The Sydney debut of Alan Bennett's Talking Heads from W Theatre is a tale of two women. Directed by Diana Volpe and starring Sophie Dillman (Lesley) and Fiona Gordon (Rosemary), the play blends two of Bennett's Talking Heads monologues — 'Nights in the Gardens of Spain' (1998) and 'Her Big Chance' (1988) — into a performance staged in Woollahra Library that oscillates between dry wit and striking tenderness.

Natalia Sledz's <em>Puss Puss</em> — a nearly wordless one-person show at The Boom Boom House, Erskineville Town Hall for Sydney Fringe 2026 — is a social experiment in interspecies communication wrapped up in a kooky piece of theatre. Chaotic, hilarious and packed with "wtf" moments, Claryss Kuan finds a piece of physical comedy as unpredictable and captivating as the animal it honours.