2025 The Dictionary Of Lost Words Waitlist

State Theatre Company South Australia and Sydney Theatre Company will deliver a national tour of THE DICTIONARY OF LOST WORDS in 2025, which will include a return season at the Dunstan Playhouse to run from 3 – 17 April.

Today the full scope of the tour is being announced, including seasons in Sydney, Geelong, Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra and Wollongong. Further details for the Adelaide season will be announced at our 2025 Season Launch on 31 October.

THE DICTIONARY OF LOST WORDS tells the story of Esme, a young girl who takes it upon herself to preserve the ‘women’s words’ being neglected by the male lexicographers creating the first Oxford Dictionary. Set in 1886 and based on true events, the sweeping historical tale takes audiences from Esme’s formative years in the Scriptorium right into adulthood where she navigates love, loss and the power of language.

THE DICTIONARY OF LOST WORDS was an instant hit for Adelaide author Pip Williams in 2020, selling more than 500,000 copies worldwide and going on to become a New York Times bestseller. It was the first Australian work chosen for Academy Award Winner Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club in 2022 and has won multiple awards including the MUD Literary Prize, NSW Premier’s Literary Award and the Australian Book Industry Award and is set to be adapted into a TV series.

Labelled a “must see” by The Advertiser, ***** “A real work of art” by Glam Adelaide, ***** “Totally engrossing” by The Clothesline, ***** “Spellbinding” by Scenestr and “fabulous adaptation” by Australian Stage, get your tickets quickly as the THE DICTIONARY OF LOST WORDS is set to be a record-breaker again in 2025.

Adapted by Verity Laughton from the novel by Pip Williams, THE DICTIONARY OF LOST WORDS is on stage at the Dunstan Playhouse 3 April – 17 April 2025.

Join the waitlist for the 2025 season here