What’s Showing
It’s Sydney here! Whether it’s Sondheim, Saint Petersberg, or the Serengeti, we’ve got your hit musicals covered for 2026. Happy theatre-going.
With love,
My Brilliant Career
21 March – 3 May 2026 (Roslyn Packer Theatre)
Miles Franklin’s classic novel as you’ve never seen it before, with a live soundtrack that’s equal parts contemporary pop, folksy bush band and barnstorming pub rock. Beloved by audiences and showered with five-star reviews, My Brilliant Career was Melbourne’s most in-demand ticket in 2024.
The Prom
24 March – 26 April 2026 (Teatro)
You are invited to THE PROM the Broadway smash hit production. Four eccentric Broadway stars are in desperate need of a new stage. So when they hear that trouble is brewing around a small-town prom, they know that it’s time to put a spotlight on the issue…and themselves. Broadway’s brassiest join forces with a courageous girl and the town’s citizens.
Phantom of the Opera
27 March – 3 May 2026 (Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour)
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s global phenomenon, Phantom of the Opera, returns on its 40th anniversary to Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour. The story of a mysterious masked man living beneath the Paris Opera House, who falls madly in love with a young singer and employs every devious method to nurture her talents, has enthralled audiences for decades.
Anastasia
7 April – 18 July 2026 (Lyric Theatre)
ANASTASIA follows a brave young woman on a journey to discover the mystery of her past. Pursued by an army officer determined to silence her, Anya enlists the aid of a dashing conman and a lovable ex-aristocrat. Together, they embark on an epic adventure to help her find home, love, and family.
Gutenberg!
10 April – 10 May 2026 (Hayes Theatre)
In Gutenberg! The Musical! Doug and Bud are best friends. They’ve written a mega-musical about Johannes Gutenberg (you know, the guy who invented the printing press?) with a huge cast and lavish production values. Tonight they’re giving it everything they’ve got in a one-night-only backer’s audition – playing every role themselves.
The Lion King
18 April – 30 August 2026 (Capitol Theatre)
Giraffes strut. Birds swoop. Gazelles leap. The entire Serengeti comes to life as never before. And as the music soars, Pride Rock slowly emerges from the mist. This is Disney’s THE LION KING, making its triumphant return to Sydney!
Come Alive!
19 May – 26 July 2026 (Entertainment Quarter)
Step inside the Hippodrome and into the world of The Greatest Showman as COME ALIVE! The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular arrives to Australia in May 2026. Whether you’re a fan of the film or simply love a spectacular night out COME ALIVE! reimagines the soundtrack as you’ve never experienced it before: live, loud, and breathtakingly up close.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
22 May – 21 June 2026 (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels)
Based on the hit 1988 film Dirty Rotten Scoundrels starring Michael Caine and Steve Martin, this Tony-nominated musical comedy follows two cunning conmen — the elegant, ruthless Lawrence Jamieson and the wildly unpredictable Freddy Benson — as they go head-to-head on the French Riviera in a winner-takes-all game of deception.
Tootsie
26 May – 21 June 2026 (Teatro)
Described by The New York Post as “Broadway’s funniest new musical” and praised by Rolling Stone as “musical comedy heaven”, Tootsie is the laugh-out-loud story of a talented but difficult actor who struggles to find work until one show-stopping act of desperation lands him the role of a lifetime.
Mackenzie
6 June – 18 July 2026 (The Neilson Nutshell)
From the award-winning creator of FANGIRLS comes a hilarious, twisted, and deeply camp reimagining of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Mackenzie is 13 and she’s booked her first-ever TV gig: a tiny part on a huge kids show. It’s a small start, but Mackenzie’s mum has always felt sure that her daughter was destined for superstardom.
Hair
6 June – 11 July 2026 (Theatre Royal)
Identity, community, global responsibility and peace, HAIR remains relevant as ever as it examines what it means to be a young person in a changing world. The tribal love rock musical, HAIR celebrates the sixties counterculture in all its barefoot, long-haired, bell-bottomed, beaded and fringed glory.
Pride & Prejudice (Sort Of)
16 July – 30 August 2026 (Sydney Opera House)
Following its London triumph, where it won the Olivier Award for Best Comedy, Pride and Prejudice (sort of) is a unique and audacious retelling of Jane Austen’s most iconic love story. Men, money and microphones will be fought over in this irreverent but affectionate adaptation where the stakes couldn’t be higher when it comes to romance.
Fiddler on the Roof
31 July – 3 October 2026 (Theatre Royal)
In Fiddler on the Roof it’s 1905 in the tiny village of Anatevka. Tevye, a milkman, lives his life by their proud traditions. For his five daughters, this means a visit from the matchmaker. As each daughter challenges his beliefs, against the backdrop of a changing world, can Tevye hold on to his roots, or must he embrace the unfamiliar?
Waitress
1 August – 4 October 2026 (Sydney Lyric)
In WAITRESS, Jenna, a small-town waitress and expert pie maker longs to escape her rocky marriage and start again. When a baking contest, an unexpected new romance and the support of her fellow waitresses offer her a taste of change, Jenna discovers that the secret ingredient to happiness might be closer than she ever imagined.
Heathers
1 September – 19 September 2026 (Roslyn Packer Theatre)
The wickedly funny Heathers the Musical is coming to Sydney. Welcome to Westerberg High, where Veronica Sawyer is just another of the nobodies dreaming of a better day. But when she’s unexpectedly taken under the wings of the three beautiful and impossibly cruel Heathers, her dreams of popularity finally start to come true.
My Fair Lady
12 September – 25 October 2026 (Sydney Opera House)
A 20-year-old Julie Andrews was catapulted to superstardom when she originated the role of Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady — an irrepressible Cockney flower girl who transforms into a lady of society. The man attempting to remake her? The appealingly arrogant phoneticist Henry Higgins, who may just be the one transformed.
Six
9 October – 8 November 2026 (Theatre Royal)
From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anna of Cleves, Katherine Howard and Catherine Parr are ready to turn up the mic once again in SIX, remixing five hundred years of history into an 80-minute electrifying pop-concert fit for royalty.
Whispering Jack
15 November – 27 December 2026 (Roslyn Packer Theatre)
In an outer Melbourne suburban garage in 1986, Farnham, with a new band and manager Glenn Wheatley, began work on an album and a song called You’re the Voice that would transform his career and their lives. Whispering Jack: The John Farnham Musical is the story of an overnight sensation, 20 years in the making.
Footloose
Coming in 2026 (Venue TBA)
Join Ren, the city kid turned rebel with a cause, as he shakes up a small town where music and dancing are outlawed. With electrifying choreography, a feel-good story, and sizzling Australian talent, the smash-hit musical Footloose will leave you cheering for more.
Moulin Rouge!
9 March – 4 April 2027 (Sydney Lyric)
Enter a world of splendour and romance, of eye-popping excess, glitz, grandeur and glory. Pop the champagne and prepare for the spectacular spectacular… Welcome to Moulin Rouge! The Musical. A celebration of Truth, Beauty, Freedom – and above all – Love.