Explore the 2018 Plays
Explore our 2018 Season below to create your Season Ticket of 6 – 14 plays.
You can also download a PDF brochure and our 2018 performance calendar to plan your year of theatre.
The Plays
TOP GIRLS
By Caryl Churchill
This whip-smart masterpiece explores female power and success versus family and parenthood – can we have it all?
12 Feb – 24 Mar 2018 | Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House
LETHAL INDIFFERENCE
By Anna Barnes
This new play full of warmth and moving revelations tells a true story that may change the way you see the world.
17 Feb – 10 Mar 2018 | Wharf 1 Theatre
BLACK IS THE NEW WHITE
By Nakkiah Lui
This smash-hit, provocative and laugh-out-loud Aussie rom-com will have you dancing in your seat – back for a limited encore season.
28 Feb – 10 Mar 2018 | Roslyn Packer Theatre
THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI
By Bertolt Brecht
Translated by Tom Wright
Hugo Weaving will be riotously, darkly funny in this powerhouse role as a villainous gangster fighting to reach the top at any cost.
21 Mar – 28 Apr 2018 | Roslyn Packer Theatre
GOING DOWN
By Michele Lee
An outrageously funny new play about twenty-something sex, literature and spiralling out of control.
23 Mar – 5 May 2018 | Wharf 2 Theatre
THE CHILDREN
By Lucy Kirkwood
A stellar cast join forces for this gripping new drama that beautifully balances the realities of our times with intrigue and humour.
29 Mar – 19 May 2018 | Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House
STILL POINT TURNING:
THE CATHERINE MCGREGOR STORY
By Priscilla Jackman
Based on interviews with Catherine McGregor
The moving and timely true story of one of our country’s most intriguing public figures.
21 Apr – 26 May 2018 | Wharf 1 Theatre
BLACKIE BLACKIE BROWN:
THE TRADITIONAL OWNER OF DEATH
By Nakkiah Lui
Two actors, countless murders, heart-pumping animations and a brand new Aboriginal superhero.
12 May – 30 Jun 2018 | Wharf 2 Theatre
SAINT JOAN
By George Bernard Shaw
The iconic Joan of Arc is brought to life in a timely new production of this compelling and mighty classic.
5 Jun – 30 Jun 2018 | Roslyn Packer Theatre
THE LONG FORGOTTEN DREAM
By H Lawrence Sumner
This exceptional new Australian drama is a rich tapestry told with humour, captivating characters and even a little magic.
23 Jul – 25 Aug 2018 | Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House
THE HARP IN THE SOUTH:
PART ONE
By Ruth Park
An adaptation for the stage by Kate Mulvany
This landmark stage adaptation celebrates Sydney in all its funny, gritty glory, beginning with a love story.
16 Aug – 6 Oct 2018 | Roslyn Packer Theatre
THE HARP IN THE SOUTH:
PART TWO
By Ruth Park
An adaptation for the stage by Kate Mulvany
Full of humour, romance and rebellion, the story of the Darcy family continues amidst the changing world of Sydney in the 1950s.
16 Aug – 6 Oct 2018 | Roslyn Packer Theatre
ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST
By Dario Fo
In a new adaptation by Francis Greenslade with Sarah Giles
An all-star all-female cast in a side-splitting new adaptation of this classic satire about power and corruption.
10 Sep – 27 Oct 2018 | Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House
A CHEERY SOUL
By Patrick White
A ground-breaking Australian masterpiece is given a bold new production by Kip Williams starring the magnificent Sarah Peirse.
5 Nov – 15 Dec 2018 | Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House
Special Offers
Season Ticket Holders have exclusive access and discounted tickets for these two extra plays that are guaranteed to have high demand. Tickets will be snapped up quickly, so get the best available seats before they go on sale to the public.
THE TRAGEDY OF
HAMLET: PRINCE OF SKIDMARK
A BADAPTATION OF THE BARD
By The Listies
This hilarious, irreverent, interactive take on Shakespeare will have kids and adults screaming with laughter.
4 Jul – 22 Jul 2018 | Everest Theatre, Seymour Centre
THE WHARF REVUE 2018
Written and created by Jonathan Biggins and Drew Forsythe
It’s back. There will be songs, there will be dance, and there will be very funny impressions.
13 Nov – 15 Dec 2018 | Roslyn Packer Theatre