• Big Religion

    Theatre Works: Big Religion

    Theatre Works St Kilda, VIC, Australia
    School is hell and then you die. Alternatively, an Angel crash lands on earth and annunciates you with the second coming of Christ. Either option is fine. Toeing the line between sin and salvation, school girl Jan is desperate to stand out and make her mark, the 10 commandments be…
    Savages

    Theatre Works: Savages

    Theatre Works St Kilda, VIC, Australia
    Four friends. One holiday of a lifetime. What begins as celebration spirals into chaos — laughter turns to violence, loyalty twists into cruelty, and the pack takes control. SAVAGES by the legendary Patricia Cornelius is a bold, brutally honest descent into the dark heart of masculinity and mateship gone wrong.…
    The Gospel According To Paul

    Riverside Theatres: The Gospel According To Paul

    Riverside Live at PHIVE
    A soufflé might not rise twice, but this hit comedy will! The sermon on the mount returns to our stages for a victory lap as Jonathan Biggins – co-creator and star of The Wharf Revue and one of Australia’s favourite comic actors – transforms into the visionary, reformer and rabble-rouser,…
    Top Silk

    Ensemble Theatre: Top Silk

    Ensemble Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
    For Jane Fredericks, the fight for justice is personal. As a passionate legal aid solicitor, Jane risks everything to help an old flame, and her world quickly unravels – both in the courtroom and at home. Her husband Trevor, a prominent barrister, faces his own ethical conundrum: defend a powerful…
    The Book of Everything

    Belvoir St Theatre: The Book of Everything

    Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Thomas isn’t an ordinary 9-year-old – he can see the extraordinary: canals bursting with tropical fish, hailstorms in summer, plagues of hopping frogs. He draws them all in his book, The Book of Everything. And in that book he also writes a promise to himself: When I grow up, I’m…
    I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change

    ACT Hub: I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change

    ACT Hub 14 Spinifex St, Kingston, ACT, Australia
    Ever been on a painfully awkward first date? Navigated the highs (and lows) of love? Wondered if anyone else goes through the same relationship chaos as you? This hilarious and heartfelt musical revue says it all, out loud. Told through a series of sharp, relatable vignettes and catchy songs, I…
    Savages

    Theatre Works: Savages

    Theatre Works St Kilda, VIC, Australia
    A confrontational, award-winning play examining the menacing underbelly of Australian masculinity and mateship, Patricia Cornelius' Savages is inspired by a real-life 2002 death aboard a cruise ship. What begins as a celebration among friends quickly spirals into chaos. Laughter turns to violence, loyalty twists into cruelty, and the pack takes…
    Top Silk

    Ensemble Theatre: Top Silk

    Ensemble Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
    For Jane Fredericks, the fight for justice is personal. As a passionate legal aid solicitor, Jane risks everything to help an old flame, and her world quickly unravels – both in the courtroom and at home. Her husband Trevor, a prominent barrister, faces his own ethical conundrum: defend a powerful…
    Editor's Choice Fiddler On The Roof

    Theatre Royal, Sydney: Fiddler On The Roof

    Theatre Royal, Sydney 108 King St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    The 1964 musical Fiddler on the Roof is a much-loved classic for good reason. The glorious score by Bock and Harnick includes songs such as Tradition, If I Were a Rich Man, Matchmaker, Matchmaker and Sunrise, Sunset. Meanwhile, its plotline about religious persecution and displacement, foreshadowing The Holocaust, is depressingly timely –…
    The Devil in Her Undies

    Sydney Fringe Festival: The Devil in Her Undies

    Qtopia Sydney The Loading Dock Theatre 301 Forbes St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010, Australia, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
    The algorithm is serving flaming hot chicken with an identity crisis, and The Devil is eating it up. Big Dog Theatre brings you The Devil in Her Undies, a new darkly surreal comedy about the psychological toll of never feeling certain, and the radical act of giving yourself permission -…
    Editor's Choice Mama Does Derby

    Brisbane Festival: Mama Does Derby

    Brisbane Powerhouse 119 Lamington St, New Farm, QLD, Australia
    The inaugural program of Artistic Director Ebony Bott includes the world premiere of Suzie Miller’s latest play Strong is the New Pretty about the creation of the AFL Women’s Competition, and a new movement piece about mortality from The Farm called No One Gets Out of Here Alive (see page 63). La Boite presents…