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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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Editor's Choice
STELLA – A New Australian Musical
Matthew Henderson: Stella – A New Australian Musical
Alexander Theatre, The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton
We have recently seen a brilliant stage musical based on Miles Franklin’s famous novel My Brilliant Career. Now comes a new Australian musical called Stella, exploring Franklin’s life, which was marked by poverty, entrenched sexism, personal loss and the upheaval of two world wars. Seven years in the making, Stella…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Theatre Works: Corporare – Evan Task In Outer Space
Explosives Factory 67 Inkerman St, Rear of Thrifty-Link Hardware, St Kilda
Created and performed by Matthew Crosby, Corporare presents a gorgeously low horror sci-fi about a tech-bro and his rocket adrift in Martian dreams. Corporare is a kabarett extremis revealing the invisible corporate body in its colonising madness. The complexity of a celebrity ‘founder’ entrepreneur who governs a company seemingly whimsically with little…
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra: Sound Mind, Sound Body
Albert Hall, Launceston 47 Tamar St, Launceston
Sound Mind, Sound Body is our latest fun and interactive concert for schools. Students meet orchestra musicians and their instruments, and discover how music helps us be active and feel good. Linked to health and wellbeing content in the Australian curriculum, these concerts explore how music can get us moving,…
Editor's Choice
Steel Magnolias
Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Steel Magnolias
IPAC 32 Burelli St, Wollongong
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.…
Editor's Choice
Steel Magnolias
Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Steel Magnolias
IPAC 32 Burelli St, Wollongong
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.…
Miss Friby: Beasts of Burden & Other Party Guests
Bluestone Church Arts Space 8A Hyde St, Footscray
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,…
Editor's Choice
Steel Magnolias
Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Steel Magnolias
IPAC 32 Burelli St, Wollongong
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.…
Editor's Choice
Steel Magnolias
Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Steel Magnolias
IPAC 32 Burelli St, Wollongong
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.…
Miss Friby: Beasts of Burden & Other Party Guests
Bluestone Church Arts Space 8A Hyde St, Footscray
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,…
Editor's Choice
Steel Magnolias
Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Steel Magnolias
IPAC 32 Burelli St, Wollongong
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.…
Editor's Choice
Steel Magnolias
Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Steel Magnolias
IPAC 32 Burelli St, Wollongong
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.…
Miss Friby: Beasts of Burden & Other Party Guests
Bluestone Church Arts Space 8A Hyde St, Footscray
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,…
Editor's Choice
Steel Magnolias
Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Steel Magnolias
IPAC 32 Burelli St, Wollongong
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.…
Editor's Choice
Steel Magnolias
Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Steel Magnolias
IPAC 32 Burelli St, Wollongong
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.…
Editor's Choice
Steel Magnolias
Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Steel Magnolias
IPAC 32 Burelli St, Wollongong
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.…
Editor's Choice
Steel Magnolias
Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Steel Magnolias
IPAC 32 Burelli St, Wollongong
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.…
Editor's Choice
Steel Magnolias
Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Steel Magnolias
IPAC 32 Burelli St, Wollongong
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.…
Miss Friby: Beasts of Burden & Other Party Guests
Bluestone Church Arts Space 8A Hyde St, Footscray
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,…
Miss Friby: Beasts of Burden & Other Party Guests
Bluestone Church Arts Space 8A Hyde St, Footscray
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,…
Editor's Choice
STELLA – A New Australian Musical
Matthew Henderson: Stella – A New Australian Musical
Alexander Theatre, The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton
We have recently seen a brilliant stage musical based on Miles Franklin’s famous novel My Brilliant Career. Now comes a new Australian musical called Stella, exploring Franklin’s life, which was marked by poverty, entrenched sexism, personal loss and the upheaval of two world wars. Seven years in the making, Stella…
Miss Friby: Beasts of Burden & Other Party Guests
Bluestone Church Arts Space 8A Hyde St, Footscray
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,…
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…
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra: Sound Mind, Sound Body
Albert Hall, Launceston 47 Tamar St, Launceston
Sound Mind, Sound Body is our latest fun and interactive concert for schools. Students meet orchestra musicians and their instruments, and discover how music helps us be active and feel good. Linked to health and wellbeing content in the Australian curriculum, these concerts explore how music can get us moving,…
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Vitality
Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide
From hushed lyricism to fiery folk rhythms, this concert celebrates the incredible versatility of the ASO’s string players. Joseph Bologne’s Violin Concerto No.9 is a joyful window into the bright and energising performance styles of 18th-century France. Dvořák’s Nocturne offers a moment of tenderness and quiet melancholy before Bartók’s Divertimento…
Editor's Choice
STELLA – A New Australian Musical
Matthew Henderson: Stella – A New Australian Musical
Alexander Theatre, The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton
We have recently seen a brilliant stage musical based on Miles Franklin’s famous novel My Brilliant Career. Now comes a new Australian musical called Stella, exploring Franklin’s life, which was marked by poverty, entrenched sexism, personal loss and the upheaval of two world wars. Seven years in the making, Stella…
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…
Editor's Choice
Steel Magnolias
Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Steel Magnolias
Canberra Theatre Centre Canberra
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.…
Editor's Choice
Steel Magnolias
Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Steel Magnolias
IPAC 32 Burelli St, Wollongong
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.…
Tasmanian String Quartet: Peter and the Wolf & other stories
Albert Hall, Launceston 47 Tamar St, Launceston
A menacing wolf, animal friends and a brave young boy – Peter and the Wolf is a musical fairy tale adventure. Young Peter lives with his grandfather in the countryside. Despite his grandfather’s warning of a wolf on the prowl, Peter goes out into the meadow one day and encounters…
Tasmanian String Quartet: Peter and the Wolf & other stories
Burnie Arts and Function Centre 77-79 Wilmot Street,, Burnie
A menacing wolf, animal friends and a brave young boy – Peter and the Wolf is a musical fairy tale adventure. Young Peter lives with his grandfather in the countryside. Despite his grandfather’s warning of a wolf on the prowl, Peter goes out into the meadow one day and encounters…
Redland Perfomance Arts Centre: Karin Schaupp and Andrew Veivers
RPAC Studio
Long-time friends since their university days studying under Karin’s mother and mentor, Isolde Schaupp, the pair bring deep musical understanding and complementary styles to the stage. Karin Schaupp is one of the world’s most celebrated classical guitarists. Known for her expressive artistry and luminous tone, she has performed across Europe,…
Back to Back Theatre: Ganesh Versus the Third Reich
Union Theatre, University of Melbourne University of Melbourne Arts & Cultural Building, 761 Swanston St,, Parkville
The story begins with the elephant-headed god Ganesha travelling through Nazi Germany to reclaim the Swastika, an ancient Hindu symbol. As this intrepid hero embarks on his journey, a second narrative is revealed: the actors themselves begin to feel the weighty responsibility of storytellers, questioning the ethics of cultural appropriation. Challenging…
The Events Centre: Koal
The Events Centre, Caloundra 20 Minchinton St, Caloundra
Fresh off a hit run at Theatre Works in Melbourne and PhysFestNYC in New York City, KOAL is a one-woman climate-catastrophe-clown-show for the end of the world. As wildfires tear through Australia, a baby koala, a coal miner and an Indigenous girl desperately strive to hold onto their homes before…
Theatre Works: Corporare – Evan Task In Outer Space
Explosives Factory 67 Inkerman St, Rear of Thrifty-Link Hardware, St Kilda
Created and performed by Matthew Crosby, Corporare presents a gorgeously low horror sci-fi about a tech-bro and his rocket adrift in Martian dreams. Corporare is a kabarett extremis revealing the invisible corporate body in its colonising madness. The complexity of a celebrity ‘founder’ entrepreneur who governs a company seemingly whimsically with little…
Merrigong Theatre Company: Yandha Djanbay (Go Slowly)
Illawarra Performing Arts Centre 32 Burelli Street, Wollongong
After receiving a rave response and standing ovations after its debut in the MerrigongX 2025 season, Yandha Djanbay (Go Slowly), will enthral Wollongong audiences yet again, in storytelling that centres love, grief, and responses to the 2024 referendum - making space for sorrow and rage, while honouring joy as a…
Editor's Choice
The Gesualdo Six
Dark Mofo: The Gesualdo Six
MONA - Museum of Old and New Art 655 Main Rd, Berriedale
Renowned for its consort singing, The Gesualdo Six begins its Australian tour at MONA’s Elektra – Anselm Kiefer’s colossal concrete amphitheatre. In Sydney, Lux Aeterna spans Tallis, Gesualdo, Tavener and contemporary composers including Joanna Marsh and Richard Rodney Bennett, while Hemispheres is a collaborative program of luminous polyphony with St James’ Choir. The British vocal…
Bloomsday in Melbourne: Between The Lines – The James Joyce/Groucho Marx Letters
fortyfivedownstairs 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Now in their 32nd year of celebrating this much-loved worldwide event, Bloomsday in Melbourne proudly brings their latest season to fortyfivedownstairs, Between The Lines - The James Joyce/Groucho Marx Letters. A young scholar makes the discovery of the century – letters between James Joyce and comedy legend Groucho Marx –…
Mockingbird Theatre Company: C*ck
Belconnen Arts Centre 118 Emu Bank, Belconnen
WHO ARE YOU… WHEN LOVE DEMANDS A CHOICE? A razor-sharp modern classic about identity, desire and the cruelties of indecision. Mike Bartlett’s C*ck has, in just over a decade, secured its place as a seminal modern classic — strong, startling, and unforgettable, it’s a play that confronts identity, desire and the cruelties…
Flight Path Theatre: A Succulent Chinese Musical?!
Flight Path Theatre 142 Addison Rd, Marrickville
IT’S BACK: BIGGER. BETTER. MORE SUCCULENT. After a sold out Melbourne Fringe season and being named in TimeOut’s ‘Top 10’ for Melbourne International Comedy Festival, A Succulent Chinese Musical?! returns to Sydney, supersizing their hit fringe show into a full-scale two-act musical of epic portions. Bring your appetite for this…
Monash Performing Arts Centres: Melba Big Band
The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton, Melbourne
Led by Justine Jones, the all female Melba Big Band brings the golden age of swing to life with a powerhouse ensemble of brass and rhythm. Featuring music from the 1920s to 80s, the band performs classics by Count Basie, Glenn Miller and George Gershwin in a vibrant celebration of…
Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony
Sydney Opera House Sydney
It begins with the four most famous notes in music. The legendary motif propels the entire first movement of Beethoven’s Fifth. The power of this symphony never relents, from those iconic opening moments to the bright light of the finale. The end of the third movement is electric, strings hovering…
Qtopia Sydney: Kapitalism is your Friend!
The Substation - Qtopia 136 Oxford St, Darlinghurst
Franzi has been asleep since 1989. She fell into a coma in East Berlin and has woken to a world where the Berlin Wall has fallen, and capitalism has thrown one hell of a party. Can she navigate this brave new world? Fresh from critical acclaim at Adelaide Fringe, KAPITALISM…
Merrigong Theatre Company: Yandha Djanbay (Go Slowly)
Illawarra Performing Arts Centre 32 Burelli Street, Wollongong
After receiving a rave response and standing ovations after its debut in the MerrigongX 2025 season, Yandha Djanbay (Go Slowly), will enthral Wollongong audiences yet again, in storytelling that centres love, grief, and responses to the 2024 referendum - making space for sorrow and rage, while honouring joy as a…
Editor's Choice
Steel Magnolias
Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Steel Magnolias
Canberra Theatre Centre Canberra
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.…
Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony
Sydney Opera House Sydney
It begins with the four most famous notes in music. The legendary motif propels the entire first movement of Beethoven’s Fifth. The power of this symphony never relents, from those iconic opening moments to the bright light of the finale. The end of the third movement is electric, strings hovering…
Merrigong Theatre Company: Yandha Djanbay (Go Slowly)
Illawarra Performing Arts Centre 32 Burelli Street, Wollongong
After receiving a rave response and standing ovations after its debut in the MerrigongX 2025 season, Yandha Djanbay (Go Slowly), will enthral Wollongong audiences yet again, in storytelling that centres love, grief, and responses to the 2024 referendum - making space for sorrow and rage, while honouring joy as a…
Editor's Choice
STELLA – A New Australian Musical
Matthew Henderson: Stella – A New Australian Musical
Alexander Theatre, The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton
We have recently seen a brilliant stage musical based on Miles Franklin’s famous novel My Brilliant Career. Now comes a new Australian musical called Stella, exploring Franklin’s life, which was marked by poverty, entrenched sexism, personal loss and the upheaval of two world wars. Seven years in the making, Stella…
Back to Back Theatre: Ganesh Versus the Third Reich
Union Theatre, University of Melbourne University of Melbourne Arts & Cultural Building, 761 Swanston St,, Parkville
The story begins with the elephant-headed god Ganesha travelling through Nazi Germany to reclaim the Swastika, an ancient Hindu symbol. As this intrepid hero embarks on his journey, a second narrative is revealed: the actors themselves begin to feel the weighty responsibility of storytellers, questioning the ethics of cultural appropriation. Challenging…
Theatre Works: Corporare – Evan Task In Outer Space
Explosives Factory 67 Inkerman St, Rear of Thrifty-Link Hardware, St Kilda
Created and performed by Matthew Crosby, Corporare presents a gorgeously low horror sci-fi about a tech-bro and his rocket adrift in Martian dreams. Corporare is a kabarett extremis revealing the invisible corporate body in its colonising madness. The complexity of a celebrity ‘founder’ entrepreneur who governs a company seemingly whimsically with little…
Bloomsday in Melbourne: Between The Lines – The James Joyce/Groucho Marx Letters
fortyfivedownstairs 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Now in their 32nd year of celebrating this much-loved worldwide event, Bloomsday in Melbourne proudly brings their latest season to fortyfivedownstairs, Between The Lines - The James Joyce/Groucho Marx Letters. A young scholar makes the discovery of the century – letters between James Joyce and comedy legend Groucho Marx –…
Mockingbird Theatre Company: C*ck
Belconnen Arts Centre 118 Emu Bank, Belconnen
WHO ARE YOU… WHEN LOVE DEMANDS A CHOICE? A razor-sharp modern classic about identity, desire and the cruelties of indecision. Mike Bartlett’s C*ck has, in just over a decade, secured its place as a seminal modern classic — strong, startling, and unforgettable, it’s a play that confronts identity, desire and the cruelties…
Flight Path Theatre: A Succulent Chinese Musical?!
Flight Path Theatre 142 Addison Rd, Marrickville
IT’S BACK: BIGGER. BETTER. MORE SUCCULENT. After a sold out Melbourne Fringe season and being named in TimeOut’s ‘Top 10’ for Melbourne International Comedy Festival, A Succulent Chinese Musical?! returns to Sydney, supersizing their hit fringe show into a full-scale two-act musical of epic portions. Bring your appetite for this…
Qtopia Sydney: Kapitalism is your Friend!
The Substation - Qtopia 136 Oxford St, Darlinghurst
Franzi has been asleep since 1989. She fell into a coma in East Berlin and has woken to a world where the Berlin Wall has fallen, and capitalism has thrown one hell of a party. Can she navigate this brave new world? Fresh from critical acclaim at Adelaide Fringe, KAPITALISM…
Editor's Choice
Steel Magnolias
Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Steel Magnolias
Canberra Theatre Centre Canberra
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.…
Back to Back Theatre: Ganesh Versus the Third Reich
Union Theatre, University of Melbourne University of Melbourne Arts & Cultural Building, 761 Swanston St,, Parkville
The story begins with the elephant-headed god Ganesha travelling through Nazi Germany to reclaim the Swastika, an ancient Hindu symbol. As this intrepid hero embarks on his journey, a second narrative is revealed: the actors themselves begin to feel the weighty responsibility of storytellers, questioning the ethics of cultural appropriation. Challenging…
Theatre Works: Corporare – Evan Task In Outer Space
Explosives Factory 67 Inkerman St, Rear of Thrifty-Link Hardware, St Kilda
Created and performed by Matthew Crosby, Corporare presents a gorgeously low horror sci-fi about a tech-bro and his rocket adrift in Martian dreams. Corporare is a kabarett extremis revealing the invisible corporate body in its colonising madness. The complexity of a celebrity ‘founder’ entrepreneur who governs a company seemingly whimsically with little…
Merrigong Theatre Company: Yandha Djanbay (Go Slowly)
Illawarra Performing Arts Centre 32 Burelli Street, Wollongong
After receiving a rave response and standing ovations after its debut in the MerrigongX 2025 season, Yandha Djanbay (Go Slowly), will enthral Wollongong audiences yet again, in storytelling that centres love, grief, and responses to the 2024 referendum - making space for sorrow and rage, while honouring joy as a…
Miss Friby: Beasts of Burden & Other Party Guests
Bluestone Church Arts Space 8A Hyde St, Footscray
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,…
Bloomsday in Melbourne: Between The Lines – The James Joyce/Groucho Marx Letters
fortyfivedownstairs 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Now in their 32nd year of celebrating this much-loved worldwide event, Bloomsday in Melbourne proudly brings their latest season to fortyfivedownstairs, Between The Lines - The James Joyce/Groucho Marx Letters. A young scholar makes the discovery of the century – letters between James Joyce and comedy legend Groucho Marx –…
Mockingbird Theatre Company: C*ck
Belconnen Arts Centre 118 Emu Bank, Belconnen
WHO ARE YOU… WHEN LOVE DEMANDS A CHOICE? A razor-sharp modern classic about identity, desire and the cruelties of indecision. Mike Bartlett’s C*ck has, in just over a decade, secured its place as a seminal modern classic — strong, startling, and unforgettable, it’s a play that confronts identity, desire and the cruelties…
Editor's Choice
STELLA – A New Australian Musical
Matthew Henderson: Stella – A New Australian Musical
Alexander Theatre, The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton
We have recently seen a brilliant stage musical based on Miles Franklin’s famous novel My Brilliant Career. Now comes a new Australian musical called Stella, exploring Franklin’s life, which was marked by poverty, entrenched sexism, personal loss and the upheaval of two world wars. Seven years in the making, Stella…
Flight Path Theatre: A Succulent Chinese Musical?!
Flight Path Theatre 142 Addison Rd, Marrickville
IT’S BACK: BIGGER. BETTER. MORE SUCCULENT. After a sold out Melbourne Fringe season and being named in TimeOut’s ‘Top 10’ for Melbourne International Comedy Festival, A Succulent Chinese Musical?! returns to Sydney, supersizing their hit fringe show into a full-scale two-act musical of epic portions. Bring your appetite for this…
Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony
Sydney Opera House Sydney
It begins with the four most famous notes in music. The legendary motif propels the entire first movement of Beethoven’s Fifth. The power of this symphony never relents, from those iconic opening moments to the bright light of the finale. The end of the third movement is electric, strings hovering…
Qtopia Sydney: Kapitalism is your Friend!
The Substation - Qtopia 136 Oxford St, Darlinghurst
Franzi has been asleep since 1989. She fell into a coma in East Berlin and has woken to a world where the Berlin Wall has fallen, and capitalism has thrown one hell of a party. Can she navigate this brave new world? Fresh from critical acclaim at Adelaide Fringe, KAPITALISM…
Editor's Choice
Steel Magnolias
Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Steel Magnolias
Canberra Theatre Centre Canberra
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.…
Merrigong Theatre Company: Yandha Djanbay (Go Slowly)
Illawarra Performing Arts Centre 32 Burelli Street, Wollongong
After receiving a rave response and standing ovations after its debut in the MerrigongX 2025 season, Yandha Djanbay (Go Slowly), will enthral Wollongong audiences yet again, in storytelling that centres love, grief, and responses to the 2024 referendum - making space for sorrow and rage, while honouring joy as a…
Mockingbird Theatre Company: C*ck
Belconnen Arts Centre 118 Emu Bank, Belconnen
WHO ARE YOU… WHEN LOVE DEMANDS A CHOICE? A razor-sharp modern classic about identity, desire and the cruelties of indecision. Mike Bartlett’s C*ck has, in just over a decade, secured its place as a seminal modern classic — strong, startling, and unforgettable, it’s a play that confronts identity, desire and the cruelties…
Editor's Choice
STELLA – A New Australian Musical
Matthew Henderson: Stella – A New Australian Musical
Alexander Theatre, The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton
We have recently seen a brilliant stage musical based on Miles Franklin’s famous novel My Brilliant Career. Now comes a new Australian musical called Stella, exploring Franklin’s life, which was marked by poverty, entrenched sexism, personal loss and the upheaval of two world wars. Seven years in the making, Stella…
Theatre Works: Corporare – Evan Task In Outer Space
Explosives Factory 67 Inkerman St, Rear of Thrifty-Link Hardware, St Kilda
Created and performed by Matthew Crosby, Corporare presents a gorgeously low horror sci-fi about a tech-bro and his rocket adrift in Martian dreams. Corporare is a kabarett extremis revealing the invisible corporate body in its colonising madness. The complexity of a celebrity ‘founder’ entrepreneur who governs a company seemingly whimsically with little…
Merrigong Theatre Company: Yandha Djanbay (Go Slowly)
Illawarra Performing Arts Centre 32 Burelli Street, Wollongong
After receiving a rave response and standing ovations after its debut in the MerrigongX 2025 season, Yandha Djanbay (Go Slowly), will enthral Wollongong audiences yet again, in storytelling that centres love, grief, and responses to the 2024 referendum - making space for sorrow and rage, while honouring joy as a…
Miss Friby: Beasts of Burden & Other Party Guests
Bluestone Church Arts Space 8A Hyde St, Footscray
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,…
Bloomsday in Melbourne: Between The Lines – The James Joyce/Groucho Marx Letters
fortyfivedownstairs 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Now in their 32nd year of celebrating this much-loved worldwide event, Bloomsday in Melbourne proudly brings their latest season to fortyfivedownstairs, Between The Lines - The James Joyce/Groucho Marx Letters. A young scholar makes the discovery of the century – letters between James Joyce and comedy legend Groucho Marx –…
Mockingbird Theatre Company: C*ck
Belconnen Arts Centre 118 Emu Bank, Belconnen
WHO ARE YOU… WHEN LOVE DEMANDS A CHOICE? A razor-sharp modern classic about identity, desire and the cruelties of indecision. Mike Bartlett’s C*ck has, in just over a decade, secured its place as a seminal modern classic — strong, startling, and unforgettable, it’s a play that confronts identity, desire and the cruelties…
Editor's Choice
STELLA – A New Australian Musical
Matthew Henderson: Stella – A New Australian Musical
Alexander Theatre, The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton
We have recently seen a brilliant stage musical based on Miles Franklin’s famous novel My Brilliant Career. Now comes a new Australian musical called Stella, exploring Franklin’s life, which was marked by poverty, entrenched sexism, personal loss and the upheaval of two world wars. Seven years in the making, Stella…
Flight Path Theatre: A Succulent Chinese Musical?!
Flight Path Theatre 142 Addison Rd, Marrickville
IT’S BACK: BIGGER. BETTER. MORE SUCCULENT. After a sold out Melbourne Fringe season and being named in TimeOut’s ‘Top 10’ for Melbourne International Comedy Festival, A Succulent Chinese Musical?! returns to Sydney, supersizing their hit fringe show into a full-scale two-act musical of epic portions. Bring your appetite for this…
Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony
Sydney Opera House Sydney
It begins with the four most famous notes in music. The legendary motif propels the entire first movement of Beethoven’s Fifth. The power of this symphony never relents, from those iconic opening moments to the bright light of the finale. The end of the third movement is electric, strings hovering…
Qtopia Sydney: Kapitalism is your Friend!
The Substation - Qtopia 136 Oxford St, Darlinghurst
Franzi has been asleep since 1989. She fell into a coma in East Berlin and has woken to a world where the Berlin Wall has fallen, and capitalism has thrown one hell of a party. Can she navigate this brave new world? Fresh from critical acclaim at Adelaide Fringe, KAPITALISM…
Editor's Choice
Steel Magnolias
Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Steel Magnolias
Canberra Theatre Centre Canberra
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.…
Bloomsday in Melbourne: Between The Lines – The James Joyce/Groucho Marx Letters
fortyfivedownstairs 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Now in their 32nd year of celebrating this much-loved worldwide event, Bloomsday in Melbourne proudly brings their latest season to fortyfivedownstairs, Between The Lines - The James Joyce/Groucho Marx Letters. A young scholar makes the discovery of the century – letters between James Joyce and comedy legend Groucho Marx –…
Miss Friby: Beasts of Burden & Other Party Guests
Bluestone Church Arts Space 8A Hyde St, Footscray
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,…
Theatre Works: Corporare – Evan Task In Outer Space
Explosives Factory 67 Inkerman St, Rear of Thrifty-Link Hardware, St Kilda
Created and performed by Matthew Crosby, Corporare presents a gorgeously low horror sci-fi about a tech-bro and his rocket adrift in Martian dreams. Corporare is a kabarett extremis revealing the invisible corporate body in its colonising madness. The complexity of a celebrity ‘founder’ entrepreneur who governs a company seemingly whimsically with little…
Flight Path Theatre: A Succulent Chinese Musical?!
Flight Path Theatre 142 Addison Rd, Marrickville
IT’S BACK: BIGGER. BETTER. MORE SUCCULENT. After a sold out Melbourne Fringe season and being named in TimeOut’s ‘Top 10’ for Melbourne International Comedy Festival, A Succulent Chinese Musical?! returns to Sydney, supersizing their hit fringe show into a full-scale two-act musical of epic portions. Bring your appetite for this…
Theatre Works: Corporare – Evan Task In Outer Space
Explosives Factory 67 Inkerman St, Rear of Thrifty-Link Hardware, St Kilda
Created and performed by Matthew Crosby, Corporare presents a gorgeously low horror sci-fi about a tech-bro and his rocket adrift in Martian dreams. Corporare is a kabarett extremis revealing the invisible corporate body in its colonising madness. The complexity of a celebrity ‘founder’ entrepreneur who governs a company seemingly whimsically with little…
Flight Path Theatre: A Succulent Chinese Musical?!
Flight Path Theatre 142 Addison Rd, Marrickville
IT’S BACK: BIGGER. BETTER. MORE SUCCULENT. After a sold out Melbourne Fringe season and being named in TimeOut’s ‘Top 10’ for Melbourne International Comedy Festival, A Succulent Chinese Musical?! returns to Sydney, supersizing their hit fringe show into a full-scale two-act musical of epic portions. Bring your appetite for this…
Theatre Works: Corporare – Evan Task In Outer Space
Explosives Factory 67 Inkerman St, Rear of Thrifty-Link Hardware, St Kilda
Created and performed by Matthew Crosby, Corporare presents a gorgeously low horror sci-fi about a tech-bro and his rocket adrift in Martian dreams. Corporare is a kabarett extremis revealing the invisible corporate body in its colonising madness. The complexity of a celebrity ‘founder’ entrepreneur who governs a company seemingly whimsically with little…
Flight Path Theatre: A Succulent Chinese Musical?!
Flight Path Theatre 142 Addison Rd, Marrickville
IT’S BACK: BIGGER. BETTER. MORE SUCCULENT. After a sold out Melbourne Fringe season and being named in TimeOut’s ‘Top 10’ for Melbourne International Comedy Festival, A Succulent Chinese Musical?! returns to Sydney, supersizing their hit fringe show into a full-scale two-act musical of epic portions. Bring your appetite for this…
Theatre Works: Corporare – Evan Task In Outer Space
Explosives Factory 67 Inkerman St, Rear of Thrifty-Link Hardware, St Kilda
Created and performed by Matthew Crosby, Corporare presents a gorgeously low horror sci-fi about a tech-bro and his rocket adrift in Martian dreams. Corporare is a kabarett extremis revealing the invisible corporate body in its colonising madness. The complexity of a celebrity ‘founder’ entrepreneur who governs a company seemingly whimsically with little…
Flight Path Theatre: A Succulent Chinese Musical?!
Flight Path Theatre 142 Addison Rd, Marrickville
IT’S BACK: BIGGER. BETTER. MORE SUCCULENT. After a sold out Melbourne Fringe season and being named in TimeOut’s ‘Top 10’ for Melbourne International Comedy Festival, A Succulent Chinese Musical?! returns to Sydney, supersizing their hit fringe show into a full-scale two-act musical of epic portions. Bring your appetite for this…
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