Milk Box Theatre Company presents a strong piece of very smart social commentary and a powerful call to action, with a brilliant ensemble cast and a control of tone that manages to entertain as much as it educates.
Read MoreWrite Your Own Story: EURYDICE
The Flanagan Collective & Gobbledigook Theatre deliver another beautiful show, with a unique format and enthralling narrative.
Read MoreMemory, Myth and Metaphysics: STYX
STYX is an evocative experience combining music, history, myth and neuroscience to recreate the myriad ways in which the mind constructs narrative and memory.
Read MoreThe Fierce Phenom: Gingzilla — Live & Loud
A crimson vision in a slinky bustier, with immaculately curled hair and a delightfully glittered beard, not to mention her waxed moustache points, this seven-foot siren delivers on the premise of the show title.
Read MoreThe Fallacy of Freedom: KAFKA’S APE
KAFKA’S APE is brilliant as much for the moments it adapts Kafka’s original as for the moments that remain faithful to it.
Read MoreLaughter and Liberation: CHAMELEON
CHAMELEON is a hilarious production that takes a frank look at gender and identity, using the chameleon as a metaphor for the way women construct their public personas.
Read MorePerpetual Moments: Wil Greenway - These Trees The Autumn Leaves Alone
In These Trees The Autumn Leaves Alone, Wil Greenway tells a story of moments, connected through time and fallibility.
Read MoreA Glorious Vision: Anna Piper Scott - Queer & Present Danger
In Queer and Present Danger, comedy mastermind and self-titled voice of a generation Anna Piper Scott delivers a performance that entertains, enlightens, and astounds.
Read MoreSpeaks for Itself: Untitled No. 7
Weaving spoken word, storytelling, punk rage, and dance together in an eminently eloquent fashion, Untitled No. 7 explores notions of potential and constructs of success from a personal but entirely relatable point of view.
Read MoreInclusive Introspection: 1900-Lisa-Skye
In 1900-Lisa-Skye, Lisa Skye delivers a playful performance loosely structured around stories from her time working for a phone dating agency.
Read MoreLevity and Despair: Playthings
This is a show that will leave the audience stunned, feeling perhaps as unsettled as they are uplifted. What could have been a depressing exploration of childhood trauma is instead a powerful work that demonstrates the multi-faceted aspects of damage, despair and, inevitably, healing.
Read MoreFamily Fusion: SHARBAT
SHARBAT explores the relationship between three sisters—Shaz, Batty, and Roo—who each are attempting to make sense of their identities as Muslim Australians. In navigating their place in the world as well as their relationships with each other, the sisters must contend with grief, cultural expectations, and the ongoing impact of endemic Islamophobia within the broader community.
Read MoreThe Dichotomy of Despair and Hope in the Age of Eco-Anxiety: I FEEL FINE
Sparked by the at once arrogant and appalling name of the current geological age—Anthropocene, because humanity’s influence on the planet is now recognised as a unique geological force—I FEEL FINE tackles the extremes of human rationality surrounding our presence on this planet.
Read MoreTruth and Deception: Perpetual Wake
Two seemingly dissimilar worlds come together in Perpetual Wake to form a simultaneously hilarious and pointed deconstruction of truth, power, and shame.
Read MoreThe Mind Inverted: Floor Thirteen
Floor Thirteen is a chilling experience. This is a play that couples intelligent writing with dynamic and enthralling staging to envelope the audience in a psychological and physical experience.
Read MoreSurrendering to Delusion: Diary of a Madman
By reinterpreting a classic, Company O taps into a rich vein of social commentary while staying true to the original material.
Read MoreA Stirring Wordless Opera: Speechless
Written in response to the 2014 Human Rights Commission report ‘The Forgotten Children: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention’, Cat Hope's Speechless is a prime example of the power, weight, and connection music provides in a world that is often divided.
Read MoreInnovative and Inimitable: Lé Nør [the rain]
Utilising a range of theatrical and cinematic techniques to portray a story of survival, The Last Great Hunt has created a unique show. Lé Nør [the rain] transports audiences into a world simultaneously different and relatable to their own.
Read MoreStories that Demand to be Heard: FEMME
FEMME is an empowering exploration of women and non-binary people taking back control of both their bodies and stories, and demanding we hear them.
Read MoreHats, Dance, and Spontaneous Laughter: SENSE AND SPONTANEITY
SENSE AND SPONTANEITY is a wonderful reinvention of classic literature for a modern audience that will make Austen fans of those not already in the club.
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