Sydney Theatre Company has added an additional week of performances for An Iliad, with the hit play starring David Wenham now playing an eleven-week season at STC’s Wharf 1 Theatre until 28 June.
This gripping, new production of Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare’s adaptation of Homer’s Ancient Greek saga has garnered five-star reviews and sold-out performances across the season.
Directed by Damien Ryan with a “stupendous tour de force” (The Australian) performance by David Wenham, An Iliad also features live music composed and performed by double bassist Helen Svoboda.
“We’ll be talking about this play for years to come” Sydney Morning Herald
“Theatre ‘just doesn’t get any better than this’’ The Australian
“Captures the dark magic of masterful oral storytelling” The Guardian
“An Iliad is serious, humane and deeply moving theatre” Stage Noise
‘Wenham and Svoboda hold their audience spellbound.” Limelight
ABOUT AN ILIAD
A wry, witty and world-weary poet introduces himself as a storyteller, bound to recount the myth of the Trojan War until humanity can overcome its rage for violence and destruction.
Award-winning international star David Wenham returns to Sydney Theatre Company as the Poet: a man who has spent millennia walking through battlefields, trenches and cities torn to the ground, spreading his story to every corner of the world. Finally, he attempts to quit telling this tale.
Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare’s acclaimed and dynamic adaptation transforms Homer’s Ancient Greek saga of heroes, gods and battles into an urgent and personal exploration of difference, disagreement and the devastation of war.
Led by one of Australia’s most innovative directors, Damien Ryan (Sport for Jove), and accompanied on stage by double bassist Helen Svoboda, this is Sydney’s opportunity to see Wenham up close in the intimacy of Wharf 1 Theatre.
An Iliad plays at STC’s Wharf 1 Theatre from 13 April until 28 June 2026. Tickets are on sale now at sydneytheatre.com.au
AN ILIAD
By Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare
Adapted from Homer’s Iliad
Translated by Robert Fagles
Directed by Damien Ryan
Designer Charles Davis
Lighting Designer Alexander Berlage
Composer Helen Svoboda
Sound Designer Brady Watkins
Associate Director Ian Michael
With David Wenham
Musician Helen Svoboda
Wharf 1 Theatre, Wharf 4/5, 15 Hickson Rd, Walsh Bay, Sydney 2000
Season until 28 June 2026
Box Office (02) 9250 1777 / sydneytheatre.com.au
