s. They carried with them suitcases filled with their belongings, their memories and their hopes for the future. Across time, they have kept vast amounts of film, photos, objects and recorded songs, reflecting their grief for,…
    Chicken in a Biscuit

    Fixed Foot Productions: Chicken in a Biscuit

    The Old Fitz Theatre 129 Dowling St, Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia
    They’re watching. They’re judging. They still want dinner. Welcome to the hilarious, heartfelt world of your pet’s inner life. Ever wondered WTF your pet is thinking and feeling? Chicken In A Biscuit might just help you find out. From a grieving pug owner to a bunny-obsessed dentist, Chicken In A…
    Editor's Choice The 39 Steps

    Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: The 39 Steps

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    Alfred Hitchcock’s classic spy thriller, The 39 Steps, was loosely based on John Buchan’s 1915 novel. Patrick Barlow’s stage adaptation of the same book combines Hitchcockian suspense with lashings of hilarity. The play, which features four actors playing 130 characters, has delighted audiences around the world. It returns to Australia…
    Other Gods (Melbourne Fringe Festival)

    Melbourne Fringe: Other Gods

    The Motley Bauhaus 118 Elgin St, Carlton, VIC, Australia
    Other Gods is set in a vibrant fantasy world where the ten gods are almost impossible to deny. We meet Brodselo’s priest, Tom, in a time where many are questioning whether the church truly knows what the Ten desire… especially the woman he’s falling for (despite his vow of celibacy),…
    Shadow Boxing by James Gaddas

    Feet First Collective: Shadow Boxing by James Gaddas

    Flight Path Theatre 142 Addison Rd, Marrickville, NSW, Australia
    Raw, Riveting and Unmissable: Shadow Boxing  is a fierce solo performance exploring masculinity, violence, sexuality, and vulnerability. Following acclaimed seasons in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth, Shadow Boxing, the award-winning solo work by James Gaddas, returns to Sydney for a strictly limited season at Flight Path Theatre, Marrickville, from 7 - 11 October…
    Editor's Choice Rebecca

    Melbourne Theatre Company: Rebecca

    Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 Gothic novel was adapted as a suspenseful film by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine. This new production, adapted and directed by MTC Artistic Director Anne-Louise Sarks, takes us back to Manderley, the grand mansion where Maxim de Winter returns home with his second…
    Editor's Choice The Shiralee

    Sydney Theatre Company: The Shiralee

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Kate Mulvany did a fabulous job adapting Ruth Park’s Harp in the South trilogy for Sydney Theatre Company. Now she has turned her attention to the 1955 Australian classic The Shiralee, written by D’Arcy Niland (who was married to Park). The story centres on Macauley, a rugged swagman, who roams Australia…
    Anything You Can Do

    Pony Cam: Anything You Can Do

    Hothouse Theatre Lincoln Causeway,, Wodonga, VIC, Australia
    A joyful reminder that you don’t know sh*t about age. Anything You Can Do is a community-engaged performance. Beginning remotely, two months out, Pony Cam will bring together a group of 5-10 local community members aged 55+. Then, over ten days, Pony Cam will run a playful and provocative creative…
    Men on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

    Messy With the Pen: Men on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

    fortyfivedownstairs 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Manes, meltdowns and masculinity collide in this unhinged equestrian brom-com road trip coming to fortyfivedownstairs this October. Quinn is a middle-aged dressage diva in distress. Loyal groom and live-in lover to top rider Randall James Beaumont-Smythe III, Quinn’s idyllic Daylesford life is shattered when Randy dumps him for a younger…