Roslyn Packer Theatre

Roslyn Packer Theatre

  • Theatre
  • Millers Point
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Time Out says

The Roslyn Packer Theatre (formerly Sydney Theatre) is a state-of-the-art home for the best Australian and international performing arts. The space comprises an impressive 896-seat auditorium that houses the larger scale works presented by the Sydney Theatre Company, as well as regular seasons by the Sydney Dance Company, the Sydney Writers' Festival, Sydney Festival and the best in national and international touring works. It's the largest theatre in the Walsh Bay precinct and also houses the intimate Richard Wherrett Studio for small scale performances as well as the Hickson Road Bistro for pre-show dining. Gleebooks run the theatre bookshop prior to each performance.

Details

Address
22 Hickson Rd
Walsh Bay
Sydney
2000
Opening hours:
Box Office: Mon-Sat 9am-8.30pm; Sun (performance days only) 3-5.30pm

What’s on

The Dictionary of Lost Words

The year is 1886, the very first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary is being compiled, and four-year-old Esme Nicoll has a front row seat. (Well, she’s hiding under the sorting table.) As her father and his male colleagues decide which words stay and which go, Esme collects the discarded scraps to compile her own, far more magical dictionary. Following a celebrated national tour, which won the hearts of theatre and literature lovers alike, The Dictionary of Lost Words returns to the Sydney stage for a limited season at the Roslyn Packer Theatre. Based on Pip Williams’ award-winning New York Times bestseller, this popular stage adaptation written by Verity Laughton and expertly directed by Jessica Arthur (Grand Horizons, Wonnangatta) has been described in Time Out Sydney's four-star review by critic Jasmine Joyan as “a poetic experience… an astounding performance set during the seismic events of the late 19th and early 20th century, at the height of the women’s suffrage movement and the dawn of World War I”. Arkia Ashraf and Ksenja Logos reprise their roles from the 2023 staging, alongside six new performers including rising star Shannen Alyce Quan (Flat Earthers: The Musical) as Esme along with Kathryn Adams, Brian Meegan, Johnny Nasser, James Smith, and Angela Nica Sullen. The story unfolds on Jonathon Oxlade’s “artistic masterpiece” of set design, with a stage-wide bookshelf serving as a marker for changes in setting in place. As Joyan describes it: “This creative...
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