Baltimore-born chaos merchant Jenn Kidwell and her co-conspirator/ASL artist Brandon Kazen-Maddox invite you to roll with them in the pigsty of global capitalism. Beneath the light of a crooked chandelier, they skewer myths of American economic might, hold our conceptions of value up to the gilded mirror, and shimmy-shake between topics like time, race,…

Actor Khalid Abdalla (from Netflix’s The Crown & The Kite Runner) invites us inside a new kind of “anti-biography”. An audacious and lively show that tells the story of his life, set against the shifting cartographies of seismic world events. From his involvement in the Egyptian revolution, and his experience of the counter-revolution.…

A typhoon hits the Philippines, and local project officer Michelle lands her dream assignment. It’s her first time coordinating a global relief effort for a sleek American NGO. A chance to change lives, to be the changemaker she always dreamed of!  All she has to do is smash her KPI’s…

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…

LAZARUS is the extraordinary true story of Larry Walsh, Taungurung Elder, activist and storyteller, brought to life in a heartfelt and vital work that speaks directly to the soul of this country. Woven from interviews with Larry himself, this dynamic production moves through decades of pain and triumph, laughter and…

From the company that brought you BLACKPILL., Paracosm has reimagined Katzenmusik  into an explosive new piece of radical punk-rock political theatre bound to put the metaphorical middle finger to your landlord this June. KATZENMUSIK (German, n.) 'katsənmuˌziːk' caterwaul; a shrill howling or wailing noise (of a cat)   A viral…

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…

A wry, witty and world-weary poet introduces himself as a storyteller, bound to recount the myth of the Trojan War until humanity can overcome its rage for violence and destruction. Award-winning international star David Wenham returns to Sydney Theatre Company as the Poet: a man who has spent millennia walking…

A heartwarming true story of friendship, 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD celebrates the enduring bonds forged through letters, books, and a shared love of words. When a wisecracking New York writer and a reserved London bookdealer strike up a correspondence over their shared love of dusty old books, neither expects to…

PAULA ARUNDELL GOES WILD IN A NEW TAKE ON DAPHNE DU MAURIER’S CLASSIC “How many millions of years of memory are stored in those brains? Behind the stabbing beaks. Behind the piercing eyes.” Nature isn’t behaving. The weather is doing strange things, the sea and sky sound different, and things…

Step into 1930s Alabama, where the trial of a young Black man accused of a terrible crime shakes a seemingly peaceful town to its core. Through the eyes of Scout Finch, Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic comes alive on stage in a moving story of prejudice, compassion and the fight…