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. 

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 Artistic Director David Farr and actor/director Gísli Örn Gardarsson of Iceland’s acclaimed Vesturport Theatre.

In this astounding modern classic, Arthur Miller chronicles the horrors and corruption of the Salem witch-trials of 1692. A powerful allegory for what Miller considered to be a witch-hunt in his own time – the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings – the play examines justice, injustice, honour and courage.

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.

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.