• 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…
    Nihilistic Optimism on Trampolines

    Theatre Works: Nihilistic Optimism on Trampolines

    Theatre Works St Kilda, VIC, Australia
    A wildly weird reimagining of the origin of Frankenstien, featuring a theatrically gruesome battle on trampolines to a soundtrack of existential dread and an entire swimming pool worth of sweat. It’s an unbearably boring afternoon at Trampoline World. Thunder crashes overhead, some kid has thrown up in the bathroom, AND…
    RED by John Logan

    Little Life Productions: RED by John Logan

    fortyfivedownstairs 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Master abstract expressionist Mark Rothko has just landed the biggest commission in the history of modern art, a series of murals for New York’s famed Four Seasons Restaurant. In the two fascinating years that follow, Rothko works feverishly with his young assistant, Ken, in his studio on the Bowery. But…
    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…
    Chekhov’s The Seagull at KXT

    Montague Basement: Chekhov’s The Seagull

    KXT on Broadway 181 Broadway, Ultimo NSW, Ultimo, NSW, Australia
    Celebrating KXT's ten-year anniversary, Montague Basement returns with a poignant and hilarious adaptation of Chekhov's most beloved play, set during the Covid-19 pandemic, from 21 November 2025. The production stands as both a tribute to Australian theatre, and rallying cry for its future. A love letter to artists navigating the…
    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…