Seemingly ripped straight out of today’s headlines, American Song is an intimate and deeply moving meditation on what it means to be a parent in a changing world and a searing and unforgettable exploration of the story and song that is America. As Andy heads off to work to give…

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…

The Play That Goes Wrong is a hilarious hybrid of Monty Python and Sherlock Holmes, things go from bad to utterly disastrous when the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society performs a classic murder mystery. You all know the classic whodunnit story; there has been a murder at a country manor and…

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…

You are invited to an audience with The Female Pope. Witness Rakini Devi’s powerful transformative performance, inspired by the 10th-century Pope Joan and the Hindu Goddess Kali. In this interactive, durational performance, Devi challenges patriarchal religious iconography and traditional gender roles in society and religion whilst reclaiming power and protesting…

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…

No internet. No intruders. No clothes. Far from the trappings of civilisation, a group of nudist baby boomers have created their very own off-grid bush eco-paradise. An unseasonably hot summer approaches, but no worries! They’ve got enough preserves, pickles, and Fleetwood Mac to get them through it… probably. Enter Evangeline—a…

This Spring Season, NIDA lights up with royal battles, divine chaos, forgotten histories, and restless dreams. Mary Stuart pits two queens in a fight for one throne. Orpheus in the Underworld hurls us into a riotous, Can-Can-fuelled afterlife. The World Premiere of The Royal Experiment uncovers the women who held…