• Dark Erotica Quartet / Footfalls

    Blake Barnard and Keith Brockett: Dark Erotica Quartet / Footfalls

    fortyfivedownstairs 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Dark Erotica Quartet by James Hazelden A blackly comic take on kink, sexual proclivities and satisfaction. Three seemingly disparate scenes that fit together, Russian-doll style, into a celebration of the lost art of spoken erotica. A play about the kind of sex we think about, and not the kind we…
    Shakespeare In Love

    Geelong Repertory Theatre Company: Shakespeare In Love

    Geelong Arts Centre 81 Ryrie Street, Geelong, VIC, Australia
    Young Will Shakespeare has a bad case of writer’s block and desperately needs a muse.  His new comedy, Romeo and Ethel the Pirate’s Daughter, isn’t turning out how he’d hoped and he’s up against a tight deadline to deliver his next masterpiece. That is until he meets Viola de Lesseps,…
    Whitefella Yella Tree

    Griffin Theatre Company: Whitefella Yella Tree

    Union Theatre, University of Melbourne University of Melbourne Arts & Cultural Building, 761 Swanston St,, Parkville, VIC, Australia
    After a runaway debut at Sydney's Griffin Theatre in 2022, Whitefella Yella Tree makes its Victorian premiere in a strictly limited season. Once in a blue moon, in the middle of nowhere, two teenage boys meet under a lemon tree. After a rough start, a fragile friendship fruits into a heady romance. If…
    Romeo & Juliet

    Bell Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet

    Griffith Regional Theatre Neville Place, Griffith, NSW, Australia
    Did my heart love till now? After a chance meeting, an intense but forbidden love is ignited between two young lovers, Romeo and Juliet. And despite the unending, violent feud between their families, they will risk everything to be together. This raw portrayal of Romeo & Juliet will envelop you in the…
    Present Laughter by Noel Coward

    New Theatre: Present Laughter by Noel Coward

    New Theatre 542 King St, Newtown, NSW
    “Everybody worships me. It’s nauseating.” Actor Garry Essendine is possibly the most desired man in the world. He is handsome, charming, self-deprecating, self-obsessed, and in the midst of a mid-life crisis. Over the course of a few days, on the eve of an overseas tour, he finds his life bombarded…
    Editor's Choice Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

    Sydney Theatre Company: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

    Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    When Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre presented Edward Albee’s corrosive black comedy in late 2023, with Kat Stewart as Martha and her real-life husband David Whiteley as George, the season sold out before it opened and extended. Hailed as “electrifying”, the production, directed by Sarah Goodes, then had a commercial season at…
    It’s A Wonderful Life

    Genesian Theatre: It’s A Wonderful Life

    Genesian Theatre 420 Kent St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    The classic and beloved Christmas film brought to life on stage! George Bailey who feels life has passed him by but discovers through his guardian angel that it might just be wonderful life after all. “Every time a bell rings an angel gets its wings”. It’s Christmas Eve in Bedford…

    Ensemble Theatre: Fly Girl

    Ensemble Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
    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…
    Castrati

    Kit Spencer: Castrati

    The Old Fitz Theatre 129 Dowling St, Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia
    The castrati avoid puberty entirely. Kit, a transman, has been through two. Explore the story of the intriguing resonance between two disparate voices. Since opera's inception in 1607, castrati-male singers, castrated before puberty to retain their high voices-were the stage's greatest stars. Their unique timbre, range and flexibility were unrivaled…
    Every Wild Idea

    Critical Path: Every Wild Idea

    Drill Hall 1c New Beach Rd, Darling Point, NSW, Australia
    Critical Path, Australia’s leading choreographic centre for research and development, turns 20 in 2025. To celebrate, the organisation will open its doors with a free program of performance, sound and film, Every Wild Idea, in Critical Path’s one-of-its-kind heritage listed dance space, the Drill Hall, Rushcutters Bay. The three day…
    Editor's Choice Calamity Jane

    One Eyed Man Productions: Calamity Jane

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Step inside the Golden Garter Saloon and enter the Wild West as Virginia Gay reprises the role of the legendary frontierswoman Calamity Jane (for which she won a Sydney Theatre Award). Adapted from the much-loved film starring Doris Day, this stripped-back, rough-and-ready reimagining of the classic musical, directed by Richard…
    Editor's Choice The Play That Goes Wrong

    GMG Productions: The Play That Goes Wrong

    Regal Theatre 474 Hay St, Subiaco, WA, Australia
    If you just want a good laugh, look no further than The Play That Goes Wrong, in which the inept Cornley Drama Society attempts to stage a 1920s murder mystery. It’s not as clever as Michael Frayn’s inspired Noises Off, but it’s fun. Co-written by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry…