• Red Ryder is Script Teasing

    Red Ryder Productions: Red Ryder is Script Teasing

    The Blue Room Theatre 53 James St, Perth, WA, Australia
    This November the Blue Room Theatre is our salon, and you’re invited.  We love our playwrights sweating away in ivory towers (or at their Mum’s house). We love the words on the page. But our artform must, at its most essential, be heard. So, lend us your ears.  A range…
    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…
    So Young

    Outhouse Theatre Co: So Young

    The Old Fitz Theatre 129 Dowling St, Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia
    Summer 2021. Lockdown is over. Just. Three months ago Milo lost his wife to Covid. She was only forty-five. So young. Tonight he has invited his two oldest pals, Davie and Liane, to come round and drink some wine, listen to some tunes and reminisce about the old days. And…
    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…
    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 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…
    Dying: A Memoir

    Melbourne Theatre Company: Dying: A Memoir

    Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    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…
    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 A Few Good Men

    Queensland Theatre: A Few Good Men

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    The smash-hit 1992 film, A Few Good Men, which starred Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson among a high-profile cast, was based on Aaron Sorkin’s play, which opened on Broadway in 1989. Now, Sorkin’s thrilling legal drama takes the Brisbane stage as part of QPAC’s 40th-anniversary celebrations. Inspired by actual events…