• Truck Driver

    Sydney Opera House: Truck Driver

    Sydney Opera House - Studio
    Have you met Bev yet? Buckle up, it’s gonna be a bumpy ride and you’re riding shotgun. Bev's an outback oracle, dispensing diesel-fueled wisdom from his 18-wheeler pulpit. He’s clocked a million miles and has a story for everyone – some tall, some true, all a window into a life…
    The Wolves

    Theatre Works: The Wolves

    Theatre Works St Kilda, VIC, Australia
    Before the whistle blows... we are the wolves. WE ARE THE WOLVES. Left quad. Right quad. Lunge. A girls indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, the team navigates big questions and wages tiny battles with all the vim and vigor of a pack…
    Retrograde

    Melbourne Theatre Company: Retrograde

    Fairfax Studio
    Director Bert LaBonté (Topdog/Underdog) steers this alarmingly timely and ‘wickedly funny’ (The Standard) work starring newcomer Donné Ngabo (Last Days) and international screen star Alan Dale (24, The O.C.) to its blistering conclusion. It’s the so-called Golden Age of Hollywood, fuelled by big money and heady ambition. Paranoia simmers beneath…
    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…
    Toy Symphony

    The Pavilion Performing Arts Centre: Toy Symphony

    The Pavilion Performing Arts Centre 30 Eton St, Sutherland, NSW, Australia
    Roland Henning has writer’s block. Unlike the creative torment Roland experiences in Michael Gow’s earlier play Furious, he is frozen, trapped by an artist’s worst fear: the inability to put pen to paper. Guided by his therapist, Roland moves between past and present, revisiting key memories from his childhood in…
    C*ck

    Mockingbird Theatre Company: C*ck

    Belconnen Arts Centre 118 Emu Bank, Belconnen, ACT
    WHO ARE YOU… WHEN LOVE DEMANDS A CHOICE? A razor-sharp modern classic about identity, desire and the cruelties of indecision. Mike Bartlett’s C*ck has, in just over a decade, secured its place as a seminal modern classic — strong, startling, and unforgettable, it’s a play that confronts identity, desire and the cruelties…
    Griffin Theatre: Wake in Fright

    Griffin Theatre Company: Griffin Theatre: Wake in Fright

    Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Welcome to Bundayabba – the best little town in the world! You’ll never want to leave. And even if you did… You can’t. Well-heeled schoolteacher John Grant is en route to Sydney when a layover in the mining town of Bundanyabba turns into a three-week freefall. Stranded and starving, Grant…
    Shooting Hedda Gabler

    Secret House: Shooting Hedda Gabler

    Seymour Centre Chippendale, NSW, Australia
    Seymour Centre and Secret House present the Australian premiere of Shooting Hedda Gabler by Nina Segal—a darkly unsettling, wickedly funny examination of ambition, manipulation and coercive control. When offered the lead part in a Norwegian film adaptation of Hedda Gabler, an actress seizes the opportunity to escape her past and gain…
    The Doll Trilogy: Part 1 – Kid Stakes

    Red Stitch: The Doll Trilogy: Part 1 – Kid Stakes

    Her Majesty's Theatre, Ballarat 17 Lydiard St, Ballarat, VIC, Australia
    PART 1: KID STAKES - (1937) Set in Depression-era Carlton, Kid Stakes begins the 17-year odyssey of Roo, Barney, Olive, and Nancy. Cane croppers from Queensland, Roo and Barney spend their off-season in Melbourne, where they meet Olive and Nancy, young women on the cusp of adulthood. A spark of romance ignites,…
    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…
    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…
    Toy Symphony

    The Pavilion Performing Arts Centre: Toy Symphony

    The Pavilion Performing Arts Centre 30 Eton St, Sutherland, NSW, Australia
    Roland Henning has writer’s block. Unlike the creative torment Roland experiences in Michael Gow’s earlier play Furious, he is frozen, trapped by an artist’s worst fear: the inability to put pen to paper. Guided by his therapist, Roland moves between past and present, revisiting key memories from his childhood in…