Championing new works and voices for the stage, we're excited to share these past and upcoming NEXT STAGE Original productions.
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Golden Shield
The very first NEXT STAGE comission to be produced for the stage is a stunning new legal drama from a trail-blazer of contemporary theatre, Anchuli Felicia King.
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Torch the Place
Benjamin Law makes his playwriting debut with Torch the Place, a poignant modern comedy about finding clarity in the clutter of life.
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Berlin
In this spine-tingling romantic thriller, Joanna Murray-Smith creates a world of passion and intrigue, which asks what it really means to forgive the past.
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Jacky
Acclaimed playwright Declan Furber Gillick tackles big ideas while taking the temperature of the nation in his MTC debut, a whip-smart, moving and disarmingly witty play about family, love, sex and culture.
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SLAP. BANG. KISS.
Exploring themes of activism, community and hope, this bold new play from multi-award-winning playwright Dan Giovannoni tracks three young people whose stories transform them into global symbols of revolution.
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The Heartbreak Choir
From the revered playwright behind one of MTC’s most beloved recent hits, The Architect, comes this funny and uplifting celebration of music, friendship and community.
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Come Rain or Come Shine
The Helpmann Award-winning team behind the smash hit Ladies in Black returns with a sweetly stirring new boutique musical, an adaptation of Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro’s wildly comic short story about music, memory and lifelong friendship.
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Laurinda
Adapting Alice Pung’s award-winning book, writer and comedian Diana Nguyen and director Petra Kalive bring Laurinda’s schoolyard setting to the stage for a fresh and feisty new work.