Kip Williams has delivered his eighth and final season for Sydney Theatre Company, marking the end of his tenure as Artistic Director.

“Australian stories have always been at the centre of my programming at STC. I’m thrilled that of the 12 shows in the 2025 season [down from 15 in 2024], eight of them are by Australian writers,” said Williams.

“This is a season for lovers of theatre, from brand new Australian writing to thrilling reinterpretations of classics.”

Will McDonald: The Talented Mr. Ripley. Photo © Derek Henderson/Sydney Theatre Company

Among the new Australian works in the 2025 season is an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr. Ripley, by Joanna Murray-Smith, STC’s 2024 Patrick White Fellow. Staged in August, The Talented Mr. Ripley stars Will McDonald as the enigmatic, shape-shifter. Andrew McFarlane co-stars in a production playing in the Roslyn Packer Theatre from mid-August. It marks Murray-Smith return to the world of Highsmith’s characters after 2014’s Switzerland.

Another potential highlight is a new adaptation of D’Arcy Niland’s The Shiralee by actor and playwright...