The Platypus

QPAC: The Platypus

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
The Platypus is a strange creature. It’s composed of odds and ends, as though evolution got tired one afternoon and stopped paying attention to what it was doing. It seems wrong, strangely put together, a curiosity — just like this play about the messy end of a relationship. Written and…
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 Tempest

Class Act Theatre: The Tempest

Subiaco Arts Centre 180 Hamersley Rd, Subiaco, WA, Australia
An unexpected ion storm causes a spaceship from the planet Milan to crash on a barren asteroid. Here the wrecked crew find a subjugated alien monster, a freedom-seeking computer controlled android and Prospero, a bitter relic from their past, marooned there for twelve years and thirsting for revenge. Shakespeare's play…
Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime

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…
Ken Ludwig’s MORIARTY

Genesian Theatre: Ken Ludwig’s Moriarty

Genesian Theatre 420 Kent St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes and his faithful companion Dr. Watson have a new case to solve! An investigation into the Bohemian King’s stolen letters suddenly cascades into an international mystery filled with spies, blackmail and intrigue. With world peace at stake, Holmes and Watson join forces with American actress Irene…
Life is a Dream

FERVOUR.: Life is a Dream

Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Imagine your entire life has been confined to one room. Your only source of entertainment is the man who holds you captive, and the footage he’s taken of you 24 hours a day since the moment you were born. For eighteen years, this has been your life. Then one day…
Takatāpui

Sydney Fringe Festival: Takatāpui

PACT 107 Railway Parade, Erskineville, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Armed with only a microphone and a killer pair of heels, Māori shapeshifter Daley Rangi examines the spectrum of queer joy and violence with love and rage, holding a solidary flame in a blistering call to action. Takatāpui shines a light on the shadowy events of just one night among…
Dorothy in Oz: An Immersive Cocktail Adventure

Black Prince Productions: Dorothy in Oz – An Immersive Cocktail Adventure

Marrickville Town Hall 303 Marrickville Rd, Marrickville, NSW, Australia
A.K Wregg's 'Dorothy in Oz: An Immersive Cocktail Adventure' will enjoy its world premiere as part of the 2025 Sydney Fringe Festival, headlining the brand-new Cabaret Hub at Marrickville Town Hall. From the brilliant mind of A.K. Wregg - creator of the international smash hit The Alice: An Immersive Cocktail…
Orpheus

Wright & Grainger: Orpheus

37 George 37 George St, The Rocks, NSW, Australia
Dave is single. He’s stood at the bar. Eurydice is a tree nymph. And Bruce Springsteen is on the juke box. Since its creation in 2016, ORPHEUS has played over 500 shows in the UK and internationally - in festivals, cafes, gardens, railways arches, bars, tents, churches, yoga studios, boats,…

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…
I Watched Someone Die on TikTok

Sydney Fringe Festival: I Watched Someone Die on TikTok

PACT 107 Railway Parade, Erskineville, Sydney, NSW, Australia
A pixelated plunge into the algorithmic abyss, Charlotte Otton delivers an award-winning, dark, and hilarious infinite doom scroll that dissects the digital hellscape we find ourselves subscribed to. A 60 minute live infinite doom scroll that combines raw data, raw emotions and raw comedy. A pixelated and picaresque solo show…
Editor's Choice The Play That Goes Wrong

GMG Productions: The Play That Goes Wrong

Athenaeum Theatre 188 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC, 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…

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