Freakshow

Flight Path Theatre: Freakshow

Flight Path Theatre 142 Addison Rd, Marrickville, NSW, Australia
Come and experience the last freakshow on earth! Are you brave enough to feast your eyes upon the conjoined twins? How about the psychopathic tattooed man? Or a mermaid pulled from the depths and displayed for the first time in 500 years? Are you ready to belly laugh at or…

Black Swan State Theatre Company: August: Osage County

State Theatre Centre of WA Perth, WA, Australia
Pawhuska, Oklahoma, 2007. In the scorching heat of summer, the Weston family has come together following the disappearance of their alcoholic patriarch, Beverly, a world-class poet. While his wife, Violet, spirals into opiate addiction, the three daughters dutifully return to their childhood home with their spouses, children and unfinished business…

Darebin Arts Speakeasy: Djuna by Eva Rees

Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre 189 High Street, Northcote, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
From the cutting-edge queer theatre makers that brought Melbourne The Inheritance, In The Club and The Gospel According to Jesus and Queen of Heaven, comes a razor-sharp new collaboration with trans playwright Eva Rees. Presented by Darebin Arts Speakeasy, the psychological thriller has been directed by Bullet Heart Club’s Kitan…

Adelaide Festival: Trent Dalton’s Love Stories

Adelaide Festival Centre Adelaide, SA, Australia
Sitting on a street corner with a typewriter, an author solicits love stories from passers-by. An exuberant and kaleidoscopic series of vignettes follows, based on stories told by real people. A man proposes to his girlfriend via flash mob; grandparents describe their love for their grandchildren; a woman reconnects with…
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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.…
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Crossroads Live Australia: And Then There Were None

Comedy Theatre 240 Exhibition St,, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
In 2022, Robyn Nevin directed Agatha Christie’s classic whodunit, The Mousetrap. Her production was such a big hit that producer John Frost asked if she would direct And Then There Were None, adapted by Christie from her 1939 novel. In the thriller, eight people receive an unexpected invitation to a…
Ophelia Thinks Harder

Fingerless Theatre: Ophelia Thinks Harder

KXT on Broadway Cnr Broadway & Bay St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Ophelia has a lot going on: her boyfriend, Hamlet, is being weird with her, and that was before he murdered her father and tried to cover it up. Something is rotten in the state of Denmark – it’s all these f*king men. A cheeky, irreverent, and insightful feminist reimagining of…

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…

New Ghosts Theatre Company: LOVE

The Old Fitz Theatre 129 Dowling St, Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia
Tanya, Annie and Lorenzo are from the bottom of the heap. They’re young but already the youth has been wrung out of them. They’ve been abused, they’re abusive, and they’re difficult to like, let alone love. But it’s love in all its distorted and mutated forms that holds them together.…

House of Sand: Manage Your Expectations

Hetzel Lecture Theatre North Tce, Adelaide, SA, Australia
After winning multiple Best Performance awards across New Zealand, House of Sand -- fearless performer Eliza Sanders (REVOLT. SHE SAID. REVOLT AGAIN.) and director Charley Allanah (STC's Julia) -- return to Adelaide Fringe with Manage Your Expectation, a revolutionary fusion of contemporary dance, cine-theatre, and quirky comedy. Manage Your Expectations…

Melbourne Shakespeare Company: Robin Hood

Central Park, Malvern East 148 Burke Rd, Malvern East, VIC, Australia
This March, Melbourne families are in for a rollicking good time with Melbourne Shakespeare Company’s latest laugh-out-loud family musical, Robin Hood. This 60-minute adventure follows Robin Hood and his Merry Band as they swap the green forests of Sherwood for the sunny landscapes of Australia! Along the way, they’ll face…
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QPAC: Is That You, Ruthie?

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
Following its acclaimed world premiere in 2023, the poignant play, written and directed by Leah Purcell, returns to QPAC. Adapted from Ruth Hegarty’s books, Is That You, Ruthie? and Buthalangi: A Maranoa Woman, this moving drama explores the enduring connection between a First Nations mother and her daughter, separated by a…

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