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Sydney Theatre Company hosts Melbourne Theatre Company's production of April De Angelis' JUMPY which blends comedy with the challenges of getting older as 50 year old Hilary deals with family, friendships and feminism.

LES MISERABLES returns to Sydney with a reworked score, new music and reimagined staging, earning a standing ovation from the Opening Night Audience.

One Sydney's most spectacular outdoor events: Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour: Aida returns for its fourth year of Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour.

Growing up in a blue-collar family in Rhode Island, sisters Dolores and Sandra both dreamt of a life more meaningful, far from the home they grew up in.

Sport For Jove Theatre Company and the Seymour Centre announce that Sport For Jove is joining the Seymour Centre as a new resident theatre company; joining existing Seymour Centre resident theatre company's Critical Stages, SIMA and Shaun Parker & Company.

TDC - Technical Direction Company is proud to announce a pioneering partnership with the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), which will see TDC provide invaluable expertise, guidance and support to the next generation of Australia's artists, technical theatre designers and practitioners.

Perfect for school holiday family entertainment, Blue Theatre Company in association with Hayes Theatre Co will present AKIO! from Saturday 4 July to Sunday 12 July.

BOYS WILL BE BOYS, a Sydney Theatre Company commission at Wharf 2 from 16 April to 9 May, is a bold, risque new work by Melissa Bubnic, winner of STC's 2010 Patrick White Playwright's Award for her play, Beached.

Bringing the individual art form awards together for the first time, the 2015 Australia Council Awards ceremony paid tribute to the remarkable contributions made by 10 Australians to the arts and cultural landscape.

?Blue Saint Productions in association with Hayes Theatre Co are thrilled to premiere the 2014 Broadway revival of VIOLET in Australia.

New Theatre's latest offering tells the story of a reunion between an estranged father and son in a wet Alice Springs in 2039 as it unearths the history of 4 generations while the world is faced with apocalyptic flooding and falling fish in Andrew Bovell's WHEN THE RAIN STOPS FALLING.

Ali McGregor, the soprano who ran away with the circus has gone on to become one of our most successful cabaret exports.

The 11th Annual Sydney Comedy Festival has unleashed its 2015 program, revealing the biggest year yet for the event with more spectacular and diverse shows than ever before!

New Zealand's national treasures, The Topp Twins, bring a cast of hilarious characters to the Sydney Comedy Festival, for one show only at the Enmore Theatre on Saturday 9th May.

Multi-talented British dancer, choreographer, director, TV presenter, TV producer and Broadway Producer Bonnie Lythgoe plans to make Pantomime an annual event as she brings her second pantomime, ALADDIN AND HIS WONDEROUS LAMP to Sydney and has plans for future years.

The award-winning singer/actor Tim Draxl makes a much-welcome return to the Sydney stage in the acclaimed musical play Freeway -- The Chet Baker Journey at the Hayes Theatre Co from tonight 17 March 2015.

New Theatre's production of When the Rain Stops Falling, the award-winning play by Australian writer Andrew Bovell, opens this week with previews starting from tomorrow night (Tuesday 17 March).

The 2013 production of Colin Thiele's Storm Boy, adapted for the stage by Tom Holloway in a co-production by Sydney Theatre Company (STC) with Perth's Barking Gecko Theatre Company, returns by popular demand to STC (opening 25 April) followed by an extensive tour to Wollongong, Geelong, Canberra, Ma

Sydney Theatre Company's ROUGH DRAFTS initiative allows theatre creators access to the company's resources including space, research materials, administration facilities and STC's Artistic Team for one week to aid their process of developing a work.

Red line Productions brings back Marshall Napier's twisted thriller FREAK WINDS to the Old Fitz Theatre, 16 years after it debuted at the same venue.

It was confirmed today that an exciting new Australian musical, NED will play its World Premiere Season at Bendigo's new Ulumbarra Theatre for a strictly limited season from May 21 - 30.

Recognised as one of the most glamorous figures in classical music, Dutch violin virtuoso Janine Jansen will be returning to the Sydney Opera House next week to perform Brahms' much-loved Violin Concerto with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

Dale Wasserman's MAN OF LA MANCHA comes to life in Squabbalogic's ingenious performance that draws the audience into Miguel de Cervantes' fabulous imagination as he and fellow inmates, awaiting their fate during the Spanish Inquisition, play out the story of Don Quixote de La Mancha using only the c

The Divine Miss Bette cabaret starring Sydney stage sensation, Catherine Alcorn returns to Sydney for one night only at 8.

?Neil Gooding Productions will present the award winning musical DOGFIGHT at Hayes Theatre Co from 1 May to 31 May 2015.