Richard Wherrett News

Shari Sebbens has been appointed Sydney Theatre Company's new Richard Wherrett Fellow. The Richard Wherrett Fellowship is a career pathway opportunity for emerging and developing directors.

Sydney Theatre Company announced today that it has appointed its former Richard Wherrett Fellow and Directing Associate Jessica Arthur in the role of Resident Director in 2019. Jessica joins the Resident Artist team of Associate Director Paige Rattray and Resident Designer Elizabeth Gadsby.

Sue Smith is the new STC Patrick White Playwrights' Fellow, it was announced tonight, 21 May 2018, at a special event at Sydney Theatre Company (STC). It was also announced that this year's Patrick White Playwrights' Award recipient is Kim Ho for his play Mirror's Edge, which was presented as a rehearsed reading to a sell-out audience at the Richard Wherrett Studio at the Roslyn Packer Theatre.

Sydney Theatre Company announced today that it has appointed its former Richard Wherrett Fellow Paige Rattray in the new role of Associate Director. Paige, who is currently Associate Artistic Director for Queensland Theatre, will commence her new position at STC on May 30 this year.

Sydney Theatre Company has released the judges' shortlist of five plays in the running for the 2017 Patrick White Playwrights' Award which will be announced with a rehearsed reading of the winning play on Monday 21 May 2018 at 7pm at the Richard Wherrett Studio, Roslyn Packer Theatre. The winner of the prestigious Patrick White Playwrights' Fellowship will also be announced at the event on 21 May.

STC's smash hit romantic comedy Black is the New White by Nakkiah Lui returns to the STC stage in 2018 as part of a national tour which will include Brisbane, Wollongong, Parramatta and Canberra.

Australian Graffiti is a humorous and touching exploration of the migrant experience in Australia by 23-year-old playwright Disapol Savetsila, commissioned by Sydney Theatre Company in partnership with CAAP (Contemporary Asian Australian Performance) and Playwriting Australia.

Andrew Bovell, one of Australia's foremost playwrights, is the new STC Patrick White Playwrights' Fellow, it was announced tonight, 26 May 2017, at a special event at Sydney Theatre Company (STC) as part of the Sydney Writers Festival.

Black is the New White is a provocative new romantic comedy commissioned by Sydney Theatre Company fromwriter and star of ABC's Black Comedy, Nakkiah Lui. Directed by STC's former Richard Wherrett Fellow Paige Rattray (now Queensland Theatre's Associate Artistic Director), the cast includes Kylie Bracknell, Tony Briggs, Luke Carroll, Geoff Morrell and Shari Sebbens, with set and costumes by former Resident Designer Renee Mulder.

Jessica Arthur has been appointed Sydney Theatre Company's new Richard Wherrett Fellow, succeeding Paige Rattray who vacated the post late last year for her new role as Associate Artistic Director at Queensland Theatre. The Richard Wherrett Fellowship is a career pathway opportunity for emerging and developing directors.

Performance 4a and Sydney Theatre Company (STC) are inviting Expressions of Interest from members of the Asian Australian performance community to participate in a free week-long Acting Workshop this November, facilitated by director and STC's Richard Wherrett Fellow Paige Rattray. The workshop will be held at the STC in Walsh Bay, Sydney.

In Muriel's Wedding The Musical, Muriel Heslop is back! And this time she's singing.

Sydney Theatre Company's 31st Rough Draft, Martyrs, culminates in a free, one-off showing on Friday 8 July at 6.30pm in Wharf 2.

Melbourne Theatre Company and Terrapin Puppet Theatre join forces for EGG, a brand new family production that follows a tale of hope and eco-adventures. Starring comedy favourite Genevieve Morris, Egg opens on Thursday 30 June at Southbank Theatre, The Lawler before heading across the Bass Strait for a season in Tasmania. 

Straight White Men is the razor-edged new comedy from Young Jean Lee, one of American theatre's most acute observers of race and identity. Poking fun at the luckiest social group in modern society, Straight White Men was one of the most talked about plays of recent New York seasons and will now have its Australian premiere on Thursday 12 May at Arts Centre Melbourne, Fairfax Studio.

Sydney Theatre Company's (STC) Artistic Director, Andrew Upton, has announced the 2016 season, the last of which he will program before the position is handed over to Jonathan Church at the end of 2015.

New Theatre is proud to once again be partnering with the Sydney Fringe Festival to present a program of exciting and varied works produced by some of Australia's most innovative theatre makers.

Tonight, the countdown to the 2015 HELPMANN AWARDS began with the announcement of the 2015 HELPMANN AWARDS Nominees.

Kate Mulvany has been announced as the latest recipient of STC's Patrick White Playwrights' Fellowship at a special event at The Wharf on Friday 22 May. Now in its fifth year, the Fellowship is a position for an established playwright whose work has been produced professionally in Australia within the last four years. Mulvany receives $25,000 in recognition of her body of work and previous artistic achievements. As well as including a commission from STC which she will develop during the year-long tenure, the Fellowship provides opportunities for her to share her skills with other playwrights and artists.