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Get ready to go wild! This spring school holidays, the Sydney Opera House will transform into a creative wonderland for kids and their families with the inaugural Wild Things International Kids Festival. Across 16 days, leading companies from Europe, North America, the United Kingdom, Asia and Australia will illustrate the…
: Make, Believe, Magic
QAGOMA
An unprecedented exhibition exploring the imaginative storytelling and world-building of The Jim Henson Company. Make, Believe, Magic: The Worlds of The Jim Henson Company is an immense and immersive journey through the creative process behind some of the most cherished characters and stories in screen history and popular culture. Highlights include, Fraggle Rock and Fraggle Rock:…
The Joan: Where is the Green Sheep?
Q Theatre 597 High St, Penrith
Come on a wild, fun and magical journey and join three farmers on their quest to find the elusive green sheep. Blending puppetry and animation, this baa-rilliant production co-created with and narrated by students from Bankstown West Public School, will delight the young and young at heart. Where is the…
CherryHill Orchards: Blossom Festival
474 Queens Rd, Wandin East, VIC, 3139 474 Queens Rd, Wandin East, VIC, 3139, Melbourne
Every year, we open our cherry orchard when our trees are in full bloom, showcasing the stunning white blossoms.This popular annual event offers picture-perfect photo opportunities and a festive atmosphere, creating an idyllic day out in the countryside for family and friends. Bring a blanket, pack a picnic, and enjoy…
Baeu Medina: Mind Games: Art Alive
154 Broadway 154-160 Broadway, Chippendale
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:…
Carriageworks: Erth’s Shark Dive: Live on Stage
Carriageworks Sydney
The whole family is invited on an unforgettable journey below the surface with Erth’s Shark Dive: Live on Stage, a thrilling theatrical experience that will change the way you see sharks and the oceans they call home. Through exquisite puppetry and immersive staging, audiences come face-to-face with Australia’s iconic sharks alongside a fascinating…
The State Library of New South Wales: A Night at the Library
State Library of NSW 1 Shakespeare Pl,, Sydney
Bell Shakespeare takes audiences young and old on a magical journey of discovery exploring the many known and unknown spaces in the Library, its collection, and items from the weird to the wonderful. Along the way we meet literary greats, legendary explorers, real people and fictional creations for a madcap…
Musica Viva Australia: Trio Histoire
The Concourse, Chatswood 409 Victoria Ave, Chatswood
First there was Duo Histoire, Nick Russoniello and Murilo Tanouye's engaging saxophone and guitar ensemble. Then violinist Julia Russoniello joined them, et voilà, Trio Histoire. Enjoy an eclectic selection of music new, old and utterly entertaining.
National Art School: ‘Margaret Olley: Australian Intimiste’
National Art School Corner of Forbes and Burton Streets, Darlinghurst, Sydney
‘Margaret Olley: Australian Intimiste’ celebrates the legacy and significant achievements of Margaret Olley AC – National Art School alum and one of Australia’s most beloved painters – through the lens of the European artistic tradition intimisme, which honours the quiet poetry of domestic life and the interior world. Drawing from significant public and private…
The Joan: Where is the Green Sheep?
Q Theatre 597 High St, Penrith
Come on a wild, fun and magical journey and join three farmers on their quest to find the elusive green sheep. Blending puppetry and animation, this baa-rilliant production co-created with and narrated by students from Bankstown West Public School, will delight the young and young at heart. Where is the…
GWB Entertainment: Death of A Salesman Adelaide
Adelaide Festival Theatre King William Road, Adelaide
Emmy, Golden Globe and Tony Award-winning actor Anthony LaPaglia makes his Adelaide stage debut as Willy Loman in Neil Armfield’s acclaimed production of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. Following acclaimed seasons around Australia, the production arrives in Adelaide for its final 2026 season, with LaPaglia joined by Helpmann Award…
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Fiddler On The Roof
Theatre Royal, Sydney: Fiddler On The Roof
Theatre Royal, Sydney 108 King St, Sydney
First seen at London’s Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre in 2024, this Olivier Award-winning production, directed by Jordan Fein, transferred to the Barbican, where it became the venue’s best-selling musical of all time. Set in 1905, Tevye, a milkman in the tiny fictional village of Anatevka, tries to maintain his…
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Girls & Boys
Sydney Theatre Company: Girls & Boys
Wharf 1 Theatre Sydney
When Justine Clarke first performed Dennis Kelly’s gripping one-woman play at the 2022 Adelaide Festival, Limelight gave the production a five-star review, describing her performance as “utterly remarkable”. Directed by Mitchell Butel, Clarke won rapturous reviews in a return Adelaide season in 2022 and at the 2023 Sydney Festival. Now,…
Editor's Choice
Girls & Boys
Sydney Theatre Company: Girls & Boys
Wharf 1 Theatre Sydney
When Justine Clarke first performed Dennis Kelly’s gripping one-woman play at the 2022 Adelaide Festival, Limelight gave the production a five-star review, describing her performance as “utterly remarkable”. Directed by Mitchell Butel, Clarke won rapturous reviews in a return Adelaide season in 2022 and at the 2023 Sydney Festival. Now,…
Editor's Choice
Girls & Boys
Sydney Theatre Company: Girls & Boys
Wharf 1 Theatre Sydney
When Justine Clarke first performed Dennis Kelly’s gripping one-woman play at the 2022 Adelaide Festival, Limelight gave the production a five-star review, describing her performance as “utterly remarkable”. Directed by Mitchell Butel, Clarke won rapturous reviews in a return Adelaide season in 2022 and at the 2023 Sydney Festival. Now,…
Drew Anthony Creative: Monty Python’s Spamalot
Athenaeum Theatre 188 Collins Street, Melbourne
The legendary search for the Holy Grail is officially headed for Australia! After a spectacular season at Perth's Planet Royale in May, Drew Anthony Creative has announced that the Tony Award®–winning Best Musical, Monty Python's Spamalot, will gallop into Melbourne for a limited engagement during September and October. This riotous…
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A Beautiful Noise – The Neil Diamond Musical
Paul Dainty, Ken Davenport & Bob Gaudio: A Beautiful Noise – The Neil Diamond Musical
Princess Theatre, Melbourne 163 Spring St, Melbourne
Created in consultation with Neil Diamond himself, the jukebox musical, A Beautiful Noise, charts his rise to superstardom through the songs that defined his life and career, among them Cracklin’ Rosie, Forever in Blue Jeans and Sweet Caroline. Famous for his swaggering sexuality and velvet-meets-gravel voice, Diamond is conjured by two…
Tim Lawson: Cirque Alice
Sydney Lyric Theatre 55 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont
Fall down the rabbit hole and into a spectacular new world… Step into magical ‘Wonderland’ as Cirque Alice reimagines Lewis Carroll’s classic adventures with breathtaking twists and astonishing, gravity-defying feats. Starring the greatest acrobatic performers from around the globe, this magnificent spectacle features stunning performances by mesmerising aerialists, mind-bending contortionists,…
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My Fair Lady
Opera Australia: My Fair Lady
Sydney Opera House Sydney
Julie Andrews’ acclaimed recreation of the original 1956 Broadway blockbuster makes a welcome return to Sydney, under Karen Johnson Mortimer’s direction, followed by a run in Melbourne. George Bernard Shaw’s tale of a professor of linguistics who bets on his ability to make a Covent Garden flower girl pass as aristocracy has lost…
Carriageworks: Erth’s Shark Dive: Live on Stage
Carriageworks Sydney
The whole family is invited on an unforgettable journey below the surface with Erth’s Shark Dive: Live on Stage, a thrilling theatrical experience that will change the way you see sharks and the oceans they call home. Through exquisite puppetry and immersive staging, audiences come face-to-face with Australia’s iconic sharks alongside a fascinating…
The State Library of New South Wales: A Night at the Library
State Library of NSW 1 Shakespeare Pl,, Sydney
Bell Shakespeare takes audiences young and old on a magical journey of discovery exploring the many known and unknown spaces in the Library, its collection, and items from the weird to the wonderful. Along the way we meet literary greats, legendary explorers, real people and fictional creations for a madcap…
Neglected Musicals: The Rink
Hayes Theatre Co 19 Greenknowe Avenue, Elizabeth Bay
This Kander & Ebb classic musical is set in a Coney Island of the mind, on the ragged fringe of the New York show-biz world. Anna Antonelli’s roller rink is about to be demolished, and with-it Anna’s memories of her Lothario of a husband and her painfully shy daughter Angel.…
Brisbane Festival: Bright Nights By ANZ
Verso Projects. Festival Village, Southbank Cultural Forecourt and Village GreenSuburb: South Bank, Brisbane
Featuring an exclusive soundtrack from Brisbane music royalty The Veronicas. Bright Nights by ANZ transforms the Brisbane River into a dazzling, choreographed canvas of water, light, and sound. Floating fountains, waterscreens, amazing animated water features and water jets shooting up to 80 meters high, all pierced by a stunning laser…
5 Foot Entertainment: Ode To A Grape
The Motley Bauhaus 118 Elgin St, Carlton
Prepare to be simultaneously charmed and berated by Tīrau’s resident self proclaimed artist, incompetent anarchist, and lover of grapes. Born in Limburg; Germany, Johann packed his quill and moved to the small town of Tīrau, (NZ) to free himself of his parental constraints and find himself as an artist. Now…
Brisbane Festival: Bright Nights By ANZ
Verso Projects. Festival Village, Southbank Cultural Forecourt and Village GreenSuburb: South Bank, Brisbane
Featuring an exclusive soundtrack from Brisbane music royalty The Veronicas. Bright Nights by ANZ transforms the Brisbane River into a dazzling, choreographed canvas of water, light, and sound. Floating fountains, waterscreens, amazing animated water features and water jets shooting up to 80 meters high, all pierced by a stunning laser…
Seymour Centre: Suzie Miller Inter Alia Book Launch
Seymour Centre Chippendale
Suzie Miller is a creative force — a multi-award-winning international playwright whose breakout novelisation of Prima Facie became a runaway bestseller and global cultural phenomenon. Join her at Seymour in conversation with acclaimed theatre and film producer Jo Dyer to celebrate her bold new novel, Inter Alia, released in Australia this September. A…
Brisbane Festival: Fijian Flying Circus
South Bank Piazza 410 Stanley St, South Brisbane
Come fly with us! Get ready to be swept away by a spectacular island adventure like no other! The Fijian Flying Circus’ Australian premiere is a high-energy celebration of Spirit, Culture, and Joy. Created by the internationally renowned Fijian dance tribe VOU ('new’ in the iTaukei language), this dazzling production…
GWB Entertainment: Death of A Salesman Adelaide
Adelaide Festival Theatre King William Road, Adelaide
Emmy, Golden Globe and Tony Award-winning actor Anthony LaPaglia makes his Adelaide stage debut as Willy Loman in Neil Armfield’s acclaimed production of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. Following acclaimed seasons around Australia, the production arrives in Adelaide for its final 2026 season, with LaPaglia joined by Helpmann Award…
Editor's Choice
Fiddler On The Roof
Theatre Royal, Sydney: Fiddler On The Roof
Theatre Royal, Sydney 108 King St, Sydney
First seen at London’s Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre in 2024, this Olivier Award-winning production, directed by Jordan Fein, transferred to the Barbican, where it became the venue’s best-selling musical of all time. Set in 1905, Tevye, a milkman in the tiny fictional village of Anatevka, tries to maintain his…
Tiny Dog Productions: Dixon and Daughters
The Old Fitz Theatre 129 Dowling St, Woolloomooloo
An Australian Premiere "If this house could speak…" When Mary (Vanessa Downing) returns home after serving time in prison, she walks back into a household filled with hostility where her daughters are grappling with their past. Long-hidden truths emerge, exposing a history that has fractured and changed their lives. Each…
Melbourne Recital Centre: Sonorous XIV: Jaslyn Robertson & Rama Parwata
Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank
Step into an expanded universe of sound. A liberation of sonics from the shackles of stereo, Sonorous welcomes audiences to go beyond a traditional listening experience into an expanded sonic universe. Marking the fourteenth edition of its Sonorous series, Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio (MESS) invites multidisciplinary composer Jaslyn Robertson and…
Canberra Theatre Centre: Strong Is The New Pretty
The Playhouse
Suzie Miller, the celebrated Australian playwright behind sell-out smash hits Inter Alia, RBG: Of Many, One and international phenomenon Prima Facie, turns her extraordinary talents to the formation of the AFLW in this explosive world premiere as part of Brisbane Festival 2026. In 2010, an official report into the state…
Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)
QPAC - Playhouse
Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) is finally coming to QPAC! Direct from its triumph in the West End where it won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy, Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) is a unique and audacious retelling of Jane Austen’s most iconic love story. Men, money and microphones will…
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Pride And Prejudice* (*sort of)
Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Pride And Prejudice* (*sort of)
QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank
Audiences never seem to tire of Jane Austen’s classic novel, with umpteen adaptations over the years. Now comes a raucous stage production, complete with karaoke, in which five female servants take on all the roles, while offering biting insights. Written by Isobel McArthur, who co-directed the show with Simon Harvey, Pride &…
Tim Lawson: Cirque Alice
Sydney Lyric Theatre 55 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont
Fall down the rabbit hole and into a spectacular new world… Step into magical ‘Wonderland’ as Cirque Alice reimagines Lewis Carroll’s classic adventures with breathtaking twists and astonishing, gravity-defying feats. Starring the greatest acrobatic performers from around the globe, this magnificent spectacle features stunning performances by mesmerising aerialists, mind-bending contortionists,…
Malthouse Theatre: Koreaboo
Malthouse Theatre 113 Sturt St, Southbank, Melbourne
The road to reunion is paved with awkward moments. Hannah had her trip all planned out. Travel to Korea. Visit her birth mother. Spend a golden summer creating precious memories. But when she arrives in Seoul reality hits hard. Her Umma works in a convenience store day and night, barely…
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Eliza
Melbourne Theatre Company: Eliza
Southbank Theatre Southbank
As society grapples with the implications and ethics of rapidly advancing artificial technologies, Melbourne Theatre Company presents the world premiere of Eliza by Tom Holloway. The psychological thriller about the birth of AI is based on real events. Dr Joseph Weizenbaum, a brilliant professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, carries the trauma of…
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Girls & Boys
Sydney Theatre Company: Girls & Boys
Wharf 1 Theatre Sydney
When Justine Clarke first performed Dennis Kelly’s gripping one-woman play at the 2022 Adelaide Festival, Limelight gave the production a five-star review, describing her performance as “utterly remarkable”. Directed by Mitchell Butel, Clarke won rapturous reviews in a return Adelaide season in 2022 and at the 2023 Sydney Festival. Now,…
Editor's Choice
Girls & Boys
Sydney Theatre Company: Girls & Boys
Wharf 1 Theatre Sydney
When Justine Clarke first performed Dennis Kelly’s gripping one-woman play at the 2022 Adelaide Festival, Limelight gave the production a five-star review, describing her performance as “utterly remarkable”. Directed by Mitchell Butel, Clarke won rapturous reviews in a return Adelaide season in 2022 and at the 2023 Sydney Festival. Now,…
Editor's Choice
Girls & Boys
Sydney Theatre Company: Girls & Boys
Wharf 1 Theatre Sydney
When Justine Clarke first performed Dennis Kelly’s gripping one-woman play at the 2022 Adelaide Festival, Limelight gave the production a five-star review, describing her performance as “utterly remarkable”. Directed by Mitchell Butel, Clarke won rapturous reviews in a return Adelaide season in 2022 and at the 2023 Sydney Festival. Now,…
Theatre Works: Lord Of The Flies
Theatre Works St Kilda
When a plane crashes and a group of boys find themselves alone on a remote island, they begin, with youthful optimism and a sense of adventure, to build order from the chaos. They make rules, elect leaders, and imagine a world where fairness and cooperation will keep them safe. But…
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The Unfriend
Sydney Theatre Company: The Unfriend
Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney
This deliciously dark comedy marked the stage debut of British TV titan Steven Moffat – the celebrated showrunner of Doctor Who and creator of Press Gang, Coupling, Sherlock and Douglas is Cancelled – and became a West End hit. While holidaying on a cruise ship, timorous, middle-class couple Peter and Debbie befriend…
Drew Anthony Creative: Monty Python’s Spamalot
Athenaeum Theatre 188 Collins Street, Melbourne
The legendary search for the Holy Grail is officially headed for Australia! After a spectacular season at Perth's Planet Royale in May, Drew Anthony Creative has announced that the Tony Award®–winning Best Musical, Monty Python's Spamalot, will gallop into Melbourne for a limited engagement during September and October. This riotous…
John X Presents: And Then There Were None
Theatre Royal, Hobart 29 Campbell Street, Hobart
Ten strangers are lured to a solitary mansion off the coast, each harbouring a dark secret. When a recorded message accuses them all of unpunished crimes, the tension becomes palpable. One by one, they begin to die in accordance with a sinister nursery rhyme, and the realisation sets in that…
Theatre Works: Lord of the Flies
Theatre Works St Kilda
When a plane crashes and a group of boys find themselves alone on a remote island, they begin to build order from the chaos with youthful optimism and a sense of adventure. They make rules, elect leaders, and imagine a world where fairness and cooperation will keep them safe. But…
Neglected Musicals: The Rink
Hayes Theatre Co 19 Greenknowe Avenue, Elizabeth Bay
This Kander & Ebb classic musical is set in a Coney Island of the mind, on the ragged fringe of the New York show-biz world. Anna Antonelli’s roller rink is about to be demolished, and with-it Anna’s memories of her Lothario of a husband and her painfully shy daughter Angel.…
Monash Peforming Arts Centres: Mojo presents – Jazzeoke
The Count's 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton
Back by popular demand, Jazzeoke returns to Big Jazz Day Out after a sell-out show at The Count’s in 2025, and a hit appearance at last year’s festival. Step up to the mic and sing with a full jazz orchestra or simply watch and enjoy the big band energy. Solo…
Merrigong Theatre Company: The Choir of Man
Illawarra Performing Arts Centre 32 Burelli Street, Wollongong
The Choir of Man brings 90 minutes of high energy harmonies and foot-stomping choreography to Wollongong in a feel-good musical for all ages that will make you wish this pub was your local! Nine mates welcome you to The Jungle: beautifully old-fashioned and complete with real beer on tap! A…
New Annual: Triceratop by Lingua Franca
University House, University of Newcastle 300 King Street, Newcastle
Blending cabaret, sci‑fi, storytelling and unapologetic camp humour, it’s wild, witty and bittersweet – where love, survival bunkers and finding your true ‘Triceratop’ collide. A hilariously tender gay dinosaur parable – it’s RuPaul’s Drag Race meets Don’t Look Up. Can our prehistoric protagonist find love in time? Triceratop whisks you into…
New Annual: Triceratop
University House, University of Newcastle 300 King Street, Newcastle
Blending cabaret, sci‑fi, storytelling and unapologetic camp humour, it’s wild, witty and bittersweet – where love, survival bunkers and finding your true ‘Triceratop’ collide. A hilariously tender gay dinosaur parable – it’s ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ meets ‘Don’t Look Up’. Can our prehistoric protagonist find love in time? TRICERATOP whisks you…
Sydney Fringe Festival: Return of the Godz
Fools Paradise Victoria Square / Tarntanyangga, Victoria Square, Adelaide, Kaurna, Adelaide
Return of GODZ is landing in Sydney bigger and wilder than ever. Featuring a five-strong cast delivering brand new stunts and outrageous comedy straight from London’s West End, UK critics hailed it as gloriously silly and genuinely impressive. The godz are about to raise hell and drop jaws with an…
Zak Vasiliou: Twinky Twinky Little Star
Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Music Room Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton, VIC, 3053 Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton
Zak is gay. And that has been obvious since his childhood. Somehow, his parents missed every single sign, including: - belting out ABBA in the middle of the mall - asking Santa for the Hilary Duff album at five years old - single-handedly trying to cancel Crocs (before they got…
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