Theatre Archive

Alan Bennett’s hit comedy The History Boys will be performed at the Sydney Opera House from February 8 to March 2. The thought-provoking play has played to sold-out houses worldwide and won many awards, including the 2005 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play and …

A bold new production of the  much-acclaimed Torch Song Trilogy will be among the artistic and cultural events held during the three-week Sydney Mardi Gras 2013 festival. Directed by Stephen Colyer (Kiss of the Spider Woman, Paris Letter, Hello Again) and with a stellar cast that includes Simon …

Short+Sweet is back with its smorgasbord of 140 short plays from January 9 until early March. Now in its 12th season the festival held at the King Street Theatre, Newtown – as well as a People’s Choice finalists week at the Sidetrack …

Bell Shakespeare bumps in on George Street with creative pop-up space: 9 January – 25 February 2013 Bell Shakespeare is taking up residence of a great new pop-up space in The Rocks. Opening its doors last Wednesday (January 9), Bell Shakespeare’s Closet …

Leo Schofield makes no bones about it – he considers the Paris Opera Ballet the Rolls Royce of ballet companies worldwide. He is not alone in this assessment: the Paris Opera Ballet is universally regarded as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, ballet …

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival is on the hunt again for new fresh funny faces to join the ranks of Australia’s most prestigious open mic comedy competition in 2013. Registrations for RAW Comedy are now open around the country, with heats to be …

You’d be hard pressed to find a show that traverses multiple times and locations in the blink of an eye. Yet the Cranston Cup Theatresports Grand Final transported audiences from a Church confessional, to an alien probing, then to an American airport …

The Enmore Theatre will host a thrilling night of improvisation, rapid fire wit and musical mayhem tomorrow night with the Cranston Cup Theatresports Grand Final. The Cranston Cup features the crème de la crème of Sydney’s improvisation scene and a series of …

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang takes off at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney delivering a fun night out for young and old. The original inspiration for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a children’s book written by Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond novels. …

The Bell Shakespeare production of Molière’s The School For Wives is absolutely hilarious. Director Lee Lewis has brought a modern touch to this tale of infidelity in verse based on an excellent translation by Australian playwright Justin Fleming that conveys the wit …