Sydney Theatre Company News

Emmy-nominated Succession star Sarah Snook will hit the West End stage in January 2024 in an adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. The production may also have Broadway in its sights. 

Award-winning US playwright Aleshea Harris' Is God Is is previewing to thunderous applause at Melbourne Theatre Company's Sumner Theatre ahead of its Australian premiere, Friday 23 June.

Award-winning music theatre powerhouse Squabbalogic has announced the full cast for the brand-new, original Australian musical THE DISMISSAL, which will be making its long-awaited world premiere from 26th August 2023 at Sydney’s Seymour Centre.

Experience two of Australia’s most influential theatre-makers 'in conversation' at an intimate, one night event, hosted by Sydney Theatre Company on Tuesday 27 June. 

The cast has been revealed for The Contention (Henry VI, Part II) at Shakespeare & Company, directed by Founding Artistic Director Tina Packer and staged June 17 through July 15, opening Saturday, June 24.

Anchuli Felicia King’s adaptation of Wong Shee Ping’s serialized novel THE POISON OF POLYGAMY helps resurrect a largely forgotten work while providing a cautionary tale for contemporary Australian culture. 

Patricia Cornelius’ 2011 NSW Premier’s Literary Award For Drama winning DO NOT GO GENTLE is presented with stunning effect by Director Paige Rattray. 

Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre and the Unicorn Theatre announced the full cast and creative team for The Tempest re-imagined for everyone aged six and over, revised and directed by Jennifer Tang. Learn how to purchase tickets!

Writer, director, and Quandamooka man, Wesley Enoch has been appointed STC’s Patrick White Playwrights Fellow. The 2023 Patrick White Playwrights Award has been awarded to Melbourne-based playwright, Aran Thangaratnam for his play love MAD GLITCH. 

Take a journey to an infamous Island this Memorial Day weekend, as Staples Players brings William Golding's Lord of the Flies to Staples High School's Black Box Theatre. Relive the classic story or discover it for the first time with a cast of male and female performers, directed by David Roth and Kerry Long. Each performance will feature a different combination of actors.

Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre has announced full cast and creative team for their forthcoming production of Robin Hood: The Legend. Re-written. 

The successful collaboration between Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA and The Blue Room Theatre will continue for its third year with the revival of Ian Michael's production of Angus Cerini's Helpmann-Award winning play The Bleeding Tree, opening at the Studio Underground on 29 April to 14 May.

Janet Anderson shines in Margaret Perry’s (Playwright) award winning solo play COLLAPSIBLE. 

August Wilson's towering classic Fences will have its long-overdue Australian premiere at Sydney Theatre Company this month, featuring two of the starring performers from 2022's critically-adored production A Raisin in the Sun - Bert LaBonté and Zahra Newman. 

EDWARD ALBEE’S THE GOAT OR, WHO IS SYLVIA? (NOTES TOWARD A DEFINITION OF TRAGEDY) is the latest co-pro between State Theatre Company South Australia and Sydney Theatre Company. 

The Australian Theatre Festival NYC New Play Award is generously sponsored by Shane & Cathryn Brennan and will celebrate two new Australian plays/musicals with a total prize pool of over $14,000. The winning play or musical will be presented as a staged reading in New York City as a part of the 2023 Festival.

Fourteen skilled participants have been selected for ‘Front and Centre 2023’ - a career coaching and professional development program for women and non-binary people with disability working in the arts, creative and cultural sectors across NSW, the ACT, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. 

Academy Award and Emmy Award winner Steven Soderbergh will make his New York City theatrical producing debut with the World Premiere of The Fears, a new play by Emma Sheanshang, and directed by Dan Algrant. Five-time Tony Award winner John N. Hart Jr. serves as Executive Producer.

With Zadie Smith’s The Wife of Willesden about to transfer to the US, Kiln Theatre has announced the full cast for the world première of Ryan Calais Cameron’s new play based on a true event in the life of actor Sidney Poitier in 1950s Hollywood – Ian Bonar (Bobby), Ivanno Jeremiah (Sidney), and Daniel Lapaine (Mr Parks).

Darlinghurst Theatre Company celebrates Sydney WorldPride 2023 with a program that looks beyond the circuit events and dance parties to celebrate and bring joy to all members of the LGBTQIA+ community.