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Australian theatre

October 2026

  • Charles Wu as Cecil Vyse and Nathalie Morris as Lucy Honeychurch in Belvoir St Theatre's A Room With A View.

    A Room With a View review – this must-see adaptation is radiant and utterly romantic

  • Young theatre-makers from Shopfront Arts Co-op outside Sydney Opera House

    Can young theatre-makers act for 50 hours straight, fuelled by pizza and determination? They’ve done it before

  • Dan Spielman in Eliza, a Melbourne Theatre Company play about the birth of AI

    Eliza review – an ambitious, unsettling play about the birth of AI

  • Opera Australia artis Emily Edmonds on stage at the newly renovated Ian Potter State Theatre at The Arts Centre Melbourne.

    After a huge and costly glow-up, the largest stage in the southern hemisphere is ready for play

September 2026

  • Theatre-makers Mark Wilson and Katie Sfetkidis

    Australia banned this anti-fascist play in 1936 at the request of the Nazis. Ninety years on, it’s being staged again

  • Liz Hicklin

    Sylvia Plath Stole My Boyfriend: the 95-year-old who has turned her romance with Ted Hughes into a play

  • Stephen Curry as King Arthur stares wide-eyed at a golden goblet, surrounded by four astonished companions

    Spamalot review – Monty Python’s elaborate musical piss-take has absurdity but not quite enough anarchy

  • Richard Piper in The Homecoming production, September 2026, at the Athenaeum, Melbourne, Australia. Starring Kate Kendall (Stingers, Rush) as Ruth, Richard Piper (The Lady in the Van, Twelfth Night, Come from Away) as Max, Ben Geurens (Reign) as Lenny, Peter Houghton (Shakespeare in Love, North by Northwest) as Teddy, David Field (City Homicide) as Sam & Eddie Orton (Touching The Void) as Joey.

    The Homecoming review – misogyny, social upheaval and male anxiety … Pinter has never felt so urgent

  • Most nominated play in Tony awards history leads Melbourne Theatre Company’s 2027 program

  • Queen’s secret Whitlam correspondence inspires Sydney Theatre Company play in 2027

  • Housework review – breezy comedy deftly explores the complexity of Australian politics

  • Witi Ihimaera: ‘Whenever things get hairy I think to myself, they’re only angry because we Māori survived’

  • Koreaboo review – Michelle Lim Davidson’s debut play is a tender tribute to fan culture

  • Strong is the New Pretty review – Suzie Miller’s AFLW play is both shocking and crowd-pleasing

August 2026

  • Freya Bennett smiles with an inset photo of her with two men

    A job that changed me
    A job that changed me: Being a theatre usher cracked open my heart to beauty

  • Belvoir’s workshop crew: (L-R) Ashley de Prazer, Ren Kenward, Max Bradley, Michael Fisher, Jonas Trovato and Darran Whatley.

    Fire destroyed Belvoir theatre’s precious ‘library of things’. Now it is rising from the ashes

  • A plastic rotary phone sits on a wooden table in The Nightline, on at Malthouse theatre Melbourne.

    The Nightline review – listening to messages from anonymous callers is an odd, affecting experience

  • Break of Day at the Malthouse theatre, Melbourne Australia, August 2026

    Break of Day review – Kat Stewart is superb in this deeply moving portrait of Australia’s working class

  • Animal Farm review – Orwell goes outback in this subversive, rowdy stage adaptation

  • A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical review – finally, a jukebox musical that really works

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