• AN ILIAD

    Sydney Theatre Company: AN ILIAD

    Wharf 1 Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
    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…
    Editor's Choice The Sapphires

    Queensland Theatre Company: The Sapphires

    Bille Brown Theatre 78 Montague Rd, South Brisbane, QLD
    Tony Briggs’ popular musical The Sapphires debuted at Melbourne Theatre Company in 2004 and has since been staged in Sydney, Adelaide, Perth, London and South Korea. In 2021, it was adapted into a film starring Jessica Mauboy and Miranda Tapsell. Based on the true story of Briggs’ mother, Laurel Robinson, The Sapphires is set…
    Editor's Choice Steel Magnolias

    Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Steel Magnolias

    Theatre Royal, Sydney 108 King St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Robert Harling wrote his 1987 play Steel Magnolias after his sister died from complications relating to diabetes following the birth of her son. The tragicomedy is set in Truvy’s beauty parlour in a small Southern town in Louisiana, where a group of women support each other through life’s ups and downs. The…
    Ensemble Theatre: 84 Charing Cross Road

    Ensemble Theatre: 84 Charing Cross Road

    Ensemble Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
    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…
    Editor's Choice The Importance of Being Earnest

    State Theatre Company South Australia: The Importance of Being Earnest

    Adelaide Festival Centre Festival Drive, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    STCSA Artistic Director Petra Kalive directs a radically reimagined version of The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde’s celebrated comedy of manners about deception, identity, class and desire. The play follows two young men, Jack and Algernon, who create elaborate alter egos – each calling themselves “Earnest” – to escape social…
    The Admirable Crichton

    Genesian Theatre: The Admirable Crichton

    St Joseph's Church Hall Gordon Street, Rozelle, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    What happens when Edwardian aristocrats and their unflappable butler are stranded on a desert island? In Barrie's delicious satire, the social order flips upside-down in ways both hilarious and revealing. Think Downtown Abbey meets Survivor: witty, playful and packed with class-skewering fun. Light, bright and utterly charming!
    Dancing at Lughnasa

    New Theatre: Dancing at Lughnasa

    New Theatre 542 King St, Newtown, NSW
    “I want to dance, Kate. It’s the Festival of Lughnasa. I’m only thirty-five. I want to dance.” It’s the summer of 1936, during the pagan festival of Lughnasa, and young Michael watches his five aunts navigate the fragile joys and looming hardships of rural Irish life. Brief moments of freedom,…
    Editor's Choice

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Italian Gala

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    Under Chief Conductor Umberto Clerici, the QSO celebrates Italy with a rich program spanning opera, film and the concert hall. Classical accordion soloist James Crabb and Concertmaster Natsuko Yoshimoto join Clerici on cello for Vivaldi’s Triple Concerto, alongside Rossini’s The Barber of Seville Overture and two works by Verdi: Violetta’s aria from…
    Editor's Choice The Shepherd’s Hut

    Black Swan State Theatre Company: The Shepherd’s Hut

    Heath Ledger Theatre 174 William St, Perth, WA, Australia
    Commissioned by Black Swan, Tim McGarry’s adaptation of Tim Winton’s novel has its world premiere this month. After finding his violent father dead, 15-year-old Jaxie Clackton escapes in a stolen car, knowing that he will be blamed. He doesn’t really know what he’s looking for, except that he’s on the…
    Editor's Choice La Traviata

    Opera Australia: La Traviata

    Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Verdi’s iconic tale makes landfall in Melbourne. Sarah Giles, one of Australia’s most thoughtful theatremakers, deploys a lightly updated setting to explore the opera’s emotional heart. Stacey Alleaume and Maria Laura Iacobellis share the role of the consumptive heroine Violetta, with Filipe Manu and Oreste Cosimo as her lover Alfredo,…
    My Brilliant Career

    Merrigong Theatre Company: My Brilliant Career

    IPAC 32 Burelli St, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
    Hailed as a ‘funny, feminist triumph’ (The Guardian) and earning multiple five-star reviews for its sold-out premiere season in Melbourne, the joyous My Brilliant Career now embarks on a limited, exclusive Australian tour. Ready to blow Wollongong away, it’s a big-hearted musical for all who dream of a bigger, more brilliant life. Set in…
    Waitress

    John Frost for Crossroads Live Australia: Waitress

    Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne 219 Exhibition St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    If only life were as easy as pie… Broadway’s smash-hit musical WAITRESS is baking its way to Melbourne for the very first time! Inspired by Adrienne Shelly’s beloved film and brought to life by a trailblazing creative team, including a book by acclaimed screenwriter Jessie Nelson, an original, uplifting score…