Australia - Sydney Theatre Newsroom

Comedian Steph Broadbridge will debut Raygun: The Musical, inspired by the viral Olympic breaker, in Sydney this week, prior to a full run at comedy festivals in Sydney, Melbourne and Edinburgh next year.

Due to overwhelming demand, after a regional tour in 2025, The End of the Wharf As We Know It!!! will return to Sydney in April for five final performances.

Bondi Pavilion has announced its 2025 Artistic Program, filled with events and activities for all ages. Learn more about the full upcoming event lineup here!

Dirty Pennies Theatre Project, the acclaimed team behind Lemon Tree on Dreg Street, will return this Summer to Theatre Works with a premiere season of Our Monster's Name is Jerry. Learn more here!

No Love Songs is a powerful and uplifting modern love story featuring heart-felt songs by Kyle Falconer, lead singer of the Scottish band The View, and starring Keegan Joyce and Lucy Maunder.

Riverside Theatres and the Contemporary Asian Australian Performance, supported by Sydney Festival, will present The Bridal Lament by vocalist, producer and multi-disciplinary artist Rainbow Chan.

Sydney Theatre Company’s new production of Picnic at Hanging Rock, Tom Wright’s critically lauded adaptation of the Joan Lindsay classic, is coming to Sydney Opera House from February 2025.

Producer John Frost for Crossroads Live has revealed the talented children who will play Annie and the orphans in the upcoming Sydney season of the ever-popular Broadway musical Annie, as well as the adult cast who will perform alongside them.

Irving Berlin’s (Music and Lyrics) feel-good film is given a stage musical makeover with HOLIDAY INN.  

Opera Australia has announced a world-class cast of local talent will perform the Australian premiere season of French director Laurent Pelly’s magical production of Massenet’s Cinderella (Cendrillon) in the Joan Sutherland Theatre this summer.

The legendary Nancye Hayes will return to Sydney Theatre Company for the first time in two decades to star in Amy Herzog’s 4000 Miles, a tender portrait of two people at opposite ends of life’s journey.

Sydney Philharmonia Choirs has announced its 2025 Concert Season. Learn more about the full season lineup here and find out more about how to get tickets!

The perfect start to the holiday season, the cast from Sister Act will perform together with Melbourne's beloved Choir of Hard Knocks, in a free performance to celebrate the joy and connection of singing on Sunday 1 December at 11am on the steps of the Regent Theatre.

Grammy Award-winning guitar virtuosos Rodrigo y Gabriela will greet audiences at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) with their intricate guitar work and infectious energy on Sunday 13 April 2025.

Bankstown Arts Centre will present its latest major exhibition, the 3rd Bankstown Biennale: Same Same/Different. The exhibition brings together powerful new and recent works from 17 prominent First Nations and CaLD artists.

Opera Australia has announced multi-faceted opera and musical theatre performers Ben Mingay and Katie Stenzel, will host this year’s New Year’s Eve Opera Gala in the spectacular Sydney Opera House Concert Hall.

Your Silence Will Not Protect You is a joyous and illuminating adventure about coming to terms with mental illness, navigating alcohol abuse and trying to figure out why the hell you didn’t say something sooner.

For a quarter of a century Jonathan Biggins, Phillip Scott and Drew Forsythe delivered an annual examination of Australian and International politics in the form of intelligent satire.  This year’s offering, THE END OF THE WHARF AS WE KNOW IT, is listed as the last Wharf Revue that the trio will produce.

International award-winning Australian violinist Emily Sun has presented 2024 KPO Secondary Schools Concerto Competition winner Teresa Yang of Strathfield with the special additional part of her $5000 prize.

Sydney will host the Australian premiere of BACK TO THE FUTURE: The Musical, opening at the Sydney Lyric in September 2025. A waitlist is now open for Australian fans to sign up to be first in line for tickets.

Australia’s National Youth Circus, The Flying Fruit Fly Circus has announced its 2024 Borderville Summer Festival program set for next month. Learn more here!

The cast of five performers has been announced for Richard Carroll’s adaptation of The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty. Learn more about the cast and the show here!

Geelong Arts Centre's Creative Engine has announced its latest associate artists and grant recipients, supporting innovative projects and fostering artistic growth in the community.

The 2025 Ensemble Theatre Sandra Bates Director’s Award (SBDA) has been awarded to Anna Houston and Tiffany Wong, who will work on two plays throughout 2025.

Beloved Irish comedian, actor, author and television host Graham Norton will embark on his first-ever live tour of Australia in March. Learn more about the tour and how to get tickets here!