Nominations have been announced for the 2025 Sydney Theatre Awards, which will be presented at an industry gala ceremony on Monday 19 January 2026 at the York Theatre, Seymour Centre.
Nominations in the 28 categories were spread across 56 different productions, which played on Sydney stages during 2025. Leading the list with nine nominations is
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Tickets are on sale now for new performances of the highly-anticipated major musical Anastasia, which opens at Sydney’s Lyric Theatre from 7 April 2026.
The hit Broadway musical will have its Australian premiere at the Regent Theatre in Melbourne in December 2025 before touring to Perth and Sydney.
Inspired by the mysterious tale of Grand
Due to popular demand, additional performances for the Sydney season of Broadway’s smash-hit musical
Waitress
have been released on pre-sale with general public sales from Friday 5 December. Tickets to this heartwarming production, which will play at Sydney Lyric Theatre from 1 August 2026, would make a great Christmas gift. Tickets for
Tickets are now on sale for
Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)
which is heading Down Under. The 2026 Australian tour will play at Melbourne’s Atheneum Theatre from 18 June; Sydney Opera House, from 16 July; IPAC Wollongong from 2 September; Canberra Theatre Centre from 16 September; and QPAC, Brisbane from 30 September.
Direct from its
Tickets are now on sale for the Australian premiere of Broadway’s smash-hit musical
Waitress, which will light up the Sydney Lyric Theatre from 1 August 2026.
Inspired by Adrienne Shelly’s beloved film, and brought to life by a trailblazing female-led creative team,
including a book by acclaimed screenwriter Jessie Nelson,
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Australian audiences will soon be able to secure their seats for Disney’s The Lion King ahead of the triumphant return of the world’s #1 musical to Sydney. Opening at the Capitol Theatre from April 2026, this season marks ten years since this iconic musical was last on stage here in Australia. Approaching 30 landmark years on Broadway, The Lion King
They’re creepy, they’re kooky and they’ve moved into Teatro! With Halloween approaching, the inaugural musical at Teatro at the Italian Forum,
The Addams Family, opened last Friday and is running until 26 October. Tickets to this Tony Award® nominated, global smash-hit at the exciting newly revitalized theatre are on sale now from $65 at
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Due to popular demand, extra and final performances have been added to the Sydney season of the breakout Australian pop musical The Lovers with performances now on sale until 23 November. Produced by the creative powerhouse of Shake & Stir, The Lovers opens at Sydney’s Theatre Royal on 31st October for three weeks only. Sydney, get set to fall in
Twenty-five years ago, a 13-year-old Nikki Webster soared into the hearts of millions as the face of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony. That moment launched a remarkable career in music and remains one of Australia’s most cherished cultural memories. On September 15, Nikki returned to that same Olympic stage — this time hand-in-hand with her
Queensland Performing Arts Centre
(QPAC) has announced it will throw open its doors on
Sunday 31 August 2025, continuing its 40th anniversary celebrations with free backstage tours, workshops and entertainment for all ages.
The
QPAC 40 Open Day
marks a unique moment in QPAC’s packed calendar, when
The 39 Steps, a turbo-charged, Olivier and Tony Award-winning comedy smash, has opened its Australian tour to great acclaim. Starring four of Australia’s most beloved talents,
Lisa McCune,
Ian Stenlake
and
The Umbilical Brothers
(David Collins and Shane Dundas),
The 39 Steps
is
Following rapturous praise from critics and audiences alike, the “magical” (First Class Magazine) production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking musical
Cats will close in just over three weeks’ time at the Theatre Royal Sydney, where Australia’s love affair with the show began. It closes in Sydney on 6 September, after which Cats transfers
