• 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…
    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…
    Editor's Choice Fat Pig

    Forest Collective: Fat Pig

    fortyfivedownstairs 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    How many insults must you endure before you stand up for the woman you love? American composer Matt Boehler and Australian librettist Miriam Gordon-Stewart’s adaptation turns Neil LaBute’s 2004 play from workplace rom-com into a black comedy of operatic proportions. When Tom falls for Helen, an intelligent and attractive woman…
    The Queen’s Nanny

    Ensemble Theatre: The Queen’s Nanny

    Wangaratta Performing Arts & Convention Centre 33-37 Ford Street Wangaratta, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Inspired by historical events, a royal scandal ignites a blistering fire between the steely Queen Mother and her children’s doting nanny in Melanie Tait’s sparkling new comedy drama. Marion ‘Crawfie’ Crawford adored her job as governess to Princesses Lilibet and Margaret Rose… until she was ostracised without warning, despite dedicating…
    The Maids

    The Street Theatre: The Maids

    The Street Theatre 15 Childers St, Canberra, ACT, Australia
    Two sisters, Solange and Claire, are maids to their wealthy, glamorous mistress in a big city apartment. When their Mistress is out they pass time in her luxurious bedroom in an obsessive game of roleplaying ‘servant and mistress’ blurring reality and fantasy. Acting out the power structures which define their…
    Love and Information

    Theatre Works: Love and Information

    Theatre Works St Kilda, VIC, Australia
    In this fast-moving kaleidoscope, over 100 spirited characters search for meaning in their lives. Through sex, death, feeling, taxidermy and karaoke they discover each other and couched within their whispers, exchanges, and revelations, we see ourselves and the people we love. One of the world’s foremost living playwrights, Caryl Churchill’s…
    Editor's Choice Blue

    Black Swan State Theatre Company: Blue

    State Theatre Centre of WA Perth, WA, Australia
    Fresh from winning Brisbane’s 2024 Matilda Award for Best New Australian Work, Thomas Weatherall’s touching, poetic one-man play arrives in Perth. When Blue premiered in Sydney in 2023, it was performed by the playwright himself. Now proud Whadjuk Noongar actor Owen Hasluck takes on the monologue about family, loss, mental health…
    Editor's Choice The Wrong Gods

    Melbourne Theatre Company: The Wrong Gods

    Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    S. Shakthidharan enjoyed international success with his epic 2019 play Counting and Cracking about a Sri Lankan-Australian family across four generations. His latest stage work is a more intimate, 90-minute piece, featuring four performers. Co-produced with Belvoir, The Wrong Gods explores the tension between tradition and progress in a valley in India. The…
    Happy Days

    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…
    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…
    Editor's Choice The Spare Room

    Belvoir St Theatre: The Spare Room

    Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Belvoir’s Artistic Director Eamon Flack directs his own adaptation of Helen Garner’s novel. When Helen’s old friend, Nicola, comes to town for treatment, it makes sense she should stay in the spare room. Nicola has put her faith in a shady alternative cancer clinic. Helen is determined to be a…

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