The Edit

Legit Theatre Co.: The Edit

Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
“We can control what happens to you in here. But we have no control out there” Nia and Jess want the same thing. Influencer Nia, wants to find her match and win the primetime reality dating hit, Match or Snatch. Producer Jess, wants to orchestrate Nia’s every move to secure…
The Cardinal Rules

Sydney Fringe Festival: The Cardinal Rules

PACT 107 Railway Parade, Erskineville, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Thoroughly relatable humour, staggering humanity...and pushy Aunties from the ancestral plane! Engulfed by nostalgia, a woman stands at the funeral of a primary school friend that she hasn’t seen in years. As she remembers her 90’s childhood in a close-knit suburban Catholic community, she questions how their lives diverged. When…

Ensemble Theatre: How To Plot A Hit In Two Days

Ensemble Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
It’s 1985. TV prime time. Across Australia, millions of tear-stricken eyes are glued to their television sets in disbelief. A Country Practice’s beloved Molly Jones takes her final breath. Fade to black and she’s gone. Inside the story room, in a creative flurry powered by coffee, cigarettes and Fantales, the…
Where to Hide a Star

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Where to Hide a Star

The Neilson, Pier 2/3 13A Hickson Road, Dawes Point, NSW, Australia
From the creative team that brought you the smash-hit production How to Catch a Star, comes a brand-new theatrical adventure based on Oliver Jeffers’ sequel, Where to Hide a Star – a sparkling celebration of imagination, friendship, empathy, courage and love. In this delightful new ACO Families production, we reunite…
Where to Hide a Star

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Where to Hide a Star

The Neilson, Pier 2/3 13A Hickson Road, Dawes Point, NSW, Australia
From the creative team that brought you the smash-hit production How to Catch a Star, comes a brand-new theatrical adventure based on Oliver Jeffers’ sequel, Where to Hide a Star – a sparkling celebration of imagination, friendship, empathy, courage and love. In this delightful new ACO Families production, we reunite…

Sydney Opera House: Grug and the Rainbow

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
A magical adaptation of Ted Prior’s beloved picture books, Grug and the Rainbow sees our grassy little friend embark on an epic adventure to bask in the colours of the illusive rainbow. Featuring exquisite puppetry and heart-warming humour back to delight audiences, this smash hit is not one to miss…
Space Pirates

Kat Glass Creative: Space Pirates

Gasworks Arts Park 21 Graham Street, Albert Park, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Pirates, puppets & galactic tunes! Strap in for space fun that'll have kids hooked from lift-off! This is not a drill! The fate of the universe is in the hands of an astronaut on a cosmic clean up mission, a rhythmically gifted robotic parrot, and a power chord fuelled Pirate…
Where to Hide a Star

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Where to Hide a Star

The Neilson, Pier 2/3 13A Hickson Road, Dawes Point, NSW, Australia
From the creative team that brought you the smash-hit production How to Catch a Star, comes a brand-new theatrical adventure based on Oliver Jeffers’ sequel, Where to Hide a Star – a sparkling celebration of imagination, friendship, empathy, courage and love. In this delightful new ACO Families production, we reunite…
Once Upon a Grimm Night

Odyssey Theatre: Once Upon a Grimm Night

Old Government House, Parramatta Cnr Pitt and Macquarie St, Parramatta, NSW, Australia
Once Upon a Grimm Night is an intimate, interactive adventure inside Old Government House, Parramatta. The border between our world and Everafter is fraying; Grimm Volkov enlists you and other wayfarers after the Narrator sets the scene to follow clues, brew potions and uncover what binds the Maiden and the Witch.…
Chip On Her Shoulder

Melbourne Fringe: Chip On Her Shoulder

Explosives Factory 67 Inkerman St, Rear of Thrifty-Link Hardware, St Kilda, VIC, Australia
Single, Snacking, and Struggling: A Play About Chips, Comfort, and Coping Kate wishes she was all that — and a bag of chips. Spoiler: she’s not. She’s a mess, and she knows it. But she’s trying, sort of. She might even be a little bit salty — at life, at…
Sincere Apologies

Melbourne Fringe: Sincere Apologies

Trades Hall, Melbourne 2 Lygon St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Say sorry. Really mean it. Experience a performance built from all the apologies that the world keeps offering — the famous, the ridiculous, the deeply personal and those that begin every second email in our inboxes. Part theatrical ritual, part social experiment, Sincere Apologies explores what it means to apologise…
The Taming of the Shrew

The Playwrought Project: The Taming of the Shrew

Wharf 2 Theatre, Sydney Theatre Company
Get ready to witness Shakespeare’s infamous battle of the sexes in a bold 70-minute production packed with grand Elizabethan costumes, devilish jokes and fresh twists. In this reimagined 1594, it is a matriarchal world where the women do the taming. This is Shrew like you’ve never seen it before. In…

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