NEW THEATRE

by A.A. Cristi - October 13, 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 award recognizes original, unproduced works that embody New Theatre’s ethos of “Plays With a Purpose.”...

by A.A. Cristi - September 17, 2025

The 2025 Silver Gull Play Award shortlist includes five new plays selected from a record number of submissions, with two additional works highly commended. The winner will be announced October 13 at New Theatre following rehearsed readings of the shortlisted scripts....

by Stephi Wild - April 29, 2025

For decades, the sharp-tongued Marquess de Merteuil and rakish Viscount de Valmont have delighted in emotional manipulation and psychological warfare, with seemingly no regard for those who get swept up in their games....

by Stephi Wild - April 01, 2025

In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play comes to the New Theatre beginning this month. Learn more about the upcoming production and find out how to get tickets here!...

by A.A. Cristi - February 17, 2025

New Theatre will present the world premiere of FIGHTING by Sydney writer Xavier Coy, which won the Silver Gull Play Award in 2022. Running 18 March - 12 April 2025....

by Stephi Wild - October 23, 2024

Shakespeare In Love will make its Sydney premiere this November. Performances run 12 November - 14 December 2024....

by Stephi Wild - September 17, 2024

The Silver Gull Play Award competition this year attracted a record number of entries, with an extremely high standard of scripts submitted. For the first time, the competition was extended to include writers over the age of 18 from both NSW and ACT....