✿ Limited Season
On Sale Now
Theatre Royal Sydney
6 June to 12 July 2026
Book Direct with the Venue
From $69
✿ The Story
The tribal love-rock musical that changed theatre forever.
Set against the Vietnam War and the seismic social shifts of the late 1960s, HAIR follows a bohemian tribe of politically active, long-haired hippies in New York City. United in their rejection of war, conformity, and repression, they champion a world of peace, free love, and radical self-expression.
At the heart is Claude, a gentle soul torn between his conservative parents and the pull of the counterculture. As he grapples with whether to resist the draft or serve in Vietnam, Claude is swept into a psychedelic world of friends, protests, music, and discovery. Leading the HAIR tribe in Sydney will be Maxwell Simon (Moulin Rouge, The Grinning Man) as Berger, Alex Cooper (Much Ado About Nothing) as Claude, Elizabeth Brennan (Pride and Prejudice) as Sheila, Tane Williams-Accra (Family Next Door, Six Degrees of Separation) as Hud, Rosie Meader (Everybody Loves A Wedding) as Jeannie, Jackson McGovern (Macbeth, Animal Farm) as Woof, Niylesh Palani (Hello Dolly) as Walter and Mariah Lewy as Chrissy. They are joined by Maverick Newman (Murder for Two, Footloose, Boys in the Band) as Leonard, Nicole Nabout (Return to Paradise) as Susan, Grant Young (Is God Is) as Leroy, Linden Trescott (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes) as Apache, Larissa Teale (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) as Angela, Bronte Horswood (Tinkerbell and the Dream Fairies) as Linda, John Marc Desengano (Looking For Alibrandi) as Chuck, Bailey Hayward (The PM’s Daughter) as Natalie, Kelly Lim Harris (NZ Opera, The Drowsy Chaperone) as Alma, Madeleine Somers (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) as Astrid, Cameron Shook (Tinkerbell and the Dream Fairies) as Cammy, Ashleigh Hermann (Alice in Wonderland) as Louise and Luke London (The Pirates of Penzance) as Johnny.
With its iconic rock score ("Aquarius," "Let the Sunshine In," "I Got Life," and "Good Morning Starshine"), HAIR broke ground by blending rock music with raw emotion, political commentary, and boundary-pushing storytelling. This production honours the original trailblazers, keeping the soul of HAIR alive while inviting audiences to rediscover the power, poetry, and passion of one of theatre's most revolutionary works.
HAIR isn't just a musical. It's a movement. ☮
