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Classical Music, Opera, Theatre
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Introducing the June 2026 issue of Limelight

With TwoSet Violin for its cover stars, the June issue of Limelight is all about artists reshaping the ways in which audiences engage with the arts.

May 12, 2026
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Never Closer (Patalog Theatre & fortyfivedownstairs)

Set during Northern Ireland's Troubles, Grace Chapple's tinderbox drama tells a universal story of past violence and ongoing trauma.

May 11, 2026
Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Theatre
Live Review

Review: Waitress (John Frost for Crossroads Live Australia)

This all-American musical starring Natalie Bassingthwaighte and Rob Mills is set apart by Grammy winner Sara Bareilles’s songs.

May 8, 2026
News, Theatre
news

Melbourne Theatre Company reports box office hit

MTC's net position worsens in difficult conditions, deteriorating by more than $4 million compared with 2024.

May 8, 2026
Theatre
Live Review

Review: GAME. SET. MATCH. (Malthouse Theatre)

This clever new play written by and starring Megan Wilding seems to be a tennis-themed rom-com – until she starts lobbing truth bombs.

May 8, 2026
Classical Music, Opera, Theatre, Vocal & Choral
news

CreateSA announces funding recipients and international opera project

Sixty projects to share in more than $1 million in funding; State Opera South Australia and Opera Hong Kong to partner up for Hansel & Gretel.

May 7, 2026
Theatre
Live Review

Review: 84 Charing Cross Road (Ensemble Theatre)

The Ensemble's peppy production finds the pulse in the story of an unconsummated transatlantic love affair.

May 7, 2026
Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Theatre
Live Review

Review: The Sapphires (Queensland Theatre Company & Canberra Theatre Centre)

Upbeat but never sugarcoated, this new production of The Sapphires cements its place as an important work in the Australian canon.

May 6, 2026
Theatre
Live Review

Review: The Glass Menagerie (Melbourne Theatre Company)

A fine cast led by Alison Whyte is kept too busy with comedy to do justice to the tragedy of Tennessee Williams’s memory play.

May 3, 2026
Theatre
Live Review

Review: The Bookbinder (Trick of the Light Theatre & Arts Centre Melbourne)

A “pocket-sized” production that began its life in a backroom of an actual bookstore continues to delight theatregoers around the globe.

April 29, 2026
Theatre
Live Review

Review: The Lion King (Disney Theatrical Group)

Fast closing in on its 30th birthday, Julie Taymor's spectacular staging of this 'Hamlet with fur' story still entrances adults and kids alike.

April 24, 2026
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Mara (Theatre Works)

This theatre-meets-cabaret Cinderella villain origin story stops short of turning the stereotypical evil stepmother into a fully rounded character.

April 24, 2026
Theatre
Live Review

Review: 3 Billion Seconds (Blinking Lights Theatre Co)

Maude Dromgoole’s play taps into matters Malthusian with the story of an eco-activist couple accidentally contributing to the world's population problem.

April 24, 2026

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