• Editor's Choice Plied and Prejudice

    Arts and Culture Trust: Plied and Prejudice

    His Majesty's Theatre, Perth Perth, WA, Australia
    It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single woman in Regency England must be in want of a very stiff drink – or so they say in this raucous version of Jane Austen’s classic novel. Due to popular demand, the Perth season (which followed performances in Brisbane and London)…
    Once Upon a Grimm Night

    Odyssey Theatre: Once Upon a Grimm Night

    Old Government House, Parramatta Cnr Pitt and Macquarie St, Parramatta, NSW, Australia
    Once Upon a Grimm Night is an intimate, interactive adventure inside Old Government House, Parramatta. The border between our world and Everafter is fraying; Grimm Volkov enlists you and other wayfarers after the Narrator sets the scene to follow clues, brew potions and uncover what binds the Maiden and the Witch.…
    Chip On Her Shoulder

    Melbourne Fringe: Chip On Her Shoulder

    Explosives Factory 67 Inkerman St, Rear of Thrifty-Link Hardware, St Kilda, VIC, Australia
    Single, Snacking, and Struggling: A Play About Chips, Comfort, and Coping Kate wishes she was all that — and a bag of chips. Spoiler: she’s not. She’s a mess, and she knows it. But she’s trying, sort of. She might even be a little bit salty — at life, at…
    Sincere Apologies

    Melbourne Fringe: Sincere Apologies

    Trades Hall, Melbourne 2 Lygon St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Say sorry. Really mean it. Experience a performance built from all the apologies that the world keeps offering — the famous, the ridiculous, the deeply personal and those that begin every second email in our inboxes. Part theatrical ritual, part social experiment, Sincere Apologies explores what it means to apologise…
    The Taming of the Shrew

    The Playwrought Project: The Taming of the Shrew

    Wharf 2 Theatre, Sydney Theatre Company
    Get ready to witness Shakespeare’s infamous battle of the sexes in a bold 70-minute production packed with grand Elizabethan costumes, devilish jokes and fresh twists. In this reimagined 1594, it is a matriarchal world where the women do the taming. This is Shrew like you’ve never seen it before. In…
    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…
    Monument

    Red Stitch: Monument

    Earl Arts Centre 10 Earl Street, Launceston, TAS, Australia
    Edith Aldridge is the youngest woman to be elected leader of her country. In the lush presidential suite of a heritage listed hotel, she has just 90 minutes to get ready for the biggest day of her life. Enter Rosie, a twenty-two year old makeup artist from the David Jonescounter,…
    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…
    Editor's Choice Trent Dalton’s Love Stories

    HOTA: Trent Dalton’s Love Stories

    HOTA 135 Bundall Road, Surfers Paradise, QLD, Australia
    A hit at the 2024 Brisbane Festival, the stage adaptation of Trent Dalton’s book Love Stories is now on tour. In 2021, Dalton spent two months on a street corner in Brisbane’s CBD gathering stories on his Olivetti typewriter. Speaking to Australians from all walks of life, he asked them to tell him…
    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…
    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),…
    Sincere Apologies

    Melbourne Fringe: Sincere Apologies

    Trades Hall, Melbourne 2 Lygon St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Say sorry. Really mean it. Experience a performance built from all the apologies that the world keeps offering — the famous, the ridiculous, the deeply personal and those that begin every second email in our inboxes. Part theatrical ritual, part social experiment, Sincere Apologies explores what it means to apologise…