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

The Wentworth Talks return to STC on Monday 21 May, with a free talk and Q&A session entitled Politics, Money and the Murray-Darling Basin.

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.

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.

 Twins, an asteroid and a desert island. Fools Island combines Shakespeare’s words with hilarious physical clowning, created through improvisation and devising.

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.

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

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

One of Britain’s most innovative new theatre companies, Filter, joined forces with David Farr (Metamorphosis, 2009) to create Water; a vastly ambitious, visually arresting theatrical experience.

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

 

The talented trio behind The Wharf Revue – Jonathan Biggins, Drew Forsythe and Phillip Scott – will return in 2012 to take another comic swipe at the politics and popular culture dominating the Australian landscape.

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.

This irreverently funny and entirely fresh take on The Pirates of Penzance is a must-see for lovers of all things musical, comedic and high-camp!