Sydney Theatre Company’s (STC) 2025 season will be outgoing Artistic Director Kip Williams’ last with the company.
“It is with immense pride that I share this final season of theatre with you,” Kip says. “Australian stories have always been at the centre of my programming at STC, and I’m thrilled that of the twelve shows in the 2025 Season, eight of them are by Australian writers.”
Following the triumphs of ‘Julia’ and ‘Switzerland’, STC Patrick White Fellow Joanna Murray-Smith will reunite with former STC Resident Director Sarah Goodes, presenting an insightful adaptation of ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’ starring ‘Heartbreak High’ star Will McDonald.
Kate Mulvany is set to bring to life another beloved Australian classic after adapting Ruth Park’s ‘The Harp In The South’ and ‘Playing Beatie Bow’. This time, it’s ‘The Shiralee’ by D’Arcy Niland.
STC’s Resident Director Ian Michael will delve into the mystery and majesty of Tom Wright’s adaptation of Joan Lindsay’s ‘Picnic At Hanging Rock’, starring Olivia de Jonge and Kirsty Marillier.
Nancye Hayes will return to STC for the first time in 20 years, in ‘4000 Miles’ directed by Kenneth Moraleda. Plus, Rebecca Gibney makes her STC debut in ‘Circle Mirror Transformation’ by Annie Baker.
Melbourne Theatre Company’s ‘Bloom’, from Tom Gleisner, hits STC after a sold-out premiere season.
Three-way co-production with Brisbane’s La Boite Theatre and Singapore Repertory Theatre, ‘Congratulations, Get Rich!’ by Merlynn Tong and directed by former STC Resident Artist Courtney Stewart, is next. It’s an absorbing story about mothers and daughters.
Kat Stewart will make her STC debut in ‘Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf’, directed by Sarah Goodes.
Samuel Beckett’s ‘Happy Days’ receives a uniquely creative reinvigoration thanks to a collaboration between lighting designer Nick Schlieper and legendary director/actor Pamela Rabe.
‘Whitefella Yella Tree’ by Palawa writer Dylan Van Den Berg continues the much-valued relationship between STC and Griffin Theatre Company. Plus, two of STC’s most successful productions in recent years return for encore seasons: ‘The Dictionary Of Lost Words’ and ‘RGB: Of Many, One’.
“From brand-new Australian writing and the best contemporary international plays, to thrilling reinterpretations of classics and the return of some of our most-loved productions of recent years, this is a season for lovers of theatre,” Kip Williams says.
“I am so thankful for the opportunity to programme and present eight seasons of theatre in my time as Artistic Director. This is by no means the end of my connection with this Company that I love so much, but for now, please accept my heartfelt gratitude for this special time we have shared in the theatre together.”
Sydney Theatre Company’s 2025 season begins with ‘4000 Miles’ from 3 February.
