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AJ wasn't meant to go to prison, but once he is convicted of theft, he is placed behind the walls of an institution where his own body is stolen from him. In a cramped communal cell, AJ will become a 'jailbaby'—the ward of a justice system that chooses to turn a blind eye to the life-altering sexual violence committed against young men behind bars.
Edith Aldridge is the youngest woman to be elected leader of her country. In a lush presidential suite in a heritage listed hotel, she has just 90 minutes to get ready for the biggest day of her life. Enter Rosie, a 22-year-old makeup artist from the David Jones counter, sent to help Edith get camera ready. In Rosie's capable hands, this morning will be a breeze. So long as they both stick to the brief.
Boyd has been walking a tightrope for years—balancing responsibilities to Land and People with the simple business of making a living. But there's something happening, he can sniff it in the wind. Every year more and more folk are showing up claiming to be palawa too. No-one's heard of them until now… Where has this missing mob been all these years? Are they legit? Or are they 'tick-a-box'? Who decides? And how?
Jacky is a smart, enterprising young blackfella in the big city. He skilfully negotiates the gig economy, skipping neatly from office internships to cultural performances to sex work. When his unemployable little brother Keith rolls into town, Jacky's carefully compartmentalised lives are set to collide.
The youngest in the family, Christine idolises her father, especially his stories of wartime heroics. Her sister Jill, meanwhile, doesn't quite share the same sentiments. As the intensity of the Vietnam War looms, the stories slowly start to lose their shine and war threatens to break a new generation apart. At once compelling, captivating and ultimately hopeful, My Sister Jill has all the makings of an Australian classic.
A Very Jewish Christmas Carol is a celebration of life—with a sprinkle of time-travelling ghosts, overbearing relatives and a life lesson or two.
Dan Lee's wry new play draws us deep into the mess and chaos of old friendships, fragmented families and the inevitable blur of aging. Meanwhile, the ancient city of Hanoi howls and crashes around outside, through the walls of the tiny basement kitchen.
Anthem registers the pulse of the nation in a country unable to reconcile its past and uncertain of its future. With no easy answers, it asks the urgent question of who we are now — does Australia really sing with one voice?
A funny, thoughtful, horrific and remarkable story of love, power, friendship, betrayal and every emotion in between. Frankenstein is a larger-than-life (and death) production celebrating and unleashing the monster in all of us. A visceral piece of theatre that grabs at your heart and soul and never lets go.
A country town. A festival. A local tragedy. This tale of good days, bad days and everything in between catapults us into the heart of this little town where everyone knows everyone, and where Ethan is hit by his past as Meg struggles with the present.
The World According to Dinosaurs by Belle Hansen and Amelia Newman is an interrogation of globalism through the lens of palaeontology, world events and what we had for dinner last night. A culmination of the stories we tell ourselves about existence. This is a work of physical theatrical grandeur that journeys across genre and time.
Cactus is a brutally funny, heartbreakingly honest new play for anyone who is or ever has been a teenager.
Woolah! picks up where Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company: Twenty-one years of Sharing Aboriginal Stories left off, chronicling the last ten years, 2014–2023.
Gwen is throwing a party for the end of school. After an emotional year, her friends are keen to spend the night drinking, playing games, and talking. But a party game spirals out of control, long-held tensions start to strain and snap.
A homing pigeon with no sense of direction becomes the unlikely saviour of a young girl up against her first encounter with heartbreak.
From farm to town to big town and back again, HER comes face to face with her own mortality. Unable to access the care she needs in the country, she travels in and out of the city confronting the ultimate journey to save herself, alone.
In multi-level marketing company Paradise, you're your own boss. In Paradise, you could make a fortune. Margaret Perry's Paradise Now! is a funny and raging play about ambition, exploitation and the search for connection in a fractured world.
The Jobbing Actor is an innovative six-week coaching programme designed by accredited coaches to help you achieve your acting ambitions.
Billie Collins's play Too Much World at Once is an urgent coming-of-age story for our times – and a lyrical, theatrical journey that spans continents and lives.
David is gay, disabled and profoundly horny. He can't eat, drink or shower by himself – or wank. Totally inexperienced, he embarks on a sexual and romantic odyssey, armed with a fierce brain, and dick pics that he has to get someone to take.
Danny Lee Wynter's play BLACK SUPERHERO is a brutal, unflinching, funny portrait of one man's life spiralling out of control, in an age where our idols are Kings and our superheroes Gods.
Over two tumultuous days, a family is forced to confront not only their past, but everything about themselves. Because the truth doesn't go away, even if you refuse to hear it.
Part of the bestselling Drama Games series, here are 80 games and exercises to explore the fundamental concepts of clowning and physical comedy.
Part of the bestselling Drama Games series, this books offers dozens of games to help bring Shakespeare's plays to life in the classroom or rehearsal room – making them fun and accessible to actors, students, directors and teachers.
An innovative one-woman show exploring what it means to be human in an era of ecological disaster.
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