when: 15 November 2025 - 04 January 2026 | venue: Belvoir St Theatre | cost: $41- $97 | address: 25 Belvoir St, Surry Hills NSW 2010 | website: https://belvoir.com.au/productions/king-lear/ | tickets: https://belvoir.com.au/productions/king-lear/
published: 15 Oct 2025, 2 min read
In an unforgettable finale to their 2025 season, Belvoir brings the house down with Shakespeare’s greatest play King Lear, starring multi-award-winning stage and screen legend Colin Friels, from 15th November 2025 to 4th January 2026.
Led by Eamon Flack, Belvoir’s Artistic Director, and featuring an all-star cast of thirteen, including Friels’ real-life daughter Charlotte Friels (ABC’s Plum, Ensemble Theatre’s Colder Than Here), Shakespeare’s tragic tale is a profoundly moving exploration of the trappings of privilege, education and civilisation, and the deficits of the human condition.
It’s time to retire. Lear has a plan – he’ll divide the kingdom between his three daughters, they’ll work in harmony with each other, he’ll live with them, there will be a seamless transition of power, and all will be well.
The universe doesn’t work that way.
Experience the beauty and horror, love and power of Shakespeare’s crowning jewel.
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In an unforgettable finale to their 2025 season, Belvoir brings the house down with Shakespeare’s greatest play King Lear, starring multi-award-winning stage and screen legend Colin Friels, from 15th November 2025 to 4th January 2026.
Led by Eamon Flack, Belvoir’s Artistic Director, and featuring an all-star cast of thirteen, including Friels’ real-life daughter Charlotte Friels (ABC’s Plum, Ensemble Theatre’s Colder Than Here), Shakespeare’s tragic tale is a profoundly moving exploration of the trappings of privilege, education and civilisation, and the deficits of the human condition.
It’s time to retire. Lear has a plan – he’ll divide the kingdom between his three daughters, they’ll work in harmony with each other, he’ll live with them, there will be a seamless transition of power, and all will be well.
The universe doesn’t work that way.
Experience the beauty and horror, love and power of Shakespeare’s crowning jewel.
Go see The True History of the Life and Death of King Lear and His Three Daughters 2025.
The True History of the Life and Death of King Lear and His Three Daughters 2025 is on 15 November 2025 - 04 January 2026. See start and end times below. Conveniently located in Surry Hills. Call 02 9699 3444 for details. Visit their website at https://belvoir.com.au/productions/king-lear/.
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