• Slop by Aviva Endean and Rebecca Jensen

    Darebin Arts Speakeasy: Slop by Aviva Endean and Rebecca Jensen

    Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre 189 High Street, Northcote, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Presented by Darebin Arts Speakeasy “Jensen and Endean are a remarkable duo” - Paul Neeson, Arts Wednesday “riveting, engrossing and curiously moving” - Michael Brindley, Stage Whispers (on Slip) Following the international success of their duet Slip, Rebecca Jensen and Aviva Endean return with Slop, a visceral sequel that plunges…
    Red Sky Morning

    Theatre Works: Red Sky Morning

    Theatre Works St Kilda, VIC, Australia
    A powerful and poetic story about family, silence, and finding hope in the everyday. Life in the country can be beautiful and brutally honest. In RED SKY MORNING, we meet a woman, a man, and a girl who live under the same roof but have slowly drifted apart. Over the…
    Once

    Chapel off Chapel: Once

    Chapel off Chapel 12 Little Chapel Street, Prahran, VIC, Australia
    From the very first note, Once draws you in and never lets go. This emotionally captivating musical is the only show to feature music that has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Olivier Award and a Tony Award, and it’s easy to hear why. Set on the streets of Dublin, Once follows an Irish…
    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…
    Editor's Choice The Sapphires

    Queensland Theatre Company: The Sapphires

    Bille Brown Theatre 78 Montague Rd, South Brisbane, QLD
    Tony Briggs’ popular musical The Sapphires debuted at Melbourne Theatre Company in 2004 and has since been staged in Sydney, Adelaide, Perth, London and South Korea. In 2021, it was adapted into a film starring Jessica Mauboy and Miranda Tapsell. Based on the true story of Briggs’ mother, Laurel Robinson, The Sapphires is set…
    Editor's Choice Steel Magnolias

    Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Steel Magnolias

    Theatre Royal, Sydney 108 King St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Robert Harling wrote his 1987 play Steel Magnolias after his sister died from complications relating to diabetes following the birth of her son. The tragicomedy is set in Truvy’s beauty parlour in a small Southern town in Louisiana, where a group of women support each other through life’s ups and downs. The…
    Ensemble Theatre: 84 Charing Cross Road

    Ensemble Theatre: 84 Charing Cross Road

    Ensemble Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
    A heartwarming true story of friendship, 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD celebrates the enduring bonds forged through letters, books, and a shared love of words. When a wisecracking New York writer and a reserved London bookdealer strike up a correspondence over their shared love of dusty old books, neither expects to…
    Editor's Choice The Importance of Being Earnest

    State Theatre Company South Australia: The Importance of Being Earnest

    Adelaide Festival Centre Festival Drive, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    STCSA Artistic Director Petra Kalive directs a radically reimagined version of The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde’s celebrated comedy of manners about deception, identity, class and desire. The play follows two young men, Jack and Algernon, who create elaborate alter egos – each calling themselves “Earnest” – to escape social…
    The Admirable Crichton

    Genesian Theatre: The Admirable Crichton

    St Joseph's Church Hall Gordon Street, Rozelle, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    What happens when Edwardian aristocrats and their unflappable butler are stranded on a desert island? In Barrie's delicious satire, the social order flips upside-down in ways both hilarious and revealing. Think Downtown Abbey meets Survivor: witty, playful and packed with class-skewering fun. Light, bright and utterly charming!
    Dancing at Lughnasa

    New Theatre: Dancing at Lughnasa

    New Theatre 542 King St, Newtown, NSW
    “I want to dance, Kate. It’s the Festival of Lughnasa. I’m only thirty-five. I want to dance.” It’s the summer of 1936, during the pagan festival of Lughnasa, and young Michael watches his five aunts navigate the fragile joys and looming hardships of rural Irish life. Brief moments of freedom,…
    Editor's Choice The Shepherd’s Hut

    Black Swan State Theatre Company: The Shepherd’s Hut

    Heath Ledger Theatre 174 William St, Perth, WA, Australia
    Commissioned by Black Swan, Tim McGarry’s adaptation of Tim Winton’s novel has its world premiere this month. After finding his violent father dead, 15-year-old Jaxie Clackton escapes in a stolen car, knowing that he will be blamed. He doesn’t really know what he’s looking for, except that he’s on the…
    Steel Magnolias

    Theatre Royal, Sydney: Steel Magnolias

    Theatre Royal, Sydney 108 King St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Written by Robert Harling, the timeless tale of Steel Magnolias comes alive under the direction of Lee Lewis (Shirley Valentine) and a cast of six powerhouse actors. Step inside Truvy’s beauty salon, the heart of a small Southern town, where local women share their joys, struggles and a little neighbourly gossip. From weddings and…