• Present Laughter by Noel Coward

    New Theatre: Present Laughter by Noel Coward

    New Theatre 542 King St, Newtown, NSW
    “Everybody worships me. It’s nauseating.” Actor Garry Essendine is possibly the most desired man in the world. He is handsome, charming, self-deprecating, self-obsessed, and in the midst of a mid-life crisis. Over the course of a few days, on the eve of an overseas tour, he finds his life bombarded…
    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…
    It’s A Wonderful Life

    Genesian Theatre: It’s A Wonderful Life

    Genesian Theatre 420 Kent St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    The classic and beloved Christmas film brought to life on stage! George Bailey who feels life has passed him by but discovers through his guardian angel that it might just be wonderful life after all. “Every time a bell rings an angel gets its wings”. It’s Christmas Eve in Bedford…

    Ensemble Theatre: Fly Girl

    Ensemble Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
    It’s the late 70’s and the Australian Aviation Industry is a boy’s club. The only job women are allowed involves wearing heels, lighting smokes and serving nuts. Deborah Lawrie’s got the chops to fly the big jets, but Reg Ansett won’t let her. Genevieve Hegney and Catherine Moore use their…
    Castrati

    Kit Spencer: Castrati

    The Old Fitz Theatre 129 Dowling St, Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia
    The castrati avoid puberty entirely. Kit, a transman, has been through two. Explore the story of the intriguing resonance between two disparate voices. Since opera's inception in 1607, castrati-male singers, castrated before puberty to retain their high voices-were the stage's greatest stars. Their unique timbre, range and flexibility were unrivaled…
    Every Wild Idea

    Critical Path: Every Wild Idea

    Drill Hall 1c New Beach Rd, Darling Point, NSW, Australia
    Critical Path, Australia’s leading choreographic centre for research and development, turns 20 in 2025. To celebrate, the organisation will open its doors with a free program of performance, sound and film, Every Wild Idea, in Critical Path’s one-of-its-kind heritage listed dance space, the Drill Hall, Rushcutters Bay. The three day…
    Editor's Choice Calamity Jane

    One Eyed Man Productions: Calamity Jane

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Step inside the Golden Garter Saloon and enter the Wild West as Virginia Gay reprises the role of the legendary frontierswoman Calamity Jane (for which she won a Sydney Theatre Award). Adapted from the much-loved film starring Doris Day, this stripped-back, rough-and-ready reimagining of the classic musical, directed by Richard…
    Editor's Choice The Play That Goes Wrong

    GMG Productions: The Play That Goes Wrong

    Regal Theatre 474 Hay St, Subiaco, WA, Australia
    If you just want a good laugh, look no further than The Play That Goes Wrong, in which the inept Cornley Drama Society attempts to stage a 1920s murder mystery. It’s not as clever as Michael Frayn’s inspired Noises Off, but it’s fun. Co-written by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry…
    Why Can’t Women Be Like Men?

    Wordsworth Productions: Why Can’t Women Be Like Men?

    MC Showroom Level 1, 48 Clifton Street, Prahran, VIC, Australia
    Love. Loss. Religion. Sexuality. Pleasure. Pain. At a pivotal point in all their lives, four women come together to celebrate a birthday. As the bubbly flows, the façades fall away and expose the many ways in which each woman’s life is anything but ‘normal’. But should it have to be?…
    The Talented Mr Ripley

    Sydney Theatre Company: The Talented Mr Ripley

    Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Will McDonald (Heartbreak High) plays Tom Ripley, an orphan and a striver, barely scraping by in 1950s New York. But beneath his woebegone exterior, Tom cultivates certain talents that set him apart: an extraordinary capacity for mimicry and deception. He is a man with a face no-one remembers. Whereas no…
    Shakespeare In Love

    Geelong Repertory Theatre Company: Shakespeare In Love

    Geelong Arts Centre 81 Ryrie Street, Geelong, VIC, Australia
    Young Will Shakespeare has a bad case of writer’s block and desperately needs a muse.  His new comedy, Romeo and Ethel the Pirate’s Daughter, isn’t turning out how he’d hoped and he’s up against a tight deadline to deliver his next masterpiece. That is until he meets Viola de Lesseps,…
    Present Laughter by Noel Coward

    New Theatre: Present Laughter by Noel Coward

    New Theatre 542 King St, Newtown, NSW
    “Everybody worships me. It’s nauseating.” Actor Garry Essendine is possibly the most desired man in the world. He is handsome, charming, self-deprecating, self-obsessed, and in the midst of a mid-life crisis. Over the course of a few days, on the eve of an overseas tour, he finds his life bombarded…