Rose Byrne heading back to Sydney stage after 15 years

Australian actress Rose Byrne is heading back to the stage to appear in her first play in her native Sydney for 15 years.

The Bridesmaids star was last seen onstage in her hometown in a Sydney Theater Company of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters in 2001, and now she is reuniting with the troupe for a planned return in 2016.

Byrne will lead the cast in a new production of David Mamet's Speed-The-Plow, which opens in November, 2016.

The play was recently revived in London with Lindsay Lohan in the lead female role.