Great Australian Bites

State Theatre Company South Australia: Great Australian Bites

Adelaide Festival Centre Adelaide, SA, Australia
A festival of new South Australian plays. Across November and December, come and take a bite of some tasty new offerings from the cream of South Australian playwrights. Great Australian Bites is a festival of never-performed-before works from some of our most dynamic, innovative and talented theatre makers. These new…

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…
Much Ado About Nothing

Melbourne Theatre Company: Much Ado About Nothing

Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
Beatrice and Benedick are the most modern of Shakespeare’s couples. They have history. They love to hate each other, yet everyone around them knows they’re perfect for each other. Can love really conquer all? This brutally funny battle of the sexes is brought ferociously to life by Helpmann Award-winner Alison…
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Sydney Theatre Company: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Logie Award-winner Kat Stewart makes her Sydney Theatre Company debut with wit, authenticity, and unbridled fire in this celebrated production of the twentieth century’s most ferocious comedy of manners. A leading figure in American theatre and winner of three Pulitzer Prizes, Edward Albee’s most famous play is a wild, brainy…
And What Will People Say?

Sydney Fringe Festival: And What Will People Say?

Pottery Lane Performance Space 1 Pottery Ln, Lane Cove, NSW, Australia
A powerful fusion of Indian dance, music, and poetry, this immersive theatre work confronts domestic violence with raw honesty, cultural depth, and the courage to discuss uncomfortable truths. What happens when silence is survival—but speaking out is freedom? And What Will People Say? is an electrifying 60-minute immersive theatre experience…
Carol

Black Swan State Theatre Company: Carol

Heath Ledger Theatre 174 William St, Perth, WA, Australia
Carol’s got Christmas running through her veins. Born on the 25th of December, it’s not just a date to her − it’s a bloody big deal. For decades, she’s been the one wrapping the presents, dishing out the pav, and holding the whole Christmas shebang together. This year, however, nothing…

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.…
The Cardinal Rules

Sydney Fringe Festival: The Cardinal Rules

PACT 107 Railway Parade, Erskineville, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Thoroughly relatable humour, staggering humanity...and pushy Aunties from the ancestral plane! Engulfed by nostalgia, a woman stands at the funeral of a primary school friend that she hasn’t seen in years. As she remembers her 90’s childhood in a close-knit suburban Catholic community, she questions how their lives diverged. When…
The Glass Menagerie

State Theatre Company South Australia: The Glass Menagerie

Adelaide Festival Centre Adelaide, SA, Australia
Glass breaks so easily. No matter how careful you are. In a small apartment in 1930s St Louis, Amanda Wingfield and her two children, Tom and Laura, spin singular and separate dreams. Tom is torn between his obligation to his family and his desire to break away from the suffocating…

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…
Much Ado About Nothing

Melbourne Theatre Company: Much Ado About Nothing

Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
Beatrice and Benedick are the most modern of Shakespeare’s couples. They have history. They love to hate each other, yet everyone around them knows they’re perfect for each other. Can love really conquer all? This brutally funny battle of the sexes is brought ferociously to life by Helpmann Award-winner Alison…
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Sydney Theatre Company: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Logie Award-winner Kat Stewart makes her Sydney Theatre Company debut with wit, authenticity, and unbridled fire in this celebrated production of the twentieth century’s most ferocious comedy of manners. A leading figure in American theatre and winner of three Pulitzer Prizes, Edward Albee’s most famous play is a wild, brainy…

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