SYDNEY THEATRE NEWSROOM

Ian Stenlake will star in the Sydney premiere of UKED!, a sing-along, play-along ukulele musical at the Bondi Pavilion Theatre, alongside Josephine Birch in Melbourne playwright Jane Cafarella's comedy about love after 50.

THE NEWSREADER star Sam Reid will make his Sydney Theatre Company debut in DOUBT: A PARABLE, joining Pamela Rabe, Zindzi Okenyo, and Shannen Alyce Quan at Roslyn Packer Theatre, directed by Marion Potts.

Sydney Philharmonia Choirs announced a UK tour and BBC Proms appearance at the Royal Albert Hall, joining the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra with British choral works and Australian premieres.

Ensemble Theatre has launched ENSEMBLE YOUTH STUDIO, a new initiative offering week-long workshops for young people, culminating in a performance on the Ensemble stage at Loreto Kirribilli.

The SYDNEY CON JAZZ FESTIVAL will present its seventh all-day event at Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens, featuring 140 artists across 26 concerts in six venues, with tickets starting at $29.

After sold-out runs at the Perth, Adelaide, and Edinburgh Fringe festivals, IKEA WARS will present two nights at Sydney's Bondi Pavilion, pitting contestants against each other in a live furniture-building battle.

Come you Spirits will stage a post-apocalyptic retelling of ROMEO & JULIET at Darling Quarter Theatre and The Concourse, Chatswood, featuring an original score and breathwork practices woven into each performance.

SIX THE MUSICAL has announced a new Australian cast for its upcoming return, with seasons at Melbourne's Comedy Theatre, Theatre Royal Sydney, and QPAC's Playhouse Theatre featuring six queens including Sarah Murr, Mia Paris Scalise, and Lorinda May Merrypor.

Almost 30 years since it’s Broadway premier in 1997, THE LION KING still brings gasps of awe as Julie Taymor’s musical theatre adaptation of Walt Disney Animation’s 1994 film returns to the Sydney stage.

Sydney Chamber Choir will present IN PARADISUM, a choral program featuring Estonian, Nordic, and Australian composers, at St James' Church in Sydney, with cellist Julian Smiles joining for select works.

CDP Theatre Producers will bring SPOT, based on Eric Hill's classic children's books, to Glen Street Theatre in Belrose, featuring puppetry, songs, and puzzles for children aged 18 months and up.

Nautanki Theatre's TEN YEARS TO HOME, the first Australian commissioned work to centre early South Asian migration, will present at Campbelltown Arts Centre, drawn from playwright Sonal Moore's lived experience.

New Ghosts Theatre Company will present W, a new Australian play by AWGIE Award-winning playwright Madelaine Nunn, at Sydney's Old Fitz Theatre.

Paula Arundell performs in THE BIRDS, a one-woman Sydney premiere adapted by Louise Fox from Daphne du Maurier's 1952 horror story, exploring climate change and misinformation at Belvoir St Theatre.

Grant Dodwell steps back into the role of Alf Cook in a special reading of THE ONE DAY OF THE YEAR at New Theatre, Newtown, replacing an unwell Paul Hanlon.

Actor Jonny Pasvolsky will present THE CAN PRINCIPLE, a one-man comedy skewering the self-improvement industry, at Bondi Pavilion.

Melbourne comedian David Rose brings his stand-up show NEPO GREAT GRANDBABY to Bondi Pavilion as part of the Sydney Comedy Festival, exploring Jewish identity and the legacy of his vaudeville great-grandfather.

A sharp, hilarious musical about the chaos of creating GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!

Bobby Fox, Glaston Toft, Scott Johnston, and Stephen Mahy, the four original stars of JERSEY BOYS, will reunite at Melbourne's Palais Theatre for JERSEY FOREVER, a one-off live concert featuring hits from Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.

Branch Nebula will present EXPOSURE at PACT Theatre in Sydney, featuring performers Mirabelle Wouters and Latai Taumoepeau in a physical work examining the ageing female body through oil, steel, and sustained force.

Karma Dance will present TEMPLE OF DESIRE at the Sydney Opera House, a Bharatanātyam-rooted work reclaiming pre-colonial South Asian histories of gender and sexuality following sell-out seasons in Melbourne and Toronto.

Theatre Works will present LAZARUS, John Harding's play about Taungurung Elder Larry Walsh, directed by Kamarra Bell-Wykes, at its St Kilda venue for a limited season.

Award-winning theatrical satirists Bloomshed (Animal Farm, Paradise Lost) are bringing their retelling of Pride and Prejudice to Malthouse's Merlyn Theatre in May.

ANASTASIA is Stephen Flaherty (Music), Lynn Ahrens (Lyrics) and Terrence McNally’s (Book) musical theatre fairytale imagining of the last Romanov, inspired by 20th Century Fox Animation’s 1997 movie of the same name.

Omega Ensemble will present HOWL across four performances in May, featuring works by Danny Elfman, Missy Mazzoli, and a world premiere by French composer Daniel Wohl.