For the first time since its original production by Red Stitch Theatre in 2019, Keziah Warner’s epic sci-fi odyssey Control is back in Melbourne. In the not-so-distant future, a heavily pregnant ex-ballerina, a child detective, a bitter puppeteer and a feminist pop princess hurtle towards Mars in a Big Brother-style spaceship. The world is watching. …
When the acclaimed author Cory Taylor was diagnosed with a terminal illness, what followed was an astonishing creative surge that resulted in a memoir Barack Obama named as one of his favourite books of 2017. Taylor’s wry insights into the rituals, language and taboos surrounding mortality can be witty, provocative or eye-opening – sometimes in …
Shakespeare's Henry 6 plays are one of the great undiscovered gems of Western Literature. An intoxicating mix of violence, politics and romance, this civil war is as machiavellian as Succession and as brutal as Game of Thrones. Henry 6 is a rare thing - a religious pacifist in a time of war and his wife …
From playwriting icon Joanna Murray-Smith comes this ravishing adaptation of the twentieth century’s most glamorous thriller. Following the triumphant success of Julia, Murray-Smith reunites with director Sarah Goodes to masterfully transform this seductive page-turner into an electrifying, world-premiere stage experience. Will McDonald (Heartbreak High) plays Tom Ripley, an orphan and a striver, barely scraping by …
Shirley Valentine Brisbane -Natalie Bassingthwaighte stars in the West End and Broadway award-winning Shirley Valentine! Experience the heartwarming, hilarious, and utterly inspiring story of Shirley Valentine, brought to life by Australian stage and screen star Natalie Bassingthwaighte. Written by Willy Russell and directed by Lee Lewis this timeless West End and Broadway comedy will take …
Bladderwrack is exactly the comedy horror science-fiction pantomime pirate show with bits of opera you’ve been waiting for! If it takes place in a small setting, it’s a big story -- so big that it has spilled alarmingly off the stage and into the realm of literature. Now the bolder theatre goer might “enjoy” the …
Blackadder II, a stage adaptation by Dan Bellis and Harrison Ewart-Dart based on the original BBC Television Series created by Richard Curtis, Rowan Atkinson, Ben Elton and John Lloyd In fair Elizabethan England, there dwells Edmund Blackadder, a wit as sharp as his pointed beard, though his fortune proves ever fickle. A knave both cunning …
Did my heart love till now? – Romeo & Juliet, Act 1 Scene 5 After a chance meeting, an intense but forbidden love is ignited between two young lovers. And despite the unending, violent feud between their families, they will risk everything to be together. This raw portrayal of Romeo & Juliet will envelop you …
It’s an age-old question: do opposites attract? More specifically, could you date someone who had completely different music tastes to you? Rhinestone Rex and Miss Monica explores this contested idea with oodles of wit and charm through the story of a very unlikely pair. It’s the beginnings of a new friendship between Miss Monica and …
Alice Birch’s Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. is a ferocious work of contemporary theatre that refuses to behave. Through sharp, surreal and darkly funny vignettes, it twists words into weapons and turns everyday rituals inside out. What begins as an assault on the language and traditions that have shaped “womanhood” becomes something larger: a call …
As one of the most significant dates in human history looms, recently widowed Lady Thorncroft becomes the unwilling host to a wedding party forced off the road due to a severe rainstorm. Then one by one the wedding party begins to die. Can Lady Thorncroft’s best and oldest friend, philosophy professor Elizabeth Stonebridge, wade the …
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