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Sydney Opera House: Polar Bear & Penguin

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Direct from Ireland, Polar Bear & Penguin is a charming play for young audiences written and performed by John Currivan & Paul Curley. The tale of an unlikely encounter between a Polar Bear and a Penguin. This is the story of polar opposite characters meeting for the first time, getting to…
Event Series Alice In Wonderland

The Australian Shakespeare Company: Alice In Wonderland

The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney Mrs Macquaries Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Join Alice on her amazing journey through Wonderland and experience an adventure like no other. This summer holidays, tumble down the rabbit hole as the Australian Shakespeare Company presents Lewis Carroll's absurd & wickedly clever classic - Alice in Wonderland. Brought to life beautifully in Glenn Elstons highly acclaimed production.…
Event Series Dog Man the Musical

Adelaide Festival Centre: Dog Man the Musical

Adelaide Festival Centre Adelaide, SA, Australia
With the head of a dog and the body of a policeman, Dog Man loves to fight crime and chew on the furniture. But while trying his best to be a good boy, can he save the city from Flippy the cyborg fish and his army of Beasty Buildings? Can he catch…
Editor's Choice Event Series Margaret and the Grey Mare

Sydney Festival: Margaret and the Grey Mare

Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre 1 Powerhouse Rd, Casula, NSW, Australia
Looking for something different? Try this one-hour immersive video opera created by visual artist Katy B Plummer and composer Sally Whitwell, with a little help from artificial intelligence programmed to speak in verse like an oracular Celtic spirit. The story, with video by filmmaker Kuba Dorabialski, evokes 17th-century European witch…
Event Series Tell Me On A Sunday

Hayes Theatre Co: Tell Me On A Sunday

Hayes Theatre Co 19 Greenknowe Avenue, Elizabeth Bay, NSW, Australia
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black’s classic Tell Me On A Sunday is a one-woman show that charts the course of a young English girl newly arrived in New York. Brimming with optimism, she sets out to seek success, companionship and, of course, love. But as she weaves her way through…
Event Series Dog Man the Musical

Adelaide Festival Centre: Dog Man the Musical

Adelaide Festival Centre Adelaide, SA, Australia
With the head of a dog and the body of a policeman, Dog Man loves to fight crime and chew on the furniture. But while trying his best to be a good boy, can he save the city from Flippy the cyborg fish and his army of Beasty Buildings? Can he catch…
Editor's Choice Event Series Into The Shimmering World

Sydney Theatre Company: Into The Shimmering World

Wharf 1 Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
Angus Cerini’s new play follows in the footsteps of his gothic dramas The Bleeding Tree and Wonnangatta, both of which used a visceral, poetic language, while plugging into Australia’s complex relationship with the bush. Into the Shimmering World is a quieter, more contemplative piece. Colin Friels and Kerry Armstrong give moving…
Event Series Grease Sydney

John Frost for Crossroads Live Australia: Grease

Capitol Theatre, Sydney 13 Campbell St, Haymarket, NSW
It’s the one that you want, Sydney! Grease is back, in an all-new production, and it promises to be slicker, sexier, and more electrifying than ever before. It’s one of the world’s most iconic and loved musicals and nothing beats the feeling you get, going back to Rydell High. Danny,…
Event Series The Rocky Horror Show

Crossroads Live Australia: The Rocky Horror Show

Theatre Royal, Sydney 108 King St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Back by phenomenal demand, the iconic Rock ‘N’ Roll musical The Rocky Horror Show is back in 2024 starring Australian superstar Jason Donovan as Frank N Furter. Written and created by Richard O’Brien, The Rocky Horror Show has become one of the world’s favourite musicals and returns after enjoying sell out performances and rave reviews during…
Event Series No Pay? No Way!

Sydney Theatre Company: No Pay? No Way!

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
When No Pay? No Way! opened in 2020 it was instantly met with standing ovations and glowing reviews. Now, one of Sydney Theatre Company’s funniest and most beloved productions in recent years returns to the Drama Theatre and to a world more in need of its wild, farcical wisdom than…
Event Series The President

Sydney Theatre Company: The President

Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Hugo Weaving returns to the stage, joined by one of Ireland’s greatest actors, Olwen Fouéré. In a first-time co-production, Sydney Theatre Company will join forces with the renowned Gate Theatre, Dublin to mount this genius piece of twentieth century playwriting. For this rare and remarkable international collaboration, the cast and…
Editor's Choice Event Series 37

Queensland Theatre: 37

Bille Brown Theatre 78 Montague Rd, South Brisbane, QLD
The Cutting Cove Currawongs have spent so long at the bottom of the footy ladder, they are the laughing stock of their small coastal town. But with the arrival of two talented Marngrook cousins, things might just turn around. But not everyone’s happy. Named after the number Adam Goodes wore…

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