Marketing Community Theatre

July
Sydney Theatre Company

On the Beach

July

Two of our great theatre-makers join forces for this poetic story of community, dignity and love in dark times.

By Nevil Shute
Adapted for the stage by Tommy Murphy
Directed by Kip Williams

Roslyn Packer Theatre

Tuggerah
Jopuka Productions

Share House

October

Flo has just started uni and is living in a share house just off campus. She takes over Arlo's room, who's sleeping in a swag in the backyard while he waits for Tori to finish moving into Brett's room. 4 Dale Street has had a revolving door for 6 years, and no-one really knows who's actually on the lease anymore.

by Joshua Maxwell
Photo: Jamie Hornsby

The Launch Pad from $28

August
Opera Australia

Miss Saigon

August

THRILLING, SOARING AND SPECTACULAR!

Sydney Opera House

8 Shows
St Philip's Christian College

Cinderella

A BIG production, a sumptuous live orchestra and a story we have all come to know and love.

Civic Theatre from $25

August
Critical Stages Touring

The Box Show

August

In the hands of Junkyard Beats, ordinary household items are transformed into extraordinary musical instruments and unwanted junk comes alive in exciting and surprising ways!

Laycock Street Community Theatre from $15

On SALE
Jopuka Productions & Red Tree Theatre

The Brown Bag Canteen

Food fanatic, Ren, steps off the bus at St. Lawrence Prep, the fanciest high school in six towns. She's there with the rest of her peers after a mysterious fire destroyed their beloved - albeit kind of a hole - Woodrich College across town, and these poor students are not welcome.

By Alexander Lee-Rekers
Director: Calem Madden
Producer and Deisgner: Joshua Maxwell
Dramaturg: Danielle Brame Whiting

Red Tree Theatre from $26

2 Shows
XtrAct Drama Academy

XtrAct June Concerts

XtrAct Drama Mid Year Show

Red Tree Theatre from $25

July
Live Nation

Julia Morris

After years of being indoors, Australia's First Lady of Comedy Julia Morris is back in circulation and off the leash in her brand new stand-up spectacular 75 Years in the Business!

State Theatre

July
Hunter Drama & Disney Theatrical Productions Australia

Disney's Finding Nemo Jr

For the first time ever in Newcastle, Hunter Drama is so excited to bring Disney's Finding Nemo JR. to the stage.

Family Friendly

The Playhouse from $39

Be Quick
Woy Woy Little Theatre

The Hollow

An unhappy game of romantic follow-the-leader explodes into murder one weekend at The Hollow, home of Sir Henry and Lucy Angkatell.

by Agatha Christie
Directed by Andrew Thomson

Peninsula Theatre from $8

Sydney
Sydney Theatre Company

The Dictionary of Lost Words

October

This award-winning New York Times bestseller and book club favourite will be brought to vivid life in a new adaptation.

Adapted by Verity Laughton from the novel by Pip Williams
Directed by Jessica Arthur

Sydney Opera House

POPULAR!
Jopuka Productions

This Much is True

A debt collector, a drag queen, a rogue chemist and a manic depressive walk into a pub

by Louis Nowra
Directed by Rosie Ross
Photo: Jamie Hornsby

Red Tree Theatre

Dates TBA
Crossroads Live

Grease The Musical

The No. 1 Party Musical GREASE returns to the Australian stage in a new, multi-million-dollar live production, packed with energy. It's got groove, it's got meaning and it's burning up the quarter mile!

Casting Now

Capitol Theatre

Be Quick
Palm Studios 2023 15+ Group

Heathers The Musical

July

The darkly delicious story of Veronica Sawyer

Music, lyrics and book by Laurence O'Keefe and Kevin Murphy
Based on the 1989 film of the same name written by Daniel Waters

Palm Studios from $29

RETURN
Jopuka Productions

Charlie Pilgrim - A Beginner's Guide To Time Travel

October

What if a primary school aged kid messed with spacetime while trying to fix a moment in the past and got herself stuck in a time loop. And what if she gets all her friends to try and help her to get out of the time loop and these friends turn out to be just different versions of herself?

Return Season

The Hub from $28

Be Quick
Pymble Players

Things I know to be true

Life is seasonal, and those seasons bring change, challenge and hope.

Written by: Andrew Bovell
Exclusively licenced by HLA Management Pty Ltd.
Directed by: Racquel Boyd

Pymble Players Theatre from $30

Be Quick
Palm Studios

Peter Pan Jr

Broadway's timeless classic musical whisks you away to a place where dreams are born and no one ever grows up!

Family Friendly

Palm Studios from $25

Newcastle
HIT Productions

The Sunshine Club

August

A gloriously energetic, thought provoking and above all entertaining night of theatre.

Civic Theatre from $27

July
Jopuka Productions

Normal

July

An urban detective story in which the investigator is a teenage girl and the body is her own.

by Katie Pollock
Directed by Talullah Eden
Emerging Director Tahlia Nott

The Launch Pad

July
Victorian Opera and New Zealand Opera

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

July

Sondheim's award-winning musical: A Musical Thriller

Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Hugh Wheeler

Sydney Opera House from $69

★ A HIT ★
Sydney Theatre Company

Do not go Gentle

Witness this moving exploration of human frailty at the ends of the Earth as performed by an all-star cast.

By Patricia Cornelius
Directed by Paige Rattray

Roslyn Packer Theatre

Theatre
Salt House Creative

Shakesbeer

Beer, Wine & Shakespear!

Theatre
Ensemble Theatre

Suddenly Last Summer

A masterful blend of theatre and live video takes you inside this extraordinary tale like never before.

by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Shaun Rennie

Ensemble Theatre from $38

August
Hunter Drama

War of the Worlds

August

So terrifying in its accounts of invading Martians wielding deadly heat-rays that it is remembered like no other radio programme.

By Howard E. Koch
Based on the novel by H.G. Wells
Directed by James Chapman

Civic Playhouse

Tuggerah
Wyong Drama Group

The Full Monty

November

Based on the 1997 British film of the same name. Set in the run-down former industrial epicentre of Sheffield, UK, it follows six unemployed, working class men who decide to do a one-time-only striptease to outdo a touring male strip show and make some desperately needed money.

ReScheduled

Red Tree Theatre

Tragedy
by William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet

From Romance to Rest

Uniting Church Hall

July
Sydney Theatre Company

Constellations

July

A gloriously romantic love story that reflects on the power of human connection and asks, “what if?”.

By Nick Payne
Directed by Ian Michael

Wharf 1 Theatre

Return
Sydney Lyric Theatre

Wicked

August

There's no place like home! The Broadway sensation WICKED looks at what happened in the Land of Oz but from a different angle.

Sydney Lyric Theatre from $79

Opera
Opera Australia

Rigoletto

He's hideous. He's hated. He's untouchable. But in this shimmering world of secrets and seduction, can he keep the one he loves most safe?

by Giuseppe Verdi
based on: Le roi s'amuse; by Victor Hugo

Sydney Opera House

TRENDING
Opera Australia

Aida

This is a story of love so strong it defies enemy lines. This is a story of a kingdom in triumph and a nation in chains. This is a story of betrayal.

Sydney Opera House

Be Quick
Central Coast Grammar School

We Will Rock You

To be performed by over 100 students from Years 7-12, this show is suitable for all ages and come with one guarantee - we WILL rock you!

CCGS Performing Arts Center from $30

Education
Sport for Jove Theatre

Romeo and Juliet

It takes a village to kill a child.

by William Shakespeare
Directed by Damien Ryan

Riverside Theatres from $30

August
Pymble Players

Table Manners

August

This entertaining romp will have you in stitches. Not all (illicit) plans are best laid!

Written by: Alan Ayckbourn
By Arrangement with ORiGiN™ Theatrical On Behalf of Samuel French A Concord Theatricals Company
Directed by: Gavin Critchley

Pymble Players Theatre

August
The Players Theatre

A Dolls House

August

In 2006, the centennial of Ibsen's death, A Doll's House held the distinction of being the world's most performed play that year.

Casting Now

The Players Theatre

Limited
Sydney Lyric Theatre & Live Nation

Mamma Mia

Sydney, it's time to party again when the acclaimed Australian production returns this May!

Limited Run

Sydney Lyric Theatre from $79

Diverse
The Umbrella Foundation

Driftwood

An epic story of love, courage, survival... and foldable umbrellas.

Riverside Theatres from $39

TODAY
Willoughby Theatre Company

The Sound of Music

One of the most beloved musicals of all time is coming to the Concourse Theatre May 2023!

DIRECTOR - Adam Haynes
MUSICAL DIRECTOR - Callum Tolhurst-Close
CHOREOGRAPHER - Janina Hamerlok

The Concourse from $57

POPULAR!
Curtain Bounce

Tick, tick BOOM!

It's 1990 and Jon, a promising composer turning 30, is at a crossroads. His girlfriend wants to leave, his best friend's making big bucks, and he's waiting tables while writing the next great musical.

The Art House Studio from $21

Sydney
Sydney Theatre Company

The Visitors

September

A new production of this contemporary classic and a riveting insight into one of the most impactful days in Australia's history.

By Jane Harrison
Directed by Wesley Enoch

Sydney Opera House

Woy Woy
Woy Woy Little Theatre

Don't Dress for Dinner

October

Bernard is planning a romantic weekend with his chic Parisian mistress in his charming converted French farmhouse, whilst his wife, Jacqueline, is away. He has arranged for a cordon bleu cook to prepare gourmet delights, and has invited his best friend, Robert, along too to provide the alibi. It's foolproof; what could possibly go wrong?

by Marc Camoletti
Adapted by Robin Hawdon

Peninsula Theatre from $8

Extended
Disney Theatrical Productions Australia

Beauty and the Beast

Direct from the West End, this enchanting and timeless tale has been brought to life in a reimagined production boasting all the spectacle and grandeur audiences know and love.

Produced in Australia by The Walt Disney Company and Disney Theatrical Productions, under the supervision of Thomas Schumacher

Capitol Theatre from $50

POPULAR!
Sydney Theatre Company & La Boite

The Poison of Polygamy

A world-premiere adaptation of Australia's first Chinese-language novel, a historical frontier adventure and a morality tale for the ages.

A play by Anchuli Felicia King
Based on the novel by Wong Shee Ping, Translated by Ely Finch
Directed by Courtney Stewart

Wharf 1 Theatre from $51

Solve It
Crossroads Live

The Mousetrap

This thrilling West End production is THE genre-defining murder mystery from the best-selling novelist of all time case closed! Don't just see it. Solve it.

The Mousetrap is supported by the NSW Government through its tourism and major events agency, Destination NSW.

Riverside Theatres from $69

July
Civic Theatre

Liam Cooper's Kings of the Keys

July

Celebrating the Music of Legends

Civic Theatre from $49

Dates TBA
Gosford Musical Society

Kinky Boots

Winner of six Tony Awards (including Best Musical), Kinky Boots features a Tony-winning score by Cyndi Lauper and a hilarious, uplifting book by four-time Tony winner, Harvey Fierstein.

Directed by Scott Goodacre

Laycock Street Community Theatre

ReSchedule
Jopuka Productions

The Mortality Project

August

What do you mean you don't have bunker insurance?

Director: Ebony Atmore
Photo: Jamie Hornsby

The Launch Pad from $25

Newcastle
The Very Popular Theatre Company

Billy Elliot

October

An inspiring celebration of the journey of one boy who hangs up his boxing gloves for ballet shoes.

Book and Lyrics by Lee Hall
Music by Elton John
Originally Directed by Stephen Daldry

Civic Theatre from $69

Return
Jopuka Productions

The Peach Season

August

A powerful, salutary tale showing what it's like to be a young person desperate for independence, but also, crucially, what it's like to be a parent during the painful process of letting children fly the nest.

by Debra Oswald
Photo: Jamie Hornsby

Red Tree Theatre from $15

☆ NEW ☆
Red Tree Theatre

The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (abridged)

September

Shakespeare may be turning in his grave, but the show that's become a cult classic contains all 37 plays (plus sonnets).

By Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield
Directed by Sam Luxford (he/him)
Assistant Director Kirra Stallard (she/her)

Red Tree Theatre

July
Bravewords & Laycock Street Community Theatre

COASTLIVES: Grounded

July

Everyone has a story. The woman you pass on the street. The man at the bus-stop. The barista who makes your coffee. You, reading this.

Laycock Street Community Theatre from $15

Wyong
Wyong Musical Theatre

Spamalot

September

The legendary tale of King Arthur's quest to find the Holy Grail.

Book & Lyrics by ERIC IDLE
Directed by Daryl Kirkness
Musical Director Simone George
Choreographed by Darren Disney

The Wyong Grove Theatre from $25

Walsh Bay
Sydney Theatre Company & Melbourne Theatre Company

Is God Is

September

A thrilling, high-powered, utterly engrossing tale of revenge from an award-winning US playwright.

By Aleshea Harris
Co-Directed by Zindzi Okenyo and Shari Sebbens

Wharf 1 Theatre

August
Woy Woy Little Theatre

The Perfect Murder

August

Carla Moorland has been murdered, and John Hoskins, who had been having an affair with her, knows who did it - himself. John's wife Elizabeth, rather than calling the police, is determined to keep John out of prison, even if it means that an innocent man will be punished for the crime.

by Hugh Janes
adapted from the novel by Jeffrey Archer
directed by Terry Collins

Peninsula Theatre from $8

July
Darlinghurst Theatre Company

Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

Australian premiere of the Tony Award nominated electro-pop opera based on a scandalous slice of Tolstoy's War and Peace

By Dave Malloy

Eternity Playhouse

Chatswood
Willoughby Theatre Company

Cats

October

The classic musical CATS, is reimagined into an extravaganza of modern musical theatre, coming to the Concourse Theatre October 2023!

The Concourse from $57

August
Bell Shakespeare

Twelfth Night

August

Bell Shakespeare returns to The Art House in 2023 with Twelfth Night.

By William Shakespeare
Director Heather Fairbairn

The Art House Theatre from $25

Pymble
Pymble Players

Gaslight

September

You will be on the edge of your seat!

Written by: Patrick Hamilton
By Arrangement with ORiGiN™ Theatrical On Behalf of Samuel French A Concord Theatricals Company
Directed by: Joy Sweeney

Pymble Players Theatre

On Sale
The Attic Theatrical

The Last Five Years

Jamie and Cathy used to be in love, but now their marriage is over and they're trying to figure out where it all went wrong... The Last Five Years is an emotionally powerful and intimate musical by Jason Robert Brown about two New Yorkers in their 20s who fall in and out of love over the course of five years.

by Jason Robert Brown
Directed by Rob & Nat Logan

Playground Theatre from $35

On Sale
Gosford Musical Society

9 to 5 The Musical

July

Three unlikely friends take control of their office and learn there is nothing they can't do, even in a man's world.

Music & Lyrics by Dolly Parton
Book by Patricia Resnick
Directed by Karen Snook
Musical Direction by Chris Hochkins

Laycock Street Community Theatre from $49

July
Opera Australia

The Tales of Hoffmann

Four intoxicating parts. One superstar soprano. Homegrown superstar Jessica Pratt returns to Australia to perform in Offenbach's last and greatest work.

by Jacques Offenbach

Sydney Opera House from $49

Walsh Bay
Sydney Theatre Company

The Importance of Being Earnest

September

The fabulous Helen Thomson plays Lady Bracknell, the wittiest and most wicked role in one of the greatest comedies ever written.

By Oscar Wilde
Directed by Sarah Giles

Roslyn Packer Theatre

Tuggerah
Red Tree Theatre

The Boy From Oz

October

The Boy From Oz is the most successful Australian musical ever and the first to make it to Broadway. It is a musical biography/tribute to the late great Peter Allen.

Co-Directed by Daniel Craig and Joshua Maxwell

Red Tree Theatre

August
Wyong Drama Group & Red Tree Theatre

Two Weeks With The Queen

August

Dear Your Majesty the Queen, I need to speak to you urgently... Cleverly lifting the key moments from Gleitzman's novel and presenting them in a light-hearted, amusing and open way, making for an ideal drama.

Return Season

Red Tree Theatre