New stories and lots of WA artists sit at the heart of Black Swan State Theatre Company’s 2027 season, with six productions full of romance, intrigue, tenderness and escapism.
Tanya MacNaughton
Returning to WA soil for Shakespeare’s famous tragedy, the Perth-raised tenor says his body is his instrument, not just his voice.
Leanne Stojmenov’s first year in the seat as West Australian Ballet’s artistic director has, she admits, been pretty wild and wonderful as she prepares for the company’s 75th anniversary season.
A ray of sunshine has hit Perth with homegrown musical theatre darling Lucy Durack’s return to headline Aluminate 2026, Edith Cowan University’s annual celebration of alumni excellence.
While Emma Caporaso’s introduction to musical theatre may have happened relatively late into her teenage years, the 23-year-old is making up for it with her professional debut in Heathers The Musical.
When director Adam Mitchell took their five-year-old son Otis to the library, he returned home to theatre making partner Gita Bezard with more than Nick Bland’s Walk Of The Whales picture book on loan.
Almost 100 years since its original film adaption, Perth will be host to a uniquely WA-adaption of Dracula.
Brooke Rolfe
WA Ballet’s Macbeth is an arresting and darkly dynamic delve into Shakespeare’s timeless tale, taking the crown to theatrically bewitch new audiences and longtime ballet lovers alike.
Black Swan State Theatre Company’s Day (After Day) In The Life Of The Useless is an incredibly entertaining and simultaneously uncomfortably accurate work in a world where AI is rapidly accelerating.
Choreographer Alice Topp has returned to WA Ballet with her modern reimagining of Shakespeare tragedy Macbeth, complete with backstabbing politicians and “witchfluencers”.
AI anxiety led to Will O’Mahony writing and starring in humorous and emotionally honest play Day (After Day) In The Life Of The Useless, commissioned by Black Swan State Theatre Company.
UK guest director Alastair Knights is at the helm of WAAPA’s jukebox musical & Juliet, giving Shakespeare’s classic tragedy a feminist twist on the famous ending to grant Juliet another chance at life and love.
From now on, The Greatest Showman soundtrack will take on new meaning for music theatre performer Des Flanagan as he tours ringside in Come Alive! The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular.
David Berry, Bert LaBonte and Rodger Corser will bring the power of human spirit to the stage when the Australian production of The Shawshank Redemption tours to Regal Theatre in March.
Lucia Field may not know any different than growing up with her dad as original Blue Wiggle Anthony, but the 22-year-old now has a better understanding of the juggernaut he was juggling with home life.
It all started back in 1962 with a production of The New Moon and continues to this day as the Albany Light Opera and Theatre Company blazes a trail as a thriving exponent of musical theatre in the city.
Claire Middleton
Tell them they’re not dreaming: one of Australia’s favourite movies is coming back.
Tegwen Bescoby
From golden phalluses, to panty bunting, and even a massive frog — the hilarious new show by Zealous Productions has taken Perth by storm.
Trigg-raised mezzo-soprano Ashlyn Tymms returns home to perform in Cameron Menzies’ production of Eugene Onegin for WA Opera.
London’s three-times 2025 Olivier Award-winning production — including best musical revival — of Fiddler On The Roof will open at His Majesty’s Theatre in January 2027.
From performing in four different The Phantom Of The Opera productions around the world to sharing the stage with Andrea Bocelli, the accomplished soprano is ticking off career goals, one performance at a time.
Get busy living or get busy dying with news that the celebrated stage adaptation of The Shawshank Redemption is coming to Australia.
Yirra Yaakin artistic director Maitland Schnaars has been a longtime fan of Nathan Maynard whose unflinching play At What Cost? explores belonging, identity and cultural ownership in contemporary Australia.
Few stories can make an audience roar with laughter one moment and reach for tissues the next. Steel Magnolias remains one of them.
Megan French
