Australia - Sydney Theatre Newsroom

The National Gallery of Australia has announced the first Australian exhibition dedicated to legendary figures of the Bauhaus art movement – Anni and Josef Albers. 

This June, Theatre Works and Buckets Nijinsky Productions serve up Melbourne theatre lovers a wonderfully bleak, black comedy about the end of a relationship. 

The acclaimed production of one of Australia’s favourite musicals,CHICAGO, will open in Canberra in September this year, the first time a professional production of this Broadway favourite has played in Australia’s capital city. Presales begin today and general public tickets are on sale from Friday 19 April.

A Sydney season has been added to the national tour of The Woman in Black. Sydney audiences will now have the opportunity to witness the most terrifying live theatre experience in the world at Theatre Royal Sydney for a limited season from 30 July, with tickets on sale from today.

The acclaimed opera, OCDIVA, returns to Sydney's Chippen St Theatre this April.

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Bundanon has opened applications for the 2025 Artists in Residence program.  

Qtopia Sydney is launching tax-deductible corporate programs aimed at providing organisations with a greater understanding of diversity, identity and inclusion.

Craig Baldwin (Director) delivers a compact but captivating expression of Samuel D. Hunter’s (Playwright) A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD.  The 2022 New York Drama Critics Circle Award Winner for Best Play, this two-hander is a simple but thought-provoking piece that never directly discusses the title.

REVIEW: Guest Reviewer Kym Vaitiekus Shares His Thoughts On POTTED POTTER

In 2020, pre-Covid, Sydney Theatre Company staged NO PAY? NO WAY!, Marieke Hardy’s adaptation of Dario Fo and Franca Rame’s political farce SOTTO PAGA! NON SI PAGA!  This production, directed by Sarah Giles has been given an encore season with new performers stepping into three of the five roles, resulting in an even more captivating and comical evening of theatre that resonates even louder in the current economic climate.

The National Gallery of Australia’s iconic sculpture garden is set to undergo a $60 million revitalisation with the launch of the Sculpture Garden Design Competition today.

This May, Ensemble Theatre will present Switzerland, a gripping psychological thriller from renowned Australian playwright Joanna Murray-Smith to the stage, until Saturday 8th June. 

Shook opens at Old Fitz Theatre next month. Performances run 7 - 19 May 2024.

Sydney Theatre Company Artistic Director Kip Williams has announced that, after 13 years with the Company and eight as Artistic Director, he will launch his eighth and final program in September before stepping down at the end of the year.

REVIEW: Guest Reviewer Kym Vaitiekus Shares His Thoughts On THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW

GREASE, THE MUSICAL is given a new treatment, satisfying audiences looking for a toe tapping night of nostalgia while honoring the early stage productions and liberally referencing the famous 1978 movie adaptation.

HOLDING THE MAN captured audiences from nearby neighbourhoods, and afar, for it’s a queer story told by queer people.

Shakespeare’s A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM held at Sydney Opera House was once again, a hit with the audience

Hayes Theatre Co has announced the cast for their Australian premiere of the viral musical sensation Ride The Cyclone. Performances run 23 May – 22 June.

Following a successful international tour of the Asia Pacific region, the National Gallery of Australia will present 'Ever Present: First Peoples Art of Australia' – an exhibition which celebrates First Nations art and provides a visual dialogue of Australia’s complex histories. 

Working Class Clown is a new site-specific one-person-play by Queer Fa’afafine performance artist and playwright Tommy Misa, on the transcultural figure of the ‘town fool’ and their unique ability to speak truth to power.

After five years, the queen of pantomime Bonnie Lythgoe is back!  Celebrating the 10-year anniversary of bringing ‘panto’ to Australia, Bonnie Lythgoe Productions announces a brand-new version of SNOW WHITE running for an exclusive limited season from 7 September at Riverside Theatres, Parramatta. 

​​​​​​​THEATRESPORTS is the longest-running comedy show in town, and is hitting the stage for the 2024 Sydney Comedy Festival. The performance is on Sunday, 19 May 2024 at 4:00 PM.

The Front Page will come to the New Theatre next month. Performances run 23 April - 18 May 2024.