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:...…

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…
Soul of Possum by Brodie Murray

Brodie Murray: Soul of Possum by Brodie Murray

fortyfivedownstairs 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
It’s 1853 on the Murray River. Swan Hill (Victoria), Wamba Wamba country. As the wildlife flees through the bush from an unseen threat, three Wamba Wamba warriors – Wirramanda, Warru and Dindi – must survive a cat-and-mouse chase across country to warn their people of the oncoming colonialists. Led by…
Coriolanus

Bell Shakespeare: Coriolanus

Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Coriolanus is a ferocious warrior and defender of Rome. But his contempt for the public, and his refusal to play the political game, see him banished from the city he once protected. When he joins forces with his former enemy to seek vengeance against Rome, the fate of the city,…
The Lizard of Aus

Big Monkey Theatre Inc.: The Lizard of Aus

Theatre Royal, Hobart 29 Campbell Street, Hobart, TAS, Australia
When Maggie Magpie gets her new book of magic, everything at Cooee Creek goes mango-shaped. Gecko loses her tail, Wombat loses his memory and poor Cocky will soon be turned into ‘Pickled Parrot’. Is this the end for the three friends? Who can help them? Where can they go? There’s…

Sydney Opera House: Grug and the Rainbow

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
A magical adaptation of Ted Prior’s beloved picture books, Grug and the Rainbow sees our grassy little friend embark on an epic adventure to bask in the colours of the illusive rainbow. Featuring exquisite puppetry and heart-warming humour back to delight audiences, this smash hit is not one to miss…

Genesian Theatre: Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime

Genesian Theatre 420 Kent St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
A fortune-teller tells Lord Arthur Savile that he sees murder ahead! The only logical course of action for Arthur is to try get this dreadfully embarrassing act out of the way before his wedding in three weeks' time. But staging the perfect murder proves not nearly as easy as he…
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:...…

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…
Soul of Possum by Brodie Murray

Brodie Murray: Soul of Possum by Brodie Murray

fortyfivedownstairs 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
It’s 1853 on the Murray River. Swan Hill (Victoria), Wamba Wamba country. As the wildlife flees through the bush from an unseen threat, three Wamba Wamba warriors – Wirramanda, Warru and Dindi – must survive a cat-and-mouse chase across country to warn their people of the oncoming colonialists. Led by…
Dial M for Murder

Ensemble Theatre: Dial M for Murder

Ensemble Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
The ever-so-charming ex-tennis-pro Tony Wendice has his eye on the prize. The prize in question? His wife Margot’s eye-wateringly enormous inheritance. Fuelled by greed and revenge, he concocts the perfect plan to eliminate her from the equation. But after a small mishap, Tony must spin a web of lies to…
Coriolanus

Bell Shakespeare: Coriolanus

Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Coriolanus is a ferocious warrior and defender of Rome. But his contempt for the public, and his refusal to play the political game, see him banished from the city he once protected. When he joins forces with his former enemy to seek vengeance against Rome, the fate of the city,…

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