Distilled down to eight hours of theatre in two parts, the eight plays that span the turbulent years of The War of the Roses are presented in a unique cycle as part of the 2009 Sydney Festival. FINAL SHOWS!  

Deeply theatrical, witty and absurd, Kafka’s Monkey places a profound and startling mirror in front of a modern-day audience and reveals a world in which humans appear apish and apes the more humane.

Kafka’s terrifying but bizarrely comic story bursts on to the stage in a theatrically explosive new version by David Farr, former Artistic Director of Lyric Hammersmith, and actor/director Gísli Örn Gardarsson of Iceland’s acclaimed Vesturport Theatre.

Tanya Goldberg directs a bold, contemporary production of Miller’s seminal masterpiece for STC Ed, exposing the unnerving immediacy of this timeless work and demonstrating that this is as much a play for our own time as it is was for Miller’s.

“The Crucible is back and bursting with freshness and life in director Tanya Goldberg's hands.”

The Daily Telegraph

Co-produced with STC Associate Company Zeal Theatre as part of our STC Ed program, Burnt explores our relationship with the land and how drought affects us no matter where we live.

After triumphant, sell-out seasons in Vienna, Berlin and at the Edinburgh International Festival, it is now Sydney’s turn to experience Barrie Kosky's Poppea.

From the creators of The Smile Off Your Face (2009 Sydney Festival), comes Once and for all we’re gonna tell you who we are so shut up and listen, a play performed by 13 teenagers.

Following a sold-out season at Sydney Opera House, Sydney Theatre Company is delighted to present acclaimed Australian singer-songwriter Lior in a special return season of Shadows & Light at The Wharf.

Drawing heavily on elements of Commedia Dell’Arte, Stefo Nantsou’s (ZEAL THEATRE) production of Dario Fo’s brilliant political play will be a swirling, thunderous theatrical mayhem.

As a tribute to the magic and originality of this enduring adventure, Windmill’s The Wizard of Oz will be a daring, flamboyant and exhilarating theatrical journey for the whole family. Full of imagination, and invigorated with some surprising twists, this is a celebration of the yellow brick road we all travel to find out just what we’re made of.