Annie (Melbourne)

John Frost for Crossroads Live Australia: Annie

Capitol Theatre, Sydney 13 Campbell St, Haymarket, NSW
The beloved tale of Annie has been capturing the hearts of theatregoers around the globe for generations. And now the production returns to the Capitol Theatre from March for a strictly limited season. Starring the incomparable Anthony Warlow as “Daddy” Warbucks, the show-stopping Debora Krizak as the infamous Miss Hannigan,…

Foundry Theatre: Gillian Cosgriff – Fresh New Worries

Foundry Theatre 55 Pirrama Rd,, Pyrmont, NSW, Australia
This one goes out to my overthinkers, stress heads and worrywarts. To anyone who’s been spiralling so hard they’re basically a slinky. We’re drowning in opinions these days and it feels like the only places we have to interact with people who don’t share our views are Ubers, hairdressers, and…
Abigail Williams

HerStory Arts Festival: Abigail Williams

Wharf 2 Theatre The Wharf, Dawes Point, Sydney, NSW, Australia
After a sold-out season at NIDA’s Festival of Emerging Artists in 2023, the hauntingly beautiful Abigail Williams makes its wharf debut as part of the HERStory Art Festival in 2025. A 17-year-old girl has an affair with a 35-year-old married man. Her master. A father. A leader in his community. And she’s…
Mr Snotbottom

Riverside Theatres: Mr Snotbottom

Riverside Theatres, Parramatta Parramatta, NSW, Australia
For kids who love a good giggle, Mr Snotbottom is the ultimate school holiday comedy treat. Featuring outrageous jokes, ridiculous rhymes, and plenty of icky, sticky fun, Mr Snotbottom has been making audiences laugh (and squirm!) across the country. Perfect for fans of the weird, wacky and wonderfully gross, Mr…

Ensemble Theatre: The Glass Menagerie

Ensemble Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
Following the success of Suddenly Last Summer, Ensemble Theatre is thrilled to present one of the most iconic dramas of the 20th century, the timeless Tennessee Williams masterpiece, The Glass Menagerie, on from Friday 21st March to Saturday 26th April. Directed by Liesel Badorrek (Master Class), Williams’ first great theatrical…
You Are Here

Sydney Opera House: You Are Here

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Find your way in the world - and within yourself In this delightful interactive performance for early years from Denmark, we meet a young girl on her quest to the bakery, who navigates alongside a turtle, through a forest of signs and follows the stars to guide us across the…

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…
Mr Snotbottom

Riverside Theatres: Mr Snotbottom

Riverside Theatres, Parramatta Parramatta, NSW, Australia
For kids who love a good giggle, Mr Snotbottom is the ultimate school holiday comedy treat. Featuring outrageous jokes, ridiculous rhymes, and plenty of icky, sticky fun, Mr Snotbottom has been making audiences laugh (and squirm!) across the country. Perfect for fans of the weird, wacky and wonderfully gross, Mr…

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,…
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Sydney Theatre Company: Bloom

Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
This new Australian musical played to sold-out houses when it premiered at Melbourne Theatre Company in 2023. The fact that Tom Gleisner of Working Dog fame (The Castle, The Dish, Utopia, Have You Been Paying Attention?) wrote the book and lyrics was doubtless part of the appeal. Bloom (with music…

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…

Hayes Theatre Co: The Producers

Hayes Theatre Co 19 Greenknowe Avenue, Elizabeth Bay, NSW, Australia
Bialystock and Bloom! Those names strike terror and hysteria into anyone familiar with Mel Brooks’ classic cult-comedy film, or the smash-hit, record-breaking Broadway musical it inspired. Now, the show comes to the Hayes in an all-new production! The plot is simple: a down-on-his-luck Broadway producer and a mild-mannered accountant come…

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