• Editor's Choice Strong Is The New Pretty

    Queensland Theatre Company: Strong Is The New Pretty

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    The inaugural program of Artistic Director Ebony Bott includes the world premiere of Suzie Miller’s latest play Strong is the New Pretty about the creation of the AFL Women’s Competition, and a new movement piece about mortality from The Farm called No One Gets Out of Here Alive (see page…
    Top Silk

    Ensemble Theatre: Top Silk

    Ensemble Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
    For Jane Fredericks, the fight for justice is personal. As a passionate legal aid solicitor, Jane risks everything to help an old flame, and her world quickly unravels – both in the courtroom and at home. Her husband Trevor, a prominent barrister, faces his own ethical conundrum: defend a powerful…
    The Book of Everything

    Belvoir St Theatre: The Book of Everything

    Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Thomas isn’t an ordinary 9-year-old – he can see the extraordinary: canals bursting with tropical fish, hailstorms in summer, plagues of hopping frogs. He draws them all in his book, The Book of Everything. And in that book he also writes a promise to himself: When I grow up, I’m…
    I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change

    ACT Hub: I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change

    ACT Hub 14 Spinifex St, Kingston, ACT, Australia
    Ever been on a painfully awkward first date? Navigated the highs (and lows) of love? Wondered if anyone else goes through the same relationship chaos as you? This hilarious and heartfelt musical revue says it all, out loud. Told through a series of sharp, relatable vignettes and catchy songs, I…
    Savages

    Theatre Works: Savages

    Theatre Works St Kilda, VIC, Australia
    A confrontational, award-winning play examining the menacing underbelly of Australian masculinity and mateship, Patricia Cornelius' Savages is inspired by a real-life 2002 death aboard a cruise ship. What begins as a celebration among friends quickly spirals into chaos. Laughter turns to violence, loyalty twists into cruelty, and the pack takes…
    Ark

    No Strings Attached Theatre of Disability: ARK

    Adelaide Festival Centre Festival Drive, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    This gripping production takes audiences deep inside the fractured mind of a high-flying executive pushed to breaking point by the relentless daily grind of modern life. As pressure mounts and reality begins to blur, he finds himself on the edge, ready to walk away from everything he’s built. Drawn into…
    Forget Me, Please.

    The Old Fitz: Forget Me, Please

    The Old Fitz Theatre 129 Dowling St, Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia
    Forget Me, Please is an intimate contemporary story about love, memory, and how trauma reshapes human connection. Starring Kala Gare and Shannen Alyce Quan, this new work by Sophie Davis, follows Andi and Sasha, who meet unexpectedly in an emergency department while both recovering from brain injury. What begins as…
    Animal Farm

    Canberra Theatre Centre: Animal Farm

    The Playhouse
    Farmer Jones has lost control. The animals of Manor Farm are rising up to seize the means of production, and soon these downtrodden freedom fighters will be ruling the roost themselves. But who’s got the chops to lead this rowdy bunch? They need a leader – a captain – a…
    Editor's Choice Mama Does Derby

    Brisbane Festival: Mama Does Derby

    Brisbane Powerhouse 119 Lamington St, New Farm, QLD, Australia
    The inaugural program of Artistic Director Ebony Bott includes the world premiere of Suzie Miller’s latest play Strong is the New Pretty about the creation of the AFL Women’s Competition, and a new movement piece about mortality from The Farm called No One Gets Out of Here Alive (see page 63). La Boite presents…
    Ark

    No Strings Attached Theatre of Disability: ARK

    Adelaide Festival Centre Festival Drive, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    This gripping production takes audiences deep inside the fractured mind of a high-flying executive pushed to breaking point by the relentless daily grind of modern life. As pressure mounts and reality begins to blur, he finds himself on the edge, ready to walk away from everything he’s built. Drawn into…
    The Devil in Her Undies

    Sydney Fringe Festival: The Devil in Her Undies

    Qtopia Sydney The Loading Dock Theatre 301 Forbes St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010, Australia, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
    The algorithm is serving flaming hot chicken with an identity crisis, and The Devil is eating it up. Big Dog Theatre brings you The Devil in Her Undies, a new darkly surreal comedy about the psychological toll of never feeling certain, and the radical act of giving yourself permission -…