Story Soup: The Improvised Pantomime

Playhouse Pantomimes: Story Soup: The Improvised Pantomime

ACMI Federation Square, Flinders St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Playhouse Pantomimes is proud to present… absolutely anything you want! Our hilarious team of improvisers will make up a brand-new musical pantomime on the spot. But we need your help! Bring along a head full of ideas and we’ll create a fairytale based on suggestions that you, the audience, give…
DOG MAN: THE MUSICAL

CDP Kids: Dog Man: The Musical

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Best buddies George and Harold have been creating comics for years, but now that they’re in 5th grade, they figure it's time to level up and write a musical based on their favourite character, Dog Man, the crime-biting sensation who is part dog, part man and ALL HERO!!  How hard…
Ratburger

CDP Kids: Ratburger

Canberra Theatre Centre Canberra, ACT, Australia
A play by Maryam Master based on the bestselling book by David Walliams directed by Liesel Badorrek. From the creative mind of bestselling children’s author David Walliams, don’t miss the screamingly funny Ratburger when it comes to life on stage, with visually stunning sets and charming puppetry! Zoe lives with…
Shadow of Doubt | The Blue Room Theatre

Fine Comb Theatre Company: Shadow of Doubt

The Blue Room Theatre 53 James St, Perth, WA, Australia
What Lies Beneath The Surface? David and Heather Andrews seem like the perfect couple. Nestled in the Kalamunda hills, their newlywed life appears flawless – cooking dinner together, hiking scenic trails, and even building Ikea furniture with ease. It is the picture of suburban bliss, a white picket dream. But…
Editor's Choice The Removalists

Melbourne Theatre Company: The Removalists

Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
David Williamson’s dark satire The Removalists premiered in 1971 but remains as shocking as ever. Set in an inner suburb of Melbourne, two sisters report an act of domestic violence to the police, hoping things will be quickly resolved. However, the local constabulary likes to handle things its own way.…
Big GIrls Don’t Cry

Belvoir St Theatre: Big Girls Don’t Cry

Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Redfern 1966. Cheryl, Lulu and Queenie are young and life is glorious, full of hilarity and joy, even if jobs are precarious, the police harass them, and racism seeps into everything. But as they gear up for the biggest night of the year – the Deb Ball – their lives,…
RBG: Of Many, One

Sydney Theatre Company: RBG: Of Many, One

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
After a triumphant premiere season in 2022, and a sold-out national tour in 2024, the smash-hit RBG: Of Many, One returns to the Sydney stage once more in 2025, due to popular demand. The brilliant Heather Mitchell will be reviving her award-winning and critically acclaimed “virtuosic performance” (The Conversation) of the woman…
Glass Child

Seymour Centre: Glass Child

Seymour Centre Chippendale, NSW, Australia
Glass Child depicts the sibling relationship between Kayah, a young man with Down Syndrome, and his sister Maitreyah. Glass Child is a beautiful portrayal of intertwining sibling relationships performed by real-life brother and sister Kayah and Maitreyah Guenther. Expressed through dance, theatre and storytelling, Glass Child highlights their connection and how their lives…
Henry 5

Bell Shakespeare: Henry 5

Canberra Theatre Centre Canberra, ACT, Australia
Young Prince Hal has left his wayward adolescence behind and assumed the mantle of kingship. Following a humiliating insult by the French prince, King Henry launches England into a war with France to claim the throne he believes is rightfully his. Against all odds, he leads his troops from despair…
SNAKEFACE

Fruit Box Theatre: SNAKEFACE

Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
“I’m scrapin’ Andrew’s floor with Gumption, list’nin” to a podcast ‘bout diet culture, when I realise I might technic’lly be a serial killer.” At age 23 Snakeface is cursed by her ex to live her life as a monster. Reclaiming the violence forced upon her, she rampages through the queer…

BLINKING LIGHT: These Youths Be Protesting

KXT on Broadway Cnr Broadway & Bay St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ meets ‘Don’t Look Up’ in this comedy about climate change. The students of Sunlake Downs High School’s Recycling club hold a cake stall to raise money for one of those cool machines that turns cans and bottles into money. When a local politician donates to their…

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