• Eureka Day

    Seymour Centre: Eureka Day

    Seymour Centre Chippendale, NSW, Australia
    Outhouse Theatre Co and Seymour Centre present the hotly anticipated Sydney premiere of Jonathan Spector’s shrewd social satire, Eureka Day. It's 2018 and Eureka Day, a private primary school in Berkeley, California, is a bastion of progressive ideals: representation, gender identity, social justice. The parents on the Executive Committee value…
    1984 by George Orwell

    shake & stir theatre co: 1984 by George Orwell

    Canberra Theatre Centre Canberra, ACT, 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…

    Flight Path Theatre: Christ Almighty: A comedy of biblical proportions!

    Flight Path Theatre 142 Addison Rd, Marrickville, NSW, Australia
    Meet Jesus - a biblical millennial frittering away his thirties on his parents’ couch. It isn’t until God turns up and dishes out his destiny that he decides to pull his finger out. With some fresh superpowers, Jesus heads for Jerusalem and teams up with twelve pseudo-revolutionary students and a…
    Dangerous Liaisons

    New Theatre: Dangerous Liaisons

    New Theatre 542 King St, Newtown, NSW
    “These events have shown us how much misery can be caused from a single dangerous intimacy.” For decades, the sharp-tongued Marquise de Merteuil and rakish Vicomte de Valmont have delighted in emotional manipulation and psychological warfare, with seemingly no regard for those who get swept up in their games. However,…
    L’Hôtel

    Foundry Theatre: L’Hôtel

    Foundry Theatre 55 Pirrama Rd,, Pyrmont, NSW, Australia
    Welcome To L’Hôtel: A Tryst Into Temptation. Enter a lobby brimming with bohemian verve, an immersive theatrical world of French intrigue. Savour the champagne, graze on a French cheese board and meet the cast of characters who call L’Hôtel home – a crème de la crème of performers from the…
    Daddy, Don’t Drop the Soap!

    Qtopia Sydney: Daddy, Don’t Drop the Soap!

    Qtopia Sydney 301 Forbes St, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
    Brent Thorpe brings his iconic character 'daddy' to Qtopia's Pride Festival in this rollicking celebration of queer pride! Directed by Adam Cook, and Featuring 'Daddy's Boys' Travis De Jonk and Patrick Phillips, Don’t Drop the Soap! takes us from crazy nights at Sydney’s famous Taxi Club to stories about cruising,…
    Editor's Choice The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

    Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    To see or not to see . . . Written by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield, this no-holds-Bard comedy condenses Shakespeare’s 37 plays into a 97-minute irreverent romp featuring the best and weirdest moments. Directed by Australian comedy genius Darren Gilshenan, a cast of three deliver tragic deaths, wild romances and…

    Sydney Opera House: Grug and the Rainbow

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    A magical adaptation of Ted Prior’s beloved picture books, Grug and the Rainbow sees our grassy little friend embark on an epic adventure to bask in the colours of the illusive rainbow. Featuring exquisite puppetry and heart-warming humour back to delight audiences, this smash hit is not one to miss…

    Papermoon Puppet Theatre: A Bucket of Beetles

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Wehea is a little boy who lives in a big rainforest. Just like many other people who live there, he has a special connection with nature. Even the smallest beings in the forest are his friends. One day, Wehea meets a very special beetle – a rhinoceros beetle – and…
    Frankenstein

    shake & stir theatre co: Frankenstein

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    The critically-acclaimed, theatrical adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic has electrified sold-out audiences in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Now, the monster returns home to QPAC. Victor Frankenstein, a grieving but brilliantly ambitious young scientist, pushes the boundaries of theory and morality to create a living being from the remains of the dead. But…
    LEGENDS (Of the Golden Arches)

    Melbourne Theatre Company: LEGENDS (Of the Golden Arches)

    Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
    This funeral will be the death of them. A rip-roaring ride plunging two best friends into the depths of the Chinese afterlife, LEGENDS vaults across genres, realities and theatrical convention with an infectious zest. Merlynn and Joe are used to fiery clashes – but what old friends aren’t? As they…

    Sydney Theatre Company: Happy Days

    Wharf 1 Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Stage and screen icon Pamela Rabe (The Children, The War of The Roses, The Lost Echo) immerses herself in one of the greatest roles ever written, Happy Days’ eternal optimist, Winnie. Conceived and directed by award-winning theatre designer Nick Schlieper – Lighting Designer on The Picture of Dorian Gray, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr…

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