The Day of the Triffids
London, 1951: In an attempt to solve the world’s energy crisis, scientists engineer the Triffids: a biofuel crop that is highly efficient, strangely sentient, and disturbingly carnivorous. When a freak…
Les Femmes
What happens when some of the greatest songs ever made famous by male artists are placed in the hands of three extraordinary female performers? The answer is Les Femmes, a…
Continuity
“Suddenly we’re on a Styrofoam ice shelf in the desert of New Mexico because of tax rebates and the snow is made of plastic and it’s a thousand degrees.” On…
Dancing at Lughnasa
It’s the summer of 1936, during the pagan festival of Lughnasa, and young Michael watches his five aunts navigate the fragile joys and looming hardships of rural Irish life. Brief…
Sydney Film Festival 2026
The 73rd Sydney Film Festival (SFF) will take place from Wednesday 3 June to Sunday 14 June 2026. The Festival will bring together world premieres, Australian exclusives and red carpet…
Stage Kiss
Two actors, and former lovers, unexpectedly reunite when cast opposite each other in a forgotten 1930s melodrama. As rehearsals progress and onstage romance echoes their past, the lines between performance…
Perfect Arrangement
It’s 1950s America, and a new colour has been added to the Red Scare: lavender. The Lavender Scare saw LGBTQ+ people interrogated, outed, and dismissed from government service in a…
Present Laughter
“Everybody worships me. It’s nauseating.” New Theatre presents Present Laughter by the one and only Noël Coward. This fast, furious and extremely funny farce, complete with excruciating misunderstandings, toe-curling narrow…
AND THE WINNER IS…
The New Theatre is thrilled to announce that the winner of The Silver Gull Play Award for 2025 is Steven Vidler for his play The Vanya Variations. The Silver Gull…
When Tragedy Comes to Town
“We need to own this crime … We are like this. We ARE like this.” Members of the Tectonic Theatre Project present The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman at Sydney’s…