• Editor's Choice The Almighty Sometimes

    Black Swan State Theatre Company: The Almighty Sometimes

    Subiaco Arts Centre 180 Hamersley Rd, Subiaco, WA, Australia
    Kendall Feaver’s knotty drama takes an unflinching look at mental illness and medication among young people. Anna threw herself out of a window when she was seven. The following year, having read her somewhat macabre stories, her worried mother Renée took her to see a child psychiatrist, who prescribed a…
    Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    It begins with the four most famous notes in music. The legendary motif propels the entire first movement of Beethoven’s Fifth. The power of this symphony never relents, from those iconic opening moments to the bright light of the finale. The end of the third movement is electric, strings hovering…
    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…
    Editor's Choice Steel Magnolias

    Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Steel Magnolias

    Canberra Theatre Centre Canberra, ACT, Australia
    Steel Magnolias received glowing reviews when it began its tour in Brisbane, with critics saying that the production exudes humour, heart and plenty of emotion. Robert Harling wrote his 1987 play (later turned into a 1989 film) after his sister died from complications relating to diabetes following the birth of her son.…

    Red Stitch: The Doll Trilogy: Part 3 – Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

    Her Majesty's Theatre, Ballarat 17 Lydiard St, Ballarat, VIC, Australia
    PART 3: SUMMER OF THE SEVENTH DOLL - 1953 For sixteen summers, Roo and Barney have returned to Melbourne to share a life of laughter, love and independence with Olive and Nancy. But this seventeenth summer feels different. Nancy is gone, Roo is weary, Barney restless, and Olive is determined to…
    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…
    Izzard – The Tragedy of Hamlet

    BOHM Presents: Izzard – The Tragedy of Hamlet

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Direct from triple-extended solo runs in New York, Chicago and London, Eddie Izzard brings her acclaimed one-person performance of Hamlet to Sydney. Nominated for New York’s Drama League Distinguished Performance Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Solo Performance, this production has captivated audiences around the world. Akin…
    Mackenzie

    Bell Shakespeare: Mackenzie

    The Neilson Nutshell, Pier 2/3 13A Hickson Road, Dawes Point, NSW, Australia
    Mackenzie is 13 and she’s booked her first-ever TV gig: a tiny part on a huge kids show. It’s a small start, but Mackenzie’s mum has always felt sure that her daughter was destined for superstardom. One day, Mackenzie and her best on-set friend Beau encounter a geriatric make-up artist…
    To Kill a Mockingbird

    Genesian Theatre: To Kill a Mockingbird

    St Joseph's Church Hall Gordon Street, Rozelle, 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 Finch, Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic comes alive on stage in a moving story of prejudice, compassion and the fight…
    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…