• Beasts of Burden & Other Party Guests

    Miss Friby: Beasts of Burden & Other Party Guests

    Bluestone Church Arts Space 8A Hyde St, Footscray, VIC, Australia
    The world’s a heavy place. This is what happens next. Green Room Award–winning cabaret artist Miss Friby takes over a Footscray church and turns it into an immersive performance spectacle — lights, rhinestones, bar, and release. Set in a party that slips it's own logic - audiences can expect bold,…
    Mind Games: Art Alive

    Baeu Medina: Mind Games: Art Alive

    154 Broadway 154-160 Broadway, Chippendale, NSW, Australia
    A new, woman-led, interactive, immersive and independent experiential playground has opened in Chippendale, in Sydney’s inner suburbs – at a scale and level of detail that has not been done in Australia. Comprising multisensory installations such as holographic moon rooms to upside-down trains, mirrored mazes, and perception puzzles, Mind Games:…

    Musica Viva Australia: Partridge String Quartet

    The Concourse, Chatswood 409 Victoria Ave, Chatswood, NSW, Australia
    Welcome back Musica Viva Australia FutureMakers, the Partridge String Quartet, when it performs an irresistible program featuring Debussy's eloquent String Quartet and the Australian premiere of Holly Harrison's small but powerful Fluro Electric.
    Editor's Choice Steel Magnolias

    Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Steel Magnolias

    IPAC 32 Burelli St, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
    Steel Magnolias received glowing reviews when it began its tour in Brisbane, with critics saying that the production exudes humour, heart and plenty of emotion. Robert Harling wrote his 1987 play (later turned into a 1989 film) after his sister died from complications relating to diabetes following the birth of her son.…
    Mitch Cairns: Artist’s Mouth

    National Art School: Mitch Cairns: Artist’s Mouth

    National Art School Corner of Forbes and Burton Streets, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    From 1 May to 11 July 2026, the National Art School Gallery will present  Mitch Cairns: Artist's Mouth, a major survey exhibition of work by Sydney-based painter and Archibald Prize winner Mitch Cairns, celebrating his twenty-year artistic career since graduating from the National Art School (NAS) in 2006. It features some 48 works, mostly from institutional and…
    Where Waters Meet at PICA Hub

    PICA: Where Waters Meet at PICA Hub

    Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts 51 James Street, Perth, WA, Australia
    Explore your connection to water through mark-making and printing at the PICA Hub — a place to make, experiment and share stories about what water means to you during Revealed 2026. A hands-on art activity developed with Wardandi and Baiyungu artist, Dellas Bennell, the activity is inspired by her Revealed…
    Editor's Choice Prima Facie

    Sydney Theatre Company: Prima Facie

    Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Suzie Miller’s play Prima Facie had its world premiere at Sydney’s Griffin Theatre Company in 2019. Directed by Lee Lewis, the riveting production starred Sheridan Harbridge (read our feature on page 30). Since then, the one-woman play has been produced in nearly 50 countries and published as a novel. Jodie…
    Waitress

    John Frost for Crossroads Live Australia: Waitress

    Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne 219 Exhibition St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    If only life were as easy as pie… Broadway’s smash-hit musical WAITRESS is baking its way to Melbourne for the very first time! Inspired by Adrienne Shelly’s beloved film and brought to life by a trailblazing creative team, including a book by acclaimed screenwriter Jessie Nelson, an original, uplifting score…
    Hair

    Theatre Royal, Sydney: Hair

    Theatre Royal, Sydney 108 King St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Celebrating the sixties counterculture in all its barefoot, long-haired, bell-bottomed, beaded and fringed glory, one of the most famous musicals of all time featuring “Aquarius,” “Good Morning, Starshine,” “Hair,” “I Got Life” and “Let The Sunshine In.” Identity, community, global responsibility and peace, HAIR remains relevant as ever as it examines what…
    Editor's Choice Romeo and Juliet

    The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet

    Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    When Artistic Director David Hallberg restored John Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet to The Australian Ballet’s repertoire in 2022, 19 years had passed since its last outing. We haven’t had to wait as long this time. The iconic 1962 production is back, lavishly designed by Cranko’s longtime collaborator Jürgen Rose and brimming with…
    Rakali

    Lily Fish Theatre: Rakali

    Brunswick Mechanics Institute 270 Sydney Road, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
    Shapeshifting water rat wants to eat a baby… Rakali is an award winning horror-black comedy from the team behind Robert the Octopus. A millennial couple move from Melbourne to a houseboat in a remote part of Tasmania with their newborn. They think they’ve found paradise. But life in the sticks…
    Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

    Sydney Opera House: Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

    Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
    The return of the hit stage show. This is Bluey’s Big Play, for real life! From New York’s Madison Square Garden to London’s Royal Festival Hall, Bluey’s Big Play has delighted fans across the globe - and now it returns home to Australia for an encore tour. Bluey’s Big Play…