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Bangarra Dance Theatre proudly takes a bold step forward, performing at the prestigious Dame Joan Sutherland Theatre, a venue celebrated for its world-class opera and ballet. After two decades at the Drama Theatre, and in their 36th year, Bangarra presents ILLUME, a groundbreaking production and their first collaboration with First Nations visual artist Darrell Sibosado. Paired with Brendon Boney’s stunning music and soundscape, and enriched by powerful narratives, this work is a visual feast.

Craig Ilott (co-creator and director) and Stuart Couzens’ (co-creator and designer) Parisian style classy cabaret L’Hôtel calls Sydney’s newest theatre space, Foundry Theatre, home for an encore season. 

The mental health risk of misguided love plays out in the crazy comedy of WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN. David Yazbek (music and lyrics) and Jeffrey Lane (book)  gave Pedro Almodovar’s 1988 film of the same name the musical theatre treatment in 2010 resulting in a madcap merging of Spanish inspired music and farcical comedy with an 1980’s aesthetic which is all right is director Alexander Berlage’s wheelhouse.

In celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Claude-Michel Schönberg (Book & Music), Alain Boublil (Concept, Book & Original French Lyrics)  and Herbert Kretzmer (Lyrics) musical theatre adaptation of Victor Hugo’s novel, LES MISÉRABLES THE ARENA SPECTACULAR is a captivating, staged concert designed for large venues.

Robyn Nevin (Director) brings another of Agatha Christie’s murder mysteries to the Sydney stage with And Then There Were None. See here for more information!

The Wrong Godsis set on the banks of a sacred river, near the outskirts of town in India. Nirmala (Nadie Kammallaweera) is the Mother to Isha  (Radhika Mudaliyar). They come to odds as surviving and thriving clash.

In celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Claude-Michel Schönberg (Music) and Herbert Kretzmer musical theatre adaptation of Victor Hugo’s novel, LES MISÉRABLES THE ARENA SPECTACULAR is a captivating, staged concert designed for large venues.

Presented as part of Herstory Arts Festival, Rebecca McNamee’s (Playwright & Director) ABIGAIL WILLIAMS is a response to Arthur Miller’s 1953 THE CRUCIBLE where the young woman is finally given the chance to tell her story.

The Producers, Mel Brooks (Book, Music & Lyrics) and Thomas Meehan (Book) musical theatre adaptation of Brooks’ 1967 movie of the same name is given the Hayes Theatre treatment by Julia Robertson (Director).

Acclaimed Australian musical theatre icon Anthony Warlow reprises his performance of Billionaire Oliver Warbucks alongside a new generation of talented young performers, and of course an adorable dog, as ANNIE returns to the Sydney stage.

Bright, bold and brilliantly fun, Frank Loesser’s (Music and Lyrics), Jo Swerling (Book) and Abe Burrows’ (Book) Tony Award Winning GUYS AND DOLLS delights audiences for Opera Australia’s annual Handa Opera On Sydney Harbour “event theatre” offering.

NO LOVE SONGS, Kyle Falconer (songs), Laura Wilde (book) and Johnny McKnight’s (book) musical theatre treatment of Falconer’s solo album No Love Songs For Laura is presented with humour and honesty by Lucy Maunder and Keegan Joyce.

Part pop concert, part biography, MJ THE MUSICAL is pure enlightening entertainment that shares the events and experiences that informed and inspired Michael Jackson’s creative process and his career.

Tom Wright’s adaptation of Joan Lindsay’s PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK chills and thrills with Ian Michael’s (Director) crisp new production.  Based on Lindsay’s 1967 novel, which was included in the “Big Jubilee Read” list to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee, this mysterious thriller is presented with economy so the source text remains the hero of the work.

Opera Australia brings Victorian Opera’s production of CANDIDE to the Sydney Opera House. 

Director and Adaptor Richard Carroll delivers an inventively paired back production of Arthur Sullivan (Music) and W.S. Gilbert’s (Libretto) comic opera THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE. 

Come You Spirits Theatre Inc delivers their take on Shakespeare’s tragedy of ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA in an unusual multi-space staging.