• 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…
    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:...…
    Gravity

    Rogue Projects: Gravity

    Qtopia Sydney The Loading Dock Theatre 301 Forbes St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010, Australia, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia
    Heather and Christopher have been married for a decade. Ten years of books, sci-fi, and experimental cooking. Life is good, or as good as they should expect it to be. Then Christopher meets David. And David meets Heather. A queer take on the romantic comedy genre, Gravity is the story…
    Seventeen

    Brown’s Mart Theatre: Seventeen

    Browns Mart 12 Smith Street, Darwin, NT, Australia
    A unique coming-of-age story set in a playground on the last night of high school, the vulnerability, uncertainty and exhilaration of youth are captured as six friends navigate the bittersweet transition from adolescence to the unknown world of adulthood. The play explores themes of friendship, love, identity and the inevitable…
    Romeo & Juliet

    Bell Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    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 passion, the intensity and…
    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…
    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.…

    Albury Entertainment Centre: The Road I Took

    Albury Entertainment Centre 525 Swift St,, Albury, NSW
    Off the back of his sold-out West End tour, musical theatre royalty Philip Quast, three-time winner of the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical, shares the journey of his life in a musical cabaret retrospective. From Les Miserables to Mary Poppins, Sweeney Todd to Sunday in the…
    One Night Only by Jackson Castiglione & Rawcus

    Darebin Arts Speakeasy: One Night Only

    Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre 189 High Street, Northcote, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Presented by Darebin Arts Speakeasy, multidisciplinary artist Jackson Castiglione (Field Theory, ICON, Anything & Everything) makes innovative live experiences that champion the voices of ordinary people. In this new theatrical adventure, he's teaming up with members of the award-winning Rawcus ensemble (Interior, Glass) to tell a tale like no other:…
    Editor's Choice The Glass Menagerie

    State Theatre Company South Australia: The Glass Menagerie

    Adelaide Festival Centre Festival Drive, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Tennessee Williams’ 1944 “memory play” The Glass Menagerie draws on his own unhappy childhood and guilt about abandoning his sister Rose to an asylum. Set in 1930s St Louis, it tells of Amanda Wingfield, a neurotic Southern belle, fallen on hard times, who longs for better things for her daughter…
    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…