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news

Introducing the stars of Pretty Woman: The Musical

Taking on roles played in the movie by Julia Roberts and Richard Gere is daunting but exciting too, say Samantha Jade and Ben Hall.

July 18, 2025
Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Theatre
Live Review

Review: Here You Come Again (Kay & McLean Productions & Melting Pot)

An astonishingly good Dolly Parton dupe provides nearly all the style for a jukebox musical otherwise short on substance.

July 17, 2025
Chamber, Instrumental, Theatre
features

Stories That Must Be Heard: Chloé Charody’s radical art of witness

Chloé Charody brings her politically charged performance pieces to Melbourne for the first time. "I want to use my platform to amplify the voices the world wants to forget,” she tells Limelight.

July 17, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: ECHO: Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen (NSP & Malthouse)

With a different performer cold-reading every night, plus some video trickery, playwright Nassim Soleimanpour’s new show is enjoyably unsettling.

July 16, 2025
Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Theatre
Live Review

Review: Kimberly Akimbo (State Theatre South Australia)

Marina Prior shines in a zany, emotional roller coaster with all the feels.

July 14, 2025
Theatre
features

Monster mayhem! Millennial meltdown! Yes, WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!

What would we do if all the rubbish we hurled into the world came back to bite us? A new show at La Boite confronts our uncertain future.

July 10, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: My Cousin Frank (Northern Rivers Performing Arts)

Rhoda Roberts’ monologue about her Olympic boxer cousin is also the story of the First Nations people’s fight for justice and respect.

July 10, 2025
Opera, Theatre
news

Australian Production Design Guild Awards shortlist announced

“This year’s nominees reflect the extraordinary depth and diversity of talent working in production design across the country,” says APDG President Michael Scott-Mitchell.

July 9, 2025
Classical Music, Dance, Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Opera, Theatre
news

Introducing the August 2025 issue of Limelight – our 250th!

Celebrating 250 issues of Limelight, your go-to magazine for big ideas, bold music and the best live performance nationwide.

July 8, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Dear Son (Queensland Theatre & State Theatre Company South Australia)

This examination of First Nations masculinity is powerful in its complexity and unabashed vulnerability.

July 7, 2025
Theatre
features

Dear Son: Building a place for conversation

“Men don’t talk.” It’s a phrase we’ve heard so often, it’s practically gospel. A new stage production is challenging the trope.

July 3, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Blackbird (HER Productions and bAKEHOUSE Theatre Co)

David Harrower's powerful play depicts an arousal of dormant feelings that are uncomfortable for an audience to witness, let alone understand.

July 1, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: SISTREN (Griffin Theatre, Old Fitzroy Theatre & Green Door Theatre)

A dramatic depiction of a potential friendship breakup gives way to a very Gen-Z look at meme culture and micro-aggressions.

June 30, 2025

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