13 - 31 JAN

YOUR CHANCE TO CATCH THE ORIGINAL MASTERCLASS!

Please note that this is not our main performance. Our main performance is for MASTERCLASS 2: FLAMES OF THE FORGE.

3 FEB - 6 MAR

John wants out and so he’s taking a break from his needy boyfriend.

Free from Mr. Co-Dependent, the last thing he’s expecting is to suddenly meet the woman of his dreams. Now John’s stuck in a total boy meets girl meets boyfriend clusterfuck. Caught in a maelstrom of possibility, guilt and indecision, John reckons there’s only one way to straighten this all out. Sometimes love is worth a good fight.

10 MAR - 11 APR

In a quiet neighbourhood on a dangerously stormy night, brash insurance salesman Henry Crumb invades the home of the reclusive Ernest and his mysterious companion Myra.

Although Ernest seems like the perfect patsy, Henry's sales pitch doesn't go as planned and the evening soon takes a strange and unsettling turn...

14 APR - 9 MAY

Two grown orphan brothers live in an old dilapidated row house in North Philadelphia—deserted in childhood by an unfaithful father and by the death of their mother.

Older brother Treat, brutal and violent, provides for his younger brother Phillip by being a petty thief - When Treat kidnaps a Harold; a gangster from Chicago, Harold morphs into the role of teacher, healer and surrogate parent, that the boys have always longed for...

12 MAY - 6 JUNE

THE HOUSE OF RAMON IGLESIA follows Javier, a bright, Americanised son's tortured efforts to break away from his tradition-bound parents – a break that can't be made until he learns to accept the ethnic heritage he has spent his life trying to suppress.

10 - 27 JUNE

Inishfree might seem like a quaint Irish town, but fierce evangelist Thomas Magill knows better.

He knows jovial Dwain Flynn is a miserable drunk, that Timmy O’Leary enslaves his lovely mother and that sweet Mrs Cleary is a blasphemous flirt. It is down to Thomas, with God on his shoulder, to save this sinful place.

30 JUNE - 25 JULY

Three men. One woman. One hour.

As time ticks to a close the best and the worst of these three males comes blaring out under the watch of their mother figure. Who will win? Who will survive? Who will prevail as man? Description goes here

28 JULY - 15 AUG

Stella Goldschlag was living illegally in war-torn Berlin when she herself was betrayed and tortured.

When offered the chance of saving herself and her parents from the death camps, she agreed to be a ‘Greifer’ for the Gestapo and inform on Jews in hiding. She was extraordinarily successful in this and her activities increased after her parents had finally been deported.

25 AUG - 19 SEPT

In the grubby backyard of a coffee shop in small-town Vermont, two professional slackers discuss music, the poetry of Charles Bukowski and ex-girlfriends. And sing songs. When a teenage employee asks them to relocate, they find the disciple they’ve been waiting for.

22 SEPT - 17 OCT

Joey and Denny have been best friends since kindergarten, and after working together for several years as policemen in Chicago, they are practically family: Joey helps out with Denny's wife and kids; Denny keeps Joey away from the bottle. But when a domestic disturbance call takes a turn for the worse, their friendship is put on the line. The result is a harrowing journey into a moral grey area where trust and loyalty struggle for survival against a sobering backdrop of pimps, prostitutes, and criminal lowlifes.

17 NOV - 5 DEC

Based on a true story, and inspired by interviews conducted by the playwright over several years, I AM MY OWN WIFE tells the fascinating tale of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, a German transgender woman who managed to survive both the Nazi onslaught and the repressive East German Communist regime.

20 OCT - 14 NOV

“I tell you…Australia…There is something that hangs in the air but is never acknowledged. And I know what it is.”

A man and a woman have been torn apart by an extraordinary event and find themselves on opposites sides of the world. In Dead Centre we meet Helen, inspired by a Fosters ad, she journeys to the land of Neighbours and Uluru in search of solace.

8 - 20 DEC

Set in a room that is filling with snow, two women soldiers sift through the debris to find a sense of themselves amongst the memories and lies, pop-culture references and stereotypes. They have been told to protect the base but it’s been so quiet for so long and the vodka has run out, the radio is broken and the baby won’t stop crying.

14 - 31 JAN

What is bad?

Is bad bad or is it mostly bad with some redeeming features? If bad was a camel, would it be good? If bad was a 1987 Honda Civic, would it be bad? How bad is a bad boy? What is this show even about?

3 - 15 FEB

In 1988 Hudson’s former lover Marc Christian sued the actor’s estate and personal secretary Mark Miller on the grounds of reckless endangerment, claiming they had put his life at risk by lying about Hudson's diagnosis.

Within the courtroom, the most intimate details of Hudson’s life were presented for public scrutiny. The chief question for the jury: Was Christian the love of Hudson’s life and a victim of malice, or was he a blackmailing hustler out to play Rock Hudson for all he was worth?

24 FEB - 6 MAR

An enigma, a maverick, a controversial charismatic force of nature. Caught wearing his mother’s underwear gazing into a large mirror. Banished by his military father from the family home in Ireland. Sent to Berlin with his father’s henchman. On to Paris where he was transfixed by Picasso. Bacon became a success as a designer of carpet rugs and furniture.

17 MAR - 5 APR

There's a strained camaraderie that grows among men who only share the common ground of having fought and bled for their country, whether they understand why or not.

For these three disillusioned and wounded soldiers, a somewhat forced friendship becomes a way of holding on to something resembling a functioning life.

9 - 11 APR

Sydney's most beloved improvising thespians The Post-Haste Players are back, and as ever they are BARD TO THE BONE. A fully-improvised hour long Shakespearean play, based on your suggestions. And because it's a late night slot, things just might get a little bit... bawdy!

A woman who escapes her dangerously abusive husband and a woman who doesn't want to get involved…

Dolores is the story of two sisters drawn together because of domestic violence which influences the lives of both characters more than they've ever admitted.

13 - 24 MAY

On the evening of April 2nd 2012, two actors were arrested outside a theatre in Melbourne.

Believing they were planning a terrorist act, possibly due to the ethnicity of one of the actors — or the props they were carrying — the police interrogated them over the course of the night.

26 - 31 MAY

Ado is 35 and he's never been in love. But why should that stand in the way of a good story? This Boy's in Love is a one man show where he meets the man of his dreams, sings songs about it, plays all the characters, laughs, cries, dances with glow sticks and falls in love (sort of).

9 - 21 JUNE

Sean invites Lisa back to his flat for a drink. Lisa says she's Norwegian. Is Sean Norwegian too? In this dark, funny encounter two outsiders reach out to each other across the deep fjords of the heart.

23 - 27 JUNE

Paul moves to Sydney in pursuit of his 'God-given gift' to preach the word to all mankind, but when he fails to advance in the way he thinks is 'God’s' will, Paul takes it upon himself to further the Lord’s promise and gets caught up in a cancerous lie.