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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…

New Theatre: The Flea

New Theatre 542 King St, Newtown, NSW
Australian premiere, presented as part of Mardi Gras+ “You’re going to tell the police that the future king was frequenting a gay brothel? They’ll ruin you.” London, 1889. Charlie Swinscow, a young post boy, gets busted with 14 shillings in his pocket. But the twist? He didn’t steal it. That…

Adelaide Fringe: A Room of One’s Own

Adelaide College of the Arts Light Square, Adelaide, SA, Australia
The award-winning Dyad Productions (I, Elizabeth and Austen’s Women) return to the Fringe with their renowned production of Virginia Woolf’s blisteringly brilliant pre-TED talk. Take a wry, amusing, and incisive trip through the history of literature, feminism, and gender. Meet Charlotte Brontë, Jane Austen, Aphra Behn, and Shakespeare’s sister –…

Ensemble Theatre: ARIA

Ensemble Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
A symphony of discord unfolds at Monique’s annual family gathering, celebrating her three beloved sons’ birthdays. While Monique’s adoration for her boys knows no bounds, disdain for their wives is palpable. Festivities crescendo and Monique takes the spotlight with a performance of a renowned opera aria, a poignant reminder of…

Bare Witness Theatre Company: The Cadaver Palaver

The Circulating Library at The Courtyard of Curiosities State Library of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Bennett Cooper Sullivan, gentleman adventurer and rakish raconteur, returns with another thrilling tale of derring-do (and don'ts), cheating death countless times, and damn near losing a cufflink in the process. ​ Hearts will flutter. Monocles will plummet. Corsets may become strained. Combining the finest elements of a Sherlock Holmes novel,…
Editor's Choice TRUTH

Malthouse Theatre: TRUTH

Malthouse Theatre 113 Sturt St, Southbank, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
In her new play Truth, celebrated Australian playwright Patricia Cornelius explores the life of Julian Assange, from his youth in Melbourne to his role as the controversial founder of WikiLeaks. Directed by Susie Dee, the production promises to unpack the complicated layers of whistleblowing, secrecy and the personal toll of…
Nucleus

Griffin Theatre Company: Nucleus

Seymour Centre Chippendale, NSW, Australia
Gabriel is a nuclear engineer. Cassie is an anti-nuclear campaigner. For nearly thirty years their lives have collided and entwined, with Cassie’s cause dominating public opinion across the decades. But with political change rumbling underfoot, Cassie’s life’s work could yet be undone—and it’s all led to this explosive night. Against…

D’faces: War of the Worlds

Middleback Arts Centre 141 Nicolson Ave, Whyalla Norrie, SA, Australia
In a groundbreaking collaboration spanning more than a thousand kilometres of mallee scrub and desert, country teens bunker down to survive the War of the Worlds. Performed simultaneously in three locations by exceptional local casts, young people across two states hold tight to their friends, their noise cancelling headphones and whatever…

Arena Theatre Company: War of the Worlds

The Engine Room 58 View St,, Bendigo, VIC, Australia
In a groundbreaking collaboration spanning more than a thousand kilometres of mallee scrub and desert, country teens bunker down to survive the War of the Worlds. Performed simultaneously in three locations by exceptional local casts, young people across two states hold tight to their friends, their noise cancelling headphones and whatever…

Riverland Youth Theatre: War of the Worlds

Bonney Theatre 2 Barwell Avenue,, Barmera, SA, Australia
In a groundbreaking collaboration spanning more than a thousand kilometres of mallee scrub and desert, country teens bunker down to survive the War of the Worlds. Performed simultaneously in three locations by exceptional local casts, young people across two states hold tight to their friends, their noise cancelling headphones and whatever…

New Ghosts Theatre Company: Iphigenia In Splott

The Old Fitz Theatre 129 Dowling St, Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia
Stumbling down Clifton Street at 11:30am drunk, Effie is the kind of girl you'd avoid eye contact with, silently passing judgement. We think we know her, but we don't know the half of it. Effie's life spirals through a mess of drink, drugs and drama every night, and a hangover…

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…

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