3 October Wild Things International Kids Festival

Sydney Opera House: Wild Things International Kids Festival

Sydney Opera House Sydney

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…

30 September @ 7:30 pm - 4 October @ 9:00 pm AEST

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…

1 October @ 7:30 pm - 10 October @ 9:30 pm AEST Log Boy

State Theatre Company South Australia: Log Boy

Adelaide College of the Arts Light Square, Adelaide

A deliriously dark, heart-stabbing, and hilarious queer ghost story about love, grief, and the demons we can’t quite exorcise — especially the leather-clad ones. After the death of his fiancé, Anthony retreats to their country house to grieve, only to be haunted — literally and figuratively — by loss, lust,…

2 October @ 7:30 pm - 11 October @ 9:30 pm AEST Log Boy

State Theatre Company South Australia: Log Boy

Adelaide College of the Arts Light Square, Adelaide

A deliriously dark, heart-stabbing, and hilarious queer ghost story about love, grief, and the demons we can’t quite exorcise — especially the leather-clad ones. After the death of his fiancé, Anthony retreats to their country house to grieve, only to be haunted — literally and figuratively — by loss, lust,…

3 October @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm AEST Brisbane Festival

: 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:…

3 October @ 10:00 am - 10:50 am AEST Erth’s Shark Dive: Live on Stage

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…

3 October @ 10:00 am - 6:00 pm AEST Blossom Festival

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…

3 October @ 10:00 am - 8:00 pm AEDT Mind Games: Art Alive

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:…

3 October @ 11:00 am - 5:00 pm AEDT Kerwayne Berry: TLC Texture | Light | Colour. Solo Exhibition Weekends 08-30 November 2025

Artsite Contemporary: Kerwayne Berry – TLC Texture | Light | Colour

Artsite Contemporary 165-167 Salisbury Road, Camperdown

TLC brings together a series of landscape paintings that explore the quiet intimacy between light, texture, and colour — the subtle forces that shape how we see and feel place. Each work begins with close observation: the shift of light across water, the texture of weathered surface, the momentary warmth…

3 October @ 11:00 am - 5:00 pm AEST ‘Margaret Olley: Australian Intimiste’

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…

3 October @ 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm AEST Erth’s Shark Dive: Live on Stage

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…

3 October @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm AEST New Annual

New Annual: Wolf by Circa

Civic Theatre Newcastle 375 Hunter Street, Newcastle

Wolf. A gasp inducing acrobatic thrill ride. Clad in designer Libby McDonnell's form-hugging costumes and set to DJ Ori Lichtik's relentless primal rhythms, the cast of ten extraordinary Circa artists grasp, tear, climb, leap and balance with fierce abandon. For Director Yaron Lifschitz, the wolf is a symbol of our…

3 October @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm AEST Strong Is The New Pretty

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…

Editor's Choice 3 October @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm AEST 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…

3 October @ 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm AEST Cirque Alice

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,…

Editor's Choice 3 October @ 1:00 pm - 3:40 pm AEST 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…

Editor's Choice 3 October @ 1:30 pm - 3:20 pm AEST 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,…

3 October @ 1:30 pm - 3:40 pm AEST HOUSEWORK

Sydney Theatre Company: HOUSEWORK

Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre

Playwright Emily Steel and director Shannon Rush pull back the curtain on the real Parliament House in this bold, black comedy hailed an “undeniably Australian and gloriously uncompromising” (The Conversation) future classic. Brought to brilliant life by some of Australia’s most beloved comic actors, Housework follows a group of political…

3 October @ 2:00 pm - 3:20 pm AEST Koreaboo

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…

3 October @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm AEST Dixon and Daughters

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…

Editor's Choice 3 October @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm AEST  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…

3 October @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm AEST Monty Python’s Spamalot

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…

3 October @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm AEST And Then There Were None

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…

Editor's Choice 3 October @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm AEST 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…

3 October @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm AEST Brisbane Festival

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…

3 October @ 2:00 pm - 4:20 pm AEST Macbeth

Bell Shakespeare: Macbeth

Brisbane Powerhouse 119 Lamington St, New Farm

Following a bloody battle, Macbeth and his comrade Banquo are met by three Weird Sisters who prophesy Macbeth will one day be king. Unable to shake the thought, Macbeth tells his wife, Lady Macbeth. Driven by an insatiable hunger for power, posterity and certainty, they commit a murder and set…

3 October @ 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm AEST Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)

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…

Editor's Choice 3 October @ 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm AEST 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 &…

3 October @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm AEST Death of A Salesman Adelaide

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…

Featured 3 October @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm AEST UKARIA Chamberfest

UKARIA: Concert Two | Dead Poets Society

Ukaria Cultural Centre 119 Williams Rd, Mt Barker Summit

'‘The storytelling genius of Schubert needs no introduction, and we are blessed to have one of his great native interpreters with Austrian mezzo, Sophie Rennert. Her voice is that of red velvet. The Disappearance of Lisa Gherardini was inspired by the audacious, real-life theft of the Mona Lisa from the…

3 October @ 3:00 pm - 3:50 pm AEST Erth’s Shark Dive: Live on Stage

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…

3 October @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm AEST Windfire Music Festival

Music at the Basilica: Laughter and Tears

St Pauls Anglican Church La Trobe Terrace, Geelong

”I can’t say whether one should laugh or cry. Perhaps both at the same time”, Debussy wrote in a letter about his Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp. This major work was written in the later stages of his life, while he was struggling with terminal cancer during World War…

3 October @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm AEST

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra: YMS 2026 VIC State Academy Concert

Camberwell Grammar School 55 Mont Albert Road, Canterbury

The Young Mannheim Symphonists youth orchestra program is a unique and exciting program offered by the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra, giving secondary and tertiary students and emerging musicians the opportunity to discover the magic of approaching music with historical performance (HIP) style. At the Young Mannheim Symphonists 2026 VIC…

3 October @ 3:45 pm - 4:40 pm AEST Twinky Twinky Little Star

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…

3 October @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm AEST New Annual: Triceratop by Lingua Franca

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…

3 October @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm AEST Triceratop

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…

3 October @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm AEST

The Leading Partnership Pty Ltd: Northern Lands

Sydney Opera House Sydney

Effortlessly blending elements of jazz, Nordic folk lyricism and classical music, the much-awarded Norwegian pianist, Jan Gunnar Hoff, creates spacious soundscapes of intense depth, poetry, and virtuosic brilliance. Appearing for the first time in Australia, Norwegian pianist, composer and band leader, Jan Gunnar Hoff, is one of the leading lights…

3 October @ 6:00 pm - 6:15 pm AEST Brisbane Festival

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…

Featured 3 October @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm AEST UKARIA Chamberfest

UKARIA: Concert Three | Kurtág 100

Ukaria Cultural Centre 119 Williams Rd, Mt Barker Summit

‘Have you ever been to a 100th birthday party? As part of my research for this festival, I attended György Kurtág’s 100th birthday concert in Budapest. The Maestro gets around in a wheelchair these days, but his eyes are crystal clear. “My mother tongue is Bartók,” Kurtág says, “and Bartók’s…

3 October @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm AEST Ode To A Grape

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…

3 October @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm AEST Brisbane Festival

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…

3 October @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm AEST Brisbane Festival

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…

3 October @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm AEST

Melbourne Recital Centre: Sonya Lifschitz – Duet for One

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank

A visually and sonically breathtaking duet across time and place. Duet for One is a collaboration between virtuoso pianist Sonya Lifschitz, composer/media artist Damian Barbeler and pioneering interactive media artist Tim Gruchy. Pairing spectacular imagery of the Australian landscape with Barbeler's colouristic and inventive score, this immersive work is a…

3 October @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm AEST

Arts Centre Melbourne: Gugu Dindi Gunyah

Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank

The river is ever present, never silent. A carrier of memory, lore and connection – holding ancestral knowledge and guiding the journey of return. Kutcha Edwards was born on the banks of the Murrumbidgee. A Mutti Mutti, Yorta Yorta and Nari Nari Songman, he knows this truth better than most:…

3 October @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm AEST Dixon and Daughters

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…

3 October @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm AEST

Andromeda Sax Quartet: Andromeda Sax Quartet | Mass Transit (Sydney)

21 Shepherd 21 Shepherd St, Marrickville

Andromeda Sax Quartet present Mass Transit: a concert of train networks and dreamy commuter voyages. Featuring pianist Catherine Li, Australian composer Sam Wu’s ‘Mass Transit’ finds the romantic in commuter voyages, with a tribute to Shanghai’s sprawling metro network. Night Music is Emma O’Halloran’s impressions of Miami after dark, while…

3 October @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm AEST Pekka Kuusisto – Legends & Luminaries

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Pekka Kuusisto – Legends & Luminaries

City Recital Hall Sydney

Pekka Kuusisto returns to the ACO after nearly a decade to direct music from four prodigious talents. Kuusisto is an artist unbound by convention, who embodies an artistic freedom that is unexpected and thrilling. As a renowned virtuoso and boundary-crossing composer, he pushes the limits of performance into exciting new…

3 October @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm ACST

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Waltjapiti Tjungu (Together, One Family)

Grainger Studio Adelaide

In a celebration of culture, voice and innovation, the ASO presents the first performances of three groundbreaking new works curated by the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music (CASM) and Soundstream New Music. Each piece is a unique act of musical storytelling, interweaving cultural heritage with contemporary forms such as…

3 October @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm AEST Strong Is The New Pretty

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…

3 October @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm AEST

Sydney Opera House: Moorambilla Voices

Sydney Opera House Sydney

Join us for a stunning evening of song, dance and Taiko as Moorambilla Voices perform The Power of Possibilities. This landmark program celebrates 21 years of artistic and cultural collaboration. Witness more than 400 young voices representing 81 communities across regional NSW perform works that capture the energy and grace…

3 October @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm AEST Cirque Alice

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,…

3 October @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm AEST The Heroines

National Opera: The Heroines

The Street Theatre 15 Childers St, Canberra

National Opera’s Heroines is a bold new project celebrating the power and depth of opera’s most unforgettable women. Drawing on repertoire from across the operatic landscape, the production presents a carefully curated sequence of fully staged scenes that highlight the resilience, defiance, and sacrifice of these iconic characters. From queens…

3 October @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm AEST

The Clocktower Centre: Dust

The Clocktower Centre 750 Mount Alexander Road, Moonee Ponds

England 2020 Pinderfields Hospital Lock-down 2.20AM A man fights with each breath to make it home to Dot. In his isolated, morphine-fuelled delirium, we witness a frail man reliving his fragmented past: a boxer, a soldier, a boilermaker, and a miner, dancing around the ring with Lady Luck as he…

3 October @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm AEST A Room with a View

Belvoir St Theatre: A Room with a View

Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney

E. M. Forster’s 1908 novel has been adapted for stage and screen many times over the years. Merchant Ivory famously turned it into a 1985 film starring Helena Bonham Carter. Now comes a new stage version by Grace Chapple. Lucy Honeychurch could follow the path set out for her. But…

3 October @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm AEST SYNAPSE @ Backbone Festival

Backbone Festival: SYNAPSE

Ron Hurley Theatre 28 Tallowwood St, Seven Hills

What is happening to our brains? SYNAPSE explores the impacts of all the things our brain wasn’t designed to handle and digital overstimulation. Live musicians and dancers attempt to grapple with ecosystem collapse, mass data, algorithmic ubiquity, and the anxieties of our digital ‘Age of Enlightenment’, and what gets spat…

3 October @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm AEST

Castiglione Arts & Culture: Naruto: The Symphonic Experience

ICC Sydney 14 Darling Drive, Sydney

NARUTO: The Symphonic Experience makes its Australian premiere at the Darling Harbour Theatre in Sydney! This spectacular live concert brings the legendary anime to life on stage, combining a giant cinema screen with the power of Australia’s leading musicians performing live.

Editor's Choice 3 October @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm AEST 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…

3 October @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm AEST The Elevator

Ensemble Theatre: The Elevator

Ensemble Theatre Sydney

Ensemble Theatre presents the world premiere of ‘The Elevator’ by Eloise Snape, a sharp, funny and fearless new Australian comedy, from 18 September - 18 October 2026. Starring Leeanna Walsman making her Ensemble debut and directed by Anthea Williams, ‘The Elevator’ is a no-fluff office satire filled with a whirlwind…

Editor's Choice 3 October @ 7:30 pm - 9:20 pm AEST 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 3 October @ 7:30 pm - 9:20 pm AEST 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 3 October @ 7:30 pm - 9:20 pm AEST 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,…

3 October @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm AEST

Redland Perfomance Arts Centre: Vika and Linda – Where Do You Come From?

RPAC Concert Hall

Vika & Linda are two of Australia’s most celebrated and enduring voices. They have captivated Australian audiences for over 35 years with their powerful harmonies and magnetic stage presence. From their Tongan roots singing in church to global tours with The Black Sorrows, the sisters have released nine studio albums,…

Editor's Choice 3 October @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm AEST 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…

3 October @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm AEST The Music of Elton

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: The Music of Elton

Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank

40 years ago, Elton John invited the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra to accompany him on a national orchestral tour. Now the MSO pays tribute to the musical icon in these Australian-exclusive concerts. Recognised as one of the most successful artists in music history with more than 300 million records sold, Sir…

3 October @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm AEST Monty Python’s Spamalot

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…

3 October @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm AEST And Then There Were None

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…

3 October @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm ACST Elder After Hours

Elder Conservatorium: Across the Centuries

Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide

Fresh from winning two Championship Trophies at the World Choir Games in Auckland, a sold-out Adelaide Cabaret Festival performance at the Dunstan Playhouse, and headline appearances at South Korea's Youngnak International Sacred Choral Festival and Gyeongnam International Choral Festival, Festival Statesmen present a diverse program showcasing male voice a cappella…

Editor's Choice 3 October @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm AEST 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…

3 October @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm AEST Bach’s Trauerode BWV 198

Canberra Bach Ensemble: Bach’s Trauerode BWV 198

St Christopher's Cathedral, Forrest Corner of Canberra Avenue and, Furneaux St,, Forrest

Bach’s 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑢𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑒 BWV 198 is one of his most extraordinary creations: music of profound tenderness, solemnity and luminous beauty, written in memory of Christiane Eberhardine, Electress of Saxony. Its distinctive colours — including transverse flutes, oboes d’amore, violas da gamba and lutes — create a sound-world of elegance and spendour.

3 October @ 7:30 pm - 9:50 pm AEST Macbeth

Bell Shakespeare: Macbeth

Brisbane Powerhouse 119 Lamington St, New Farm

Following a bloody battle, Macbeth and his comrade Banquo are met by three Weird Sisters who prophesy Macbeth will one day be king. Unable to shake the thought, Macbeth tells his wife, Lady Macbeth. Driven by an insatiable hunger for power, posterity and certainty, they commit a murder and set…

3 October @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm AEST Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)

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…

Editor's Choice 3 October @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm AEST 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 &…

3 October @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm AEST Captain Corelli’s Mandolin

Genesian Theatre Company: Captain Corelli’s Mandolin

On a sun-drenched Greek island during World War II, the lives of villagers are forever altered by the arrival of occupying forces – and the unlikely romance that blossoms between a spirited local woman and an Italian officer. Sweeping, lyrical and achingly beautiful, this adaptation of Louis de Bernieres’ beloved…

Editor's Choice 3 October @ 7:30 pm - 10:10 pm AEST 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…

3 October @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm AEST Death of A Salesman Adelaide

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…

3 October @ 7:30 pm - 12 October @ 9:30 pm AEST Log Boy

State Theatre Company South Australia: Log Boy

Adelaide College of the Arts Light Square, Adelaide

A deliriously dark, heart-stabbing, and hilarious queer ghost story about love, grief, and the demons we can’t quite exorcise — especially the leather-clad ones. After the death of his fiancé, Anthony retreats to their country house to grieve, only to be haunted — literally and figuratively — by loss, lust,…

3 October @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm AEST Melancholia

Studio Stocks: Melancholia

Chapel off Chapel 12 Little Chapel Street, Prahran

Following its celebrated premiere season, Studio Stocks’ Melancholia returns to the stage in a powerful exploration of grief, resilience and hope. Created by Melbourne’s contemporary tap dance company Studio Stocks and directed by acclaimed tap artist Garry Stocks, Melancholia pushes the boundaries of percussive dance, weaving contemporary movement with a…

3 October @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm AEST New Annual: Triceratop by Lingua Franca

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…

3 October @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm AEST Triceratop

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…

3 October @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm AEST

The Art House, Wyong: The Gospel According to Paul

The Art House 19/21 Margaret St, Wyong NSW 2259 19/21 Margaret Street, Wyong

The sermon on the mount returns to our stages for a victory lap as Jonathan Biggins – co-creator and star of The Wharf Revue and one of Australia’s favourite comic actors – transforms into the visionary, reformer and rabble-rouser, Paul Keating. Exploring the former PM’s landmark political achievements and personal obsessions, The Gospel…

3 October @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm AEST

QPAC: Radiohead for Solo Piano: Live AV Set

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank

Master of improvisation, Berlin-based Australian pianist Josh Cohen takes on legendary rock band Radiohead in this live show of idiosyncratic covers from the group’s famous back catalogue – interpretations that have gone viral on YouTube with more than ten million views and counting. Performing against a custom-built visual installation, the visuals are performed and…

3 October @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm AEST Return of the Godz

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…

3 October @ 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm AEST HEMINGWAY @ Backbone Festival

Backbone Festival: HEMINGWAY

Ron Hurley Theatre 28 Tallowwood St, Seven Hills

“He had so many sides to him. He defied geometry.” It’s 1926. Ernest Hemingway has just published his breakthrough novel The Sun Also Rises. And yet Hemingway is coming home to an empty apartment in an abandoned sawmill. Drunk and broke, divorcing his first love and marrying the ‘other woman’,…

3 October @ 9:00 pm - 10:30 pm AEST SLUGS

Melbourne Fringe: SLUGS

Meat Market Stables 2 Wreckyn St, North Melbourne

It’s about nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing. We promise. An electro-punk concert, a play, a clown show, and a basement puppet nightmare all rolled into one from award-winning performance/comedy duo Creepy Boys (S.E. Grummett & Sam Kruger). Join us for a technocolour acid trip where you’ll meet…

3 October @ 9:30 pm - 10:25 pm AEST Twinky Twinky Little Star

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…