2012 Main Stage
2012 on the STC Blog
  • Pygmalion: What happened afterwards, according to Shaw
    SPOILER ALERT! Provided you don't mind us giving away too much ahead of the opening of our new production of Pygmalion, we thought it would be interesting to share the epilogue Shaw wrote to sit at the end of the script. Here it is, in all its glory... THE rest of the story need not be shown...
  • Music from Midsummer [a play with songs]
    When The Sun Broke Over The Playing Fields At Last by sydneytheatreco The Hangover Song by sydneytheatreco Written and performed by Gordon McIntyre.Photo of Cora Bissett and Matthew Pidgeon by Douglas Robertson.  Midsummer [a play with songs], plays 6 February until 10 M...
  • Excerpt: Midsummer, it's not a musical, it's not an opera - so what is it?
    When is a musical not a musical? When it's an opera, usually. But also, according to the Scottish playwright David Greig, when it's a "play with songs". This, at least, is how he describes Midsummer, now playing at Edinburgh's Traverse theatre. But what is a play with songs when it's at home? Fo...
 
  • 2012 Program

Never Did Me Any Harm

We team up with Kate Champion’s acclaimed Force Majeure to present a new dance-theatre work exploring the myriad of issues facing parents today.

Opened 11 Jan 12 | Closed 12 Feb 12

Pygmalion

Andrea Demetriades plays the iconic Eliza Doolittle in Peter Evans’ bold new production of George Bernard Shaw’s enduring classic of wicked wordplay.

Now Playing - Closes 03 Mar 12 | Tickets from $40

Midsummer

A festival hit from Edinburgh’s Traverse Theatre, this rough and tumble romantic comedy features an ill-advised love match, 25 grand in hot cash and a wonderfully wry soundtrack.

Now Playing - Closes 10 Mar 12 | Tickets from $40

Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Two of Australia’s most respected actors, Pamela Rabe and Hugo Weaving, play the deliciously deviant Marquise de Merteuil and Vicomte de Valmont.

Opens 31 Mar 12 | Tickets from $35

Under Milk Wood

Dylan Thomas’ beautifully poetic radio-turned-stage-play will reverberate through the Drama Theatre at Sydney Opera House, soaring on the magnetic and melodic voices of Sandy Gore and Jack Thompson.

Opens 22 May 12 | Tickets from $40

The Histrionic (Der Theatermacher)

Bille Brown lets rip as Bruscon, a once-fêted star of the stage who has taken a spectacular fall from grace and is now performing in a backwater pub run by Barry Otto’s Landlord.

Opens 15 Jun 12 | Tickets from $35

Face to Face

Rising theatre star Simon Stone directs a new adaptation for the stage of the classic Ingmar Bergman film with a phenomenal ensemble cast led by Kerry Fox, John Gaden and Wendy Hughes.

Opens 07 Aug 12 | Tickets from $40

The Splinter

A gripping new psychological thriller from Australian playwright Hilary Bell is realised in a visually rich, image-based production.

Opens 10 Aug 12 | Tickets from $35

Australia Day

Inspired by his own experiences as an Australia Day ambassador, Jonathan Biggins’ wickedly funny new play questions our national identity… whatever that is.

Opens 07 Sep 12 | Tickets from $40

Sex With Strangers

Jacqueline McKenzie returns to STC in this intergenerational love story which went viral after premiering at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre.

 

Opens 24 Sep 12 | Tickets from $35

Signs of Life

We join forces with Perth’s Black Swan State Theatre Company to present the second play by acclaimed writer Tim Winton, featuring a cast led by Greta Scacchi.

Opens 02 Nov 12 | Tickets from $40