Epic, intimate and vocally astonishing, Andy Freeborn’s "Brand New Dress" turns queer self-discovery into high musical myth. A major talent in the making. www.disruptingstages.com/post/brand-n...

"The Performers" This time around, Dolly and Skank understand that the audience is not there for perfection; they are there for presence. And presence they deliver in abundance. www.disruptingstages.com/post/the-per...

The play’s central idea - that memory is both sanctuary and distortion - feels particularly resonant in queer history, where personal testimony often substitutes for institutional record. www.disruptingstages.com/post/es-flo-...

Ruth Strutt commands the space with fearless precision - vocally sumptuous, dramatically exacting, and utterly magnetic from first stillness to final blaze. www.disruptingstages.com/post/possess...

Megan Drury makes the cosmic feel intimate and the intimate feel epic. 🌕✨SELENE is luminous, fierce and utterly magnetic. A myth reborn for our bodies and our time. www.disruptingstages.com/post/selene-...

“They Will Be Kings" is a fierce, funny and deeply felt celebration of drag kings - claiming masculinity, lineage and power on defiantly queer terms. GO SEE IT!!! www.disruptingstages.com/post/they-wi...

Patrick Kennedy approaches this quieter, more mannered play with care, allowing its tensions to accumulate rather than explode. "Perfect Arrangement" NEW THEATRE www.disruptingstages.com/post/perfect...

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A thrilling "Turandot" lifted by director Ann Yee’s fresh choreographic vision and a gold-plated Calaf from Young Woo Kim — opera that dares to soar. www.disruptingstages.com/post/turando...

Behind the beauty of ceremony is pressure, exhaustion and damage. "Lacrima" is bold, sophisticated theatre that refuses to look away from the human cost of spectacle. Sydney Festival www.disruptingstages.com/post/lacrima...

"Dean, Don’t Dance!" insists on being seen not as exception or inspiration, but as part of the ecology of contemporary performance www.disruptingstages.com/post/dean-do...

"Split Ends" asks important questions about control and attachment, but says them too often. A compelling strand that could benefit from a cleaner cut. www.disruptingstages.com/post/split-e...

In a festival context that champions ambitious international work, WAKE is undercooked as theatre. A powerful communal ritual instead registers as an enthusiastic but unfocused showcase. Celebration alone is not enough; even joy benefits from structure. www.disruptingstages.com/post/wake-sy...

Big Mouth: Salty Brine’s Glorious, Genre-Shattering Sydney Takeover weaving Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, personal confession and reimagined Smiths songs into a commanding, wildly original piece of music theatre. www.disruptingstages.com/post/big-mou...

“Rothar” is a celebration of imagination, collaboration, and the sheer pleasure of play. Come on a bicycle ride through the imagination - and rediscover how thrilling it can be to see the world anew. www.disruptingstages.com/post/rothar-...

“Post-Orientalist Express” Rather than easing audiences into Sydney Festival's terrain for 2026, it announces itself through excess, density and refusal, asking spectators to submit to its terms from the outset. www.disruptingstages.com/post/post-or...

Circa's "Duck Pond" - beneath the feathers, fairy tales and formal beauty lies the raw, communal thrill that circus does better than almost any other artform..... www.disruptingstages.com/post/duck-po...

A friendship on the edge of change. EDEN awaits. 🎟️ BOOK NOW → adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/ed...

My Cousin Frank is a knockout. Rhoda Roberts AO delivers a searing, uplifting tribute to Australia’s first Aboriginal Olympian. A 75-minute masterclass in truth-telling, grace and fire. www.disruptingstages.com/post/my-cous...

Love this work - NOT TO BE MISSED!!!

"Cowbois" at the Seymour Centre is already setting hearts (and yes, the underpants) on fire. Every ticket is $40. Bring your pals, your nanna, your favourite troublemaker.

Paul Gilchrist's "Atlantis" doesn’t give us answers so much as a gentle provocation: maybe the truth isn’t a fixed point at all, but a lens we’re free to adjust. The play lingers with a soft afterglow, urging us to choose our stories with care and courage. www.disruptingstages.com/post/atlanti...

"The Edit" stands out for its polish, intelligence, & provocation. It dissects the ethics of entertainment with empathy and rigour — reminding us that while viewers can choose what to watch, the participants inside the frame often have far less control. www.disruptingstages.com/post/the-edi...

Clever, playful and quietly provocative, "Everything I Know About This Water Bottle" finds poetry in the debris of human progress. www.disruptingstages.com/post/everyth...

COWBOIS - by Charlie Josephine is a western with everything you’d expect, but our lone cowboy is a gender outlaw who fights the patriarchy and inspires a queer revolution. Tickets $40 - www.seymourcentre.com/event/cowbois/

A pleasure to encounter ambitious, thoughtful and intelligent creativity in the theatre. ... a chance to increase your knowledge of theatrical repertoire and the work of young artists on the rise. This is a story vividly portrayed, confidently rendered. www.disruptingstages.com/post/life-is...

Want to go beyond your limits? This raw energy, sweat, teamwork, we need YOU! Play alongside 7 Danish performers for a cathartic, physical spectacle. HIMHERANDIT Productions present MASS EFFECT in Sydney. Running 17-20 Sept at New Theatre. Email [email protected]

“Trace of Belief” choreographed by Hsieh Yi-Chun at Edinburgh Fringe, is a subtle, mesmerising performance that incorporates ballet, tai-chi, salsa, bhangra and kathak in a dreamlike melange. www.disruptingstages.com/post/trace-o...

A tense psychological thriller where patriarchy, sensuality, desire, and the dangerous pursuit of truth collide. The utter simplicity of four actors on a large stage with a powerful story and the refined aesthetic create a frightening portrait of humanity. www.disruptingstages.com/post/tom-at-...

“Slugs” is glorious madness. It’s ambitious too. And I loved the DIY aesthetic. And it's politics. But you will laugh and probably scream (I did), you will reel from comedy to dark darkness. You will be pleased you stayed up way too late to see this one! www.disruptingstages.com/post/slugs-e...

“The Bush” is ultimately a David and Goliath story. The women in this story weren’t showy women beating drums but concerned citizens who had a vision for a future and gathered momentum through their passion, strategy and inspiration. www.disruptingstages.com/post/the-bus...

“Consumed” - Karis Kelly’s play for four women. Set amid a family reunion in Northern Ireland it leads to a not unexpected explosion of repressed emotion, truths and trauma. www.disruptingstages.com/post/consume...

Jade Franks is quite the splash in Edinburgh this year. Her solo show, “Eat the Rich” tells of her experiences as a working-class Liverpool gal thrust into the world of class privilege when she is accepted as a student onto Cambridge University. www.disruptingstages.com/post/eat-the...

“Dancehall Blues” has a strong dance theatre vibe. The performers are captivating. The evolving “story” is gripping. It has all shades from nightmare to dream. It is the present, the future and a fallen Eden. I left feeling hopeful. Do not miss this show. www.disruptingstages.com/post/danceha...

Theatre is forever dying in our age of over saturated stimulation – apparently – "Thanks for Being There" is a wee thanks for turning up in person to re kindle the communal experience that remembers and reimagines who we are. www.disruptingstages.com/post/thanks-...

The struggle for power, both personal and political, is at the heart of “Coriolanus”. . Shakespeare, as usual, is on the money when it comes to humanity’s struggle with itself. www.disruptingstages.com/post/coriola...

“The Spare Room’ a stage adaptation by Director Eamon Flack who also directs. g A cast headed by Judy Davis is sure to draw the crowds – even though its bleak content isn’t particularly fun. Cancer. Death. And those who care for us at the end. www.disruptingstages.com/post/the-spa...

“Law and Life: Transgender Stories” - new conversations, of support and kindness. Theatre doesn’t have to be flash or clever to connect... as Allanah says, “…need our allies. We need our families, our friends, and our lovers, and our partners.” www.disruptingstages.com/post/law-and...

“The Anarchy” won’t be for everyone but I love how Doppelgangster sweep into town with their own form of anarchic theatre, wake up the theatrical sleepers of Sydney. For the feeling you get the morning after I recommend! www.disruptingstages.com/post/the-ana...

."..Kate Gaul’s beautifully balanced production ... The script is illuminating, elliptical, and through two mesmerising performances from Noel Hodda (Mal) and Lucy Miller (Mairead), it casts light, welcome and otherwise, on the dark recesses of a long marriage." Stage Noise

"Yes Yes Yes" aimed at youth, but this is about something a that is important to us all as humans (consent). I recommend this work to anyone who is curious about the content or curious to see solid theatre making that matters. www.disruptingstages.com/post/yes-yes...

Until May 31 The Loading Dock

Until May 31 - The Loading Dock

Director Alex Berlage can’t change the raw material but, looking around the audience on the afternoon I attended, the team found something for girls, grannies, gay men & guys who get it. Go for performances, the colour and those retro sunny Spanish vibes. www.disruptingstages.com/post/women-o...

HEAVEN - Plays until 31 May Qtopia Sydney The phenomenal Noel Hodda and Lucy Miller shine in this powerful and intimate story. Images: Alex Vaughan Photographer

“Upu”, meaning ‘word’, in languages of the Pacific Islands. A nimble, sophisticated, skilled, cohesive work – one that opens hearts and minds to our nearest neighbours across a wide ocean or culture, emotion and geography. Recommended! www.disruptingstages.com/post/upu-syd...

This amazing play by Irishman Eugene O'Brian opens at The Loading Dock Qtopia Sydney NEXT WEEK - the gorgeous Lucy Miller and Noel Hodda play two complex, beautiful and recognisably flawed characters. See you there (I hope!!) (Rehearsal Photography by Alex Vaughan)