Browse photos from theatre in Australia - Sydney including opening nights, red carpets, production shots, concerts & special events.
Merrigong Theatre Company's neurodiverse ensemble will take THE STRANGEWAYS CABARET on a three-city regional NSW tour, performing in Wollongong, Queanbeyan, and Bathurst with local neurodiverse guest artists.
Indian Ink Theatre Company's BALLOON DOG, a dramatic comedy by Jacob Rajan and Justin Lewis, will be presented by Merrigong Theatre Company at Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, adapting Tagore's classic story Kabuliwala for the stage.
Monkey Baa Theatre Company's stage adaptation of the Mem Fox and Judy Horacek picture book will come to the Coliseum Theatre in Rooty Hill, bringing puppetry, animation, and student narrators to families in Western Sydney.
Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated performer Eddie Izzard is bringing her acclaimed one-person performance of The Tragedy of Hamlet to the Sydney Opera House.
Opera Australia will present Elijah Moshinsky's acclaimed production of RIGOLETTO at the Joan Sutherland Theatre, featuring baritone Dalibor Jenis, tenor Kang Wang, and soprano Gemma Nha making her Sydney Opera House debut.
Muruwari playwright Jane Harrison's BENNELONG IN LONDON will receive its world premiere at Sydney Theatre Company's Wharf 1 Theatre, directed by Ian Michael, with Gamilaraay actor Googoorewon Knox in the title role.
The Music Masters Concert Series will present A Musical Voyage, a free concert at the Sydney Opera House featuring the 120-piece Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies and the Spokane Youth Symphony in a program spanning Wagner, Brahms, Copland, and John Williams.
Grace Malouf's debut play FIRST, DO NO HARM, directed by Charley Allanah, will receive its world premiere at NIDA, exploring medical ethics, bodily autonomy, and trans and disabled communities' rights.
Lambert House Productions announced a strictly limited five-performance season of A.
Comedian Max Amini added new arena shows in Sydney and Melbourne after multiple dates sold out, with performances also scheduled in Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth.
Catherine Alcorn announced a four-show residency at Ginger's at The Oxford on Sydney's Oxford Street, following consecutive sold-out performances.
Michael Gow's Helpmann Award-winning play TOY SYMPHONY will be professionally staged in Sydney for the first time since its 2007 Belvoir premiere, with Gow directing his own autobiographical work for the first time.
Opera Australia will present Graeme Murphy's production of THE MERRY WIDOW at the Joan Sutherland Theatre, featuring Emma Pearson making her role debut alongside Julie Lea Goodwin, Alexander Lewis, and Alexandra Flood.
Bondi Festival announced its return to Bondi Beach, featuring an expanded program of live music, theatre, comedy, immersive art and food markets, plus the return of its iconic Ice Rink and Vista Ferris Wheel.
Olivier Award winner Nathaniel Parker, known for Wolf Hall and The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, will star as Professor Henry Higgins in Opera Australia and John Frost's 70th Anniversary season of MY FAIR LADY, completing the musical's cast.
Gunai artist Kirli Saunders' one-woman show YANDHA DJANBAY (GO SLOWLY) returns to Merrigong Theatre Company, exploring love, grief, and responses to the 2024 referendum after standing ovations at its 2025 debut.
Acclaimed English comedian Simon Brodkin announced an Australian tour, with stops in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth as part of his UNLEASHED stand-up show.
Ensemble Theatre will present THE DAPTO CHASERS, Mary Rachel Brown's black comedy about greyhound racing and family, directed by Anna Houston and starring Peter Carroll.
Troy Sussman will lead the Australian cast of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF as Tevye, joined by Sigrid Thornton as Yente, in a national tour opening at Theatre Royal Sydney before traveling to Brisbane, Melbourne, and Perth.
Nina Segal's SHOOTING HEDDA GABLER, directed by Zoë Hollyoak, comes to Sydney's Seymour Centre from Secret House, exploring celebrity culture and abuses of power through a reimagining of Ibsen's classic.
The Sydney Comedy Festival announced its 2026 award winners: Sean Collier, The Burton Brothers, Reuben Kaye, and Frankie McNair each took home a trophy and a $1,500 prize at the festival's close.
TEG Dainty announced an Australian tour for FOREVER K-POP: A CELEBRATION CONCERT, hitting Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane following a successful debut run in the US and Canada.
The new production of STARLIGHT EXPRESS, which won an Olivier Award during its London run, will tour the UK and beyond, with stops in Leicester, Liverpool, Glasgow, Sunderland, Birmingham, and Southampton.
Merrigong Theatre Company will present TWO WEEKS, an intimate play by Siobhán Doran-Chaston, at Illawarra Performing Arts Centre.
LA LA LAND IN CONCERT has added a fourth Sydney show and a third Melbourne show following overwhelming demand for the live-to-film orchestral event, which also stops in Brisbane.
Sydney Theatre Company has extended AN ILIAD starring David Wenham for an additional week at Wharf 1 Theatre, bringing the five-star production's run to eleven weeks.
Sydney Dance Company will present ENGINE, a triple bill featuring works by Rafael Bonachela, Fran Díaz, and Melanie Lane at the Sydney Opera House, with Díaz making his Australian debut.
Hayes Theatre Co's acclaimed five-actor production of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, previously a sold-out hit, opens at the Foundry Theatre inside the Sydney Lyric in Pyrmont, with original cast members returning alongside new recruits.
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Disney Presents The Lion King - Audio Described Performance Capitol Theatre, Sydney (8/23-8/23) |
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La Stupenda: A Joan Sutherland Celebration Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House (8/20-8/22) |
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The Lion King (Australia) Relaxed Performance Capitol Theatre, Sydney (8/29-8/29) |
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A Taste of Ireland - The Irish Music and Dance Sensation Albury Entertainment Centre (9/15-9/15) |
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The Lark IPAC – IMB Theatre (8/05-8/09) |
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Play School Live Concert: Humpty’s Big Celebration Riverside Theatres (7/11-7/12) |
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Macbeth Sydney Opera House (11/18-12/06) |
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Carousel Foundry Theatre (10/15-10/17) |
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Australian Festival of Arts and Music Sydney Opera House (7/25-7/25) |
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The Jungle and the Sea Belvoir Theatre (7/11-8/02) |
