Griffin Theatre Company Announces Michele Lee as Winner of 2025 Griffin Award
Griffin Theatre Company is thrilled to announce that Michele Lee has been awarded the 2025 Griffin Award for outstanding new Australian playwriting for her play, Snappy.
Smash-hit adaptation of Pip Williams’ 'The Dictionary of Lost Words' comes to Wollongong!
“Illuminating... exceptionally translates the novel to stage.”
‘LIFE AFFIRMING AND LUDICROUSLY FUNNY’: CARL BLAND’S TRAGICOMEDY MR RED LIGHT ARRIVES AT RIVERSIDE THEATRES THIS JULY
He came to rob a bank. He ended up in a pie shop.
Bondi Festival lights up this winter with a kaleidoscope of local talent, culture, and creativity
Bondi Festival returns with its biggest program yet
MERRIGONGX Presents the Exciting New Musical About Dogs & Death Written by Lucy Heffernan
Merrigong Theatre Company’s annual artists’ program, MERRIGONGX presents Lucy Heffernan’s Dog People, a new musical about dogs and death at the Illawarra Performing Arts Centre from the 19th June to 21st June 2025.
The Dictionary of Lost Words
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 the Illawarra Performing Arts Centre for a special two-week season from 29 May to 7 June 2025.
ENSEMBLE THEATRE PRESENTS ‘THE HALF-LIFE OF MARIE CURIE’, LAUREN GUNDERSON’S FEMINIST SCIENCE DRAMA
Ensemble Theatre is thrilled to present the Australian premiere of Lauren Gunderson’s The Half-Life of Marie Curie, a heartfelt tale of female friendship and empowerment by one of America’s most-produced playwrights from Friday 13th June to Saturday 12th July.
RIVERSIDE THEATRES PRESENTS SHAKE & STIR THEATRE CO’S ELECTRIFYING ADAPTATION OF GEORGE ORWELL’S CLASSIC, 1984
From the multi-award-winning creative minds at Shake and Stir (Frankenstein, Jane Eyre, Animal Farm and Dracula) comes Nelle Lee and Nick Skubij’s powerful adaptation of George Orwell’s dystopian masterpiece 1984 at Riverside Theatres from 24th to 26th July.
Primary Trust
Ensemble Theatre presents the Australian premiere of Eboni Booth's Pulitzer Prize-winning play.
HIGH-ENERGY THEATRICAL SPECTACULAR THE TROJAN WAR COMES TO RIVERSIDE THEATRES
Prepare for a night of theatrical magic, outrageous characters, and twisted pop songs as the internationally acclaimed New Zealand theatre company Slightly Isolated Dog brings its riotous production, The Trojan War, to Riverside Theatres from 30th to 31st May.
The Spare Room
From the novel by Helen Garner. Adapted and Directed by Eamon Flack
Exhibition | Barney Ellaga 'Tjungai'
Mitchell Fine Art in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley presents ‘Tjungai’, a powerful exhibition that celebrates and honours the life works of Barney Ellaga, the last cultural policeman for the Alawa people. On display from 13 - 31 May.
Sydney Gay & Lesbian Choir presents UNDER THE MILKY WAY, an Unforgettable Journey to the Heart of Australia
100 singers and 24 iconic songs
ENSEMBLE THEATRE PRESENTS HAROLD PINTER DOUBLE BILL ‘THE LOVER’ & ‘THE DUMB WAITER’
Following the success of The Caretaker, Ensemble Theatre is thrilled to bring not one, but two of Harold Pinter’s gripping one-act plays, The Lover & The Dumb Waiter to the stage, from Friday 2nd May to Saturday 7th June.
FOLK REIMAGINED: EAST IN SYMPHONY
A bold new cross-cultural collaboration.
Exhibition | Bernard Ollis OAM 'From the Inside, Looking Out'
Acclaimed artist Bernard Ollis OAM invites art lovers to experience his latest exhibition, 'From the Inside Looking Out', at Mitchell Fine Art in Fortitude Valley Brisbane, from May 13–31. A free Artist Talk and Opening event will accompany this exhibition on May 17.
Seymour Centre & Outhouse Theatre Co present Jonathan Spector’s Broadway Smash-Hit, EUREKA DAY
“The perfect play for our age of disagreement.” - New York Times Critic’s Pick ★★★★★ “Warning: Prepare to be triggered into fits of laughter.” - New York Stage Review “Comic Gold” - Time Out New York
Merrigong Theatre Company presents Belvoir St Theatre's SCENES FROM THE CLIMATE ERA
★★★★★ “highly entertaining” - Arts Hub ★★★★★ "Raw, vulnerable and utterly engaging" - The AU Review
Bach Akademie Australia Celebrates 340 Years of Bach, Handel and Scarlatti with The Class of ‘85
Australia’s premier Baroque ensemble presents works by a trio of Western Music’s greatest composers
Cutting-edge, Digital-led Exhibition Amongst the clouds Opens at Artspace in May
Artspace is delighted to announce the opening of its latest exhibition, Amongst the clouds (digital materialities in the 21st century) from Thursday 8 May to Sunday 20 July 2025.
THE OTHER ART FAIR RETURNS TO SYDNEY: WHERE CREATIVITY KNOWS NO RULES
The Other Art Fair is back, and it’s bringing the unexpected.
Exhibition | Works on Paper
Mitchell Fine Art in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley proudly presents ‘Works on Paper,’ a captivating group exhibition showcasing Aboriginal and Contemporary artworks, all unified by paper as their primary medium, from 29th April to 10th May.
Illume
Bangarra premiere’s first-ever visual arts collaboration, Illume.
Guanting Li: Harmonies Art Exhibition at LDFA
Harmonies brings together a selection of figurative and landscape paintings by Guanting Li, inspired by both Chinese and Western art traditions and experiences. Showing at Lauraine Diggins Fine Art throughout April and May 2025, these atmospheric paintings, from large scale scrolls to more intimate artworks, ask the viewer to quietly consider and contemplate the depictions of transcendent harmony. Preview the artworks and download the illustraed catalogue on our website www.diggins.com.au @lauraine_diggins_fine_art #LDFA #guantingli #chineseinkpainting
Bitchen Wolf in association with Qtopia Sydney presents HEAVEN
★★★★★ – Scotsman ★★★★★ – The Arts Desk
JANE HUTCHEON BRINGS CHALLENGING CONVERSATIONS TO THE FOREFRONT WITH DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS AT RIVERSIDE THEATRES
Riverside Theatres & Christine Dunstan Productions is proud to present Difficult Conversations, hosted by acclaimed journalist Jane Hutcheon and featuring sharp-witted guests Jonathan Biggins and Hannah Diviney. Join them at Riverside Theatre on Saturday 24th May, for an experience of bold perspectives, candid dialogue and a few uncomfortable truths.
YES YES YES
Humorous, witty and moving, Yes Yes Yes sparks conversation where conversation can be difficult!
PROUDFOOT & FRIENDS – A MUSICAL ADVENTURE FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY AT RIVERSIDE THEATRES
Prepare for a foot-stomping, rib-tickling, toe-tapping theatrical extravaganza as award-winning children’s performer Lucas Proudfoot brings his spectacular stage show, Proudfoot & Friends, to Riverside Theatres from the 20th to 21st May.
The Wrong Gods
Belvoir presents 'The Wrong Gods', the brand-new play by S. Shakthidharan following his hit 'Counting and Cracking'
SKANK SINATRA UNLEASHES BIG-BAND GLAMOUR AT QTOPIA SYDNEY’S 2025 PRIDE FEST
Twice crowned Best Cabaret at Adelaide Fringe, nominated for Best Musical Theatre and Cabaret at Sydney Fringe, and with sold-out award-winning performances spanning Australia and Europe, the unstoppable Skank Sinatra storms into Qtopia Sydney from the 10th to 15th of June, armed with powerhouse live vocals, sky-high glamour and a sizzling reinvention of Sinatra like you’ve never heard before.