A divorcee with a young child to care for, Ruth works in the kind of nightclubs where there’s more than just a drink on offer. The girls work hard, play hard and dream of a movie-star life. Then she meets the wealthy, womanising David, a racing driver with whom she becomes obsessed. Fame comes — …
A romantic adventure begins at a bustling London train station where 42-year-old American, Georgie Burns, kisses the neck of a much older Irish man, Alex Priest, a butcher. This electric encounter thrusts two perfect strangers into a fascinating and unlikely relationship, part friendship, part love-affair.
The Comeuppance by American playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins will get its Australian debut, following its acclaimed world premiere at Off-Broadway’s Signature Theatre last year. Directed by the award-winning Gary Abrahams (Iphigenia In Splott, Red Stitch; Yentl, Arts Centre Melbourne; Admissions, Melbourne Theatre Company), this masterful new work centres on a group of friends who gather on …
A family bound by an unthinkable crime. A past that keeps repeating, a lesson still unlearned. Gordan Graham's play, The Boys, is a powerful and unsettling exploration of family and gendered violence, examining its ripple effects on the women left in its wake. Originally inspired by the events surrounding the Anita Cobby murder, this fictionalised …
Agatha Christie’s breathtaking masterpiece, And Then There Were None is coming to Australia in 2025. From the producers of the hugely successful Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap comes a brand-new production of the best-selling crime novel of all time. Ten strangers are lured to a solitary mansion on an island off the English coast. When a …
From Andrea James (Sunshine Super Girl) comes The Black Woman of Gippsland – a story of Victoria’s dark past that is in dire need of revisiting, told as a thrilling modern mystery that unfolds with beauty, tragedy and rebellion. A woman is tossed ashore from the sea, bedraggled and lost. A century and a half …
A financially and creatively bankrupt acting troupes’ production of Romeo and Juliet goes horribly wrong when their Romeo dies three acts early. In order to save their troupe from jail, or worse, being exiled from the theatre, the troupe must lie, scheme, and “yes, and” their way into the cover up of the century.
Overnight, the weather has turned in a small town. A war has been declared and there’s no one who can stop it. One family sounds the warning, but what can you do when denial is as easy as keeping your head down? Award-winning actor Paula Arundell (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) sends your pulse …
“A stirring love story with infinite possibilities.” – The Guardian As moving as it is beautiful, Constellations tells the story of Roland, a beekeeper, and Marianne, a quantum physicist — two star-crossed lovers whose relationship is explored through a series of ‘what if?’ scenarios. The result is a rich, captivating, and sensitive exploration of love, …
Floundering a bit after the death of his aged mother, Manley Carstairs, a selfstyled literary artist, engages a housekeeper, Annie Dankworth, to look after his large Victorian house (and himself). When Annie first arrives, wearing sneakers and carrying her belongings in a grocery cart, Manley is taken aback, but she seems so eager to please …
It’s going to be a scorcher in Melbourne today, and Aoife and Jackie have pulled a 12 hour shift. Standing at opposite ends of a roadwork site, the two women realise that they couldn’t be more different. Aoife, earnest and outgoing, smiles warmly at passing cars through her lipstick and lashes, while Jackie, practical to …
WITTY | INSIGHTFUL | THOUGHT-PROVOKING Massive artificial reefs, Mirror clouds. Zombie mice. Beaches where once there were none. Travelling the world when aeroplanes are gone. How we deal with big, breathtaking ideas – and the crazy excitement of living in hope. It’s sixty-five short scenes – comic, tragic, and everything in between. Jam-packed with info, …
