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Sydney Theatre Company
October 11 - January 23

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WONNANGATTA

By Angus Cerini
Directed by Jessica Arthur

World premiere
A haunting tale of mystery and revenge
Wonnangatta Station, 1918. Two men arrive at a dark and empty farmhouse looking for the manager, their friend Jim Barclay. No one's heard from him for more than a month. Something's amiss. Then a grim discovery sets the men off on a journey across the harsh Australian terrain, looking for answers, maybe for revenge.

Angus Cerini's multi-award-winning The Bleeding Tree was a sensation on its premiere at Griffin Theatre and again when remounted by STC at The Wharf. In Wonnangatta, Cerini's dark lyricism explores the Australian landscape - geographic and psychological - in a hard-driving yet poetic celebration of language and story.

Theatrical powerhouses Hugo Weaving and Wayne Blair bring these words to life in an exciting world premiere production directed by Resident Director Jessica Arthur.

This Australian gothic fable will keep you on the edge of your seat.
"Something's not right. Not right at all." Wonnangatta was developed with the assistance of the Australian Writers' Guild David Williamson Prize Development Grant.
Approx. duration 1hr 30mins no interval. Subject to change. More info.
Content Infrequent strong language, violent imagery. Subject to change. More info.

TICKET INFORMATION

2020 Season Tickets
This play is currently only available as part of a 2020 Season Ticket (a pack of 6 or more plays). Save at least 20% on full price single tickets, access the best available seats, get loads of flexibility and exclusive benefits through the year. More info.

Season Ticket prices
Saturday evening A Reserve $88
Adult A Reserve $82
Seniors cardholder $74
Concession $65
Under 30 $45
Preview $45

Single tickets
Single tickets for this show go on sale on 5 Feb 2020. Sign up to our enews for early access to tickets.

Transaction fees may apply
Season Ticket bookings (packs of 6 or more plays): no fees
Single ticket bookings: $7.50 online; $8 telephone; $0 Box Office counter

Authorised ticket sellers
The only authorised ticket sellers for this event are Sydney Theatre Company and Sydney Opera House. Only tickets purchased by authorised agencies should be considered valid and reliable. More info.

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By Angus Cerini Directed by Jessica Arthur World premiere A haunting tale of mystery and revenge Wonnangatta Station, 1918. Two men arrive at a dark and empty farmhouse looking for the manager, their friend Jim Barclay. No one's heard from him for more than a month. Something's amiss.

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THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY

By Oscar Wilde
Adapted and directed by Kip Williams

World premiere
A classic story gets a Wilde twist
Oscar Wilde's century-old moral fable, packed with witticisms, is as devilishly wicked today as on its debut.

Seeing himself in a dazzling new portrait, an exquisite young man makes a Faustian wish for eternal youth. Dorian Gray throws himself into a life of wanton luxury drifting from the pampered salons of Victorian London to the darkest recesses of the capital, and revelling in the splendour of his beauty which remains forever golden. Meanwhile, the portrait - banished to an attic - becomes more and more grotesque.

This new interpretation of Wilde's only novel is adapted and directed by Artistic Director Kip Williams. Collaborating once again with Eryn Jean Norvill ( Suddenly Last Summer, Romeo and Juliet), Williams' reimagining will see Norvill performing every role in the story in an audacious cascade of theatrical transformations. The inventive use of live video that made Suddenly Last Summer and The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui so visually compelling will capture and amplify every move.

"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it." Lord Henry

Approx. duration 1hr 45mins no interval. Subject to change. More info.
Content Adult themes, drug use. Subject to change. More info.

TICKET INFORMATION

2020 Season Tickets
This play is currently only available as part of a 2020 Season Ticket (a pack of 6 or more plays). Save at least 20% on full price single tickets, access the best available seats, get loads of flexibility and exclusive benefits through the year. More info.

Season Ticket prices
Saturday evening A Reserve $88
Adult A Reserve $82
Seniors cardholder $74
Concession $65
Under 30 $45
Preview $45

Single tickets
Single tickets for this show go on sale on 4 Dec. Sign up to our enews for early access to tickets.

Transaction fees may apply
Season Ticket bookings (packs of 6 or more plays): no fees
Single ticket bookings: $7.50 online; $8 telephone; $0 Box Office counter

Authorised ticket sellers
The only authorised ticket sellers for this event are Sydney Theatre Company and Roslyn Packer Theatre. Only tickets purchased by authorised agencies should be considered valid and reliable. More info.

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By Oscar Wilde Adapted and directed by Kip Williams World premiere A classic story gets a Wilde twist Oscar Wilde's century-old moral fable, packed with witticisms, is as devilishly wicked today as on its debut. Seeing himself in a dazzling new portrait, an exquisite young man makes a Faustian wish for eternal youth.

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EVENT CANCELLED

In the interest of public health and safety, our forthcoming season of The 7 Stages of Grieving has been cancelled. More info

THE 7 STAGES OF GRIEVING

By Wesley Enoch and Deborah Mailman
Directed by Shari Sebbens
A powerful song of love, strength and survival
The 7 Stages of Grieving is a vibrant, funny and insightful account of what it means to be an Aboriginal woman in contemporary Australia. On its premiere in 1995, it became an early triumph for Deborah Mailman and Wesley Enoch, and a beloved classic of Australian theatre. Twenty-five years later, in an updated and vivid new production, it's as urgent and vital as ever.

A woman stands alone on stage. Over one gripping hour, she traces seven phases of Aboriginal history - Dreaming, Invasion, Genocide, Protection, Assimilation, Self-Determination, and Reconciliation. Mailman and Enoch's script is a potent expression of resilience and survival, as well as humour, joy and strength. It's an ode to the power of storytelling.

Making her directorial debut is Shari Sebbens, Sydney Theatre Company's current Richard Wherrett fellow, with Helpmann Award-winner Elaine Crombie ( Barbara and the Camp Dogs) tackling this performance tour de force with customary vivacity.

The 7 Stages of Grieving's generosity of spirit is set to be embraced by a whole new generation.
"Oi! Yeh, you with the hat! You can't park here, eh! You're taking up the whole bloody harbour! Just get in your boat and go!"
Approx. duration 1hr (no interval). Subject to change. More info.
Content None at this time. Subject to change. More info.

TICKET INFORMATION

2020 Ticket Packages - book more and save!
A Season Ticket of 6+ plays saves you at least 20% on full price single tickets, with loads of flexibility and exclusive benefits through the year. Or book a Mini Package of 3 - 5 plays. More info.

Season Ticket prices
Saturday evening A Reserve $48
Adult A Reserve $48
Seniors cardholder $48
Concession $48
Under 30 $45
Preview $45

Mini Package prices
Fri & Sat A Reserve $54
Adult A Reserve $54
Seniors cardholder $54
Concession $54
Under 30 $48
Preview $48

Single tickets
Mon - Thu performances
Adult A Reserve $60
Seniors cardholder $60
Concession $60
Under 30 $50
All B Reserve $55

Fri & Sat performances
A Reserve $60
B Reserve $55

Preview performances
All tickets $50

Transaction fees may apply
Season Ticket bookings (packs of 6 or more plays): no fees
Single ticket bookings: $8 online; $8 telephone; $0 Box Office counter

Authorised ticket sellers
The only authorised ticket sellers for this event are Sydney Theatre Company and Roslyn Packer Theatre. Only tickets purchased by authorised agencies should be considered valid and reliable. More info.

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In the interest of public health and safety, our forthcoming season of The 7 Stages of Grieving has been cancelled. More info By Wesley Enoch and Deborah Mailman Directed by Shari Sebbens A powerful song of love, strength and survival The 7 Stages of Grieving is a vibrant, funny and insightful account of what it means to be an Aboriginal woman in contemporary Australia.

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EVENT CANCELLED

In the interest of public health and safety, our forthcoming season of The Writer has been cancelled. More info

THE WRITER

By Ella Hickson
Directed by Jessica Arthur

Australian premiere
Rebel with a cause
A young writer confronts a director in an empty theatre. In a bristling exchange about his work, the director attempts to disarm her. He flirts. He patronises. He even offers her a job. She stares him down. She wants to do things her way; she wants the world to change shape. And without warning it does, revealing stories nested within stories like Russian dolls, each more brilliant and daring than the last. A play that fractures form and structure, The Writer takes aim at the business of making art - the compromises it demands, the people it chews up, and the endless ways patriarchal power can infect.

Ella Hickson is one of the UK's most exciting young playwrights and The Writer, which premiered at London's Almeida Theatre in 2018, has been hailed as "momentous" (Broadway World), "riveting" (The Guardian UK) and "very punk rock" (Time Out London), exploding the very nature of what theatre can be.

Directed by Resident Director Jessica Arthur, the ensemble cast features Emily Barclay ( Lethal Indifference), Heath Ledger Award-winner Charmaine Bingwa, Terence Crawford ( 1984) and Toby Schmitz ( The Present). It's furious, raw and edge-of-seat compelling.

"Electrifying... a thrillingly uninhibited rally against the establishment." Time Out London

Approx. duration 2hrs (no interval). Subject to change. More info.
Content Adult themes, frequent strong language, sexual references and sex scenes. Subject to change. More info.

TICKET INFORMATION

Season Ticket prices
Saturday evening A Reserve $56
Adult A Reserve $56
Seniors cardholder $56
Concession $56
Under 30 $45
Preview $45

Mini Package prices
Fri & Sat A Reserve $63
Adult A Reserve $63
Seniors cardholder $63
Concession $63
Under 30 $48
Preview $48

Single tickets
Mon - Thu performances
Adult A Reserve $70
Seniors cardholder $70
Concession $70
Under 30 $50
All B Reserve $65

Fri & Sat performances
A Reserve $70
B Reserve $65

Preview performances
All tickets $50

Transaction fees may apply
Season Ticket bookings (packs of 6 or more plays): no fees
Single ticket bookings: $8 online; $8 telephone; $0 Box Office counter

Authorised ticket sellers
The only authorised ticket sellers for this event are Sydney Theatre Company and Roslyn Packer Theatre. Only tickets purchased by authorised agencies should be considered valid and reliable. More info.

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In the interest of public health and safety, our forthcoming season of The Writer has been cancelled. More info By Ella Hickson Directed by Jessica Arthur Australian premiere Rebel with a cause A young writer confronts a director in an empty theatre. In a bristling exchange about his work, the director attempts to disarm her.

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THE DEEP BLUE SEA

By Terence Rattigan
Directed by Paige Rattray
Below the surface of desire
It's 1952 in post-Blitz London and Hester Collyer's life is in turmoil. She has gambled everything - her home, her status, her marriage to a High Court judge - to pursue a life with the dashing RAF fighter pilot Freddie, and she has lost. Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, the deep blue sea suddenly looks very inviting. But Hester is determined to forge her own path in a repressive age.

Terence Rattigan was one of the great stage and screen writers of the twentieth century and The Deep Blue Sea one of his master works. In Hester, he has created one of the most striking heroines of his era: strong-willed, unconventional and complex.

After an almost decade-long absence from the STC stage, Marta Dusseldorp returns as Hester. She's joined by Fayssal Bazzi ( Mary Stuart) as the feckless Freddie, iconic performer Paul Capsis, John Adam, Vanessa Downing ( How to Rule the World), Charlie Garber ( The Real Thing), Brandon McClelland ( Saint Joan) and Heath Ledger Award-winner Charmaine Bingwa making her STC debut.

Helmed by Associate Director Paige Rattray, The Deep Blue Sea is a beautiful, humanist drama about loss, longing, and having the courage to want more.

"To live without hope can mean to live without despair." Dr Miller

Approx. duration 2hrs 20mins (including interval). Subject to change. More info.

Content Suicide and adult themes. Subject to change. More info.
If you or someone you know needs information or support, these organisations are there to help. Beyond Blue, Lifeline and Headspace

TICKET INFORMATION

2020 Season Tickets
This play is currently only available as part of a 2020 Season Ticket (a pack of 6 or more plays). Save at least 20% on full price single tickets, access the best available seats, get loads of flexibility and exclusive benefits through the year. More info.

Season Ticket prices
Saturday evening A Reserve $88
Adult A Reserve $82
Seniors cardholder $74
Concession $65
Under 30 $45
Preview $45

Single tickets
Single tickets for this show go on sale on 4 Dec. Sign up to our enews for early access to tickets.

Transaction fees may apply
Season Ticket bookings (packs of 6 or more plays): no fees
Single ticket bookings: $7.50 online; $8 telephone; $0 Box Office counter

Authorised ticket sellers
The only authorised ticket sellers for this event are Sydney Theatre Company and Roslyn Packer Theatre. Only tickets purchased by authorised agencies should be considered valid and reliable. More info.

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By Terence Rattigan Directed by Paige Rattray Below the surface of desire It's 1952 in post-Blitz London and Hester Collyer's life is in turmoil. She has gambled everything - her home, her status, her marriage to a High Court judge - to pursue a life with the dashing RAF fighter pilot Freddie, and she has lost.

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NO PAY? NO WAY!

By Dario Fo
In a new adaptation by Marieke Hardy
Directed by Sarah Giles

World premiere
A riotous comedy about getting what you're owed
A whip-smart new adaptation of a raucous 70s farce from ABC TV's comedy powerhouse Marieke Hardy, starring the incomparable Helen Thomson ( Mary Stuart), "a rare comedic talent" ( Daily Review).

Prices are out of control - and so is Antonia. Sick of having barely enough to pay the gas bill, she leads an uprising at a local supermarket that sees a group of angry housewives shoplift 'til they drop. Now, with a pile of newly "liberated" loot, Antonia and her best friend Margherita embark on a ludicrous, laugh-a-minute escapade, keeping their well-meaning but bumbling husbands in the dark and staying three steps ahead of the coppers.

No Pay? No Way! (sometimes known as Can't Pay? Won't Pay!) is the work of Dario Fo, Nobel Laureate and the master of theatrical farce. True to form, the show mixes political satire, hilarious plot twists and sharp-as-a-tack dialogue to create a thrilling experience.

Brought to life by director Sarah Giles ( Accidental Death of an Anarchist), Thomson is joined by a cast of Catherine Văn-Davies ( Going Down), Glenn Hazeldine ( Così), Rahel Romahn ( Lord of the Flies) and Aaron Tsindos ( Muriel's Wedding the Musical). Exhilarating, insightful and chaotically funny, No Pay? No Way! is not to be missed.

"I didn't nick it. I liberated it." Antonia

This play will be presented at two venues in 2020
10 Feb - 20 Mar | Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House - BOOK HERE
1 Apr - 4 Apr | Riverside Theatres, Parramatta - BOOK HERE

Parramatta Season Co-presented with Riverside Theatres

Approx. duration 2hrs 20mins (including interval). Subject to change. More info.
Content Sexual references and frequent strong language. Subject to change. More info.

TICKET INFORMATION

2020 Season Tickets
This play is currently only available as part of a 2020 Season Ticket (a pack of 6 or more plays). Save at least 20% on full price single tickets, access the best available seats, get loads of flexibility and exclusive benefits through the year. More info.

Please note this play will be presented at two different venues - Sydney Opera House, and Riverside Theatres Parramatta. You can only select one venue for your Season Ticket pack.

Season Ticket prices
Saturday evening A Reserve $88
Adult A Reserve $82
Seniors cardholder $74
Concession $65
Under 30 $45
Preview $45

Single tickets
Single tickets for this show go on sale on 4 Dec. Sign up to our enews for early access to tickets.

Transaction fees may apply
Season Ticket bookings (packs of 6 or more plays): no fees
Single ticket bookings: $7.50 online; $8 telephone; $0 Box Office counter

Authorised ticket sellers
The only authorised ticket sellers for this event are Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney Opera House and Riverside Theatres Parramatta. Only tickets purchased by authorised agencies should be considered valid and reliable. More info.

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By Dario Fo In a new adaptation by Marieke Hardy Directed by Sarah Giles World premiere A riotous comedy about getting what you're owed A whip-smart new adaptation of a raucous 70s farce from ABC TV's comedy powerhouse Marieke Hardy, starring the incomparable Helen Thomson ( Mary Stuart), "a rare comedic talent" ( Daily Review).

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RULES FOR LIVING

By Sam Holcroft
Directed by Susanna Dowling
Let the games begin
Meet the family. Edith is a highly-strung matriarch who prepares for lunch like it's a military offensive. Youngest son Matthew, a frustrated actor and reluctant lawyer, longs for a different career ... and for his brother's wife. But Sheena, peeved and prickling for an argument, longs only for a drink. It's Christmas - what could possibly go wrong?

Sam Holcroft's audacious script cranks the familial tension up to 11 using narrative tricks that clue the audience into a joke of which the hapless characters are unaware. Frenetically funny, Rules for Living is about all those expectations and roles that life sets upon us - and the tics and twitches that betray us when we struggle to shake them off.

Susanna Dowling makes her STC directorial debut with a brilliant ensemble cast including Heather Mitchell ( The Harp in the South), Michelle Lim Davidson ( How to Rule the World), Amber McMahon ( Banging Denmark), Logie Award-winner Hazem Shammas, Keegan Joyce (ABC TV's Please Like Me and Rake) and Bruce Spence ( The Harp in the South).

Timed for the silly season, Rules For Living is the most deliciously dysfunctional Christmas lunch you'll ever attend.

"An intelligent comedy that leaves us questioning at what point the rules for living we all adopt become a form of entrapment." The Guardian UK

Approx. duration 2hrs 30mins including interval. Subject to change. More info.
Content Sexual references, strong language. Subject to change. More info.

TICKET INFORMATION

Mini Package prices
Fri & Sat A Reserve $99
Adult A Reserve $92.70
Seniors cardholder $83.70
Concession $73.80
Under 30 $48
Preview $48

Single tickets
Mon - Thu performances
Adult A Reserve $103
Seniors cardholder $93
Concession $82
Under 30 $50

Fri & Sat performances
A Reserve $110

Preview performances
All tickets $50

Transaction fees may apply
Season Ticket bookings (packs of 6 or more plays): no fees
Single ticket bookings: $8 online; $8 telephone; $0 Box Office counter

Authorised ticket sellers
The only authorised ticket sellers for this event are Sydney Theatre Company and Sydney Opera House. Only tickets purchased by authorised agencies should be considered valid and reliable. More info.

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By Sam Holcroft Directed by Susanna Dowling Let the games begin Meet the family. Edith is a highly-strung matriarch who prepares for lunch like it's a military offensive. Youngest son Matthew, a frustrated actor and reluctant lawyer, longs for a different career ... and for his brother's wife.

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Arthur Miller's

A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE

Directed by Kip Williams
Betrayal and desire on the waterfront
Rose Byrne returns to STC in A View from the Bridge, a play that, by her own account, is one that changed her life and sparked a lifelong love affair with theatre. Appearing alongside her is Emmy Award-winner Bobby Cannavale, her real-life partner and one of the US's most respected screen and stage actors.

Rose plays Beatrice who, together with her husband Eddie, has forged a family with her orphaned niece Catherine on the tough streets of the Brooklyn waterfront. When Beatrice's cousins, Marco and Rodolpho, arrive from Sicily, desperate for a better life, she takes them in without hesitation. But as Catherine falls for Rodolpho, jealousy and desire boil over in an uncontrollable and devastating sequence of events.

After 2016's lauded production of All My Sons, Kip Williams returns to Arthur Miller with an arresting new production.

Exploding the tensions between honour, duty and desire, this enduring 1956 classic by one of the twentieth century's great dramatists strikes at the heart of the American dream.

"You want somethin' else, Eddie, and you can never have her!" Beatrice
Presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International (Australasia).
Approx. duration 1hr 55mins (no interval). Subject to change. More info.
Content Violence, sexual references. Subject to change. More info.

TICKET INFORMATION

2020 Season Tickets
This play is currently only available as part of a 2020 Season Ticket (a pack of 6 or more plays). Save at least 20% on full price single tickets, access the best available seats, get loads of flexibility and exclusive benefits through the year. More info.

Season Ticket prices
Saturday evening A Reserve $96
Adult A Reserve $87
Seniors cardholder $79
Concession $71
Under 30 $45
Preview $45

Single tickets
Single tickets for this show go on sale on 5 Feb 2020. Sign up to our enews for early access to tickets.

Transaction fees may apply
Season Ticket bookings (packs of 6 or more plays): no fees
Single ticket bookings: $7.50 online; $8 telephone; $0 Box Office counter

Authorised ticket sellers
The only authorised ticket sellers for this event are Sydney Theatre Company and Roslyn Packer Theatre. Only tickets purchased by authorised agencies should be considered valid and reliable. More info.

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Arthur Miller's Directed by Kip Williams Betrayal and desire on the waterfront Rose Byrne returns to STC in A View from the Bridge, a play that, by her own account, is one that changed her life and sparked a lifelong love affair with theatre.

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TRIPLE X

By Glace Chase
Directed by Paige Rattray

World premiere
Twenty-first century love
Scotty is living the dream. A successful Wall Street banker, he has just bought a Tribeca loft for a cool three million and is about to marry his beautiful and loaded girlfriend Kymberley. But Scotty has a secret that will outrage both his conservative mother Deb and progressive sister Claire: his ongoing affair with charismatic trans drag performer Dexie. This is an hysterically funny love story, but not for the faint-hearted.

NYC-based, two-time Griffin Award winner Glace Chase is both the writer and star of Triple X, a deep dive into hypocrisy, self-deception, and the unknowable contours of attraction. Directed by Sydney Theatre Company's Associate Director Paige Rattray ( Black is the New White), it's brilliantly comic, wildly provocative and ultimately moving.

Also featuring Josh McConville ( Cloud Nine), Contessa Treffone ( The Harp in the South) and Christen O'Leary, Triple X is a tender and wickedly funny look at social taboos and love out of bounds.

"You've not really done this before, have you Scotty?" Dexie

Approx. duration 2hrs 20mins (including interval). Subject to change. More info.
Content Adult themes, frequent strong language, sexual references and sex scenes. Subject to change. More info.

TICKET INFORMATION

2020 Season Tickets
This play is currently only available as part of a 2020 Season Ticket (a pack of 6 or more plays). Save at least 20% on full price single tickets, access the best available seats, get loads of flexibility and exclusive benefits through the year. More info.

Season Ticket prices
Saturday evening A Reserve $56
Adult A Reserve $56
Seniors cardholder $56
Concession $56
Under 30 $45
Preview $45

Single tickets
Single tickets for this show go on sale on 4 Dec. Sign up to our enews for early access to tickets.

Transaction fees may apply
Season Ticket bookings (packs of 6 or more plays): no fees
Single ticket bookings: $7.50 online; $8 telephone; $0 Box Office counter

Authorised ticket sellers
The only authorised ticket sellers for this event are Sydney Theatre Company and Sydney Opera House. Only tickets purchased by authorised agencies should be considered valid and reliable. More info.

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By Glace Chase Directed by Paige Rattray World premiere Twenty-first century love Scotty is living the dream. A successful Wall Street banker, he has just bought a Tribeca loft for a cool three million and is about to marry his beautiful and loaded girlfriend Kymberley.

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EVENT CANCELLED

In the interest of public health and safety, the forthcoming season of Home, I'm Darling has been cancelled. More info

HOME, I'M DARLING

By Laura Wade
Directed by Jessica Arthur
Everything new is old again
Judy is a picture-perfect '50s housewife. She spends her days making the perfect devilled eggs, mixing the perfect Screwdrivers and being the perfect homemaker to her husband Johnny. They're totally happy with their pastel-hued life. The only problem is, it's not the 1950s, it's now, and Judy and Johnny's dream world is starting to come apart at the perfectly sewed seams.

Fresh from winning the 2019 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy, Home, I'm Darling is full of big skirts and even bigger questions. How can we cope with the pressures of modern life? What do we lose in the present when we pine for the past? And can you get stains out of a shirt with just lemon juice and baking soda?

Helmed by Resident Director Jessica Arthur ( Lethal Indifference) with an ensemble including Andrea Demetriades ( Arms and the Man) and Anthony Taufa ( How to Rule the World), this witty, highly-original and thought-provoking comedy takes a look at the complexity of women's choices and the dangers of nostalgia through distinctly rose-coloured glasses.

"An amusing, affecting, inspiring evening of soft gingham and hard truths." The Times UK

Approx. duration 2hrs 30mins including interval. Subject to change. More info.
Content Infrequent strong language. Subject to change. More info.

TICKET INFORMATION

Season Ticket prices
Saturday evening A Reserve $88
Adult A Reserve $82
Seniors cardholder $74
Concession $65
Under 30 $45
Preview $45

Mini Package prices
Fri & Sat A Reserve $99
Adult A Reserve $92.70
Seniors cardholder $83.70
Concession $73.80
Under 30 $48
Preview $48

Single tickets (Mon - Thu performances)
Adult A Reserve $103
Adult B Reserve $93
Seniors cardholder $93
Concession $82
Under 30 $50

Single tickets (Fri & Sat performances)
A Reserve $110
B Reserve $100

Preview performances
All tickets $50

Transaction fees may apply
Season Ticket bookings (packs of 6 or more plays): no fees
Single ticket bookings: $8 online; $8 telephone; $0 Box Office counter

Authorised ticket sellers
The only authorised ticket sellers for this event are Sydney Theatre Company and Sydney Opera House. Only tickets purchased by authorised agencies should be considered valid and reliable. More info.

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In the interest of public health and safety, the forthcoming season of Home, I'm Darling has been cancelled. More info By Laura Wade Directed by Jessica Arthur Everything new is old again Judy is a picture-perfect '50s housewife. She spends her days making the perfect devilled eggs, mixing the perfect Screwdrivers and being the perfect homemaker to her husband Johnny.

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After the unexpected death of her father, Alison is forced to confront his secrets that come to light. Shifting between past and present, we meet present-day Alison, a successful graphic novelist; college-age Alison on the cusp of self-discovery; and precocious-child Alison, who plays in coffins instead of sandboxes in the family’s Bechdel Funeral Home.

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EVENT CANCELLED

In the interest of public health and safety, the forthcoming season of Fun Home has been cancelled. More info

FUN HOME

Music by Jeanine Tesori; Book and Lyrics by Lisa Kron
Based on the novel by Alison Bechdel
Directed by Dean Bryant

Australian premiere
A groundbreaking new musical
After smash-hit seasons on Broadway and in London, Fun Home comes to Sydney in a soaring brand-new production.

Winner of three Tony Awards including Best Musical and Best Original Score, and a finalist for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Fun Home has been hailed as a "beautiful, heartbreaker of a musical" (New York Times) and "one of the best new musicals of our era" (LA Times). Based on Alison Bechdel's graphic novel, it's a heartfelt story about coming out and coming of age.

After the unexpected death of her father, Alison is forced to confront his secrets that come to light. Shifting between past and present, we meet present-day Alison, a successful graphic novelist; college-age Alison on the cusp of self-discovery; and precocious-child Alison, who plays in coffins instead of sandboxes in the family's Bechdel Funeral Home.

Four-time Gold Logie Award winner Lisa McCune and Maggie McKenna ( Muriel's Wedding the Musical) join an exceptional ensemble including Ryan Gonzalez ( Jersey Boys), Lucy Maunder ( Beautiful: The Carole King Musical), and Adam Murphy ( Aladdin). Directed by Melbourne Theatre Company's Associate Director, Dean Bryant, Fun Home has laughs, drama and great tunes in spades.

Don't miss this chance to see one of the hottest musicals to come out of the US in a decade.

"Fun Home is not your ordinary Broadway musical, because it is extraordinary." Time Out New York

Approx. duration 1hr 40mins no interval. Subject to change. More info.

Content Suicide, sexual references, adult themes and strong language. Subject to change. More info.
If you or someone you know needs information or support, these organisations are there to help. Beyond Blue, Lifeline and Headspace

TICKET INFORMATION

Season Ticket prices
Saturday evening A Reserve $108
Adult A Reserve $100
Seniors cardholder $86
Concession $77
Under 30 $45
Preview $45

Mini Package prices
Fri & Sat A Reserve $121.50
Adult A Reserve $112.50
Seniors cardholder $97
Concession $87
Under 30 $48
Preview $48

Single tickets
Mon - Thu performances
Adult A Reserve $125
B Reserve $115
Seniors cardholder $108
Concession $97
Under 30 $50

Fri & Sat performances
A Reserve $135
B Reserve $125

Preview performances
All tickets $50

Souvenir program
Pre-purchase a special Fun Home souvenir program with your tickets for $18. Or purchase one at the venue for $20.

Transaction fees may apply
Season Ticket bookings (packs of 6 or more plays): no fees
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In the interest of public health and safety, the forthcoming season of Fun Home has been cancelled. More info Music by Jeanine Tesori; Book and Lyrics by Lisa Kron Based on the novel by Alison Bechdel Directed by Dean Bryant Australian premiere A groundbreaking new musical After smash-hit seasons on Broadway and in London, Fun Home comes to Sydney in a soaring brand-new production.

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Introducing the six wives of Henry VIII;  the rebellious heroines of history taking to the mic to tell their story. Get ready for the Australian premiere of this electrifying smash hit pop musical that’s taken the West End by storm.

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Six

Divorced Beheaded Live in Concert!

Music

Toby Marlow
Lucy Moss

Lyrics

Toby Marlow
Lucy Moss

Book

Toby Marlow
Lucy Moss

Basis
The six wives of King Henry VIII

Premiere

2017: Edinburgh Fringe

Productions

2017 Edinburgh
2017 Off-West End
2018 UK tour
2019 West End
2019 North American tour
2019 UK Tour
2019 Norwegian Bliss
2019 Norwegian Breakaway
2020 Australia & New Zealand Tour
2020 Broadway

Six is a British musical with book, music, and lyrics by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss. The musical is a modern retelling of the lives of the six wives of Henry VIII presented as a pop concert, as the wives take turns singing and telling their story to see who suffered the most due to Henry and should, therefore, become the group's lead singer.

The musical was first presented by Cambridge University students at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2017. It has since gone on to professional productions in the West End and internationally.

The musical shows the storys of the six wives of henry VIII. In order: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymore, Anne of Cleeves, Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr. The show opens with the six Queens performing an opening number in pop-concert, girl-group fashion introducing themselves. They also welcome the audience to the performance ("Ex-Wives"). They address the crowd and tell them that this show will feature a competition, and whoever had the "biggest load of B.S." to deal with from the man who married them, Henry VIII, will become the lead singer of the group ("Ex-Wives (Reprise)"). They perform in the order in which they were married to Henry. Catherine of Aragon starts off and recounts her marriage to Henry and later annulment, and almost being put into a nunnery when he began lusting after Anne Boleyn ("No Way"). When Aragon claims that she is the winner, the other Queens mention Anne and how she overlapped with Aragon during the former's marriage, resulting in said annulment ("Anne Boleyn (Interlude)"), and Anne recounts her time as Queen with Henry and her eventual execution ("Don't Lose Ur Head"). She then continues to argue that she deserves to win the competition due to her execution and further begins to sing a new solo "about the moment [she] found out Catherine of Aragon had tragically died". This attempted solo is interrupted by the other queens. Jane Seymour then announces it is her turn to recount what she put up with, but the other Queens mock her for not having as much to deal with as, in her words, she was "the only one he truly loved". Jane admits that while she may have been lucky for not having to suffer at his hand, she still stood by him throughout all his faults ("Heart of Stone").

The story then shifts as the Queens are suddenly turned into members of Hans Holbein's painting studio, talking about how they make the women he paints look beautiful for their portraits ("Haus of Holbein"). In a set-up parodying Tinder (or another similar dating site) they present three women: Christina of Denmark, Amalia of Cleves, and Anna of Cleves, Amalia's elder sister. When Henry "swipes right", so to speak, on Anna, they all assume he will marry Anna and that they will have a happy, long-lasting marriage ("Haus of Holbein (Playoff)"). Of course, their union is ultimately ill-fated as he rejects Anna, and she pretends to make a big deal about how she is then forced to live in a beautiful palace in Richmond as a result, though she is not really complaining. She then boasts about her riches and how since she remained unmarried after her divorce, there is no man around to tell her what to do, meaning she is able to do anything she pleases ("Get Down"). After the Queens point out how Anna's life did not sound that difficult, Anna says "Oh, well, back to the palace". As Katherine Howard is next to go, the Queens belittle her for being "the least relevant Catherine", but Katherine retaliates by mentioning flaws in the other Queens' reasons for winning, such as how Anne Boleyn wasn't the only beheaded wife and how Jane Seymour only died due to natural causes. She then recounts her life and the men who abused her, leading into her marriage to Henry as she breaks down, fully realising the trauma she suffered from her relationships and how these "all-powerful men" led to her eventual beheading ("All You Wanna Do").

As the Queens continue to squabble about who should win the contest, a frustrated Catherine Parr puts a stop to it. Questioning the point of it all, she brings up the fact that they are remembered solely by their shared connection to Henry, not as individuals. When they refuse to listen, claiming she has no story to tell that involves Henry, Parr tells her story, and of the accomplishments she made independently of Henry ("I Don't Need Your Love"). The other Queens, realising that they have let themselves be defined by Henry for so long, stop the contest and declare that they do not need his love to feel validated as people ("I Don't Need Your Love (Remix)"). With only five minutes left in the show after the fact, they decide to use their remaining moments on stage to "rewrite" the stories they told and sing for themselves for a change, singing together as a group rather than as solo artists and writing their own happily ever after ("Six").

In all of the live performances of the show as of July 2018, the Queens perform an encore number that is not featured on the Original Cast Recording, which is a mashup of all the songs performed in the show (minus "Haus of Holbein") called "Megasix". The audience is encouraged by the Queens to film this portion of the performance - the exception is on all USA engagements of Six after the Chicago premiere due to union rules.

"Ex-Wives" - Company

"Ex-Wives (Reprise/Playoff)" - Company †

"No Way" - Catherine of Aragon and Company

"Anne Boleyn (Interlude)" - Company minus Anne Boleyn †

"Don't Lose Ur Head" - Anne Boleyn and Company

"Wearing Yellow To A Funeral" (Playoff) - Anne Boleyn †

"Heart of Stone" - Jane Seymour and Company

"Haus of Holbein" - Company

"Haus of Holbein (Playoff)" - Company †

"Get Down" - Anna of Cleves and Company

"All You Wanna Do" - Katherine Howard and Company

"I Don't Need Your Love" - Catherine Parr and Company

"I Don't Need Your Love (Remix)" - Catherine Parr and Company ††

"Six" - Company

"Megasix" - Company †

† Not included on the Studio Cast Recording.
†† Included as part of "I Don't Need Your Love" on the Studio Cast Recording.

The idea for the musical came to Toby Marlow while studying in his final year at Cambridge University, and despite uncertainties from collaborator Lucy Moss, the pair wrote part of the show while studying for their final exams. Marlow had been selected in late 2016 by Cambridge University Arts Society to write a new musical to be performed at the Edinburgh Fringe, and the initial six wives' concert concept came to him later during a poetry class when he decided to get his friend Moss involved. Marlow read Antonia Fraser's "The Six Wives of Henry VIII", while Moss viewed a documentary series, "Six Wives" by Lucy Worsley. At their first writing session together, they watched a 2011 Beyoncé concert and story-telling performance, Live at Roseland: Elements of 4. The world premiere production of Six took place at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2017, presented by Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society.

The Edinburgh production and a subsequent showing back in Cambridge attracted the attention of producers Kenny Wax and Global Musicals, and they gave the show its professional debut on 18 December 2017, performing initially on four Monday nights although this was increased to six performances at the Arts Theatre. A studio recording was released on 13 September 2018, featuring the original Arts Theatre cast.

Six began its first UK tour on 11 July at the Norwich Playhouse, returning to the Edinburgh Fringe on 1 August 2018. Six transferred to the Arts Theatre in the West End with an opening night on 30 August. The production closed on 14 October prior to continuing its UK tour. The UK tour ended on 30 December 2018 in Glasgow.

The musical re-opened for an initial 16-week run at the Arts Theatre on 17 January 2019. Directed by Lucy Moss and Jamie Armitage with choreography by Carrie-Anne Ingrouille, set design by Emma Bailey, and musical supervision by Joe Beighton, the initial run has since been extended until January 2021.

Six had its North American premiere at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) in May 2019. Directed by Jamie Armitage and Lucy Moss, the Chicago premiere was produced by Six's London producers with the addition of Broadway producer Kevin McCollum. According to Chris Jones the Chicago production was a likely Broadway tryout. Toward the end of the extended Chicago run, where Six broke box office records for the CST, it was announced the show would go to Broadway in 2020. The production moved to the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts in late-August and September 2019, and made its Canadian premiere at Edmonton's Citadel Theatre in November. The production moved to the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in St. Paul, Minnesota, from 29 November through 22 December, prior to its Broadway debut.

On 6 August 2019, Norwegian Cruise Line announced that they would be showing performances of Six on three of their ships at different times. The shows began in September 2019 on Norwegian's Bliss and will run until 2022.

A second UK tour of Six was officially announced on 5 September 2019. The production opened on 24 October 2019 at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford. The tour was scheduled to run until 25 July 2020, concluding its run at the Birmingham Hippodrome. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic shutting down theaters however, a deal was struck between the Society of London Theatre and U.K. actors union Equity; ensuring that West End and touring performers who are currently under contract will be able to continue on those preexisting terms and restart rehearsals or performances with revised dates once the shutdown ends.

Six had its Australian premiere at the Sydney Opera House, in January 2020. It will then move to Melbourne's Comedy Theatre in mid 2020 and Adelaide's Her Majesty's Theatre in late 2020 as part of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival. The Australian production is produced by Louise Withers, Michael Coppel and Linda Bewick. At some point, it is set to open in Wellington, New Zealand's Opera House.

Six began Broadway previews on 13 February 2020 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. On the day of its scheduled Broadway opening, 12 March 2020, all Broadway theatres were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Six planned to open when Broadway performances resume. Moss and Armitage again direct, with choreography by Carrie-Anne Ingrouille, set design by Emma Bailey, costumes by Gabriella Slade, sound by Paul Gatehouse, lighting by Tim Deiling, and orchestrations by Tom Curran. The original principal cast is the same as the show's 2019 North American tour.

On 29 June 2020, it was announced that Six would be due to embark on an open-air UK Tour in August and September 2020, playing drive-in style at venues such as showgrounds, racecourses and airfields, starring the 2019-20 West End and UK & Ireland Tour casts. The performances would have taken place in compliance with the HM Government's COVID-19 social distancing measures.

However, on 15 July 2020, promoters Live Nation announced the cancellation of the tour over fears of potential localised lockdowns as result of the COVID-19 pandemic; mainly owing to the fact that many of the planned locations were those emerging as hot-spots for the virus.

On 4 August 2019, at the final performance of the Chicago premiere, it was announced that Six would return to the city at the Broadway Playhouse in 2020. It is scheduled to begin 24 November 2020, after a postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and to run to 21 March 2021.

Show co-creator Toby Marlow also filled in as Catherine Parr for two West End performances on 28 July 2019, due to a cast-wide illness.

In a review of the Arts Theatre production, Dominic Cavendish of The Telegraph called the show "gloriously - persuasively - coherent, confident and inventive". Lyn Gardner of The Guardian wrote, "It may be cloaked in silliness, but Six makes some serious points about female victimhood and survival."

In a review of the Chicago production, Chris Jones of The Chicago Tribune praised the show as "dynamic" and a "blast", with a "sense of humor and spirited radicalism." Marlow and Moss are "gifted comic writers," he said, and he praised the "musical force of the intensely committed and talented actresses" in the Chicago cast. Jones suggests the show could use 10 more minutes of material that gets away from the plot's singing contest conceit, and toward the emotional center of the characters. He also thinks the orchestration of the songs could be more substantial. Jones believes Six has an audience that is ready for it, in part because it gets to a complex historical paradox and treats it with verve, the memories of women in history being tied to the life of a man. Hedy Weiss of WTTW praises the musical as "sensational", singling out each performer in the Chicago cast. Weiss also thinks the show makes a convincing case for each character, and in addition to praising the writers, notes the "dynamite direction by Moss and Jamie Armitage, and powerhouse music direction by Roberta Duchak" as well as, "Gabriella Slade's glittering costumes . . . and Tim Deiling's arena-style lighting". According to Rachel Weinberg of Broadway World, " Six carries out [a] joyful and anachronistic takedown of the patriarchy" through the performances of a "brilliant" cast and a book and score with an inventive and sensational compositional method. Jesse Green of The New York Times wrote that the musical is "pure entertainment", the writing is "wickedly smart", the "terrific singers" of the Chicago cast sell the show "unstintingly", and the production values "befit a splashy North American premiere with Broadway backing."

2019

Outstanding Production-Musical (Large)

Won

Outstanding Ensemble Performance in a Musical or Revue

Won

Outstanding Director-Musical (Large)

Lucy Moss and Jamie Armitage

Nominated

Outstanding Lighting Design (Large)

Tim Deiling

Nominated

Outstanding Music Direction

Roberta Duchak and Joe Beighton

Won

The original Broadway production was in previews starting February 13, and was set to open the day New York City's stay-at-home order was announced due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Based on the hit film, this hilarious new musical follows Dewey Finn, a failed, wannabe rock star who decides to earn a few extra bucks by posing as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school. There he turns a class of straight A students into a guitar-shredding, bass-slapping, mind-blowing rock band. While teaching these pint-sized prodigies what it means to truly rock, Dewey falls for the school’s beautiful, but uptight headmistress, helping her rediscover the wild child within.

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Please note that School of Rock contains occasional strong language and may not be suitable for very young children.

WARNING: Please be advised that smoke effects and strobe lights are used during this performance.

All persons entering the theatre, regardless of age, must have a ticket. Babes-in-arms are not admitted to the auditorium. All children must be old enough to occupy their own seats.

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Please note that School of Rock contains occasional strong language and may not be suitable for very young children. WARNING: Please be advised that smoke effects and strobe lights are used during this performance. All persons entering the theatre, regardless of age, must have a ticket. Babes-in-arms are not admitted to the auditorium.

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An inspiring tale of sisterhood and true love, it features the songs you know and love from the original film plus an expanded score with a dozen new numbers. With gorgeous sets and costumes as well as sensational special effects, Frozen is everything a Broadway musical should be – moving, spectacular and pure joy.

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" You've never seen FROZEN like this!" - Good Morning America

From the producers of Aladdin and The Lion King, Disney's new hit musical Frozen is storming Sydney's Capitol Theatre from July 2020.

Adapted from the Oscar-winning film, Frozen the Musical is expertly brought to the stage by acclaimed Director Michael Grandage, giving life to this beloved story in an all new, unforgettable theatrical experience.

An inspiring tale of sisterhood and true love, it features the songs you know and love from the original film plus an expanded score with a dozen new numbers. With gorgeous sets and costumes as well as sensational special effects, Frozen is everything a Broadway musical should be - moving, spectacular and pure joy.

Be one of the first to witness this global phenomenon on stage!

Running Time: Approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes (includes one 20 minute intermission).

Age Recommendation: FROZEN is intended for ages 8+ and is not recommended for anyone under the age of 4.

Production Reminder: Please be advised that Frozen contains smoke, haze, and strobes lights.

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" You've never seen FROZEN like this!" - Good Morning America From the producers of Aladdin and The Lion King, Disney's new hit musical Frozen is storming Sydney's Capitol Theatre from July 2020. Adapted from the Oscar-winning film, Frozen the Musical is expertly brought to the stage by acclaimed Director Michael Grandage, giving life to this beloved story in an all new, unforgettable theatrical experience.