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A new generation of exceptional performers burst on to the Sydney Theatre stage for the hotly-anticipated Australian premiere of the smash-hit rock musical Spring Awakening. Final week - must close Sunday 7 March! Web Deals now available.
A new generation of exceptional performers burst on to stage for the Australian premiere of the smash-hit rock musical Spring Awakening.
Direct from success in Melbourne and Edinburgh, Optimism, Tom Wright's adaptation of Voltaire's Candide, directed by Michael Kantor and featuring Frank Woodley, plays at Sydney Opera House as part of the 2010 Sydney Festival. Web deals now available!
The first Rough Draft of 2010 will play host to the widely acclaimed and deliciously funny contemporary performance collective, post. Zoe Coombs Marr, Mish Grigor and Natalie Rose will have the run of Wharf 1 for a week long workshop on their latest work: Who’s The Best?
On February 17 at 7pm in Wharf 1, Sydney Theatre Company will present a free rehearsed reading of The Slow Sword by Russian playwright Yuri Klavdiyev, translated by Noah Birksted-Breen.
On Friday 12 February, Sydney Theatre Company presents an intimate post show performance by one of Sydney’s up and coming indie/folk rock outfits Dead Letter Chorus as part of The Wharf Sessions.
Direct from success in Melbourne and Edinburgh, Optimism, Tom Wright's adaptation of Voltaire's Candide, arrives in Sydney for the 2010 Sydney Festival.
In 2010, we are joining with the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists to present The Wentworth Talks, a series of free bi-monthly presentations and panel discussions at The Wharf led by guest speakers addressing a wide range of topics relating to climate change and the environment.
The much anticipated final production of STC’s 2009 Main Stage Season, directed by Steven Soderbergh, explores the intense media and public scrutiny surrounding a tragic murder case still unfolding in the US. Final performances!
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of The Simpsons and the 404th year of Macbeth, Sydney Theatre Company presents almost certainly the funniest version of Shakespeare’s masterpiece ever performed. Final week!
On Friday 22 January, Sydney Theatre Company welcomes Lions at your Door to kick off The Wharf Sessions for 2010.
In the spirit of the mediaeval Mystery plays, a team of Australian writers and directors present the stories from the big dawn. "...compelling, raw theatre.... a rare chance to experience something outside the box." - The Sun-Herald. Web deals now available!
Farewell Not-so Great Depression! Put your troubles behind you, cross to the funny side of the street and dance down the road to recovery with a stimulus package of song and satire from the ever-popular Wharf Revue. Final weeks!
In the final Rough Draft of the year, Rochelle Whyte, Willoh S. Weiland, Mikaela Martin and Darrin Verhagen gleefully contemplate deadly revenge when they explore a series of dark and arresting stories connected to that theme.
Steven Soderbergh, currently in rehearsals for Tot Mom, appears in conversation following a screening of his latest film, The Informant, at Sydney Theatre.
On Friday 4 December, we welcome Waiting for Guinness for our final Wharf Session of the year.
Yasmina Reza, the author of Art and Life x 3, has hit the nail on the head again. In this explosive satire she dares us to look beyond individual conflicts to the source of our constant embattlement. Web ticket deals available for selected performances.
On Friday 13 November, Sydney Theatre Company welcomes Melbourne’s rocking 4-piece band Skybombers to The Wharf Sessions.
Sydney Theatre Company is proud to have commissioned this new Australian work for young audiences, created by Monkey Baa Theatre For Young People and playing for a limited season in Wharf 2.
As a tribute to the magic and originality of this enduring adventure, Windmill’s The Wizard of Oz is a daring, flamboyant and exhilarating theatrical journey for the whole family.
A Streetcar Named Desire is a compelling and sensuous play which features some of the most memorable characters in theatrical history.
Join the cast of the Sydney Theatre Company’s production of A Streetcar Named Desire as they celebrate the closing night of the sold-out Sydney season.
Stefo Nantsou directs The Residents in Dario Fo’s brilliant political play. Strictly limited evening performances on sale now!
Sydney Theatre Company is taking the magic of storytelling to a whole new level in a delightful and interactive show of for children aged 3 years and up.
On Wednesday 30 September at 6.30pm, we invite you to join us for a special free event in celebration of a series of creative developments and workshops that have taken place at the Company through August and September.
Following a sold-out season at Sydney Opera House, Sydney Theatre Company is delighted to present acclaimed Australian singer-songwriter Lior in a special return season of Shadows & Light at The Wharf. Five nights only!
On Friday 11 September Jess Chalker and Elana Stone will both perform as part of a Wharf Sessions double bill - from approximately 9.30pm in the Wharf Restaurant bar area.
The penultimate Rough Draft of 2009 is inspired by the cross-Sydney night time expedition taken earlier this month by playwright Tommy Murphy and director Simon Stone.
A moment of hesitation, on an afternoon like any other, will change the life of twenty-something, Zara, forever. David Berthold’s snappy, sexy production of Tommy Murphy's Saturn's Return must close this Sunday.
"... must surely be the must-have theatre ticket of 2009." Sydney Morning Herald. Now playing for a strictly limited season. Must close this Saturday 29 August.
After triumphant, sell-out seasons in Vienna, Berlin and at the Edinburgh International Festival, it is now Sydney’s turn to experience Barrie Kosky's Poppea.
From the creators of
The Smile Off Your Face
(2009 Sydney Festival), comes
Once and for all we’re gonna tell you who we are so shut up and listen
, a play performed by 13 teenagers who are rebellious, play like children, but are sometimes surprisingly adult.
STCinema presents the film Faithless, directed by screen legend, Liv Ullmann, on Sunday 16 August at Sydney Theatre at 1pm.
The City – the mesmerising new play from the groundbreaking British playwright Martin Crimp directed by 2009 Helpmann Award winner Benedict Andrews. Final week!
Our second Rough Draft of 2009 is the brain child of director Tanya Goldberg. From television to Twitter, from the water cooler to the playground, from the horse’s mouth to the cyber grapevine, this work will explore the distortions and permissive practices of contemporary Australian sexual culture.
On Friday 7 August, Sydney band Red Riders are bringing their infectious, dark pop /rock to The Wharf Sessions - the regular series of free post-show gigs at The Wharf, Sydney Theatre Company’s harbour-side home at Walsh Bay.
From the pen of playwright Matt Cameron, Poor Boy is inspired by an original idea and songs from the legendary Tim Finn. "If you're a fan of Finn's songs, it's a must-see." The Age. Final week!
STCinema returns to Sydney Theatre this July when Sydney Theatre Company presents a screening of the Norwegian film that inspired the stage adaptation of Elling.
After two years of sharing a room in a mental institution Elling and Kjell are allowed back into society. It’s not that they’re dangerous, they’re just a little… hopeless. Pamela Rabe directs this charming celebration of the simple things in life. Final week at The Wharf!
On Friday 10 July, up and coming Sydney band Cloud Control are bringing their alternative folk/pop melodies to The Wharf Sessions - the regular series of free post-show gigs at The Wharf, Sydney Theatre Company’s harbour-side home at Walsh Bay.
On Sunday 5 July, Sydney Theatre Company and Inscription present Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright Edward Albee in conversation with writer, performer and director Jonathan Biggins.
Co-produced with STC Associate Company Zeal Theatre as part of our STC Ed program, Burnt explores our relationship with the land and how drought affects us no matter where we live.
The Duel forensically examines a single chapter from Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov, digging deep into Zosima’s journey and the mysterious visitor who challenges him with a dark secret.
The first new play from Andrew Bovell in five years, When The Rain Stops Falling was the theatrical hit of the 2008 Adelaide Festival, bewitching audiences with its intelligence and multi-layered brilliance. Final week!
On Friday 12 June, Sydney Theatre Company welcomes Bridezilla to weave their heady web of jazz, folk, pop and a whole lot more - as part of The Wharf Sessions - the regular series of free post-show gigs at The Wharf.
Tanya Goldberg directs a bold, contemporary production of Miller’s seminal masterpiece for STC Ed, exposing the unnerving immediacy of this timeless work and demonstrating that this is as much a play for our own time as it is was for Miller’s.
“The Crucible is back and bursting with freshness and life in director Tanya Goldberg's hands.”
The Daily Telegraph
Marion Potts directs the Australian premiere of Anthony Neilson's boisterous, hilariously funny and deeply moving play. Once you’ve entered The Wonderful World of Dissocia, your world may never look the same again. Web deals now available!
On Friday 8 May, Sydney Theatre Company welcomes The Hungry Mile to perform as part of The Wharf Sessions
Kafka’s terrifying but bizarrely comic story bursts on to the stage in a theatrically explosive new version by David Farr, former Artistic Director of Lyric Hammersmith, and actor/director Gísli Örn Gardarsson of Iceland’s acclaimed Vesturport Theatre.
Deeply theatrical, witty and absurd, Kafka’s Monkey places a profound and startling mirror in front of a modern-day audience and reveals a world in which humans appear apish and apes the more humane.
An uproariously funny new production of Tom Stoppard's classic comedy. "Hugely entertaining." The Sunday Telegraph.
On Friday 17 April, Sydney Theatre Company welcomes reggae, folk act Declan Kelly and The Rising Sun to perform as part of The Wharf Sessions - the regular series of free postshow gigs at The Wharf, Sydney Theatre Company’s harbour-side home at Walsh Bay.
On Monday 6 April at 7.15pm, Sydney Theatre Company will present a free rehearsed reading of J.T. Rogers’ The Overwhelming. A ‘Meet the Artists’ forum will be held immediately after the reading, with the playwright, director Cristabel Sved and the cast.
A comedy with attitude, Ross Mueller’s Concussion was developed through the 2008 National Play Festival. FINAL WEEK!
The Removalists created a sensation when it was first produced and thirty-seven years on, David Williamson’s classic play maintains its startling power. FINAL PERFORMANCES! MUST CLOSE SATURDAY 4 APRIL
On Friday 20 March Sydney Theatre Company welcomes Bertie Blackman to perform as part of The Wharf Sessions.
Shakespeare’s Venus & Adonis is a subversive re-working of Ovid’s original love story. Unlike its model, it celebrates the most human aspects of seduction: it is vulgar, funny, sexy and whole-hearted.
Distilled down to eight hours of theatre in two parts, the eight plays that span the turbulent years of The War of the Roses are presented in a unique cycle as part of the 2009 Sydney Festival. FINAL SHOWS!
On Friday 13 February Sydney Theatre Company is thrilled to welcome The Paper Scissors to perform as part of The Wharf Sessions.
Brendan Cowell directs the ferociously funny first play from one of the UK's most exciting young playwrights, Nina Raine. With Romy Bartz, Alison Bell, Ryan Johnson, Geoff Morrell, Kate Mulvany, Toby Schmitz. Final week!
On Friday 16 January, Belles Will Ring will be offering an exciting live show of jangly guitar jams, beautiful harmonies and one of the best rhythm sections you’ll ever see as part of The Wharf Sessions series.
Award-winning designer Ralph Myers in his directorial debut, grapples with the creation of horror and the horror of creation. Final week!
Characterised by John Doyle's tangential humour which brilliantly illuminates the hearts of his characters, The Pig Iron People is a timely satire infused with profound tolerance for the foibles of humanity. Final Week!
The Wharf Sessions is a regular series of free post-show gigs at The Wharf, Sydney Theatre Company’s harbour-side home at Walsh Bay. On Friday 28 November, Sydney Theatre Company welcomes Ursula Yovich and Band who will perform a varied selection of soul, blues and jazz.
Barrie Kosky and Tom Wright (The Lost Echo) reinvent Euripides' powerful and compelling tragedy. "Robyn Nevin gives one of the great performances of her career..." The Australian. Web deals now available!
The Convict’s Opera brings together the classic folk songs of the original with some modern musical surprises - and plenty of infamy, intrigue, fun and romance.
Web deals now available!
A La Boite Theatre Company production
"One of the most vibrant new Australian comedies to be staged in years." The Australian
Looking as much like a gig as a play, this production from The Border Project delves into the dirty worlds of electroclash, couture fashion and electric guitars. "...exhilarating....a thrilling trip." The Daily Telegraph
Must close this Saturday!
A hauntingly beautiful, dark and delightful fable for audiences of all ages, created by Windmill Performing Arts and Brink Productions.
The latest play from writer Tommy Murphy and director David Berthold, the team behind Strangers in Between and Holding the Man. Season extended until 6 September! Extra performance announced - Saturday 6 September at 2.15pm.
Sydney's most popular annual dose of social satire returns for its ninth season!
The Wharf Sessions is a new regular series of free post-show gigs at The Wharf, Sydney Theatre Company’s harbour-side home at Walsh Bay.
On Friday 5 September, Sydney Theatre Company welcomes Paul Capsis, who will perform his only Sydney solo show for 2008 as part of The Wharf Sessions.
