• Editor's Choice The Birds

    Malthouse Theatre: The Birds

    Malthouse Theatre 113 Sturt St, Southbank, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    The weather has changed and the birds are behaving oddly. It’s becoming scary. One family sounds a warning – but is anyone listening? Malthouse Theatre presents a new stage version of Daphne du Maurier’s short story, immortalised on screen by Alfred Hitchcock. Adapted by Louise Fox for a solo performer…
    Editor's Choice Rhinestone Rex and Miss Monica

    Queensland Theatre: Rhinestone Rex and Miss Monica

    Bille Brown Theatre 78 Montague Rd, South Brisbane, QLD
    Georgie Parker and Glenn Hazeldine reprise their roles in David Williamson’s light-hearted romantic comedy. First performed at Sydney’s Ensemble Theatre in 2010, directed by Sandra Bates, it was given a new production by the Ensemble’s current Artistic Director, Mark Kilmurry, in 2023, and it’s that version which now takes the…
    Eureka Day

    Outhouse Theatre Co: Eureka Day

    Seymour Centre Chippendale, NSW, Australia
    Screamingly funny and wildly topical, Eureka Day lasers in on the poverty of modern discourse and our inability to listen to those with whom we disagree. It's 2019 and Eureka Day, a private primary school in Berkeley, California, is a bastion of progressive ideals: representation, gender identity, social justice. The parents on…
    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…
    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…

    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…

    Ensemble Theatre: The Lover & The Dumb Waiter

    Ensemble Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
    THE LOVER Trapped in the monotony of middle-class life, Richard and Sarah’s marriage is on its last legs. Perhaps a lover could reignite their corroding relationship… or is escape from their stifling existence just a fantasy? Burning with intrigue and uneasy humour, Harold Pinter spins a dangerous game of cat…

    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…

    Woodend Winter Arts Festival: Two absurdist plays by Peter Rose

    St Ambrose Church 16 Templeton St,, Woodend, VIC
    The Innominable | Georgina Banks and Ellie Nielsen The Innominable, which is having its première in Woodend, introduces us to twin sisters in their fifties. The sisters are waiting to collect their mother’s ashes. One of them (Glen-Rae) was named at birth, the other – for some reason – not. She…
    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…
    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…

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