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…
Heaven

Bitchen Wolf: Heaven

Qtopia Sydney 301 Forbes St, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
Bitchen Wolf presents the Australian premiere of Irish playwright Eugene O’Brien’s Heaven at Qtopia Sydney’s Loading Dock Theatre from 14 to 31 May. 'Heaven' is a hilarious yet heart-wrenching examination of identity, regret, and the lives we secretly long for. On the weekend of a wedding in rural Ireland, Mal 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…
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…
Shadow Boxing

Theatre Works: Shadow Boxing

Explosives Factory 67 Inkerman St, Rear of Thrifty-Link Hardware, St Kilda, VIC, Australia
Meet Flynn: a strong, rugged boxer whose world is shattered when he realises he is gay and is then brutally outed. Stripped of his dignity, Flynn fights back. ‘Shadow Boxing‘ by James Gaddas is a challenging solo work that explores identity; through examining masculinity, violence, sexuality and vulnerability. In a…
Night Night

Monash Peforming Arts Centres: Night Night

The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Monash Performing Arts Centres (MPAC) continues its 2025 program with the Victorian premiere of Night Night, a new theatre production by The Last Great Hunt, which uses live camera, digital trickery and puppetry to journey through life, death and other dimensions. Taking to the Alexander Theatre stage, the story follows…
Storked

Theatre Works: Storked

Theatre Works St Kilda, VIC, Australia
An electric exploration of the choice to choose, living in a body that constantly betrays you, and finding the people in your life who matter most, STORKED interrogates the expectation upon AFAB people to have children and the growing awareness that it might not be such a hot idea in…
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…
Night Night

Monash University: Night Night

The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
From the creators of Lé Nør , Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer and New Owner, The Last Great Hunt’s Arielle Gray and Tim Watts have teamed up with co-director Luke Kerridge and composer Rachel Claudio to present their newest creation, Night Night. Highly visual and playfully cinematic, Night Night tells the heartwarming story of life, death…
Editor's Choice Looking for Alibrandi

State Theatre Company South Australia: Looking for Alibrandi

Adelaide Festival Centre Adelaide, SA, Australia
It’s the last year of high school for 17-year-old Josephine Alibrandi and she can’t wait for her life to begin – if only she could escape the expectations of her migrant Italian family, now living in Sydney. Melina Marchetta’s beloved coming-of-age novel was published in 1992 and turned into a…
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…
The Black Woman of Gippsland

Melbourne Theatre Company: The Black Woman of Gippsland

Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
A woman is tossed ashore from the sea, bedraggled and lost. A century and a half later, another finds herself diving deep into the truth behind a lingering legend. Jacinta’s family is driving her up the wall and her academic career is floundering, but amongst the books, something doesn’t feel…

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