• GOD by Ferdinand von Schirach

    Lexi Sekuless Productions: GOD

    Mill Theatre at Dairy Road 1 Dairy Rd, Fyshwick, ACT, Australia
    Enter the council, hear the experts, make your judgement. Rachel Gärtner has requested a dose of pentobarbital - a drug used overseas to peacefully end life. The legal courts have ruled she has the right to choose, but the ethical question remains: should a doctor assist her? The decision is…
    Congratulations, Get Rich! (恭喜发财, 人日快乐)

    Sydney Theatre Company: Congratulations, Get Rich! (恭喜发财, 人日快乐)

    Wharf 1 Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Penned and performed by Merlynn Tong, this larger-than-life musical comedy celebrates the richness of Singaporean culture, while asking universal questions about the complexity of mother-daughter relationships and the healing power of vulnerability. It’s a big night for Mandy (Tong), her last ever at the helm of her beloved karaoke bar.…
    Editor's Choice Carol

    Black Swan State Theatre Company: Carol

    Heath Ledger Theatre 174 William St, Perth, WA, Australia
    Carol is Christmas personified. Born on 25 December, she’s been holding the whole Christmas shebang together for decades – and she’s loved every minute of it. But this year, things are looking a lot less jolly. Now 60, she suddenly finds herself living in her car, with council move-on notices…
    Editor's Choice A Christmas Carol

    Comedy Theatre: A Christmas Carol

    Comedy Theatre 240 Exhibition St,, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Returning for the fourth consecutive year, the smash-hit Old Vic production is fast becoming a Melbourne festive season tradition. Based on Dickens’ immortal classic, the Old Vic stage adaptation was conceived and directed by Matthew Warchus, with a script by Jack Thorne. The immersive production, which won five Tony Awards…
    Editor's Choice Much Ado About Nothing

    Melbourne Theatre Company: Much Ado About Nothing

    Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Talk about a battle of the sexes! Beatrice and Benedick are Shakespeare’s most modern couple. They love to hate each other, yet everyone knows they’re perfect for one another. For the first time in 30 years, MTC presents a brand-new production of The Bard’s razor-sharp comedy, directed by Associate Artist…
    Editor's Choice Carol

    Black Swan State Theatre Company: Carol

    Heath Ledger Theatre 174 William St, Perth, WA, Australia
    Carol is Christmas personified. Born on 25 December, she’s been holding the whole Christmas shebang together for decades – and she’s loved every minute of it. But this year, things are looking a lot less jolly. Now 60, she suddenly finds herself living in her car, with council move-on notices…

    Belvoir St Theatre: The True History of the Life and Death of King Lear & His Three Daughters

    Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Shakespeare’s greatest play, in an energised, classic Belvoir production, featuring the grit and power of Colin Friels. It’s time to retire. Lear has a plan – he’ll divide the kingdom between his three daughters, they’ll work in harmony with each other, he’ll live with them, there will be a seamless transition…
    A Thing Called Birthday

    Shopfront Arts Co-Op: A Thing Called a Birthday

    Shopfront Arts Co-Op 86-88 Carlton Pde, Carlton, NSW, Australia
    Do we need another hero? This is a much debated question but the answer is probably, yes! Do you like births? Do you like days? We've combined the two into one concept- a birthday! Do you like tights and mortality? Join us for our Birth Day celebration! Where:... When:... How:...…
    As You Like It

    Melbourne Shakespeare Company: As You Like It

    St Kilda Botanical Gardens 11 Herbert St, St Kilda, VIC, Australia
    This December, the Melbourne Shakespeare Company are back in the Rose Garden, and things are getting gloriously out of hand. Get ready for an enchanting new musical reimagining of Shakespeare's As You Like It, an outdoor spectacular bursting with pop hits, slapstick shenanigans and more decadence than a Versailles tea…
    Scenes with Girls

    Deus Ex Femina: Scenes with Girls

    Goodwood Theatre & Studios 166 Goodwood Rd, Goodwood, SA, Australia
    Other friends have come, got boyfriends and gone. So what? Tosh and Lou have each other. They’ll never be like the other girls. They won’t sit in a narrative someone else thought up. This is love. This is enough. Scenes with Girls is a love story, but not the kind…
    Cowbois

    Siren Theatre Co: Cowbois

    Seymour Centre Chippendale, NSW, Australia
    A rollicking queer Western like nothing you've seen before. In a sleepy town in the Wild West, the women drift through their days like tumbleweed. Their husbands, swept up in the goldrush, have been missing for almost a year and show no sign of returning. In fact, the town is…
    Editor's Choice A Christmas Carol

    Comedy Theatre: A Christmas Carol

    Comedy Theatre 240 Exhibition St,, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Returning for the fourth consecutive year, the smash-hit Old Vic production is fast becoming a Melbourne festive season tradition. Based on Dickens’ immortal classic, the Old Vic stage adaptation was conceived and directed by Matthew Warchus, with a script by Jack Thorne. The immersive production, which won five Tony Awards…