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Whitefella Yella Tree

Griffin Theatre Company: Whitefella Yella Tree

Wharf 1 Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
First love: joyous, sweet and youthful. Two boys from neighbouring mobs, puffed up with teenage giddiness, poised on the edge of a world about to change. Their budding love taking root in Country that is about to be declared ‘Australia’. In the early years of colonisation, a young Aboriginal man,…
Colour and Light: The Art of Sondheim

Theatre Works: Colour and Light: The Art of Sondheim

Theatre Works St Kilda, VIC, Australia
An intimate, new, revue celebrating the maestro of musical theatre. Step into the dazzling world of Stephen Sondheim with Colour & Light: The Art of Stephen Sondheim, a spellbinding new revue from Australia’s Sondheim repertory company, Watch This. After 10 acclaimed productions, Watch This invites you on a journey through…
Draw Two

Theatre Works: Draw Two

Explosives Factory 67 Inkerman St, Rear of Thrifty-Link Hardware, St Kilda, VIC, Australia
Back in her hometown, a woman stands in the ‘fifteen items or less’ line at the local Woolies. There, an old (now-hot) school friend, Kieran, mistakes her as Mia. And she doesn’t correct him. The thing is, Mia is her identical twin who recently died, leaving behind a son, Lucas.…
Editor's Choice Trent Dalton’s Love Stories

Riverside Theatres: Trent Dalton’s Love Stories

Riverside Theatres, Parramatta Parramatta, NSW, Australia
A hit at the 2024 Brisbane Festival, the stage adaptation of Trent Dalton’s book Love Stories is now on tour. In 2021, Dalton spent two months on a street corner in Brisbane’s CBD gathering stories on his Olivetti typewriter. Speaking to Australians from all walks of life, he asked them to tell him…
La Ronde

Strut & Fret: La Ronde

Newcastle Civic Park King Street, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
NEWCASTLE, IT’S YOUR TURN TO BE SEDUCED BY THE WORLD’S VERY BEST VARIETY ARTISTS. Blending the exquisite, the elegant and the extraordinary, with the twisted and the utterly delightful. Taking home 14 five-star reviews in its debut season at this year’s Adelaide Fringe Festival, La Ronde is set to dazzle…
Othello

Melbourne Shakespeare Company: Othello

fortyfivedownstairs 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
A riveting new adaptation of Othello, directed by the acclaimed Tanya Gerstle. In her bold and immersive style, Shakespeare’s tragedy is distilled to its raw essence by Gerstle, with a powerful five-actor ensemble delivering an intense, deeply human exploration of jealousy, power, and betrayal. A gripping, unflinching take on one…
Peter/Wendy

Lexi Sekuless Productions: Peter/Wendy

The Mill 154 Angas Street, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Late one night, as all the stars watch on, Peter Pan lures Wendy Darling away from her home and her mother. Together, they journey to Neverland where she meets his eclectic crew: a swearing fairy, a perennial flower, and one very lost boy. But Neverland is not quite the magical…
Jeromaia Detto: When I Grow Up…

Sydney Fringe Festival: Jeromaia Detto – When I Grow Up…

Erskineville Town Hall 104 Erskineville Road, Erskineville, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Full of absurd characters, wild whimsy and a healthy sprinkle of silliness, multi award winning master of play, Jeromaia Detto, returns with a fringe experience like none other - creating a brand new show each night based on your childhood dreams. What did you want to be when you grew…
Bright Star

Hayes Theatre Co: Bright Star

Hayes Theatre Co 19 Greenknowe Avenue, Elizabeth Bay, NSW, Australia
We are thrilled to announce our first collaboration with the celebrated Hayes Theatre, the ingenious and inspiring musical by the superb Steve Martin and Edie Brickell. Drawn from a true story and featuring a Tony- nominated score, Broadway’s Bright Star tells a sweeping tale of love and redemption set against…
Editor's Choice The Talented Mr Ripley

Sydney Theatre Company: The Talented Mr Ripley

Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
In 2014, Sydney Theatre Company premiered Switzerland, Joanna Murray-Smith’s gripping psychological thriller about American crime writer Patricia Highsmith, which has since been produced around the world and is being turned into a film starring Helen Mirren. Now, STC is premiering Murray-Smith’s new adaptation of Highsmith’s famous novel The Talented Mr.…
Editor's Choice Congratulations, Get Rich!

La Boite: Congratulations, Get Rich!

La Boite Roundhouse Theatre Kelvin Grove, QLD, Australia
This year’s Brisbane Festival has plenty of theatre on offer. Take a seat at the hottest club in town with Gatsby at The Green Light, a circus-meets-cabaret soirée, inspired by F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, co-created and directed by Craig Ilott. Back to Bilo explores the grassroots campaign that brought…
Butterfly Effect

West Australian Ballet: Butterfly Effect

His Majesty's Theatre, Perth Perth, WA, Australia
Be among the first to witness this world premiere as choreographer Alice Topp returns to Perth with her modern reimagining of Madame Butterfly. This enduring tale of unrequited love and loss will stay with you long after the curtain closes.

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