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The Neilson Nutshell, Pier 2/3

Pier 2/3, 13A Hickson Road
Sydney, New South Wales 2000

The Neilson Nutshell, Pier 2/3 is a theatre in Sydney, New South Wales.

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REVIEW: Six New Queens Take To The Stage as SIX Returns To Sydney

REVIEW: Six New Queens Take To The Stage as SIX Returns To Sydney

by Jade Kops · October 17, 2026

Almost ten years on from its premiere at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Lucy Moss and Toby Marlow’s (both Book, Music and Lyrics) musical rock concert about the six wives of Henry VIII is back with a whole new cast of Queens. …

REVIEW: MY FAIR LADY, the jewel of the Sydney Stage

REVIEW: MY FAIR LADY, the jewel of the Sydney Stage

by Kym Vaitiekus · September 24, 2026

REVIEW: MY FAIR LADY, the jewel of the Sydney stage. In the vein of traditional stage musicals, the beloved MY FAIR LADY triumphantly struts onto the Joan Sutherland Theatre…

Past Shows

Play In A Day: Henry VI Part 2

Play In A Day: Henry VI Part 2

Sep 15

The war with France is over, and to secure the peace, the naïve young King Henry VI marries the French noblewoman Margaret. But the infighting starts almost immediately. Accusations of witchcraft, treason and fake miracles fly around the court, and it doesn’t take long before...

Play in a Day: Cymbeline

Play in a Day: Cymbeline

Sep 26

Energetic and invigorating, Play In A Day is Bell Shakespeare’s lively script reading series celebrating rarely read classics. Actors and director have one day together as a group before standing script-in-hand in front of an audience, the bare-bones reading allowing the words...

In A Nutshell: The Poetry of Violence

In A Nutshell: The Poetry of Violence

Sep 4 – Sep 8, 2024

Whether you are new to Shakespeare, or an aficionado, you will be entertained, enriched, and inspired by this production. When Shakespeare explores violence it is often epic and cruel, but never gratuitous. Whether it’s Brutus considering a justification for murder in Julius...

King Lear

King Lear

Jun 14 – Jul 20, 2024

Shakespeare's epic of the imagination, King Lear, creates a portrait of a family and a country torn apart.

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

Jun 23 – Aug 27, 2023

THE GREATEST LOVE STORY EVER TOLD This passionate portrayal of Romeo and Juliet will bring you closer than ever before to the intensity and the heartbreak of Shakespeare’s most evocative tragedy. Peter Evans directs an exquisitely intimate new production of the greatest love...

One Man In His Time: John Bell and Shakespeare

One Man In His Time: John Bell and Shakespeare

Sep 2 – Sep 3, 2022

Following sell-out performances in Sydney and Canberra in 2021, we are thrilled to bring John Bells special solo show to audiences in our new venue, The Neilson Nutshell, and to Arts Centre Melbourne for a strictly limited season.75 minutes (including 15 mins interval)Spend an...

In a Nutshell

In a Nutshell

Apr 22 – Apr 24, 2022

A journey through Shakespeares best-loved plays with Peter Evans as your guide.Join Artistic Director Peter Evans and the cast of Hamlet for a celebration of The Neilson Nutshell, and an exploration of Peters favourite Shakespeare plays.Find out why we named our theatre the...

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