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Image: Kat Stewart in Break of Day. Photographer: Sulaiman Enayatzada(2)

Malthouse Theatre has unveiled its 2026 program, inviting audiences into a year of intimate portraits, radical reimaginings, powerful new voices and unforgettable live experiences.

With works spanning contemporary drama, adaptations, comedy, and cabaret, Malthouse continues its commitment to presenting theatre that speaks to our times.

From the intimate to the epic, the classical to the radical and the playful to the political, State Theatre Company South Australia’s 2026 season – the first from new Artistic Director Petra Kalive (Pictured above) is a collection of world premieres, modern Australian masterworks and new takes on classics from the Western canon.

“The works in 2026 are each vital in their own way. They hold a mirror to our cultural and political present; you’ll squirm, laugh, and question in the same breath,” Kalive says.

Richard Roxburgh (Rake, The Correspondent, Elvis), Damon Herriman (Better Man, Mr Inbetween, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) and Ryan Corr (House of the Dragon, Holding the Man, Kangaroo) will star together in the internationally award-winning play ART by Yasmina Reza translated by Chrispher Hampton, a razor-sharp comedy about friendship, ego and the chaos a single opinion can cause.

The producers have announced that Robert Tripolino, Joshua Robson, Rodney Dobson, Rhonda Burchmore and Nancye Hayes AM will join Georgina Hopson in leading the cast of ANASTASIA, which will have its Australian premiere at the Regent Theatre in Melbourne in December 2025 before touring to Perth and Sydney in 2026.