MERRIGONG THEATRE COMPANY

32 Burelli Street
Wollongong,

Dear Diary

5/8 - 5/11/2024

Kay Proudlove’s endearing comedy about the agony of growing up, Dear Diary, returns to Wollongong from the 8th to 11th May.

A Place in the Sultan's Kitchen

8/8 - 8/10/2024

Theatre-maker and singer-songwriter, Josh Hinton, weaves together childhood memories and family folklore passed down the generations, exploring how they’ve shaped his adult view of himself, ...

Birdsong of Tomorrow

8/22 - 8/24/2024

Everyday in our gardens and our streets, birds sing. They sing songs passed down through generations, songs of a world that’s gone and a world ...

Jurrungu Ngan-ga [Straight Talk]

8/29 - 8/31/2024

Challenging, joyful and deeply affecting, Jurrungu Ngan-ga [Straight Talk] is a dance, sound, and installation work that confronts Australia’s shameful fixation with incarceration. Exceptionally talented ...

Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap

9/5 - 9/15/2024

For over 70 years, Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap has kept millions of people from every corner of the globe on the edge of their seats. ...

Guards at the Taj

9/19 - 9/21/2024

A wonderfully funny and moving exploration of beauty and power, autocracy and resistance, and conflicting loyalties. Guards at the Taj centres on a hilariously relatable ...

The Queen's Nanny

10/16 - 10/19/2024

Inspired by historical events, a royal scandal ignites a blistering fire between the steely Queen Mother and her children’s doting nanny in Melanie Tait’s new ...

The Cardinal Rules

10/31 - 11/2/2024

A eulogy to the parochial parishioner; a nostalgic work of storytelling and reckoning with an upbringing in the Australian Catholic Church circa 1990. Be transported ...

by Stephi Wild - March 22, 2023

After delighting Wollongong audiences since 2017, The Spiegeltent returns to take over the Wollongong Arts Precinct once more. With three weeks of electrifying live performance, a dash of comedy and splash of family fun, The Spiegeltent’s 2023 season will be brought to life from 7-25 June 2023....

OPTIMAL STOPPING Comes to Merrigong

by Stephi Wild - March 07, 2023

Merrigong Theatre Company, Proper Motion & La Infinita Compañia are proud to present the world premiere of a brand-new dance work, Optimal Stopping at Wollongong Town Hall from Thursday 30th March to Saturday 1st April 2023, as part of the 2023 MERRIGONGX Artists’ Program....

Merrigong Theatre Company Launches MERRIGONGX 2023 and a New Temporary Independent Ar Photo

Merrigong Theatre Company Launches MERRIGONGX 2023 and a New Temporary Independent Artist Hub, 93 CROWN

by Stephi Wild - February 16, 2023

Merrigong Theatre Company has announced another exciting year of their annual artists’ program, MERRIGONGX, showcasing the outstanding breadth of local talent and their bold new works. In 2023, the program will feature a line-up of four exciting productions on stage, as well as 17 works in developme...

Colleen McCullough's TIM Will Tour to Eight NSW Venues This Year

by Stephi Wild - February 07, 2023

TIM a novel written by Australian icon Colleen McCullough and adapted for the stage by acclaimed playwright Tim McGarry, will commence a tour of eight NSW venues from July 2023, prior to a national tour in 2024. ...

Cast Announced For Australian Premiere of CHOIR BOY

by Stephi Wild - November 25, 2022

Riverside Theatres has announced the cast of National Theatre of Parramatta’s Australian premiere season of Choir Boy, by the Academy Award® winning writer of Moonlight, Tarell Alvin-McCraney. The production will premiere at Riverside Theatres Parramatta in association with Sydney WorldPride 2023 fr...

National Theatre of Parramatta and Merrigong Theatre Company Presents A PRACTICAL GUI Photo

National Theatre of Parramatta and Merrigong Theatre Company Presents A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO SELF DEFENCE

by Stephi Wild - October 05, 2022

Riverside’s National Theatre of Parramatta (NTofP) and Merrigong Theatre Company is thrilled to present the world premiere of A Practical Guide to Self Defence, a poignant perspective on “how to defeat the beast within”, at Riverside Theatres from 20th to 29th October 2022 and 9th to 12th November 2...

Past Shows

Wild Dogs Under My Skirt

4/10 - 4/14/2024

One of New Zealand’s most successful theatrical exports Wild Dogs Under My Skirt will perform at the Illawarra Performing Arts Centre from 10 to 13 ...

RBG: Of Many, One

4/4 - 4/6/2024

After a smash-hit premiere season in 2022, Merrigong Theatre Company brings Suzie Miller’s RBG: Of Many, One to the Illawarra Performing Arts Centre from 3 ...

Send for Nellie

2/14 - 2/17/2024

Merrigong Theatre Company presents Alana Valentine’s Send For Nellie at Illawarra Performing Arts Centre from 14 to 17 February. 1931, Sydney. West-Indian Australian singer Nellie ...

Shakespeare In The Garden – A Midsummer Night’s Dream

11/9 - 11/29/2023

Merrigong Theatre Company presents Wollongong’s first Shakespeare in the Garden – A Midsummer Night’s Dream ; an enthralling open-air performance in the Wollongong Botanic Garden ...

Landed

11/2 - 11/4/2023

Performance ensemble Frumpus return to Illawarra Performing Arts Centre 2 - 4 November with their new work, LANDED . Formed in the 1990s, Frumpus includes ...

The Visitors

10/25 - 10/28/2023

Merrigong Theatre Company presents Sydney Theatre Company & Moogahlin Performing Arts’s The Visitors , by Muruwari playwright Jane Harrison , at Illawarra Performing Arts Centre ...

Something That Happened

9/15 - 9/23/2023

Merrigong Theatre Company’s permanent company of neuro-diverse, professional actors, The Strangeways Ensemble , will present Something That Happened , a hilarious and thought-provoking exploration of ...

Miss Peony

8/30 - 9/2/2023

Merrigong Theatre Company is proud to present Michelle Law’s MISS PEONY , an inter-generational comedy for 21st century Australia, from 30th August to 2nd September ...

Tim

8/16 - 8/19/2023

Merrigong Theatre Company and Christine Dunstan productions will present TIM, at Illawarra Performing Arts Centre 16 – 19 August as part of its premiere regional ...

Silence

8/9 - 8/12/2023

Merrigong Theatre Company presents SILENCE , a thrilling new work from acclaimed First Nations contemporary dance company, Karul Projects , from 9th to 12th August. ...

Air Time

4/20 - 4/22/2023

Merrigong Theatre Company and Branch Nebula are excited to present the world premiere of Air Time , a stunning collision between wheels in motion and ...

Optimal Stopping

3/30 - 4/1/2023

Merrigong Theatre Company, Proper Motion & La Infinita Compañia are proud to present the world premiere of a brand-new dance work, Optimal Stopping at Wollongong ...

Choir Boy

3/22 - 3/25/2023

Merrigong Theatre Company is thrilled to welcome National Theatre of Parramatta’s Choir Boy , a poignant coming-of-age story by the Academy Award® winning writer of ...

Guru of Chai

2/23 - 2/25/2023

Merrigong Theatre Company and Indian Ink Theatre Company are proud to present the outrageously funny and heartbreakingly beautiful romantic thriller Guru of Chai at Wollongong ...

As Luck Would Have It

7/27 - 8/6/2022

Merrigong Theatre Company presents a new Australian musical comedy by Drew Fairley, inspired by the actor and playwrights own real-life experiences being marooned on a ...

The Sirens’ Return

2/14 - 2/19/2022

A co-production with The Society of Histrionic Happenings, The Sirens Return is a new music theatre work that marks a new level of theatre-making for ...

Hair

9/25 - 9/29/2019

A brand new Australian production of the much-loved and revolutionary rock musical, HAIR will come alive at the Illawarra Performing Arts Centre from 25th to ...

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		Shakespeare on Film: Ran The Seed, Pier 2/3 (5/13 - 5/13)
		Cock Flightpath Theatre (5/8 - 5/18)
		Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap Civic Theatre (5/11 - 5/25) VIDEOS
		PARADE Seymour Centre (5/9 - 5/25) VIDEOS
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