Christopher, fifteen years old, is an extraordinary thinker. He’s exceptional at maths and observes things nobody else sees. Everyday life is a little trickier – he has never ventured alone beyond the end of the street, he detests being touched, and he’s wary of strangers. Now he’s in the front yard, it’s seven minutes to… Read More »The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Young, trusting, and fragile – Bella Manningham thinks she’s losing her mind. In the evenings, she hears strange noises. The sitting-room gas lamps dim for no apparent reason. Is Bella’s loving relationship with her partner Jack all that it seems? Patrick Hamilton’s 1938 play introduced us to the powerful term we now use to describe… Read More »Gaslight
The iconic story of a Hollywood legend This thrillingly atmospheric reimagination of Sunset Boulevard features stunning sets and costumes along with the iconic score including the hits ’With One Look’, ‘The Perfect Year’, and the anthemic ‘As If We Never Said Goodbye’. Sunset Boulevard is the musical event of the year.
In 2012, Julia Gillard gave a speech that sent shockwaves around the world. Now, over a decade later, a group of Australia’s finest theatre-makers – Playwright Joanna Murray-Smith, Director Sarah Goodes, Designer Renée Mulder, and an outstanding creative team, along with Clarke and exciting newcomer Jessica Bentley – have created a stirring and inspiring re-examination… Read More »Julia
Boyhood, innocence, power, faith, sexuality, privilege, legacy, manhood, footy, Madonna, Amen. All Boys follows a group of boys at an elite Sydney Catholic boys school as they are forged into the type of men that rule the world, whether they like it or not. Long-listed for the 2023 Griffin Award, and directed by recent NIDA… Read More »All Boys
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 sparkling new comedy drama. Marion ‘Crawfie’ Crawford adored her job as governess to Princesses Lilibet and Margaret Rose… until she was ostracised without warning, despite dedicating the best part of her… Read More »The Queen’s Nanny
“I will take care of you, forever…” Two orphans find their own way into adulthood in this moving, high-octane, and often hilarious coming-of-age drama, set amongst the steamy, tropical backstreets of Singapore’s criminal underworld. In a once-grand apartment, two estranged siblings – 14-year-old Girl and 21-year-old Boy are thrown back together after the unexpected death… Read More »Golden Blood
The NSW Public Schools State Dance Festival are showcases of excellence in these art forms. Featuring students from Kindergarten to Year 12, the festivals celebrate the work of The Arts Unit’s Ensemble Programs as well as exemplar pieces from public schools across NSW. Each festival offers public performances as well as industry specialist workshops for… Read More »NSW State Dance Festival
Myra’s typically middle-class family are scarily normal in their eccentricities, especially when it comes to dealing with her illness. The boiler is on the blink, the cat’s gone missing and the perfect funeral needs planning but her husband Alec would rather bury his head in a newspaper while daughters Harriet and Jenna have their own… Read More »Colder Than Here
Twofold is a monumental double bill featuring the return of Rafael Bonachela’s beloved Impermanence alongside a new work, Love Lock by renowned choreographer Melanie Lane, who brought us the critically acclaimed WOOF in 2019. Impermanence A visceral and thrilling exploration of the juxtaposition of beauty and devastation, Rafael Bonachela’s critically acclaimed Impermanence features an evocative… Read More »Twofold
A moving tale of self-discovery for all the family “Cicada tell story. Story good. Story simple. Story even human can understand. Tok! Tok! Tok!” Cicada spends his days dutifully working away in a grey office. Overlooked by his superiors and overworked by his colleagues, he is getting very close to the end of his tether.… Read More »Cicada
Spanning ten years from the 1960’s to the 1970’s, Sonal Moore’s autobiographical play follows the journey of her parents to make a new life in Australia - why they first came and what made them stay. Seen through the eyes of three generations of women, Ten Years To Home reveals the challenges faced by an… Read More »Ten Years To Home
What did it feel like when you were seventeen? What’s it like to be seventeen now? Joyful and profound, Matthew Whittet’s Seventeen tells the story of a group of high school students, experiencing something we all remember well, the last day of school – for ever. Through a fog of stolen alcohol, six teenagers gather… Read More »Seventeen
A musical feast celebrating the women who refused to behave. Well-Behaved Women, a song cycle by Carmel Dean is a musical feast by where these legends (and a few we’re keeping up our sleeves) are brought to life and reimagined through powerful and often hilarious songs, that celebrate the ways in which their behaviour helped… Read More »Well-Behaved Women