With a growing library of Australian theatre titles, we are pleased to offer all types of live performance, from musical theatre, comedy and drama to raw, independent theatre and world premier productions.
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE: Away by Michael Gow (Sydney Theatre Company, Malthouse Theatre), Liberty Equality Fraternity by Geoffrey Atherden (Ensemble Theatre Company), Diving for Pearls by Katherine Thomson (Griffin Theatre Company), Emerald City by David Williamson (Griffin Theatre Company), Erth’s Prehistoric Picnic (Erth, Sydney Festival), The Pulse (Gravity and Other Myths, Sydney Festival), Italian Baroque with Circa (Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Circa, Sydney Festival), This Much is True by Louis Nowra (Red Line Productions), Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare (Queensland Theatre), Codgers adapted from the play by Don Reid (Australian Theatre Live), The Wharf Revue: Celebrating 15 Years (Sydney Theatre Company), The Wharf Revue: Good Night and Good Luck (Sydney Theatre Company), The Gospel According to Paul by Jonathan Biggins (Soft Tread Enterprises), Platée by Rameau (Pinchgut Opera), The Dapto Chaser by Mary Rachel Brown (Griffin Theatre Company), Norm and Ahmed by Alex Buzo (Australian Theatre Live), You’re Not Special by Sam O’Sullivan (Rogue Projects, KXT), 宿 (stay) by S Shakthidaran (Kurinji, SA the Collective, Sydney Festival), Return To The Dirt by Steve Pirie (Queensland Theatre), The Loves of Apollo & Dafne by Cavalli (Pinchgut Opera), A Delicate Fire with music by Barbara Strozzi (Pinchgut Opera), The Italians by Danny Ball (Malocchio Productions, Bontom & 25A), The Spiritual Forest by Monteverdi (Pinchgut Opera), Vespers by Monteverdi (Pinchgut Opera), Orange Thrower by Kirsty Marillier (Griffin Theatre Company), Rumpelstiltskin by Rosemary Myers & Julianne O’Brien (Windmill Theatre Company & State Theatre Company South Australia)
COMING SOON: Orontea by Cesti (Pinchgut Opera), Whitefella Yella Tree by Dylan Van Den Berg (Griffin Theatre Company), Golden Blood by Merlynn Tong (Griffin Theatre Company), Ghosting the Party by Melissa Bubnic (Griffin Theatre Company), Pony by Eloise Snape (Griffin Theatre Company), Blaque Showgirls by Nakkiah Lui (Griffin Theatre Company), Cactus by Madelaine Nunn (Three Birds Theatre)
Click on the titles below for more information and a direct link to the plays.
CODGERS
by Wayne Harrison, based on the play by Don Reid
Duration: 1h 26m | Genre: Comedy | Age Recommendation: 12+ | Content Warnings: N/A
Ensemble Theatre’s LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY
by Geoffrey Atherden
Duration: 1h 28m | Genre: Comedy, Drama | Age Recommendation: 12+ | Content Warnings: References to terrorism, references to child pornography
Griffin Theatre Company’s EMERALD CITY
by David Williamson
Duration: 2h 3m | Genre: Comedy, Drama | Age Recommendation: 12+ | Content Warnings: Strong language
Griffin Theatre Company’s THE DAPTO CHASER
by Mary Rachel Brown
Duration: 1h 33m | Genre: Black Comedy | Age Recommendation: 12+ | Content Warnings: References to drug use, dog racing, and alcoholism
Sydney Theatre Company’s THE WHARF REVUE 2015: CELEBRATING 15 YEARS
Duration: 1h 49m | Genre: Sketch Comedy, Political Satire | Age Recommendation: 12+ | Content Warnings: N/A
Sydney Theatre Company & Malthouse Theatre’s AWAY
by Michael Gow
Duration: 1h 54m | Genre: Drama | Age Recommendation: 12+ | Content Warnings: Sexual references, theatrical haze
Red Line Productions’ THIS MUCH IS TRUE
by Louis Nowra
Duration: 2h 0m | Genre: Black Comedy | Age Recommendation: 15+ | Content Warnings: Drug use, violence, references to suicide, sexual references, references to mental illness, ableism
Griffin Theatre Company’s DIVING FOR PEARLS
by Katherine Thomson
Duration: 2h 19m | Genre: Drama | Age Recommendation: 12+ | Content Warnings: References to suicide, references to brain damage
Soft Tread Enterprises’ THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO PAUL
by Jonathan Biggins
Duration: 1h 26m | Genre: Comedy, Political Satire | Age Recommendation: 12+ | Content Warnings: Strong language
Sydney Theatre Company’s THE WHARF REVUE 2021: GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK
Duration: 1h 38m | Genre: Sketch Comedy, Political Satire | Age Recommendation: 12+ | Content Warnings: N/A
Rogue Projects’ YOU’RE NOT SPECIAL
by Sam O’Sullivan
Duration: 1h 38m | Genre: Drama | Age Recommendation: 12+ | Content Warnings: Sexual references
Pinchgut Opera’s THE LOVES OF APOLLO & DAFNE
by Francesco Cavalli
Duration: 2h 21m | Genre: Opera | Age Recommendation: 12+ | Content Warnings: N/A
Queensland Theatre’s TAMING OF THE SHREW
by William Shakespeare
Duration: 2h 41m | Genre: Drama | Age Recommendation: 12+ | Content Warnings: Theatrical haze, strobe lighting and loud, sudden noises
Queensland Theatre’s RETURN TO THE DIRT
by Steve Pirie
Duration: 2h 12m | Genre: Drama, Black Comedy | Age Recommendation: 15+ | Content Warnings: Swearing, self-harm, references to suicide, references to death
Australian Theatre Live’s NORM AND AHMED
by Alex Buzo
Duration: 44m | Genre: Drama | Age Recommendation: 12+ | Content Warnings: Coarse language, smoking, hate speech and violence
Pinchgut Opera’s PLATÉE
by Jean Philippe Rameau
Duration: 2h 20m | Genre: Opera | Age Recommendation: 12+ | Content Warnings: Sexual references
Sydney Festival and Gravity & Other Myths’ THE PULSE
Duration: 1h 15m | Genre: Movement, Circus, Choral Music | Age Recommendation: 12+ | Content Warnings: N/A
Sydney Festival, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, and Circa’s ITALIAN BAROQUE WITH CIRCA
Duration: 1h 40m | Genre: Circus, Orchestral Music | Age Recommendation: 9+ | Content Warnings: N/A
Sydney Festival and Erth Visual & Physical Inc.’s ERTH’S PREHISTORIC PICNIC
Duration: 39m | Genre: Family, Puppetry | Age Recommendation: 5+ | Content Warnings: N/A
Sydney Festival, Kurinji, and SATheCollective’s 宿 (STAY)
by S. Shakthidharan
Duration: 1h 17m | Genre: Drama, Dance, Music | Age Recommendation: 15+ | Content Warnings: Racism, miscarriage, colonialism, references to murder
Malocchio Productions & bontom’s THE ITALIANS
by Danny Ball
Duration: 1h 32m | Genre: Comedy | Age Recommendation: 16+ | Content Warnings: Sexual references, references to drug use, violence and use of guns
Pinchgut Opera’s A DELICATE FIRE
by Barbara Strozzi
Duration: 1h | Genre: Opera | Age Recommendation: 12+ | Content Warnings: N/A
Pinchgut Opera’s THE SPIRITUAL FOREST
by Claudio Monteverdi
Duration: 1h 23m | Genre: Opera | Age Recommendation: 12+ | Content Warnings: N/A
Pinchgut Opera’s VESPERS
by Claudio Monteverdi
Duration: 1h 39m | Genre: Opera | Age Recommendation: 12+ | Content Warnings: N/A
Griffin Theatre Company’s ORANGE THROWER
by Kirsty Marillier
Duration: 1h 14m | Genre: Comedy | Age Recommendation: 12+ | Content Warnings: Sexual themes and depictions of drug use, racism and gun violence, and strobe lighting
Windmill Theatre Company & State Theatre Company South Australia’s RUMPELSTILTSKIN
by Julianne O’Brien and Rosemary Myers
Duration: 1h 51m | Genre: Family, Musical | Age Recommendation: 8+ | Content Warnings: Strobe effects