• Editor's Choice Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

    Sydney Theatre Company: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

    Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    When Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre presented Edward Albee’s corrosive black comedy in late 2023, with Kat Stewart as Martha and her real-life husband David Whiteley as George, the season sold out before it opened and extended. Hailed as “electrifying”, the production, directed by Sarah Goodes, then had a commercial season at…
    Editor's Choice Calamity Jane

    One Eyed Man Productions: Calamity Jane

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Step inside the Golden Garter Saloon and enter the Wild West as Virginia Gay reprises the role of the legendary frontierswoman Calamity Jane (for which she won a Sydney Theatre Award). Adapted from the much-loved film starring Doris Day, this stripped-back, rough-and-ready reimagining of the classic musical, directed by Richard…
    Editor's Choice The Shiralee

    Sydney Theatre Company: The Shiralee

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Kate Mulvany did a fabulous job adapting Ruth Park’s Harp in the South trilogy for Sydney Theatre Company. Now she has turned her attention to the 1955 Australian classic The Shiralee, written by D’Arcy Niland (who was married to Park). The story centres on Macauley, a rugged swagman, who roams Australia…
    Do I Have Your Attention?

    Sunny Productions: Do I Have Your Attention?

    Canberra Theatre Centre Canberra, ACT, Australia
    Curious and playful, this girl is growing up. She’s growing up, but somehow she’s doing it wrong. One day she’s playing shooting games in the playground, watching trains pass dreamily by her house. The next, her clothes fit too tight, her house feels too small, and her beloved playground is…
    Dying: A Memoir

    Melbourne Theatre Company: Dying: A Memoir

    Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    When the acclaimed author Cory Taylor was diagnosed with a terminal illness, what followed was an astonishing creative surge that resulted in a memoir Barack Obama named as one of his favourite books of 2017. Taylor’s wry insights into the rituals, language and taboos surrounding mortality can be witty, provocative or eye-opening…
    Editor's Choice Shirley Valentine

    Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Shirley Valentine

    Twelfth Night Theatre 4 Cintra Rd, Bowen Hills, QLD, Australia
    Following seasons in Melbourne, Adelaide and Canberra, Willy Russell’s life-affirming one-woman play, which premiered in 1986, is headed for Sydney and Brisbane with Natalie Bassingthwaighte as Shirley. It tells the story of a middle-aged, working-class Liverpool housewife who finds herself stuck in a rut. Talking to her kitchen wall, she…
    The Talented Mr Ripley

    Sydney Theatre Company: The Talented Mr Ripley

    Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Will McDonald (Heartbreak High) plays Tom Ripley, an orphan and a striver, barely scraping by in 1950s New York. But beneath his woebegone exterior, Tom cultivates certain talents that set him apart: an extraordinary capacity for mimicry and deception. He is a man with a face no-one remembers. Whereas no…
    The Breath of Kings

    Theatre Works: The Breath of Kings | Henry 6

    Theatre Works St Kilda, VIC, Australia
    Shakespeare's Henry 6 plays are one of the great undiscovered gems of Western Literature. An intoxicating mix of violence, politics and romance, this civil war is as machiavellian as Succession and as brutal as Game of Thrones. Henry 6 is a rare thing - a religious pacifist in a time…

    Ensemble Theatre: Fly Girl

    Ensemble Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
    It’s the late 70’s and the Australian Aviation Industry is a boy’s club. The only job women are allowed involves wearing heels, lighting smokes and serving nuts. Deborah Lawrie’s got the chops to fly the big jets, but Reg Ansett won’t let her. Genevieve Hegney and Catherine Moore use their…

    Genesian Theatre: Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime

    Genesian Theatre 420 Kent St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    A fortune-teller tells Lord Arthur Savile that he sees murder ahead! The only logical course of action for Arthur is to try get this dreadfully embarrassing act out of the way before his wedding in three weeks' time. But staging the perfect murder proves not nearly as easy as he…
    Ken Ludwig’s MORIARTY

    Genesian Theatre: Ken Ludwig’s Moriarty

    Genesian Theatre 420 Kent St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes and his faithful companion Dr. Watson have a new case to solve! An investigation into the Bohemian King’s stolen letters suddenly cascades into an international mystery filled with spies, blackmail and intrigue. With world peace at stake, Holmes and Watson join forces with American actress Irene…
    A Thing Called Birthday

    Shopfront Arts Co-Op: A Thing Called a Birthday

    Shopfront Arts Co-Op 86-88 Carlton Pde, Carlton, NSW, Australia
    Do we need another hero? This is a much debated question but the answer is probably, yes! Do you like births? Do you like days? We've combined the two into one concept- a birthday! Do you like tights and mortality? Join us for our Birth Day celebration! Where:... When:... How:...…