• Tirra Lirra by the River

    Byron Theatre Company: Tirra Lirra by the River

    Byron Theatre 69 Jonson Street, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia
    Nora is back — but this is no quiet homecoming. When she reluctantly returns to the Australian house where she grew up, Nora finds the past waiting. Forced into a reckoning with the choices she has made, she sifts through the lives she has led to understand the woman she…
    Romeo and Juliet

    Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA): Romeo and Juliet

    Heath Ledger Theatre 174 William St, Perth, WA, Australia
    Desire, dreams and destiny collide in the world’s most famous story of love at first sight. Romeo and Juliet risk everything to be together. In defiance of their feuding families, this pair of star-cross’d lovers chase a future of joy and passion as violence erupts around them. Don’t miss WAAPA’s…
    To Kill A Mockingbird

    Genesian Theatre Company: To Kill A Mockingbird

    Genesian Theatre 420 Kent St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Step into 1930s Alabama where the trial of a young Black man accused of a terrible crime shakes a seemingly peaceful town to its core. Through the eyes of Scout, Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning classic comes alive on stage in a moving story of prejudice, compassion and the fight for…
    The Deep Blue Sea

    ACT Hub: The Deep Blue Sea

    ACT Hub 14 Spinifex St, Kingston, ACT, Australia
    Chaika Theatre presents a fresh, emotionally charged interpretation of Terence Rattigan’s The Deep Blue Sea, a timeless exploration of love, loss, and personal struggle. Set in the post-war austerity of 1950s London, the play follows Hester Collyer, a woman trapped in a turbulent affair with a passionate but troubled ex-fighter…
    Editor's Choice House of Rot: Grey Gardens

    Adelaide Cabaret Festival: House of Rot: Grey Gardens

    Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre Festival Drive, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Reuben Kaye, the new Artistic Director of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, has chosen the theme of Delicious Revolution for his inaugural program. (Read our interview with him on page 65.) Speaking to Limelight, he says, “From Aussie icons and international acts of immense fame to basement-dwelling unknowns . . . this is a…
    Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

    Sydney Opera House: Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

    Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
    The return of the hit stage show. This is Bluey’s Big Play, for real life! From New York’s Madison Square Garden to London’s Royal Festival Hall, Bluey’s Big Play has delighted fans across the globe - and now it returns home to Australia for an encore tour. Bluey’s Big Play…
    Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

    Sydney Opera House: Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

    Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
    The return of the hit stage show. This is Bluey’s Big Play, for real life! From New York’s Madison Square Garden to London’s Royal Festival Hall, Bluey’s Big Play has delighted fans across the globe - and now it returns home to Australia for an encore tour. Bluey’s Big Play…
    Editor's Choice Prima Facie

    Sydney Theatre Company: Prima Facie

    Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Suzie Miller’s play Prima Facie had its world premiere at Sydney’s Griffin Theatre Company in 2019. Directed by Lee Lewis, the riveting production starred Sheridan Harbridge (read our feature on page 30). Since then, the one-woman play has been produced in nearly 50 countries and published as a novel. Jodie…
    Monsteen

    RISING Festival: Monsteen

    Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Monsteen, a participatory theatre work where teens create characters and face off with friends and enemies at a supernatural high school. Vampires, werewolves, sirens, and witches. It’s just another school day for teenagers in the world of Monsteen. But, as heatwaves hits, tensions bubble to the surface. Inspired by cosplay and…
    CONTINUITY

    New Theatre: Continuity

    New Theatre 542 King St, Newtown, NSW
    On the set of a big-budget Hollywood eco-thriller, everything that can go wrong, does. A stereotypical ‘eco terrorist hero’ plants a bomb to save the day. A frazzled film crew battles the clock to make their final shot. And somewhere between artistic ambition and environmental catastrophe, both the movie –…
    AN ILIAD

    Sydney Theatre Company: AN ILIAD

    Wharf 1 Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
    A wry, witty and world-weary poet introduces himself as a storyteller, bound to recount the myth of the Trojan War until humanity can overcome its rage for violence and destruction. Award-winning international star David Wenham returns to Sydney Theatre Company as the Poet: a man who has spent millennia walking…
    Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

    Sydney Opera House: Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

    Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
    The return of the hit stage show. This is Bluey’s Big Play, for real life! From New York’s Madison Square Garden to London’s Royal Festival Hall, Bluey’s Big Play has delighted fans across the globe - and now it returns home to Australia for an encore tour. Bluey’s Big Play…