Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
Beloved global star Miranda Otto (The Lord of the Rings, Ladies in Black, A Doll’s House) returns to the Sydney Theatre Company stage in this thrilling play by one of the world’s greatest living playwrights.
On a moonless night, a lovesick fisherman (Ewen Leslie – Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde) entertains a woman at his family’s remote cabin on the cliffs. The energy between them crackles like the flames in the fireplace. It should be a weekend full of romance and trout fishing, but all is not as it seems.
From Jez Butterworth, Olivier and Tony Award-winning playwright (Jerusalem, Mojo) and screenwriter (Ford v Ferrari, Spectre), this lyrical and sublime drama “unfolds like a tantalising cross between a piece of deeply felt poetry and a sleight-of-hand puzzle” (The Independent).
The River is an atmospheric and intimate chamber drama, “alluring and unsettling in turn” (The Arts Desk) that will electrify audiences and leave them haunted for days.
sydtheatre.com/The-River
Beloved global star Miranda Otto (The Lord of the Rings, Ladies in Black, A Doll’s House) returns to the Sydney Theatre Company stage in this thrilling play by one of the world’s greatest living playwrights.
On a moonless night, a lovesick fisherman (Ewen Leslie – Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde) entertains a woman at his family’s remote cabin on the cliffs. The energy between them crackles like the flames in the fireplace. It should be a weekend full of romance and trout fishing, but all is not as it seems.
From Jez Butterworth, Olivier and Tony Award-winning playwright (Jerusalem, Mojo) and screenwriter (Ford v Ferrari, Spectre), this lyrical and sublime drama “unfolds like a tantalising cross between a piece of deeply felt poetry and a sleight-of-hand puzzle” (The Independent).
The River is an atmospheric and intimate chamber drama, “alluring and unsettling in turn” (The Arts Desk) that will electrify audiences and leave them haunted for days.
sydtheatre.com/The-River
