Australia - Sydney Theatre Newsroom

Following a triumphant European tour, the Australian Youth Orchestra will return home to present Colour, Sound, Lore, a spectacular homecoming concert under the baton of internationally renowned conductor David Robertson.

Hayes Theatre Co has announced its Winter Cabaret Season, bringing eight Cabarets to the stage this June.  Kicking off this season is the recipient of the inaugural Hayes Theatre Co & Adelaide Cabaret Festival Cabaret Commission, Tired Ass Showgirls.

 In an Australian exclusive, internationally acclaimed mentalist Scott Silven will bring his brand new show The Lost Things to the Opera House this June for its world premiere season.

Bright, bold and brilliantly fun, Frank Loesser’s (Music and Lyrics), Jo Swerling (Book) and Abe Burrows’ (Book) Tony Award Winning GUYS AND DOLLS delights audiences for Opera Australia’s annual Handa Opera On Sydney Harbour “event theatre” offering.

Marcia Hines and Casey Donovan will be touring together across Australia in October 2025 with a brand new show paying tribute to a global music superstar on the Marcia Sings Summer tour.

Teddy Swims has added second shows in Sydney and Melbourne to his I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy Tour of Australia and New Zealand this October. The anticipated visit takes in nine arena dates, with shows in Christchurch, Auckland, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.

Patricia Ward Kelly, wife and biographer of the late Hollywood legend Gene Kelly brought her acclaimed show, Gene Kelly - A Life in Music to Auckland, New Zealand this week for a special show with the Auckland Philharmonia orchestra. Audiences were treated to an additional surprise when international star Michael Crawford made a surprise appearance. Long before he created the lead role of The Phantom of the Opera, Crawford was directed as Cornelius Hackl, by Gene Kelly in the film adaptation of the musical Hello, Dolly!, opposite Barbra Streisand and Walter Matthau. 

The doors of L'Hôtel are swinging open once more, inviting Sydney to slip into a world where passion lingers in the air, glamour drips from every chandelier, and secrets are whispered behind velvet-draped doorways.

Join Sydney Philharmonia Choirs on a unique musical journey, in this exploration and celebration of Gioachino Rossini’s time in the City of Light. Learn more about the performance here!

Following their sold-out Red Hot Summer national tour, ICEHOUSE has announced their return to the Coliseum Theatre in Western Sydney on Saturday, 23 August 2025.

After three decades, legends of the ice Torvill & Dean are set to make their long-awaited return to Australia for a final farewell tour. Learn more about the tour here!

Merrigong Theatre Company will present the Gilbert and Sullivan classic The Pirates of Penzance (or The Slave of Duty), re-wired and re-booted by Hayes Theatre Co in association with The Art House Wyong, at the Illawarra Performing Arts Centre.

Andrea Bocelli, the world’s most beloved tenor, is set to make a triumphant return to Australia in April. He will perform with an illustrious lineup of special guests which include Tina Arena, Matteo Bocelli, Amy Manford, and more.

National Theatre of Parramatta will present Heartland Festival, a jam-packed, two-week festival of new works, bursting with big stories and ground-breaking writing. Learn more here!

Due to phenomenal presale ticket demand for Alex Warren’s Cheaper Than Therapy Global Tour, Frontier Touring has announced venue upgrades to his Auckland, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane and Sydney shows, plus the addition of an Adelaide show and second show in Sydney. 

NO LOVE SONGS, Kyle Falconer (songs), Laura Wilde (book) and Johnny McKnight’s (book) musical theatre treatment of Falconer’s solo album No Love Songs For Laura is presented with humour and honesty by Lucy Maunder and Keegan Joyce.

The Sydney Premiere of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown comes to Hayes Theatre Co for a strictly limited season from 9 May, featuring a cast that has now been announced!

Sydney Writers' Festival and Vivid Sydney have announced three literary events, part of Vivid Sydney's Ideas program: Dreams of The Future, Why We Sleep, featuring Professor Matthew Walker, and Firetalk. Learn more here!

Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir will be embarking on a national tour across Australia in 2025. This will be their biggest tour since they last performed across the East Coast in 2022.

Part pop concert, part biography, MJ THE MUSICAL is pure enlightening entertainment that shares the events and experiences that informed and inspired Michael Jackson’s creative process and his career.

Van Diemen’s Band’s acclaimed Lunchbox Concert Series returns to Hobart Town Hall this April and May, offering five bite-sized performances featuring some of lutruwita/Tasmania’s finest musicians alongside exceptional interstate guests.

The four-time Tony Award-winning musical MJ has officially opened in Sydney with a star-studded premiere performance attended by celebrities from around Australia and the globe. Check here for the photos.

Fruit Box Theatre returns to the stage with SNAKEFACE by Aliyah Knight at Belvoir 25a. Directed by Bernadette Fam, this work stretches the bounds of theatre making, artmaking and performance. 

The 72nd Sydney Film Festival (SFF) will take place from Wednesday 4 June to Sunday 15 June 2025, bringing 12 days and nights of the best in global cinema to Sydney’s silver screens.

The Rob Guest Endowment is opening a new chapter in its story. Since its inception in 2009, the Endowment has sought to foster excellence in the music theatre industry.