Shopfront Arts Co-Op: We Have Stolen Our Bodies From God

Shopfront Arts Co-Op 86-88 Carlton Pde, Carlton, NSW, Australia
On a tranquil afternoon, in rural New South Wales township, a deeply religious community watches as a UFO crash-lands into a nearby bushland. Some deem it a biblical apocalypse, some form entirely new belief systems around it, while others struggle to reconcile everything they thought to be true with the…
Henry 5

Bell Shakespeare: Henry 5

Canberra Theatre Centre Canberra, ACT, Australia
Young Prince Hal has left his wayward adolescence behind and assumed the mantle of kingship. Following a humiliating insult by the French prince, King Henry launches England into a war with France to claim the throne he believes is rightfully his. Against all odds, he leads his troops from despair…
Jekyll & Hyde by A Slightly Isolated Dog

Kingston Arts: Jekyll & Hyde

Shirley Burke Theatre 64 Parkers Rd, Parkdale, VIC, Australia
his April, Kingston Arts presents Jekyll & Hyde, a fast-paced, absurd, and laugh-out-loud version of the classic tale at the Shirley Burke Theatre. Brought to life by the award-winning theatre company A Slightly Isolated Dog, this sassy and interactive adaptation invites audiences to "bring your monster out to play" for…

Soft Tread: The Wharf Revue 2025: The End of the Wharf As We Know It

The Round 379 - 399 Whitehorse Road,, Nunawading, VIC
After twenty-five years in the harsh and unforgiving spotlight of politics, The Wharf Revue has decided to step away from public life. Many public figures who’ve appeared in the show regularly over the years are lining up for a place in the final hurrah: Keating, Howard, Downer, Costello, Gillard, Abbott,…

Belvoir St Theatre: Big Girls Don’t Cry

Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Redfern 1966. Cheryl, Lulu and Queenie are young and life is glorious, full of hilarity and joy, even if jobs are precarious, the police harass them, and racism seeps into everything. But as they gear up for the biggest night of the year – the Deb Ball – their lives,…
RBG: Of Many, One

Sydney Theatre Company: RBG: Of Many, One

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
After a triumphant premiere season in 2022, and a sold-out national tour in 2024, the smash-hit RBG: Of Many, One returns to the Sydney stage once more in 2025, due to popular demand. The brilliant Heather Mitchell will be reviving her award-winning and critically acclaimed “virtuosic performance” (The Conversation) of the woman…

Theatre Works: The Machine Stops

Theatre Works St Kilda, VIC, Australia
From the team that brought you The Human Voice and Moth comes the radical 1909 dystopian epic that predicted the internet. Be transported by this world premier of a new adaptation of the brilliant novella The Machine Stops by EM Forster. In this chilling tale of a futuristic information-orientated society…
Glass Child

Seymour Centre: Glass Child

Seymour Centre Chippendale, NSW, Australia
Glass Child depicts the sibling relationship between Kayah, a young man with Down Syndrome, and his sister Maitreyah. Glass Child is a beautiful portrayal of intertwining sibling relationships performed by real-life brother and sister Kayah and Maitreyah Guenther. Expressed through dance, theatre and storytelling, Glass Child highlights their connection and how their lives…

Studio 5 Productions: The Lotto Line

Flow Studios 57 Denison St, Camperdown, Sydney, NSW, Australia
The Lotto Line is an original absurdist comedy written by John Tsakiris, making its world premiere at Flow Studios in April 2025. Presented by Studio 5 Productions, this show is bound to have you in stitches whether you’re a regular theatre-goer, a first-timer, or a stack of toddlers in a…

State Theatre Company South Australia: The Dictionary of Lost Words

Adelaide Festival Centre Adelaide, SA, Australia
Motherless and ever curious, Esme spends her childhood in the Scriptorium – the “Scrippy”, a garden shed in Oxford where her father and a team of lexicographers are gathering words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary. She hides beneath the table and catches discarded words as they fall –…
SNAKEFACE

Fruit Box Theatre: SNAKEFACE

Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
“I’m scrapin’ Andrew’s floor with Gumption, list’nin” to a podcast ‘bout diet culture, when I realise I might technic’lly be a serial killer.” At age 23 Snakeface is cursed by her ex to live her life as a monster. Reclaiming the violence forced upon her, she rampages through the queer…

Shopfront Arts Co-Op: Tautua: A Journey

Shopfront Arts Co-Op 86-88 Carlton Pde, Carlton, NSW, Australia
‘O le ala i le pule o le tautua’ (the path to leadership is service)’ – a prominent proverb in Sāmoan culture believed to be a way of life and how Sāmoan individuals navigate the world. In this exhilarating new autobiographical work, Fale Tumanu interrogates tautua using thought-provoking poetry and…

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