Tom Ripley, an orphan and a striver, barely scraping by in 1950s New York. But beneath his woebegone exterior, Tom cultivates certain talents that set him apart: an extraordinary capacity for mimicry and deception. He is a man with a face no-one remembers. Whereas no one could forget Dickie Greenleaf. He is everything Tom isn’t;… Read More »The Talented Mr. Ripley
In commemoration of 80 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The story takes place in Hiroshima some three years after the dropping of the atomic bomb on that city on 6 August 1945. Mitsue, a young librarian, arrives home to find her father Takezo there. She has not seen him for three years.
A painter, a musician, a philosopher and a poet are having a night on the town. Café Momus is too pricey for them — they’ve nothing to weigh down those moth-eaten pockets. But why worry? The bar tab can wait. The way first love grabs hold and floods you with something you’ve never felt before.… Read More »La Bohème
It’s 1985. TV prime time. Across Australia, millions of tear-stricken eyes are glued to their television sets in disbelief. A Country Practice’s beloved Molly Jones takes her final breath. Fade to black and she’s gone. Inside the story room, in a creative flurry powered by coffee, cigarettes and Fantales, the eccentric squad of TV writers… Read More »How To Plot A Hit In Two Days
Virginia Woolf’s most beloved and brilliant novel takes to the stage in a joyous new adaptation. Orlando is young, rich and handsome. A courtier in the time of Elizabeth, he sets out in search of love, life, and a fabulous destiny – but he has to travel through 400 years to find it. He dashes… Read More »Orlando
For the 38th Kaldor Public Art Project, John Kaldor has invited German artist Thomas Demand to create an extraordinary exhibition space in the Art Gallery of New South Wales’ Naala Badu building, specifically designed to display the John Kaldor Family Collection in a whole new light. Demand has developed a remarkable spatial design and exhibition… Read More »Kaldor Public Art Project – Thomas Demand
Experience Cirque du Soleil’s signature style of acrobatics in uncharted territory with CRYSTAL – a breakthrough ice experience that blurs the boundaries between gliding sports and circus arts.
CRYSTAL invites you to suspend reality and glide into a world that springs to a colourful life with astounding visual projections, and an original score that seamlessly blends popular music with the signature sound of Cirque du Soleil.
Follow Crystal, the lead character, on an exhilarating tale of self-discovery as she dives into a world of her own imagination, accompanied by a quirky assortment of characters both real and imagined.
In CRYSTAL, gymnasts and skaters perform acrobatics on the ice and in the air, seamlessly combining multiple disciplines together, creating a stunningly unique production.
“The point of diving in a lake is not immediately to swim to the shore…” The NSW premiere of the ingenious and inspiring musical by the superb Steve Martin and Edie Brickell. Drawn from a true story and featuring a Tony-nominated score, Bright Star tells a sweeping tale of love and redemption set against the… Read More »Bright Star
Raquel Caballero is a Sydney artist who celebrates craft as a skilled art. Using papier-mâché, textiles and recycled materials, Caballero creates imagined worlds in the form of handmade installations and maximalist sets. Inspired by folk art and outsider cultures, her making is of the kind used in serious play. In a new commission made especially… Read More »Raquel Caballero
Set against the searing backdrop of the Californian desert, TRUE WEST is a wickedly funny and scorching tale of sibling rivalry. 40 miles east of Los Angeles, Austin has found a writing oasis in his mother’s empty home while she’s abroad. His latest film project has the potential to sell big in Hollywood. In the… Read More »True West
Here You Come Again is a rollicking, joyous new musical comedy featuring all of Dolly Parton's biggest hits! Packed with iconic songs like Jolene, 9 to 5, Islands in the Stream, I Will Always Love You, Here You Come Again, and many more, this colourful and heartfelt musical tells the story of a diehard fan… Read More »Here You Come Again
This multi-award-winning play is a complete reimagining of the iconic Anne Frank story. It asks us to consider what “could have been” and moves between three worlds - the secret annex where Anne's family are in hiding; Bergen Belsen where, sick and starving, she lives out her final days; and an unfulfilled future in a… Read More »Anne Being Frank
First love: joyous, sweet and youthful. Two boys from neighbouring mobs, puffed up with teenage giddiness, poised on the edge of a world about to change. Their budding love taking root in Country that is about to be declared ‘Australia’. In the early years of colonisation, a young Aboriginal man, Ty, sits under the knotted… Read More »Whitefella Yella Tree
What is our heart’s journey when our world is split in two? Grief-stricken by her late father’s sudden death, Amelia Alyssa embarks on a journey to her ancestral homeland, Lebanon. She bears witness to the ancient Baalbek ruins of the Beqaa Valley while lodging nearby at the Palmyra Hotel, a time capsule of a flourishing… Read More »Ruins