In times when we're not quite sure what we're allowed to laugh at, The Producers delights in being an equal-opportunity giver of offence.

This G&S classic, performed by a cast of just five, is wonderfully silly, joyous fun, even though the second act could do with some finessing.

Belvoir's August: Osage County dominates mainstage awards; Jim Sharman honoured in a ceremony celebrating the best in Sydney theatre in 2024.

What musicals are on offer in 2025?

All I want for Christmas is... a roundup of Australia's most festive musical offerings and shows this December.

A slight but sweet show, which demands stellar performances and plenty of razzle-dazzle to offset its limitations.

Sydney Shakespeare specialists Sport for Jove add some modern classics to the mix.

Defying gravity: a humane, humorous celebration of diversity in its many – and occasionally whacky – manifestations.

The Producers, Pirates of Penzance for a cast of four, a Phar Lap musical, a new show for Nancye Hayes; the Hayes promises a wild ride in 2025.

Benjamin Britten's chamber opera comes to ghostly, claustrophobic life in a new production at the intimate Hayes.

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The Hayes Theatre Co is about to stage its first opera. Director Craig Baldwin explains why he chose Britten’s The Turn of the Screw.