Theatre
Sylvia Plath Stole My Boyfriend: Liz Hicklin’s Ted Hughes love story hits Melbourne Fringe
A first-time playwright at 95, Liz Hicklin has turned a youthful romance with one of poetry's giants into a gameshow…
Paddington Bear leads a huge week of Australian musical theatre announcements
Australia is in for a big year of musicals in 2027. We've rounded up all the latest news for you.
A Room With a View makes a mischievous splash at Belvoir
Grace Chapple’s adaptation of EM Forster’s 1908 novel plays up the comedy – and the nudity – in an entertaining,…
West End hit The Curious Case of Benjamin Button to premiere in Australia
The award-winning musical will debut at the Sydney Opera House in 2027, before touring Melbourne and Brisbane.
Sydney Fringe Reviewer Lab: more of the best fringe acts of 2026
The emerging writers in the Sydney Fringe Reviewer Lab round up more festival highlights.
Adelaide can’t live on festivals alone – and that’s why State Theatre Company SA is stepping up
Artistic Director Petra Kalive is making Adelaide's leading theatre company weirder, fresher and more Australian.
Suzie Miller on writing for the page and stage: ‘All I ever want to do is start conversations’
Suzie Miller is appearing around the country, talking about her phenomenal career as a playwright and her latest novel Inter…
Little Shop of Horrors to tour Australia following sell-out Brisbane season
Woodward Productions is taking the cult musical on the road, with audiences hungry for more.
Eddie Perfect brings a new comedy to Malthouse as Dean Bryant unveils his first season
An appetite for new Australian stories meets a robot hairdresser, gothic horror, and karaoke in Malthouse Theatre’s 2027 season.
Adoption dramedy Koreaboo is a bittersweet marvel
Now showing in Melbourne, this semi-autobiographical work, written by and starring Michelle Lim Davidson, draws on the difficult history of…