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Classical Music, Dance, Festivals, Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Opera, Theatre
news

Introducing the January-February 2026 issue of Limelight

A comprehensive guide to the performing arts in 2025; essential holiday listening; the must-see shows. Limelight is your ideal summer companion.

December 10, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Pretty Woman: The Musical (Suzanne Jones for JONES Theatrical)

Not the greatest spin-off musical, but thanks to a cast that gives it their all, entertaining enough to satisfy fans of the film.

December 6, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Dial M for Murder (Ensemble Theatre)

Honouring the mechanics of a well-worn classic, this Dial M slyly reveals how much was lurking in its margins.

December 5, 2025
Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Theatre
features

All wrapped up: Christmas stage shows 2025

A direct-to-the-heart festive experience? A last minute stocking-filler? Here's everything you need to know about Christmas 2025 on stage.

December 5, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: A Few Good Men (Queensland Theatre Company & QPAC)

Justice done to an Aaron Sorkin courtroom classic inspired by real events.

December 3, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Born on a Thursday (New Ghosts Theatre Company)

Sharon Millerchip shines in this modest but affecting kitchen-sink drama.

December 3, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: A Christmas Carol (GWB Entertainment)

Contrasting immersive theatrical magic with gothic darkness, Melbourne’s new theatrical tradition has the power to banish the “humbug” out of any Scrooge.

December 2, 2025
Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Theatre
Live Review

Review: Reuben Kaye – enGORGEd (Melbourne Recital Centre)

A riotous collection of songs and stories studded with hilarious quips, dirty jokes, poignant social commentary and oversharing.

December 2, 2025
News, Theatre
news

Tributes flow for Australian stage and screen star Toni Lamond

Toni Lamond blazed a trail for Australian performers in big musicals in a career that spanned eight decades.

December 1, 2025
News, Theatre
news

Vale Tom Stoppard, playwright

Australian theatre companies were early and enthusiastic adopters of Stoppard’s work, some of the most celebrated plays of the modern repertoire.

November 30, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Congratulations, Get Rich! / 恭喜发财, 人日快乐 (Sydney Theatre Company & La Boite)

Leaning into Chinese diaspora identity, elements of Merlynn Tong's musical play may be incomprehensible for some, but the humour and pathos will chime with most.

November 28, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Carol (Black Swan State Theatre Company)

Tongue-in-cheek fun yet sobering, this new play by Andrea Gibbs reminds us that even at Christmas, miracles are in short supply.

November 28, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: The Seagull (Montague Basement & bAKEHOUSE Theatre)

Bristling with theatre scene in-jokes, a new adaptation of Anton Chekhov's classic pecks at the established order.

November 28, 2025

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