Brisbane Festival 2026 has officially begun, with Strong is the New Pretty, The Choir of Man, Fijian Flying Circus, Riverfire and more among the highlights of the 23-day program.
Brisbane Festival opened its 23-day citywide program featuring nearly 2,000 artists and over 750 performances, with more than 70% of events free under new Artistic Director Ebony Bott.
Nine teenage writers penned the monologues for Riverside Live's THE MONOLOGUE COLLECTIVE, an HSC Drama showcase at PHIVE Parramatta that sold out its opening performance ahead of schedule.
Sydney Theatre Company announced the full cast for its world-premiere production of WHISPERING JACK: THE JOHN FARNHAM MUSICAL, starring Michael Paynter, Bonnie Anderson and Ben Hall at Roslyn Packer Theatre.
The Sydney Theatre Company production, directed by Damien Ryan and featuring live music by Helen Svoboda, will transfer to the Playhouse at Arts Centre Melbourne for a limited season.
Justine Clarke (Julia) will return to Sydney Theatre Company this September for an encore Sydney season of Dennis Kelly's one-woman play, Girls & Boys at the Wharf Theatre.
Steven Moffat's dark comedy THE UNFRIEND will make its Australian premiere at Sydney Theatre Company, directed by Simon Phillips and starring Helen Thomson.
Church, a new 150-capacity live music venue in Geelong set inside a restored 1800s building, will open with performances and a free, day-long local music celebration.
Charmene Yap and Cass Mortimer Eipper have been appointed Co-Artistic Directors of Co3 Contemporary Dance Australia, succeeding founding director Raewyn Hill and relocating to Perth to lead the company.
An unflinching new play about sex, power, and the economics of attention, ROLEPLAY is written and performed by award-winning creative Hannah Reilly, and directed by Paige Rattray.
Michael Cassel Group has appointed Zachary Baer to the newly created role of Head of Producing & Creative Development, North America, as the company expands its senior leadership team.
Melbourne's Princess Theatre will host a new production of Noël Coward's PRIVATE LIVES following record-breaking ticket sales for the show's Sydney season.
Jorjia Gillis's MUM CLUB, inspired by her experience with online mothers' groups, will make its world premiere at Griffin Theatre Company, starring Stephanie Somerville as lead character Sadie.
Jane Harrison’s newest work BENNELONG IN LONDON explores what the iconic Indigenous Elder might have to say if he had the chance to influence a 21st century actor’s expression of his life.
ROLEPLAY, an unflinching new play about sex, power, and the economics of attention will transfer to Soho Theatre from 22 October – 21 November following its world premiere at Edinburgh Fringe this summer.
Griffin Theatre Company will present LACUNA by Eric Jiang, a new work following a jobless young woman hired by a Chinese underworld goddess to erase memories, at Downstairs Theatre, Belvoir St Theatre.
The John Farnham musical extends again! Bonnie Anderson & Ben Hall join Michael Paynter at Sydney's Roslyn Packer Theatre, Nov 15–Jan 3.
Hugh Bonneville will make his Australian stage debut alongside Lisa McCune in a new production of Noël Coward's PRIVATE LIVES at Theatre Royal Sydney, directed by RSC associate Christopher Luscombe.
Brisbane Festival, Sydney Theatre Company, and Trish Wadley Productions announced the full cast for the world premiere of Suzie Miller's STRONG IS THE NEW PRETTY, directed by Sarah Giles, with Lucy Bell, Amber McMahon, and Tara Morice among the ensemble.
The acclaimed actor, producer and artistic leader, Cate Blanchett, has been named as the next Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre for the academic year 2026-27.
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