Sydney Theatre Company’s 2026 hit An Iliad starring David Wenham will play Arts Centre Melbourne’s Playhouse for a strictly limited season from 18 March 2027.
This gripping, new production of Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare’s adaptation of Homer’s Ancient Greek saga mesmerised Sydney audiences with an astounding, five-star, sold-out run of this “masterclass in storytelling” (Limelight).
Led by one of Australia’s most innovative directors, Damien Ryan (Sport for Jove), and accompanied live on stage by polymath musician Helen Svoboda, this is Melbourne’s chance to experience “the dark magic of masterful oral storytelling” (The Guardian) and Wenham’s “stupendous tour de force” (The Australian) performance.
Wenham stars as The Poet: a wry, world-weary storyteller who is tasked with recounting one of Western Literature’s greatest tales – that of the Trojan War – over and over again, through the ages.
Finally, after millennia of walking through battlefields, trenches and cities torn to the ground, he attempts to quit telling this story.
An Iliad will play the Playhouse – Arts Centre Melbourne from Thursday 18 March – Sunday 11 April 2027. Tickets are now on sale. For more information, visit: www.artscentremelbourne.com.au for details.
Image: David Wenham stars in An Iliad – photo by Daniel Boud