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The Sydney Theatre Company has announced its 2012 Main Stage Season.

After a focus on American drama in 2010 and Europe in 2011, this season finds its inspiration closer to home with four new Australian plays and two new Australian adaptations. More than half of Main Stage season comprised of new Australian works, including premieres of new plays by Hilary Bell, Jonathan Biggins and Tim Winton.

Exceptional roster of actors includes Bille Brown, Justine Clarke, Ryan Corr, Marta Dusseldorp, Kerry Fox, John Gaden, Sandy Gore, Kim Gyngell, Wendy Hughes, Jessica Marais, Jacqueline McKenzie, Barry Otto, Pamela Rabe, Greta Scacchi, Jack Thompson, Erik Thomson, Helen Thomson and Hugo Weaving.

Six directors make their STC Main Stage debuts.

From an Austrian backwater to the West Australian outback, from Covent Garden to the Welsh seaside, from the streets of Edinburgh to the fictional Australian country town of Coriole, the 2012 Season introduces a kaleidoscope of characters and stories. Themes and ideas connecting the shows across the season include transformation and identity, sex and death, romance and the extraordinary power of language.

You can preview the entire STC season below:

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