The latest theatre news from Sydney, Australia — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
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.
StageMag, the digital show program platform from BroadwayWorld, launched its new PDF Editor to all producers and stage managers using the service.
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.
Ship Ahoy the Masterful HMS Hayes and THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE.
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.
Producers Paul Dainty and TEG Dainty, Ken Davenport and Bob Gaudio have announced the internationally acclaimed production A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL will play a strictly limited engagement at The Sydney Lyric from November 2026.
HARD TO SWALLOW is the latest cabaret from Reuben Kaye and it is everything audiences have come to expect from the incredibly intelligent performer who blends ‘no holds barred’ political and social commentary with clever new music and a liberal dose of fabulously funny filth.
Set in the late 1980’s, Robert Harling’s STEEL MAGNOLIAS expresses the enduring power of the sisterhood in helping face the challenges of life.
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.
Giant, the new play starring John Lithgow as Roald Dahl, will be released in cinemas later this year.
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.
Sydney solicitor and comedic playwright Tony Laumberg's MY FAIR LAWYER skewers the legal profession in a new production from Bondi Theatre Company, staged at the Bondi Pavilion Theatre.
Joshua Robson Productions announced the full cast for THE ADDAMS FAMILY at Hayes Theatre Co, led by Erika Heynatz as Morticia and Marcus Rivera as Gomez, with direction by Julia Robertson.
THE OTHER SIDE OF ME delivers a powerful triple threat: sublime choreography, an emotional story and impassioned performers.
Ensemble Theatre will present the Australian premiere of THE ROOMMATE, Jen Silverman's dark comedy directed by Lee Lewis and starring Lucy Bell and Belinda Bromilow in Sydney.
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I Love Your Faces: The Don Lane Story Jetty Memorial Theatre (9/05-9/05) |
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Cicada Wollongong Art Gallery (8/27-8/29) |
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The Shark Is Broken Foundry Theatre (8/28-9/27) |
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The Lion King (Australia) Relaxed Performance Capitol Theatre, Sydney (8/29-8/29) |
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Reefer Madness Pioneer Theatre (11/13-11/22) |
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Weddings and Parties Over Coffee St Finbar’s Catholic Church (8/16-8/16) |
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The Book of Everything Belvoir St Theatre (8/22-9/20) |
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Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Australia) Sydney Lyric Theatre (3/09-4/04) |
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2026 IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition Semi-Finals Concert The Independent Theatre (8/16-8/16) |
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As For Me And My House Campbelltown Town Hall Theatre (10/15-10/18) |
