The Shape of Things is an exploration of love, art, and the blurred lines between truth and deception which will leave audiences questioning the nature of relationships and the power of influence.
The new production at Arts Theatre Cronulla is Midnight Murder at Hamlington Hall, written by Mark Kilmurry and Jamie Oxenbould. This is a new Australian play, originally commissioned for Sydney’s Ensemble Theatre in 2023. Director Susan Turner notes in the program that she saw this play when it premiered and immediately felt it was one that ATC audiences would love. She is not wrong! Preview audiences have been thoroughly entertained, chuckling and guffawing in equal measure.
The Henry Lawson Theatre, located in Western Sydney, is riding the wave of three successful seasons packed with short plays, the theatre promises a brand-new collection of theatrical confections to satisfy every palate in March /April 2025.
James Graham’s political play Labour of Love received the prestigious Olivier award in 2018, the same year another of his works, the celebrated play Ink was also nominated for the award, testament to the talent of the playwright.
St Jude’s Players, a long-standing Brighton beach-based community theatre company in South Australia, has chosen Labour of Love as the first in the lineup of plays in its 2025 season. Director Kym Clayton is excited to be at the creative helm for the play.
‘A psychological thriller that examines the inner workings of a murderer’s mind and our fascination for it.’
As a charming but manipulative stranger ingratiates himself into the household of a wealthy and cantankerous widow, her niece grows suspicious of his motives. Despite those suspicions, she finds herself fascinated by him. Emlyn Williams' classic thriller, a hit on stage and screen, provides thrills and surprises for audiences.
For its first production of 2025, Arts Theatre Cronulla is staging Ray Lawler’s Summer of the Seventeenth Doll. The play, which rapidly became known as simply The Doll,premiered in Melbourne in 1955, toured cities and regional towns in Australia, had a short run on Broadway, and a long season in London, winning the London Evening Standard Best New Play of the Year for 1957.
Two hundred years after the birth of Johan Strauss Junior, Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Victoria (GSOV) presents a newly orchestrated, staged and choreographed version of Fledermaus! from Robert Ray and Geoffrey Urquhart for its opening season at the historic cottage and gardens of The Knowe from 15 February 2025.
Mosman Musical Society (NSW) is presentingA New Brain– a three-performance-only concert performance of the musical by Tony Award-winners William Finn and James Lapine, at the Mosman Art Gallery on 14 and 15 M
