by Kym Vaitiekus - April 02, 2026
BETTE AND JOAN – fame, fear, fervour, and feuding. This famous Hollywood feud delves into the unique paths of these two movie icons....
by Jade Kops - March 29, 2026
THE PROM, the hilarious new musical with a heartwarming outcome from Matthew Sklar (Music), Chad Beguelin (Lyrics and Book) and Bob Martin (Book), finally arrives in Australia, premiering at the new Teatro At The Italian Forum Theatre in Leichhardt. ...
by Jade Kops - March 29, 2026
As part of the 40th Anniversary Celebrations of Andrew Lloyd Webber (Music and Book)), Charles Hart (Lyrics) and Richard Stilgoe’s (Lyrics and Book) famous musical, Opera Australia has revived its production of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA for the 2026 Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour season....
by Kym Vaitiekus - March 26, 2026
HEAVY IS THE CROWN, power to the songs that set you free. A story from far away that hits very close to home...
by Jade Kops - March 21, 2026
Alice Livingstone (Director) brings Sarah Ruhl’s (Playwright) study of human behaviour and the blurring of acting and actual to the New Theatre stage. ...
by Jade Kops - March 17, 2026
HEAD OVER HEELS THE MUSICAL celebrates the music of 70’s and 80’s Pop Rock group The Go-Gos through a pairing with Sir Philip Sidney’s pastoral romance, The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia. ...
by Jade Kops - March 09, 2026
Ella Road’s FAIR PLAY challenges the structure and rules around women's sports and what defines a woman through the relationship between two young athletes from vastly different backgrounds. ...
by Kym Vaitiekus - February 27, 2026
Come along for a campy, madcap night out filled with wonderful musical numbers and affectionate parody. Take the free poncho or wear white, and fully immerse yourself in the festivities of EVIL DEAD THE MUSICAL...
by Jade Kops - February 22, 2026
Drag Divas Skank Sinatra (Jens Radda) and Dolly Diamond(Michael Dalton) have joined forces for a brilliantly funny new cabaret musical THE PERFORMERS....
by Jade Kops - February 22, 2026
Yasmina Reza’s Award-winning comedy ART has started its Australian tour in Sydney....
Past Shows
A freedom fighter, a Ngandah, a protector and a First Nations leader at the time of colonisation.The story of Arawarra was erased from the history books,...
Pack your picnic for the summer’s unmissable theatre event. Join us for Theatre Under the Stars, as the University of Wollongong’s Kooloobong Oval is transformed...
From producers BlakDance (SILENCE, 2023) with acclaimed choreographer and Wiradjuri artist, Joel Bray, Garabari invites you to plunge into the swirling depths of a new civic ritual...
From producers BlakDance (SILENCE, 2023) with acclaimed choreographer and Wiradjuri artist, Joel Bray, Garabari invites you to plunge into the swirling depths of a new civic ritual...
Merrigong Theatre Company’s permanent ensemble of neurodiverse actors and musicians, The Strangeways Ensemble, make their triumphant return to the stage in the world premiere of...
Fresh from its breathtaking international tour to North America, the UK, and Europe, Circa, one of the world’s leading contemporary circus companies, joins forces with...
Discover undeniable, irrefutable proof of Australia’s very own Bigfoot — The Yowie, as Merrigong Theatre Company’s annual artist’s program, MERRIGONGX presents Vaguely Adjacent’s Squatch Watch:...
Following a sell-out, critically acclaimed premiere season in 2023 and a smash-hit national tour in 2024, one of Australia’s hottest pieces of theatre, Joanna Murray...
After wowing audiences in its MERRIGONGX debut in 2024, A Place in the Sultan’s Kitchen (or How to Make the Perfect One-Pot Chicken Curry), returns, but this time...
Merrigong Theatre Company present one of the funniest, most outrageously original shows to ever hit the stage, Carl Bland’s absurdist comedy Mr Red Light at...
Merrigong Theatre Company presents Verity Laughton’s smash-hit stage adaptation of Australian author Pip Williams’ award-winning New York Times bestseller, The Dictionary of Lost Words, at...
Set against the backdrop of a changing climate, Scenes from the Climate Era takes audiences through over fifty small plays that catch the exhilaration, frustration...
Merrigong Theatre Company present Bell Shakespeare’s HENRY 5, one of Shakespeare’s finest historical plays, at the Illawarra Performing Arts Centre from April 30 to May...
Merrigong Theatre Company presents the Gilbert and Sullivan classic The Pirates of Penzance at the Illawarra Performing Arts Centre from 26 to 29 March 2025.Five...
Merrigong Theatre Company presents the NSW Premiere of smash-hit stage adaptation of Trent Dalton’s best-selling book Love Stories at the Illawarra Performing Arts Centre from...
Merrigong Theatre Company’s MERRIGONGX returns in 2025, kicking off with Kirli Saunders’ Yandha Djanbay (Go Slowly), at the Illawarra Performing Arts Centre from 20 to...
After its acclaimed premiere in 2024 as part of the national tour of Horizon, Bangarra Dance Theatre brings their first cross-cultural collaboration, The Light Inside,...
Merrigong Theatre Company’s MERRIGONGX presents Rose Maher’s THE CARDINAL RULES at the Illawarra Performing Arts Centre from the 31 October to 2 November.With a dynamic...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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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...
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...
Merrigong Theatre Company’s annual artists’ program, MERRIGONGX returns in 2024, kicking off with Joshua Hinton’s A Place in the Sultan’s Kitchen or How to Make...
Kay Proudlove’s endearing comedy about the agony of growing up, Dear Diary, returns to Wollongong from the 8th to 11th May.
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...
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...
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 Small...
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 from...
Performance ensemble Frumpus return to Illawarra Performing Arts Centre 2 - 4 November with their new work, LANDED. Formed in the 1990s, Frumpus includes Lenny...
Merrigong Theatre Company presents Sydney Theatre Company & Moogahlin Performing Arts’s The Visitors, by Muruwari playwright Jane Harrison, at Illawarra Performing Arts Centre from 25...
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 the quest...
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 at...
Merrigong Theatre Company and Christine Dunstan productions will present TIM, at Illawarra Performing Arts Centre 16 – 19 August as part of its premiere regional...
Merrigong Theatre Company presents SILENCE, a thrilling new work from acclaimed First Nations contemporary dance company, Karul Projects, from 9th to 12th August.Choreographed and written...
Merrigong Theatre Company and Branch Nebula are excited to present the world premiere of Air Time, a stunning collision between wheels in motion and the...
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...
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 Moonlight,...
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...
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...
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...
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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