SWIC Theatre Group Program – 2026
Theatre Group Co-Convenors, Cherry Spoor and Lou-anne Folder, welcome you to join us for the 2026 season.
We have centred the 2026 program around three established theatres (Ensemble Theatre – 3 plays), Griffin Theatre – 3 plays), and Sydney Theatre Company – 5 plays), and taken out a SUBSCRIPTION for each company. This has the advantage of cheaper ticket prices – and you can book now.
- The full 2026 Program will be published on the SWIC Website NOTICEBOARD, so you can log into the website and see what’s on offer, take out a subscription and book your tickets. The seats booked by the Co-Convenors will be shown in the 2026 Program below.
- Each month the full notice for the play will be published in the EVENTS CALENDAR on the website.
- New members will be directed to the Noticeboard each month.
- If you wish to join Cherry and Lou-anne for Pre-Theatre drinks/snacks,/dinner please RSVP as per the details in the Events Calendar notice.
- In 2026 there will be no monthly reminders, follow-up or communication other than to those members who RSVP for Pre-Theatre drinks/snacks/dinner for which we must always book a table.
Happy theatre going in 2026
Cherry and Lou-anne
| Date & Day | Play | Description | Theatre | Time | Seats (Convenors) |
| 31 January (Saturday) | The Social Ladder
Cast of 6 includes Mandy Bishop Sarah Chadwick Andrew McFarlane |
With his signature ‘satirical bite’, David Williamson AO dissects the fragile performance of status and the outrageous lengths we’ll go to just to be seen. | Ensemble
Theatre |
3:00pm
On waiting list for dinner at Bayly’s Bistro. |
A17, A18 |
| 9 February (Monday) | Purpose
Featuring actors Deni Gordon, Markus Hamilton, Tinashe Mangwana and Sisi Stringer |
Most awarded new American play of 2025, Purpose is a ‘merciless dissection of hypocrisy – you may have trouble catching your breath from laughing so hard.’ | Sydney Theatre Co.
Wharf 1 Theatre |
6:30pm
Optional pre-theatre meal at Wharf Restaurant & Bar 4:45 pm. Table booked. |
N8, N9 |
| 22 March
(Sunday) |
The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin
Cast starring: Simon Burke |
A landmark work of Australian theatre returns to the stage where if first sprung to inglorious life. This revival is a riotous, razor-edged tragicomedy and harrowing portrait of persecution. | Belvoir St Theatre in downstairs theatre – Griffin is temporarily housed here. | 5:30pm
Snacks and drinks in Belvoir Bar beforehand. (optional) |
General Admission |
| 19 April (Sunday) | Sistren | Sistren is that rarest of things: a play that feels like a true original. Chaotic, sprawling, yet laser – focused, it’s like chugging five cans of Red Bull, then doom-scrolling with YouTube. It’s Cosmic, Outspoken, Fab. | Belvoir St Theatre in downstairs theatre – Griffin is temporarily housed here. | 5:30pm
Snacks and drinks in Belvoir Bar beforehand. (optional) |
General Admission |
| 24 May (Sunday) | Savior | A typhoon hits the Philippines and local project officer, Michelle, lands her dream assignment. It’s her first time co-ordinating a global relief effort for a sleek American NGO. Satire. Disaster. Tinder. | Belvoir St Theatre in downstairs theatre – Griffin is temporarily housed here. | 5:30pm
Snacks and drinks in Belvoir Bar beforehand. (optional) |
General Admission |
| 21 June (Sunday) | The Roommate
Cast of 2 includes Lucy Bell |
A dark comedy about two very different women, who clash, reinvent themselves and discover that sometimes the biggest risk is opening the door to change. | Ensemble Theatre | 5:00pm | C13, C14 |
| 26 July (Sunday) | Doubt: A Parable
Cast includes: Sam Worthington and Pamela Rabe |
Stage and screen icons Sam Worthington and Pamela Rabe go head-to -head in one of the most iconic and electrifying plays of the 21st century. A drama wrestling with the gaps between belief and truth…
|
Sydney Theatre Co
Roslyn Packer Theatre |
2:00pm
Possibly lunch at Ventuna. (Optional) |
C22, C23
circle |
| 30 August
(Sunday)
|
The Book of Everything
From the novel by Guus Kuijer Directed by: Company legend Neil Armfield |
A magical story for young and old – of a child who learns what to do when he’s most afraid, and how to face the wrong in the world. | Belvoir Theatre | 5:00pm
Snacks and drinks in Belvoir Bar beforehand. (optional) |
D17, D18 |
| 8 September (Tuesday) | Housework
Cast: With Susie Youssef (Deadloch, The Project), Emily Taheny (Mad as Hell) and the multi talented Indira Naidoo |
Brought to brilliant life by some of Australia’s most beloved comic actors, Housework follows a group of political dynamos through the back stabbing and backroom deals of a high-stakes sitting week in Canberra, whilst balancing family crises just as frantic. | Sydney Theatre Co Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre | 7:30pm
Maybe Midden Restaurant. Not yet taking bookings. |
T12, T13
stalls |
| 22 October (Thursday) | The Year in Tatters
Cast includes: Andrew Hansen (The Chaser), Mark Humphries (7.30), Chris Taylor (The Chaser) and Christie Whelan Browne (Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell) |
The revue tradition returns to Sydney as four of Australia’s sharpest comedic performers cast a satirical eye over the highs and lows of 2026!
And they fearlessly skewer the year in politics, culture and everything in between.
|
Ensemble Theatre | 8:15pm
Reservation for dinner at Bayly’s Restaurant (Ensemble Theatre) at 6.15pm. Table booked. (optional) |
D41, D42 |
| 9 November (Monday) | Strong is the New Pretty
Written by the celebrated Australian playwright, Suzie Miller, who wrote RBG, Of Many, One, Prima Facie and Inter Alia, Suzie Miller. |
In 2010, an official report into the state of Australian Rules Football recommended the creation of a national women’s league. Seven years later, the AFLW was born. This is the untold story of how the league went from a pipe dream to a sensation the sports world could no longer ignore. | Sydney Theatre Co Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre | 6:30pm
Maybe Midden Restaurant. Not yet taking bookings. |
Q16, Q17
stalls |
| 2 December (Wednesday) | The Gospel According to Paul. (The Second Coming)
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Exploring the former PM’s political achievements and personal obsessions, The Gospel According to Paul shines light on a man who approached economics as an artform, and demanded we confront the wrongs of our past. | Sydney Theatre Co
Wharf 1 Theatre |
7:30pm
Wharf Restaurant & Bar. Will book when bookings become available. |
M11, M12
Balcony |
Thank you for organising the group Judith. I found STC’s production of On The Beach to be quite beautiful. I am looking forward to The Seagull in December.