Sydney Theatre Company (STC) artistic director Andrew Upton has unveiled a sprawling 2016 season, which will be the first overseen by the incoming British theatremaker Jonathan Church.
Rose Byrne, Lisa McCune and John Howard will take the stage at various points during the year, each for the first time for a decade or more, while the directors handling STC’s 2016 productions include Neil Armfield, Simon Phillips, Rupert Goold, Kip Williams and Sarah Goodes.
The year will commence with Australian playwright Louis Nowra’s The Golden Age, starring Sarah Peirse, followed by the return of 2013 highlight The Secret River. Ryan Corr will tread the boards in Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia, while TV and film star McCune will be back at STC in March for Machu Picchu.
Golem, King Charles III, Hay Fever and Disgraced make up the autumn program, followed by Arthur Miller’s All My Sons (John Howard with Robyn Nevin) and The Hanging (Ashleigh Cummings, Genevieve Lemon).
The latter part of 2016 will see stagings of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Upton’s new adaptation of French farce A Flea In Her Ear, and David Mamet’s Speed-The-Plow, with a cast led by Rose Byrne.
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STC 2016 season tickets go on sale Tuesday September 8. See full details at sydneytheatre.com.au/2016.
