• 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…
    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…

    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:...…
    Sabotage

    May As Well Productions: Sabotage

    The Motley Bauhaus 118 Elgin St, Carlton, VIC, Australia
    Welcome to the layover from hell. The Protagonist is ready to board a one-way flight to destination unknown, but a series of delays delivers an unexpected passenger, the Antagonist, his older, more accomplished self. What begins as a reunion quickly spirals into a surreal showdown: who really knows who best,…
    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…
    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…
    Born On A Thursday

    New Ghosts Theatre Company: Born On A Thursday

    The Old Fitz Theatre 129 Dowling St, Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia
    After years abroad, April returns to her family home in Western Sydney to a brother irrevocably changed and a mother unyieldingly the same. What begins as a strained homecoming slowly unravels into a desperate reckoning with memory, guilt, and the crippling weight of things left unsaid. Set across four seasons,…
    My Cousin Frank

    Northern Rivers Performing Arts: My Cousin Frank

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Renowned artistic and cultural leader Rhoda Roberts AO shares the story of her trailblazing first cousin, Frank Roberts, a Widjabul Wia-bal and Githabul man from Cubawee who became Australia’s first Aboriginal Olympian. In 1964, Frank travelled to Japan to compete in boxing at the Tokyo Olympics, even dining with Emperor…
    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.…