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Sydney Theatre Company: The Dictionary of Lost Words

Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
After delighting audiences in 2023, The Dictionary of Lost Words returns to Sydney then tours to Geelong, Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra and Wollongong. Verity Laughton’s loving adaptation of Pip Williams’ bestseller is directed by Jessica Arthur. Beginning in 1886, the story follows Esme Nicoll as she grows into adulthood at the height of…
Selected Works – Table Top Shakespeare

Forced Entertainment: Selected Works – Table Top Shakespeare

Ian Potter Recital Hall 19-27 Campbell St, Hobart, TAS, Australia
A salt and pepper pot for the king and queen. A vase for the prince. A matchbox for the servant. A toilet roll tube for the innkeeper. A water bottle for the messenger. Welcome to Table Top Shakespeare from the highly acclaimed theatre company, Forced Entertainment, celebrated worldwide for their groundbreaking…
The House of Bernarda Alba

ACT Hub: The House of Bernarda Alba

ACT Hub 14 Spinifex St, Kingston, ACT, Australia
Considered the first play to be written for a cast of women only, The House of Bernarda Alba is based on the mysterious black clad women who lived next door to the Lorca family estate. With their father dead, the Alba household is imprisoned in mourning. Angustias has inherited a fortune and…

Melbourne Theatre Company: Never Have I Ever

Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Simon Gleeson (Les Misérables), Chika Ikogwe (Heartbreak High), Katie Robertson (Five Bedrooms) and Sunny S Walia (Shantaram) star as two couples sharing one last meal in honour of their doomed restaurant venture. As the wine is uncorked, secrets flow. Fuelled by simmering tensions and top shelf booze, things boil over when a drinking game uncovers the real…
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Melbourne Theatre Company: The Removalists

Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
David Williamson’s dark satire The Removalists premiered in 1971 but remains as shocking as ever. Set in an inner suburb of Melbourne, two sisters report an act of domestic violence to the police, hoping things will be quickly resolved. However, the local constabulary likes to handle things its own way.…

Belvoir St Theatre: Song of First Desire

Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
From the inimitable Andrew Bovell (When the Rain Stops Falling, Things I Know to Be True) comes a superb new play of passion, history and politics, intimate in its detail and epic in its storytelling. Camelia is losing her grip, lost between the past and the present as she passes her days…

New Ghosts Theatre Company: Iphigenia In Splott

The Old Fitz Theatre 129 Dowling St, Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia
Stumbling down Clifton Street at 11:30am drunk, Effie is the kind of girl you'd avoid eye contact with, silently passing judgement. We think we know her, but we don't know the half of it. Effie's life spirals through a mess of drink, drugs and drama every night, and a hangover…

A Daylight Connection: A Nightime Travesty

Malthouse Theatre 113 Sturt St, Southbank, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Who will survive this wild ride (and its unruly passengers)? Can flight attendant Angel defeat God’s Greatest Gift in a battle for the ultimate prize? Find out in... A Nightime Travesty… an epic First Nations vaudevillian musical nightmare that is equal parts sardonic, cheeky and heartbreaking. It’s a non-stop riot…
Peter and the Starcatcher

Dead Puppet Society: Peter and the Starcatcher

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
Before Neverland there was an island. Before Captain Hook, a moustachioed pirate. Before Wendy, her mother Molly. Before Peter, a nameless orphan. Peter and the Starcatcher, the smash hit Broadway production and winner of 5 Tony Awards, will have its Australian premiere, touring nationally from 2024. Originally developed by Disney…

Legit Theatre Co.: Furious Mattress

Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
A backyard exorcism in rural Victoria gone wrong. Pierce is convinced his wife is possessed by the devil. He enlists the help of his neighbour Anna and former plumber Max to expel the demons from his darling Else. You see, Else has always been a little left of centre. Pierce…

Adelaide Fringe: The Routine

Goodwood Theatre & Studios 166 Goodwood Rd, Goodwood, SA, Australia
Death of a Salesman meets Mr. Bean... A lonely office worker squeezes through a portal in their bathroom mirror and goes on a quest for the meaning of life in this surreal physical comedy. The mundane becomes extraordinary as each vignette and dance takes you deeper into a whimsical world…
Selected Works – Table Top Shakespeare

Forced Entertainment: Selected Works – Table Top Shakespeare

Ian Potter Recital Hall 19-27 Campbell St, Hobart, TAS, Australia
A salt and pepper pot for the king and queen. A vase for the prince. A matchbox for the servant. A toilet roll tube for the innkeeper. A water bottle for the messenger. Welcome to Table Top Shakespeare from the highly acclaimed theatre company, Forced Entertainment, celebrated worldwide for their groundbreaking…

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