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The latest offering at Hayes Theatre, THE DETECTIVE'S HANDBOOK is a well crafted parody of 1950's crime movies, filled with beat poetry, musical pastiche and slapstick comedy.

In the last week of April, the award-winning theatre company for young people, Monkey Baa, will be returning to Glen Street Theatre with a new Australian play based on the incredible story of Mao's Last Dancer.

In the last week of April, the award-winning theatre company for young people, Monkey Baa, will be returning to Glen Street Theatre with a new Australian play based on the incredible story of Mao's Last Dancer.

Monkey Baa Theatre Company has created another wonderful work for children with their interpretation of Li Cunxin's children's book THE PEASANT PRINCE.

Patricia Cornelius' SAVAGES is a timely analysis of the aggression and self-entitlement that bubbles beneath the surface of a scary portion of the male population.

Sport For Jove is remounting its hugely successful production of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew on the great Hollywood soundstage of the silent film era, in the York Theatre, Seymour Centre and the Riverside Theatre, Parramatta.

New Musicals Australia in association with Hayes Theatre Co are thrilled to be able to announce the cast for THE DETECTIVE'S HANDBOOK which will play Hayes Theatre Co from 21 April until 7 May 2016.

The Sydney's Theatre community gathered at the 2015 SYDNEY THEATRE AWARDS tonight for the 11th annual celebration of the best of the past year's work as judged by The Sydney Reviewers.

Nominations were announced today for the Sydney Theatre Awards for 2015, which will be presented at a gala ceremony on Monday January 18, 2016 at 6pm at the Paddington RSL.

In December and January, Sport For Jove Theatre Company proudly presents its acclaimed Outdoor Summer Season returning for its 7th season with a double bill of moonlit romance, of men behaving badly and women winning the day, with a swift kick up the backside for a culture that is still discussing the rights and rules of marriage equality centuries after our greatest poets shot Cupid's arrows right back at him.

Nick Enright's GOOD WORKS examines the difference between the orchestrated image people present for the world to see and the truth of human character in a moving 90 minute work. Director Ian Sinclair presents this complex emotional work that crosses time to show how decisions made under the guise of 'Good Works' have shaken and changed lives.

The comedy, sexuality, power struggle and mystery of David Ives' VENUS IN FUR thrills audiences at Eternity Playhouse. Grace Barnes' (Director) new treatment of the work that originally stunned Broadway and won numerous awards and nominations in America is kept simple, allowing Ives' clever script to be showcased.

The Sydney's Theatre community gathered at the 2014 SYDNEY THEATRE AWARDS tonight for the 10th annual celebration of the best of the past year's work as judged by The Sydney Reviewers.

Nominations were announced today for the Sydney Theatre Awards for 2014, which will be presented at a gala ceremony on Monday January 19, 2015 at 6pm at the Paddington RSL.

Last night, September 15, Philip J Smith, Mike Nichols, Stephen Sondheim and Scott Rudin hosted a special screening for the new film PRIDE. Scroll down for photos from the event, featuring stars from the film, including Dominic West, plus Kristin Chenoweth and more!

From Phil Rouse and the team at Don't Look Away comes 'The Legend of King O'Malley', one of Australia's greatest stories flush with modern day rivals, gaudy cultural references, pictures from 20th century cinema, and the err...opinions of those outside this sunburnt country of our Australian politics - all presented to you through musical theatre.

From Phil Rouse and the team at Don't Look Away comes 'The Legend of King O'Malley', one of Australia's greatest stories flush with modern day rivals, gaudy cultural references, pictures from 20th century cinema, and the err...opinions of those outside this sunburnt country of our Australian politics - all presented to you through musical theatre.

Set inside a hidden walled garden in Callan Park, Rozelle, this site-specific work delves into the depths of the imagination exploring the crevices of the mind and the shape of our obsessions. As audience members enter a space inhabited by dancers, musicians, sculptural installations, plant life and historic architecture they are immersed in the performance.