The latest theatre news from Sydney, Australia — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
Tickets are now on sale for the 2026 Australian tour of Pride and Prejudice (sort of), the Olivier Award–winning musical comedy by Isobel McArthur, after Jane Austen.
New Ghosts Theatre Company will present the world premiere of Born on a Thursday, a new Australian play by Jack Kearney, directed by Lucy Clements, at the Old Fitz Theatre from November 28 to December 14, 2025.
Audiences are invited on Sunday December 7 at 3 p.
Sydney Dance Company announced its 2026 program, ranging from seasons to tours and everything in between, launching in June with a triple bill Engine at the Sydney Opera House.
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This is your last chance to submit for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Australia - Sydney Awards! The 2025 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025.
Daniel Johns will be back on stage for the first time in over five years with In Conversation: What If The Future Never Happened? kicking off this weekend at Sydney's State Theatre.
Tickets are now on pre-sale for the Australian premiere of Broadway's smash-hit musical WAITRESS, which will light up the Sydney Lyric Theatre beginning in August 2026.
Seymour Centre and Siren Theatre Co will present the Australian premiere of Charlie Josephine’s Cowbois, a rollicking queer Western like nothing you’ve seen before at the Seymour Centre’s Reginald Theatre.
Steven Kramer’s (Book, Music & Lyrics) new work, PHAR LAP THE ELECTRO-SWING MUSICAL is a piece of pure genius.
Producers of Anastasia The Musical have announced the young Melbourne actors sharing the role of Little Anastasia in the upcoming Australian production.
Get to the Grand Electric where LA RONDE electrifies your night to tantalize, excite, impress and take you beyond your expectations with its transcendent spark
Director Lee Lewis brings Willy Russell’s (playwright) one woman comedy SHIRLEY VALENTINE back to the Sydney stage with Natalie Bassingthwaighte as the famous housewife that talked to walls and rocks.
Tickets to modern classic ART starring Richard Roxburgh, Damon Herriman and Ryan Corr go on sale in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane on Thursday 23 October.
Logie-award winner Kat Stewart (Underbelly, Offspring) and her real-life husband David Whiteley will make their Sydney Theatre Company debut this November in Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Critical Path, Australia’s leading choreographic research centre, celebrates its 20th anniversary with Every Wild Idea, a free three-day festival at The Drill Hall in Sydney from November 14–16, 2025.
International piano star Richard Clayderman returns to Australia in November 2025 with his Timeless Romance tour, featuring concerts in Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney.
GRAMMY winner Richard Marx returns to Australia in April 2026 for a five-city tour, performing hits in Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Newcastle, and Melbourne.
The Seymour Centre at the University of Sydney has announced the appointment of Joanne Kee as the new Artistic Director of the Seymour Centre, commencing in October 2025.
A celebration of Stephen Sondheim's greatest work, Putting It Together, is coming to Sydney's Foundry Theatre in January.
Time is running out to submit for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Australia - Sydney Awards! The 2025 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025.
New Theatre has announced that Steven Vidler is the winner of the 2025 Silver Gull Play Award for his bold new play The Vanya Variations.
The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) has announced the appointment of renowned producer and entertainment executive Michael Cassel AM to the NIDA Foundation Trust.
The hit rock musical Heathers is making its professional Australian premiere in 2026 following smash-hit runs in London and New York.
Actress, singer, and composer Lindsey Kraft has been set as the special guest on Ben Folds & A Piano eight-date Australian tour throughout February – March 2026.
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The Drover's Wife Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House (8/07-8/15) |
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A Beautiful Noise Sydney Lyric Theatre (11/14-12/20) |
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Morning Melodies: What's New, Pussycat Kingston City Hall (8/25-8/25) |
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Carousel Foundry Theatre (10/15-10/17) |
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Monty Python's Spamalot Sydney Event Centre - The Star (10/15-10/18) |
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Good Company Entertainment Presents: The Big Chillout Saraton Theatre (10/11-10/11) |
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New Now 2026 ACO on the Pier (8/14-8/14) |
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Reefer Madness Pioneer Theatre (11/13-11/22) |
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2026 IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition Semi-Finals Concert The Independent Theatre (8/16-8/16) |
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SYDNEY COMEDY FESTIVAL - SHOWCASE TOUR Regent Theatre (9/11-9/11) |
