The latest theatre news from Sydney, Australia — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
Connie Liu, a 17-year-old violinist from Meriden School, won the 2026 Secondary Schools Concerto Competition at the Concourse in Chatswood, performing the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra.
JUICY RIOT A high-femme variety riot that closed Pride Fest with heart, voice and full-throttle joy as a closing night, it could not have been better chosen
Sydney Musical Theatre has released rehearsal photos for its upcoming production of NEXT TO NORMAL, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical, set to play at the Greenhalgh Theatre in Lindfield.
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.
Monkey Baa Theatre Company will bring WHERE IS THE GREEN SHEEP? to the Coliseum Theatre in Rooty Hill, Western Sydney, for school holiday performances.
Griffin Theatre Company and Purple Tape Productions will present AFTERGLOW, a four-part a cappella work by Sheanna Parker Russon and Lillian M.
Sydney Musical Theatre will present the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical NEXT TO NORMAL at Greenhalgh Theatre in Lindfield, directed by Sarah Shanahan with an Australian cast led by Izzy Tilden.
Opera Australia, QPAC, Oombarra Productions, and The Balnaves Foundation will present THE DROVER'S WIFE, a new First Nations opera adapted and directed by Leah Purcell AM, at the Sydney Opera House.
Heather McDonald's play, directed by Nadia Tass, will make its Australian premiere at Theatre Works in St Kilda, following its 2019 U.
Due to strong demand, additional performances of A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL have been released for its strictly limited Sydney Lyric season, with Broadway's Will Swenson reprising his acclaimed role as Neil Diamond.
Following a successful on-sale earlier this month, demand for the Sydney season of A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL has prompted the release of additional performances.
The Marais Project, acknowledged Australian masters of the baroque, are set to launch their new album in July and will follow up with a concert in the Walsh Bay Arts Precinct.
NAILS: THE MUSICAL In Concert is a fabulous new Australian work that combines women’s sport with heartwarming queer coming of age stories that reinforce that life isn’t always simple.
Today marks a major milestone for BroadwayWorld.
Gravity and Other Myths will be in residence with Flying Fruit Fly Circus in Albury-Wodonga, with GOM founding member Lachlan Binns directing a new work, Vanishing Point, performed at the Borderville Theatre.
Almost 60 years after its off-Broadway debut, HAIR THE TRIBAL LOVE-ROCK MUSICAL is both a time capsule of a different time and a reminder that there are still things that need changing.
The Australian production of Beetlejuice has announced that they will continue with performances at the QPAC Lyric Theater through July 7, canceling any further performances dates.
Ku-ring-gai Council voted to let the Development Application for Marian St Theatre lapse after more than 13 years of closure and over $1.
Rick Beato Live has upgraded its Sydney stop to the Enmore Theatre following overwhelming ticket demand, as part of the musician and YouTube creator's Australia and New Zealand tour.
Jonny Hawkins (writer and performer) and Nell Ranney’s (director) TRUCK DRIVER is an incredible new Australian work that centres on the men that keep Australia moving, the owner-drivers of freight trucks.
Australia's National Youth Circus will present the world premiere of PAY NO ATTENTION, a new show blending acrobatics, theatrical trickery and comedy at The Cube Wodonga and Sydney Opera House.
Aperture Productions, with support from Green Door Theatre Company, will present the Sydney premiere of THIRTY-SIX, a trans mortality play by Jo Clifford and Bayley Turner, at The Loading Dock Theatre, QTopia.
HisPanic Theatre's award-winning COPLA: A SPANISH CABARET, winner of two international festival awards, will play a two-night run at Qtopia Sydney, blending live music, cabaret, and memoir exploring migration, identity, and resistance.
Omega Ensemble will present INNER LANDSCAPES across four Australian cities, featuring the world premiere of Paul Stanhope's Clarinet Concerto and the Australian premiere of Grammy winner Jessie Montgomery's 'Rounds.
An hilarious homage and caution about teenage fame and unchecked egos, the Tragedy Of Macbeth is transformed in MACKENZIE.
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Cicada Wollongong Art Gallery (8/27-8/29) |
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Beyond the Beehive: Amy Winehouse's Musical Mastery Kingston Arts Centre (7/31-7/31) |
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2026 IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition Semi-Finals Concert The Independent Theatre (8/16-8/16) |
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I Love Your Faces: The Don Lane Story Capitol Theatre Tamworth (9/16-9/16) |
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Pride And Prejudice* (*sort of) Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House (7/16-8/30) VIDEOS |
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Disney Presents The Lion King - Audio Described Performance Capitol Theatre, Sydney (8/23-8/23) |
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Disney Presents The Lion King - Auslan Interpreted Performance Capitol Theatre, Sydney (8/12-8/12) |
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Strike a chord Eternity Playhouse Theatre (9/16-9/19) |
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Piss Be With You Cleo Rapture (2/23-6/02) |
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Weddings and Parties Over Coffee St. James Church, King St (8/09-8/09) |
