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    • Heaven

    Bitchen Wolf: Heaven

    Qtopia Sydney 301 Forbes St, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
    Bitchen Wolf presents the Australian premiere of Irish playwright Eugene O’Brien’s Heaven at Qtopia Sydney’s Loading Dock Theatre from 14 to 31 May. 'Heaven' is a hilarious yet heart-wrenching examination of identity, regret, and the lives we secretly long for. On the weekend of a wedding in rural Ireland, Mal and…
    Fair Punishment

    Brown’s Mart Theatre: Fair Punishment

    Browns Mart 12 Smith Street, Darwin, NT, Australia
    Based on the translation of the novel La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes by Gaëtan Soucy 1998 Éditions du Boréal. Adapted by Nicky Fearn and Gail Evans Directed by Susie Dee Presented by Brown’s Mart and Business Unusual. A Gothic tale of intrigue, revelation, survival and hope.
    Mary Jane

    Mi Todo Productions: Mary Jane

    The Old Fitz Theatre 129 Dowling St, Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia
    As Mary Jane navigates both the mundane and the unfathomable realities of caring for Alex, her chronically ill young son, she finds herself building a community of women from many walks of life. Faced with seemingly insurmountable odds, Mary Jane relies on unflagging optimism and humour, along with the wisdom…
    Shadow Boxing

    Theatre Works: Shadow Boxing

    Explosives Factory 67 Inkerman St, Rear of Thrifty-Link Hardware, St Kilda, VIC, Australia
    Meet Flynn: a strong, rugged boxer whose world is shattered when he realises he is gay and is then brutally outed. Stripped of his dignity, Flynn fights back. ‘Shadow Boxing‘ by James Gaddas is a challenging solo work that explores identity; through examining masculinity, violence, sexuality and vulnerability. In a…
    Night Night

    Monash Peforming Arts Centres: Night Night

    The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Monash Performing Arts Centres (MPAC) continues its 2025 program with the Victorian premiere of Night Night, a new theatre production by The Last Great Hunt, which uses live camera, digital trickery and puppetry to journey through life, death and other dimensions. Taking to the Alexander Theatre stage, the story follows…
    Night Night

    Monash University: Night Night

    The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    From the creators of Lé Nør , Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer and New Owner, The Last Great Hunt’s Arielle Gray and Tim Watts have teamed up with co-director Luke Kerridge and composer Rachel Claudio to present their newest creation, Night Night. Highly visual and playfully cinematic, Night Night tells the heartwarming story of life, death…
    Storked

    Theatre Works: Storked

    Theatre Works St Kilda, VIC, Australia
    An electric exploration of the choice to choose, living in a body that constantly betrays you, and finding the people in your life who matter most, STORKED interrogates the expectation upon AFAB people to have children and the growing awareness that it might not be such a hot idea in…
    1984 by George Orwell

    shake & stir theatre co: 1984 by George Orwell

    Orange Civic Theatre 135 Byng Street, Orange, NSW, Australia
    Big Brother is back. Strap in for an electrifying take on the George Orwell classic – from the multi-award winning creative minds at Shake & Stir (Frankenstein, Jane Eyre, Animal Farm and Dracula). It was a bright cold day, and the clocks were striking thirteen...  Winston Smith, an editor at the Ministry…
    The Maids

    The Street Theatre: The Maids

    The Street Theatre 15 Childers St, Canberra, ACT, Australia
    Two sisters, Solange and Claire, are maids to their wealthy, glamorous mistress in a big city apartment. When their Mistress is out they pass time in her luxurious bedroom in an obsessive game of roleplaying ‘servant and mistress’ blurring reality and fantasy. Acting out the power structures which define their…
    Editor's Choice Blue

    Black Swan State Theatre Company: Blue

    State Theatre Centre of WA Perth, WA, Australia
    Fresh from winning Brisbane’s 2024 Matilda Award for Best New Australian Work, Thomas Weatherall’s touching, poetic one-man play arrives in Perth. When Blue premiered in Sydney in 2023, it was performed by the playwright himself. Now proud Whadjuk Noongar actor Owen Hasluck takes on the monologue about family, loss, mental health…

    Melbourne Theatre Company: The Black Woman of Gippsland

    Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
    A woman is tossed ashore from the sea, bedraggled and lost. A century and a half later, another finds herself diving deep into the truth behind a lingering legend. Jacinta’s family is driving her up the wall and her academic career is floundering, but amongst the books, something doesn’t feel…
    Editor's Choice

    Belvoir St Theatre: The Wrong Gods

    Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    S. Shakthidharan enjoyed international success with his epic 2019 play Counting and Cracking about a Sri Lankan-Australian family across four generations. His latest stage work is a more intimate, 90-minute piece, featuring four performers. Co-produced with Melbourne Theatre Company, The Wrong Gods explores the tension between tradition and progress in…

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