• The Day Of The Triffids

    New Theatre: The Day Of The Triffids

    New Theatre 542 King St, Newtown, NSW
    London, 1951: In an attempt to solve the world’s energy crisis, scientists engineer the Triffids: a biofuel crop that is highly efficient, strangely sentient, and disturbingly carnivorous. When a freak cosmic event blinds most of the world’s population, one man wakes into a collapsing society where fear, opportunism, and chaos…
    Editor's Choice DOUBT

    Sydney Theatre Company: DOUBT

    Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    John Patrick Shanley’s powerful play won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and 2005 Tony Award for Best Play. Marion Potts directs a new production for STC, starring Pamela Rabe as Sister Aloysisus, the headmistress of St Nicholas Church School. Set in the Bronx in 1964, the severe, rigidly conservative…
    Bennelong In London

    Sydney Theatre Company: Bennelong In London

    Wharf 1 Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Both travel back to the 1780s where Bennelong, now a young Wangal man, is abducted by Governor Phillip. Bennelong becomes his go-between with the Eora people and later, the first Aboriginal man to visit Europe and return. And the eventual husband of a woman called Barangaroo. Jane Harrison, the singular…
    Losing Faith

    Melbourne Theatre Company: Losing Faith

    Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Pack your bags for a perimenopausal Weekend at Bernie’s: an outrageous and unforgettable trip directed by Leticia Cáceres (Erotic Stories, Bump) and starring Michala Banas (Upper Middle Bogan, The Odd Couple) and Genevieve Morris (Dying: A Memoir, Comedy Inc.). Losing Face is an absolutely unhinged and spikily clever new comedy about friendship and unmasking the true price of chasing the fountain of…

    State Theatre Company South Australia: Uncle Vanya – but there’s ASMR soap cutting videos playing in the bottom right corner

    Adelaide College of the Arts Light Square, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    While Melbourne Theatre Company stages a 2024 adaptation of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, State Theatre Company South Australia presents a radical new version by Mary Angley & Associates as part of its SPARK Program. Beginning as a faithful production of Chekov’s poignant play, it quickly spirals into “a meticulously crafted chaos…
    Editor's Choice Belvoir Theatre: The Jungle and the Sea

    Belvoir St Theatre: The Jungle and the Sea

    Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    S. Shakthidharan and Eamon Flack’s acclaimed drama returns for a limited Sydney season. The three-hour, two-interval play is a sweeping saga following one family’s love and loss during the bloody chaos of the Sri Lankan civil war. When violence escalates between the Sinhalese-dominated Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers…
    THREE: McCartney/ Ritchie-Jones/ Bray

    Brisbane Powerhouse: THREE: McCartney/ Ritchie-Jones/ Bray

    Brisbane Powerhouse 119 Lamington St, New Farm, QLD, Australia
    Australasian Dance Collective presents an exhilarating showcase of contemporary dance in a new triple bill. “A show which will remind you what it feels like to be human – to be alive,” — Returning in 2026 for its fourth iteration, ADC’s much-loved THREE features two world premieres and an immersive Queensland-first from…
    Editor's Choice Pride & Prejudice

    Queensland Theatre Company: Pride & Prejudice

    QPAC - Playhouse
    Following a sold-out season in 2025, QTC’s Matilda Award-winning production of Pride & Prejudice is back for one more turn. Adapted from Jane Austen’s beloved novel by Wendy Mocke and Lewis Treston, and directed by Bridget Boyle and Daniel Evans, the story swirls around the will-they won’t-they romance of the…
    Steel Magnolias

    Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Steel Magnolias

    His Majesty's Theatre, Perth Perth, WA, Australia
    The beloved film live on stage. The iconic story that made us laugh, cry, and fall in love with six extraordinary women is back — live on stage in a dazzling new Australian production. Written by Robert Harling, the timeless tale of STEEL MAGNOLIAS comes alive under the direction of Lee Lewis…
    The Dapto Chaser

    Ensemble Theatre: The Dapto Chaser

    Ensemble Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Ensemble Theatre is excited to present the quintessentially Australian play by award-winning playwright Mary Rachel Brown, The Dapto Chaser, a biting black comedy about chasing dreams, racking up debts, and the cut-throat world of greyhound racing. The Dapto Chaser was commissioned and originally produced by Merrigong Theatre Company. Directed by Anna…
    Heartbreak Hotel

    Arts Centre Melbourne: Heartbreak Hotel

    Fairfax Studio
    Karin McCracken is someone you want by your side on that walk down lonely street to Heartbreak Hotel – a weird, fun place to confront your heartache.Dressed in lavender tassels and backed by covers of breakup songs (Elvis, Celine, the real heavy hitters), Karin takes us on a tour through the aching…