• Izzard – The Tragedy of Hamlet

    BOHM Presents: Izzard – The Tragedy of Hamlet

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Direct from triple-extended solo runs in New York, Chicago and London, Eddie Izzard brings her acclaimed one-person performance of Hamlet to Sydney. Nominated for New York’s Drama League Distinguished Performance Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Solo Performance, this production has captivated audiences around the world. Akin…
    Mackenzie

    Bell Shakespeare: Mackenzie

    The Neilson Nutshell, Pier 2/3 13A Hickson Road, Dawes Point, NSW, Australia
    Mackenzie is 13 and she’s booked her first-ever TV gig: a tiny part on a huge kids show. It’s a small start, but Mackenzie’s mum has always felt sure that her daughter was destined for superstardom. One day, Mackenzie and her best on-set friend Beau encounter a geriatric make-up artist…
    Ganesh Versus the Third Reich

    Back to Back Theatre: Ganesh Versus the Third Reich

    Union Theatre, University of Melbourne University of Melbourne Arts & Cultural Building, 761 Swanston St,, Parkville, VIC, Australia
    The story begins with the elephant-headed god Ganesha travelling through Nazi Germany to reclaim the Swastika, an ancient Hindu symbol. As this intrepid hero embarks on his journey, a second narrative is revealed: the actors themselves begin to feel the weighty responsibility of storytellers, questioning the ethics of cultural appropriation. Challenging…
    Corporare – Evan Task In Outer Space

    Theatre Works: Corporare – Evan Task In Outer Space

    Explosives Factory 67 Inkerman St, Rear of Thrifty-Link Hardware, St Kilda, VIC, Australia
    Created and performed by Matthew Crosby, Corporare presents a gorgeously low horror sci-fi about a tech-bro and his rocket adrift in Martian dreams. Corporare is a kabarett extremis revealing the invisible corporate body in its colonising madness. The complexity of a celebrity ‘founder’ entrepreneur who governs a company seemingly whimsically with little…
    Grey Gardens

    Green Door Theatre Company: Grey Gardens

    Malthouse Theatre 113 Sturt St, Southbank, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Starring Paul Capsis and Adam Noviello, HOUSE OF ROT is inspired (loosely, dangerously) by the true story of Grey Gardens, two eccentric recluses, Big and Little Edie, who lived in a house slowly falling in on itself. Created by director Dino Dimitriadis and musical director Victoria Falconer, this is a cabaret invocation,…
    Truck Driver

    Sydney Opera House: Truck Driver

    Sydney Opera House - Studio
    Have you met Bev yet? Buckle up, it’s gonna be a bumpy ride and you’re riding shotgun. Bev's an outback oracle, dispensing diesel-fueled wisdom from his 18-wheeler pulpit. He’s clocked a million miles and has a story for everyone – some tall, some true, all a window into a life…
    The Wolves

    Theatre Works: The Wolves

    Theatre Works St Kilda, VIC, Australia
    Before the whistle blows... we are the wolves. WE ARE THE WOLVES. Left quad. Right quad. Lunge. A girls indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, the team navigates big questions and wages tiny battles with all the vim and vigor of a pack…
    Retrograde

    Melbourne Theatre Company: Retrograde

    Fairfax Studio
    Director Bert LaBonté (Topdog/Underdog) steers this alarmingly timely and ‘wickedly funny’ (The Standard) work starring newcomer Donné Ngabo (Last Days) and international screen star Alan Dale (24, The O.C.) to its blistering conclusion. It’s the so-called Golden Age of Hollywood, fuelled by big money and heady ambition. Paranoia simmers beneath…
    Editor's Choice Prima Facie

    Sydney Theatre Company: Prima Facie

    Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Suzie Miller’s play Prima Facie had its world premiere at Sydney’s Griffin Theatre Company in 2019. Directed by Lee Lewis, the riveting production starred Sheridan Harbridge (read our feature on page 30). Since then, the one-woman play has been produced in nearly 50 countries and published as a novel. Jodie…
    Toy Symphony

    The Pavilion Performing Arts Centre: Toy Symphony

    The Pavilion Performing Arts Centre 30 Eton St, Sutherland, NSW, Australia
    Roland Henning has writer’s block. Unlike the creative torment Roland experiences in Michael Gow’s earlier play Furious, he is frozen, trapped by an artist’s worst fear: the inability to put pen to paper. Guided by his therapist, Roland moves between past and present, revisiting key memories from his childhood in…
    C*ck

    Mockingbird Theatre Company: C*ck

    Belconnen Arts Centre 118 Emu Bank, Belconnen, ACT
    WHO ARE YOU… WHEN LOVE DEMANDS A CHOICE? A razor-sharp modern classic about identity, desire and the cruelties of indecision. Mike Bartlett’s C*ck has, in just over a decade, secured its place as a seminal modern classic — strong, startling, and unforgettable, it’s a play that confronts identity, desire and the cruelties…
    Griffin Theatre: Wake in Fright

    Griffin Theatre Company: Griffin Theatre: Wake in Fright

    Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Welcome to Bundayabba – the best little town in the world! You’ll never want to leave. And even if you did… You can’t. Well-heeled schoolteacher John Grant is en route to Sydney when a layover in the mining town of Bundanyabba turns into a three-week freefall. Stranded and starving, Grant…