The Hayes Theatre is a 111-seat theatre specialising in music theatre and cabaret in Potts Point, Sydney, Australia. It is named after the Australian performer Nancye Hayes.
Hayes Theatre Co was established at the former Darlinghurst Theatre after the Darlinghurst Theatre Company moved to the nearby Eternity Playhouse.
Its first production, a revival of Sweet Charity, opened in January 2014. The production transferred to the Sydney Opera House and a national tour, and was nominated for and received multiple Helpmann Awards.
Its ongoing programming includes many world premieres of new Australian musicals and Australian premieres of international musicals, which has gathered significant attention.
Notable performers who have performed at the Hayes include Nancye Hayes, Caroline O'Connor, David Campbell, Verity Hunt-Ballard, Simon Burke, Mitchel Butel, Emma Matthews, Genevieve Lemon, Rowan Witt, Virginia Gay, Tim Draxl, Hellen Dallimore, Bobby Fox, Seann Miley Moore, Trevor Ashley, Marika Aubrey, Blake Bowden, Paul Capsis, Chloe Dallimore, Esther Hannaford, Lucy Maunder, Timomatic, Hayden Tee, Amanda Harrison, Elise McCann, Bert LaBonté, and Tamsin Carroll.
Productions 2014 – Sweet Charity, The Drowsy Chaperone, Truth, Beauty and a Picture of You †, Love Bites, Miracle City, Beyond Desire † 2015 – Next to Normal, Blood Brothers, Dogfight, Heathers, Master Class, High Society, Rent, Violet 2016 – The Fantasticks, Little Shop of Horrors, Rent, The Detective's Handbook †, Xanadu, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Songs for a New World, Side Show, Mack and Mabel 2017 – Cabaret, Calamity Jane, Big Fish, Only Heaven Knows, Melba †, Assassins, High Fidelity 2018 – Darlinghurst Nights, The View UpStairs, In the Heights, Carmen, Live or Dead †, Gypsy, Cry-Baby, She Loves Me, Evie May †, Aspects of Love 2019 – Monty Python's Spamalot, American Psycho, Razorhurst, Catch Me If You Can, Caroline, or Change, H.M.S. Pinafore 2020 – The Life of Us †, The Rise and Disguise of Elizabeth R †, The Bridges of Madison County 2021 – Young Frankenstein, Well-Behaved Women, Half Time, Merrily We Roll Along 2022 – Lizzie, Dubbo Championship Wrestling †, Bonnie & Clyde, Jekyll & Hyde, Godspell, Nice Work If You Can Get It 2023 – Urinetown, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Metropolis †, The Lucky Country †, City of Angels, Murder for Two, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, A Little Night Music 2024 – The Hello Girls, Zombie! †, Tell Me on a Sunday, Ride the Cyclone, Little Women, The Turn of the Screw, Flat Earthers †, Holiday Inn 2025 – Ghost Quartet, The Pirates of Penzance, The Producers, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Being Alive †, Once on This Island, Bright Star, Phar Lap †, Merry & Bright † 2026 – Barbra: The Greatest Star†, Head Over Heels, A Man of No Importance, Gutenberg!, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Addams Family, The Rink, We Are the Tigers, Silver Tongue 2027 – Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door, Lucky Stiff, 1776, House of Rot, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Swept Away, Next to Normal, Così fan tutte, Be More Chill, Dames at Sea, Flowers for Mrs Harris
† World premiere
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