Theatre Works

Four women play "ordinary Aussie blokes" in this brutally honest descent into masculinity and mateship gone wrong. From acclaimed writer Patricia Cornelius and director Kitan Petkovski, this unflinching, politically fierce work exposes the toxic undercurrent beneath good times. From 2 September.

Inspired by Saint Francis of Assisi, this sacred slapstick journey blends physical comedy and spiritual longing as one naïve seeker sets out to live with purpose, love boldly, and question everything — even holiness itself. A playful pilgrimage through fear, belonging and being human. From 9 September.

Boys stranded on an island build order from chaos — until it collapses into rivalry, fear and tyranny. Award-winning director Steven Mitchell Wright leads a visceral, highly physical staging of William Golding's classic, asking what rises when structure falls away. From 18 September.

"While there's life, there's hope" — or is hope just naivety setting us up for failure? This 50-minute song cycle from Isabelle Davis weaves stories and music into a challenge: is it okay to feel hopeful when the world is on fire? From 22 September.

From the outrageous mind of Mel Brooks, this gloriously silly musical comedy follows Dr. Frederick Frankenstein as he inherits his grandfather's Transylvanian estate — and destiny. Featuring showstoppers like "Puttin' on the Ritz," this West End smash is pure theatrical joy. From 8 October.

An early morning in a Melbourne club melds into the surreal as ghosts, inter-dimensional drug dealers and existential dread take over the smoking area. Hugo Gutteridge's debut play is a love letter to club culture and those hours before dawn when almost anything could happen. From 14 October.

Two world premiere short plays from award-winning writer Kevin Nemeth. A recently widowed man discovers his "tree change" home is haunted; a couple lie awake, waiting for the other to make the coffee. Gently funny, deeply human explorations of love, loss and the rubble of life. From 27 October.

Karl Marx's favourite Shakespeare play gets a highly physical restaging inside the chaos of a commercial restaurant. This dark, anti-capitalist satire follows a wealthy patron who gives away everything — and finds out who his friends really are. From 28 October.

A fantastical erotic fugue for planet Earth. Performed by Emily Tomlins, this poetic new work reimagines erotic romance as vulnerability, pain and renewal for a dying planet — a transcendent journey through visions of ecological destruction and the power of imagination. From 8 December.