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Riverside Theatres and Griffin Theatre Company will present of one of Australia's greatest plays still startlingly relevant today, Diving for Pearls by Katherine Thomson, from 8th to 10th November 2017.

National Theatre of Parramatta (NTofP) has just announced Season 2018 comprising four world premieres with six Australian plays. The program focuses on identity, belonging and place - at their heart is an exploration of families, the humanity we all share and how we evolve and navigate the world around us.

Emotional, engaging and at times enraging as the audience empathises with the inhabitants of a community making way for progress, DIVING FOR PEARLS is a wonderfully rendered work that considers compassion, conscience and conduct in the face of corporate and individual greed and determination.

A brand new production of Nick Enright and Max Lambert's celebrated Australian musical Miracle City takes over the Sydney Opera House Studio from 12 - 29 October with an outstanding cast of new stars and musical-theatre veterans.  

You could be guaranteed, no matter where you went or who you were with that at the time her disappearance went public, the circumstances around the death of baby Azaria Chamberlain was the topic of every conversation in Australia. Opinions polarised around the involvement of her mother, Lindy Chamberlain whom some believed to be the fame-hungry, cold-hearted murderer, others the victim of a tragic freak accident involving a dingo and the phrase that became famous the world over. Either way, scrutiny upon Lindy, who was given a life sentence before being released four years later upon the discovery of further evidence. Whilst living between nationwide roles of villain and victim, Lindy received upwards of 20,000 letters. Many years later, with Lindy remarried and living in America, Australian playwright Alana Valentine was granted the ability to write a play based on this mass of correspondence and Lindy's experience. Letters to Lindy is a remarkable, surprising and touching reflection not so much on Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton herself, but on the impassioned public who one way or another found her so easy to relate to.

Three finalists have been announced for the second annual Lysicrates Prize, produced by Griffin Theatre Company and inspired by the restoration of the Lysicrates Monument on the band lawn of The Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, which celebrates its 200th Birthday in 2016. Scroll down for photos!

?Week two of the Hayes Theatre Co Cabaret Season continues next week with some of Australia's most distinguished musical theatre and cabaret personalities. John O'Hara begins starts the week off with his performance Dedications, which explores relationships and connections through the familiar music of stars like Celine, Lionel and Whitney.

?Week two of the Hayes Theatre Co Cabaret Season continues next week with some of Australia's most distinguished musical theatre and cabaret personalities. John O'Hara begins starts the week off with his performance Dedications, which explores relationships and connections through the familiar music of stars like Celine, Lionel and Whitney.

The Program Launch for the second half of 2015 shows that the Independent Music Theatre team comprising Luckiest Productions (David Campbell, Lisa Campbell and Richard Carroll), Neglected Musicals (Michelle Guthrie), and Neil Gooding Productions, the driving force behind Hayes Theatre Company, have no intention of slowing down are staying true to their vision to provide a permanent home for small-scale musical theatre and cabaret.

The next production to open at Hayes Theatre Co will be a brand new production of Nick Enright and Max Lambert's musical Miracle City presented by Luckiest Productions in association with Hayes Theatre Co from today, October 17 - November 16 2014.

Luckiest Productions in association with Hayes Theatre Co will present a brand new production of Nick Enright and Max Lambert's musical Miracle City at Hayes Theatre Co in Sydney from today, October 17 - November 16 2014.

The next production to open at Hayes Theatre Co will be a brand new production of Nick Enright and Max Lambert's musical Miracle City presented by Luckiest Productions in association with Hayes Theatre Co from October 17 - November 16 2014.

Luckiest Productions in association with Hayes Theatre Co will present a brand new production of Nick Enright and Max Lambert's musical Miracle City at Hayes Theatre Co in Sydney from October 17 - November 16 2014.