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Wharf 1 Theatre

Wharf 4/5, 15 Hickson Road
Walsh Bay, New South Wales 2060

Wharf 1 Theatre is a theatre in Sydney, Australia.

Upcoming Shows

Logan St

Feb 5 – Mar 7, 2027

Written and directed by Jacob Boehme, this play is set in 1941 Adelaide where a chance encounter over a pomegranate sparks an unlikely friendship between Goolie, an Afghan cameleer, and Dulcie, a young First Nations woman. Their bond is sustained by years of shared recipes and...

Amah and Nanna

Apr 10 – May 16, 2027

By Disapol Savetsila, directed by Darren Yap, this play follows two women from very different worlds who embark on a road trip to the Red Centre after family conflict upends their lives, where an unlikely friendship forms.

The Book of Liz

May 29 – Jul 4, 2027

By Amy Sedaris and David Sedaris, co-directed by Mitchell Butel and Tait de Lorenzo, this play follows Sister Elizabeth who flees her religious community after a dispute over her famous cheese-ball recipe and sets out on a gloriously absurd quest to find her place in the modern...

The Fifth Step

Jul 31 – Sep 19, 2027

By David Ireland, directed by Kenneth Moraleda, this two-hander stars Ashan Kumar and Erik Thomson. As James prepares Luka for Alcoholics Anonymous' confessional fifth step, hidden secrets and mounting resentment push the two men towards outright war.

Vanya

Oct 16 – Dec 5, 2027

By Simon Stephens, co-created with Andrew Scott and Sam Yates after Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, and co-directed by Marion Potts and Eryn Jean Norvill. Eryn Jean Norvill takes on every member of a lovelorn household in this funny, sexy and surprisingly emotional adaptation of...

Articles

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

Girls & Boys

Sep 17 – Sep 19, 2026

A one-woman play by Dennis Kelly starring Justine Clarke, directed by Sydney Theatre Company Artistic Director Mitchell Butel. She meets him in an airport queue and sparks fly, leading to marriage, mortgage and children in an ordinary family life. As the power dynamic between...

An Iliad

Apr 13 – Jun 28, 2026

An Iliad is Lisa Peterson and Denis O'Hare's adaptation of Homer's Ancient Greek saga, directed by Damien Ryan and starring David Wenham as the Poet, a man who has spent millennia walking through battlefields spreading the story of the Trojan War. The production transforms the...

Oil

Oil

Nov 4 – Dec 16, 2023

OIL By Ella Hickson Directed by Paige Rattray A time-bending epic that drills deep In a remote English farmhouse at the end of the nineteenth century, a young woman witnesses the blinding light of an oil lamp for the first time before running into the midwinter night. She’s...

Is God Is

Is God Is

Sep 15 – Oct 21, 2023

IS GOD IS By Aleshea Harris Co-Directed by Zindzi Okenyo and Shari Sebbens Vengeance is theirs Award-winning US playwright Aleshea Harris’ breakout hit, Is God Is , explodes onto the Wharf 1 stage for its Australian premiere production. A rollercoaster ride of thrills, kills and...

Constellations

Constellations

Jul 29 – Sep 2, 2023

CONSTELLATIONS By Nick Payne Directed by Ian Michael A date with destiny What if you could relive the most important moments in your life, over and over, to see how things could have turned out differently? This is the question at the heart of Constellations , Nick Payne’s...

Poison of Polygamy

Poison of Polygamy

Jun 8 – Jul 15, 2023

THE POISON OF POLYGAMY A play by Anchuli Felicia King Based on the novel by Wong Shee Ping, Translated by Ely Finch Directed by Courtney Stewart Love, betrayal and cross-continental adventure Set sail with this epic gold rush drama that sprawls across Qing Dynasty China, to...

Fences

Fences

Mar 25 – May 6, 2023

FENCES By August Wilson Directed by Shari Sebbens “I planted a seed and waited and prayed over it.” August Wilson is one of the US’s most respected and lauded playwrights, and Fences is his tour de force. Full of rich and affecting dialogue, this play offers remarkable writing...

Hubris & Humiliation

Hubris & Humiliation

Jan 20 – Mar 4, 2023

By Lewis Treston Directed by Dean Bryant Jane Austen, eat your heart out It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a down-on-her-luck mother (who has just lost her home to a shady online suitor) must send her only son to Sydney to find and marry a wealthy man. Jane Austen’s...

RBG: Of Many, None

RBG: Of Many, None

Oct 29 – Dec 17, 2022

This is an intimate, behind-the-curtain audience with one woman who changed the face of the American legal system and history, all performed by one actor: the incomparable Heather Mitchell.Spanning her life from teenage years to her death in 2020, RBG: Of Many, One brings Ruth...

A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun

Aug 27 – Oct 15, 2022

A Raisin in the Sun is an iconic work of American theatre, a powerful portrait of one Black familys struggle to hold onto hope in a society intent on keeping them down, and an unmissable night of theatre.Premiering in 1959, when Lorraine Hansberry was just 29 years old, the play...

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