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With the head of a dog and the body of a policeman, Dog Man loves to fight crime and chew on the furniture. But while trying his best to be a good boy, can he save the city from Flippy the cyborg fish and his army of Beasty Buildings? Can he catch…
CDP Kids: Ratburger
Sydney Opera House Sydney
Things are not looking good for Zoe. Her stepmother Sheila is so lazy she gets Zoe to pick her nose for her. The school bully Tina Trotts makes her life a misery – mainly by spitting on her head. And now the evil Burt from Burt’s Burgers is after her…
The Australian Shakespeare Company: Alice In Wonderland
The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney Mrs Macquaries Rd, Sydney
Join Alice on her amazing journey through Wonderland and experience an adventure like no other. This summer holidays, tumble down the rabbit hole as the Australian Shakespeare Company presents Lewis Carroll's absurd & wickedly clever classic - Alice in Wonderland. Brought to life beautifully in Glenn Elstons highly acclaimed production.…
CDP Kids: Ratburger
Sydney Opera House Sydney
Things are not looking good for Zoe. Her stepmother Sheila is so lazy she gets Zoe to pick her nose for her. The school bully Tina Trotts makes her life a misery – mainly by spitting on her head. And now the evil Burt from Burt’s Burgers is after her…
Adelaide Festival Centre: Dog Man the Musical
Adelaide Festival Centre Adelaide
With the head of a dog and the body of a policeman, Dog Man loves to fight crime and chew on the furniture. But while trying his best to be a good boy, can he save the city from Flippy the cyborg fish and his army of Beasty Buildings? Can he catch…
Soft Tread: The Wharf Revue: Pride in Prejudice
The Round 379 - 399 Whitehorse Road,, Nunawading
The Wharf Revue is back for another year of sensational value! Satirical content is up by 7% and the average laughter quotient is indexed at 8.3% over the forward estimates. With over twenty-three years experience in the political satire space, Australia’s most trusted revue-based practitioners continue the tradition with this year’s hilarious…
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Into The Shimmering World
Sydney Theatre Company: Into The Shimmering World
Wharf 1 Theatre Sydney
Angus Cerini’s new play follows in the footsteps of his gothic dramas The Bleeding Tree and Wonnangatta, both of which used a visceral, poetic language, while plugging into Australia’s complex relationship with the bush. Into the Shimmering World is a quieter, more contemplative piece. Colin Friels and Kerry Armstrong give moving…
Underground Theatre Company: DOGHOLE
Queensland Multicultural Centre 102 Main St, Kangaroo Point
Meet DOG or Camille Evans (don't call them that to their face, though.) They think all writers are bad, they think Tim Winton isn’t that great of an author, they think they have the next big hit under their fingers. It's called DOGHOLE – and it's their ticket out of…
Sydney Theatre Company: No Pay? No Way!
Sydney Opera House Sydney
When No Pay? No Way! opened in 2020 it was instantly met with standing ovations and glowing reviews. Now, one of Sydney Theatre Company’s funniest and most beloved productions in recent years returns to the Drama Theatre and to a world more in need of its wild, farcical wisdom than…
Sydney Theatre Company: The President
Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney
Hugo Weaving returns to the stage, joined by one of Ireland’s greatest actors, Olwen Fouéré. In a first-time co-production, Sydney Theatre Company will join forces with the renowned Gate Theatre, Dublin to mount this genius piece of twentieth century playwriting. For this rare and remarkable international collaboration, the cast and…
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Barracking for the Umpire
Black Swan Theatre Company of WA: Barracking for the Umpire
Subiaco Arts Centre 180 Hamersley Rd, Subiaco
Andrea Gibbs’ debut play was a big hit when it premiered at Black Swan in 2022. In a four-and-a-half-star review, Limelight described it as “hilarious and heartbreaking”. Doug Williams is the greatest footballer Donnybrook has ever seen. His wife Delveen has been by his side through head knock after head…
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The Almighty Sometimes
Melbourne Theatre Company: The Almighty Sometimes
Southbank Theatre Southbank
Kendall Feaver’s knotty drama takes an unflinching look at mental illness and medication among young people. Anna threw herself out of a window when she was seven. The following year, having read her somewhat macabre stories, her worried mother Renée took her to see a child psychiatrist, who prescribed a…
Bell Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Arts Centre Melbourne Melbourne
Love is in the air in Athens – and it’s contagious. Besides the royal wedding, which is just days away, there are young lovers dreaming of enchanted futures together. Hermia and Lysander are besotted with one another, while Helena adores Demetrius. The only snag is that Demetrius loves Hermia –…
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The Women in Black
Neil Gooding Productions: The Women in Black
The Empire Theatres, Toowoomba 54-56 Neil Street, Toowoomba
The Woman in Black is the second longest-running play in West End history, after Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap. Based on Susan Hill’s gothic horror novel, it was adapted for the stage by Stephen Mallatratt. The cleverly conceived play-within-a-play is performed by two actors. As a young man, lawyer Arthur Kripps…
Outhouse Theatre Co: A Case for the Existence of God
Seymour Centre Chippendale
In a hostile and divided world, Samuel D. Hunter (The Whale) shines a delicate light on the possibility that something sacred can emerge in the connection between two people. Named one of the best plays of 2002 by The New York Times, Time Out New York, Vulture, and Wall Street Journal, A…
Launceston Players: The Pillowman
Earl Arts Centre 10 Earl Street, Launceston
In a totalitarian state, a writer is questioned about a spate of murders that bear similarities to his short stories. Is this life imitating art or something more sinister? This black comedy, widely regarded as one of the greatest plays of the past 25 years, examines the role of the…
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Queensland Theatre: 37
Bille Brown Theatre 78 Montague Rd, South Brisbane
The Cutting Cove Currawongs have spent so long at the bottom of the footy ladder, they are the laughing stock of their small coastal town. But with the arrival of two talented Marngrook cousins, things might just turn around. But not everyone’s happy. Named after the number Adam Goodes wore…
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The Great Divide
Ensemble Theatre: The Great Divide
Ensemble Theatre Sydney
David Williamson may not always please the critics, but he has a hugely loyal audience. His latest comedy, The Great Divide, now playing at Sydney’s Ensemble Theatre, addresses wealth inequality and human greed. Penny Poulter lives in the delightful, quiet town of Wallis Heads. But when the ruthless, obscenely wealthy…
Scarlet Rose Producer: Gal Pals
The Blue Room Theatre 53 James St, Perth
Two weeks in conversion therapy. Kat wants to be there, Hez thought it was a leadership camp, and Sloane’s brought care packages. In a whirlwind of smuggled phones, attempted escapes, punishment essays and betrayals, five queer kids find their own. It’s self-hatred and its religious trauma, but in a fun…
Underground Theatre Company: DOGHOLE
Queensland Multicultural Centre 102 Main St, Kangaroo Point
Meet DOG or Camille Evans (don't call them that to their face, though.) They think all writers are bad, they think Tim Winton isn’t that great of an author, they think they have the next big hit under their fingers. It's called DOGHOLE – and it's their ticket out of…
Darebin Arts: Peacemongers by The People
Darebin Arts Centre Cnr Bell St & St Georges Rd, Preston
You’re invited to dinner and a show. The show is about bigotry and polarisation. It’s also a musical to lighten the mood. Dinner will be hearty and simple, served by our good friends at Moon Rabbit. Peacemongers is a real-life attempt at utopia. It’s documentary theatre at its most absurd, and…
The Australian Shakespeare Company: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Belvedere Amphitheatre Broome Ave, Centennial Park
There's magic afoot in the Park as The Australian Shakespeare Company makes its long awaited return to Sydney in celebration of its 35th anniversary with Glenn Elston’s acclaimed flagship production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Bound to dazzle and delight audiences of all ages, this is an experience not to…
Editor's Choice
Into The Shimmering World
Sydney Theatre Company: Into The Shimmering World
Wharf 1 Theatre Sydney
Angus Cerini’s new play follows in the footsteps of his gothic dramas The Bleeding Tree and Wonnangatta, both of which used a visceral, poetic language, while plugging into Australia’s complex relationship with the bush. Into the Shimmering World is a quieter, more contemplative piece. Colin Friels and Kerry Armstrong give moving…
Editor's Choice
Barracking for the Umpire
Black Swan Theatre Company of WA: Barracking for the Umpire
Subiaco Arts Centre 180 Hamersley Rd, Subiaco
Andrea Gibbs’ debut play was a big hit when it premiered at Black Swan in 2022. In a four-and-a-half-star review, Limelight described it as “hilarious and heartbreaking”. Doug Williams is the greatest footballer Donnybrook has ever seen. His wife Delveen has been by his side through head knock after head…
Editor's Choice
The Almighty Sometimes
Melbourne Theatre Company: The Almighty Sometimes
Southbank Theatre Southbank
Kendall Feaver’s knotty drama takes an unflinching look at mental illness and medication among young people. Anna threw herself out of a window when she was seven. The following year, having read her somewhat macabre stories, her worried mother Renée took her to see a child psychiatrist, who prescribed a…
New Theatre: The Front Page
New Theatre 542 King St, Newtown
Late at night, in the crowded press room at Chicago’s Criminal Courts, a group of reporters is waiting to cover a controversial execution the next morning. Then an unexpected event breaks through the banter and bravura, the cynicism and ennui, and suddenly a scoop is on the cards. This landmark…
Editor's Choice
37
Queensland Theatre: 37
Bille Brown Theatre 78 Montague Rd, South Brisbane
The Cutting Cove Currawongs have spent so long at the bottom of the footy ladder, they are the laughing stock of their small coastal town. But with the arrival of two talented Marngrook cousins, things might just turn around. But not everyone’s happy. Named after the number Adam Goodes wore…
Bell Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Arts Centre Melbourne Melbourne
Love is in the air in Athens – and it’s contagious. Besides the royal wedding, which is just days away, there are young lovers dreaming of enchanted futures together. Hermia and Lysander are besotted with one another, while Helena adores Demetrius. The only snag is that Demetrius loves Hermia –…
Editor's Choice
The Women in Black
Neil Gooding Productions: The Women in Black
The Empire Theatres, Toowoomba 54-56 Neil Street, Toowoomba
The Woman in Black is the second longest-running play in West End history, after Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap. Based on Susan Hill’s gothic horror novel, it was adapted for the stage by Stephen Mallatratt. The cleverly conceived play-within-a-play is performed by two actors. As a young man, lawyer Arthur Kripps…
Salty Theatre: The Grinning Man
Alex Theatre 135 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda
A strange new act has arrived at Trafalgar Fair’s freakshow. Who is Grinpayne and how did he get his hideous smile? In the grim and blackened streets of Trafalgar Square, with the help of an old puppeteer, his pet wolf and a blind girl, Grinpayne’s tale is told. Desperate to…
Outhouse Theatre Co: A Case for the Existence of God
Seymour Centre Chippendale
In a hostile and divided world, Samuel D. Hunter (The Whale) shines a delicate light on the possibility that something sacred can emerge in the connection between two people. Named one of the best plays of 2002 by The New York Times, Time Out New York, Vulture, and Wall Street Journal, A…
Launceston Players: The Pillowman
Earl Arts Centre 10 Earl Street, Launceston
In a totalitarian state, a writer is questioned about a spate of murders that bear similarities to his short stories. Is this life imitating art or something more sinister? This black comedy, widely regarded as one of the greatest plays of the past 25 years, examines the role of the…
Mill Theatre at Dairy Road: The Shoe-Horn Sonata by John Misto
Mill Theatre at Dairy Road 1 Dairy Rd, Fyshwick
Based on true events, The Shoe-Horn Sonata is a compelling revelation of the experiences of women imprisoned by the Japanese in WWII told through two who meet again fifty years later. In 1945 Sheila and Bridie were freed from a Japanese POW camp deep in the jungles of Sumatra where…
Sydney Theatre Company: No Pay? No Way!
Sydney Opera House Sydney
When No Pay? No Way! opened in 2020 it was instantly met with standing ovations and glowing reviews. Now, one of Sydney Theatre Company’s funniest and most beloved productions in recent years returns to the Drama Theatre and to a world more in need of its wild, farcical wisdom than…
Sydney Theatre Company: The President
Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney
Hugo Weaving returns to the stage, joined by one of Ireland’s greatest actors, Olwen Fouéré. In a first-time co-production, Sydney Theatre Company will join forces with the renowned Gate Theatre, Dublin to mount this genius piece of twentieth century playwriting. For this rare and remarkable international collaboration, the cast and…
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