10 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…

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 @ 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,…

8 October @ 7:30 pm - 17 October @ 8:30 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,…

9 October @ 7:30 pm - 18 October @ 8:30 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,…

10 October @ 7:45 am - 9:00 pm AEDT Stocktake at Belvoir 25A

Belvoir St Theatre: Stocktake at Belvoir 25A

Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney

Every day is your first day. Every night is Stocktake. It’s Stocktake night at The Store, and Teamies Ash, Jess, Fin, and Heidi are just doing their best to complete the tasks, get customers like Karen out on time, and collect their paychecks. But as the night wears on and…

10 October @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm AEDT Festival of Magic & Illusion

Tom Weil: Festival of Magic & Illusion

The Regent Theatre 145 Windsor Street,, Richmond,

Sydney is about to experience four days of wonder, laughter and the impossible. The Sydney Festival of Magic & Illusion takes over the historic Regent Theatre Richmond, bringing together some of Australia’s finest magicians, mind readers and illusionists for 20+ live shows under one roof. Discover intimate close-up magic performed…

10 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:…

Featured 10 October @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am AEDT Port Fairy Spring Music Festival

Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: The Sounds of Chow Gar

Reardon Theatre 35 Bank St, Port Fairy

Kung Fu in rhythmic technicolour Presented by electronic/acoustic duo Shugorei, The Sounds of Chow Gar is an epic cinematic portrayal of traditional Chinese solo kung fu forms, set to original music for percussion, strings and electronics. The film is accompanied by musicians live on stage, matching the practitioners’ movements and…

Featured 10 October @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am AEDT Port Fairy Spring Music Festival

Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Phrygian Gates

Lecture Hall, Port Fairy Sackville Street, Port Fairy

Raineri in recital Hailed by Limelight as “a visionary prophet of the keys”, Alex Raineri is internationally regarded as one of this country’s leading musicians, returning to Port Fairy with a blockbuster recital program of 20th-century gems. We leap from the starting blocks into the unstoppable and ever-shifting Phrygian Gates…

10 October @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am ACST

Darwin Symphony Orchestra: Palmerston Family Proms

Palmerston Recreation Centre 11 The Blvd, Palmerston City

Get ready for a morning of musical wonder and joy as the full orchestra takes the stage for a vibrant, family-friendly concert designed especially for children! Whether you’re introducing your little ones to the orchestra for the very first time or continuing a beloved tradition, the Family Proms offers a…

10 October @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm ACST

Darwin Symphony Orchestra: Palmerston Family Proms

Palmerston Recreation Centre 11 The Blvd, Palmerston City

Whether you’re introducing your little ones to the orchestra for the very first time or continuing a beloved tradition, the Family Proms offers a relaxed and joyful setting to experience the wonder of live music together in the heart of Palmerston. From timeless tunes to toe-tapping rhythms, our talented musicians…

10 October @ 10:00 am - 1:30 pm AEDT Where is the Green Sheep?

Riverside Theatres: Where is the Green Sheep?

Riverside Theatres, Parramatta Parramatta

The million-copy bestseller Winner of the CBCA Book of the Year – Early Childhood Where is the Green Sheep? is an immersive visual theatre experience based on the beloved children’s book by Mem Fox and Judy Horacek. We meet Blue Sheep who loves blue flowers and Red Sheep who loves…

10 October @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm AEDT Sculptures in the Garden

Kay Norton-Knight, Rosby Wines and Gallery: Sculptures in the Garden

Rosby Wines and Gallery 122 Strikes Lane, Eurunderee, Mudgee

Spend a day among more than 300 sculptures in the stunning spring gardens of Rosby Wines & Gallery, Mudgee. Regional NSW’s largest outdoor sculpture exhibition brings together artists from across Australia, with live music, great food and wine, workshops, and something for the whole family. This year, don’t miss My…

10 October @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm AWST The Lester Prize for Portraiture 2026 Main Awards Exhibition

The Lester Prize: The Lester Prize for Portraiture 2026 Main Awards Exhibition

WA Museum Boola Bardip Perth Cultural Centre, Perth

Discover the remarkable diversity of contemporary Australian portraiture at The Lester Prize for Portraiture 2026 Main Awards, presented at WA Museum Boola Bardip. Selected from a record-breaking 1,177 entries, the exhibition brings together 40 finalist artists from across Australia, each offering a distinctive interpretation of portraiture, identity and the human…

10 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…

10 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:…

10 October @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm AWST

: The Aussie Carnival of the Animals

State library of Western Australia 25 Francis Street, Perth

Join us for a delightful musical adventure where Australia's unique wildlife springs to life through storytelling, imagination and live music. Created especially for young audiences and their families, The Aussie Carnival of the Animals is a playful and interactive concert experience that celebrates the creatures of the Australian bush. Through…

10 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…

10 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…

Featured 10 October @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm AEDT Port Fairy Spring Music Festival

Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Supernatural

Reardon Theatre 35 Bank St, Port Fairy

Stefan and Stephen We revel in the monumental sound of two spellbinding pianos and their master conjurers, in an exquisite all-French program invoking the spiritual, the enchanted, the mythical, and the delirious. Past and present Festival directors Stephen and Stefan pool their pianistic talents in this celebration of poetic power.…

Featured 10 October @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm AEDT Port Fairy Spring Music Festival

Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Radical Renaissance

St John's Church 21 Regent Street, Port Fairy

Recorder revolution Trailblazing Melbourne-based quartet The Recorder Co-op are recognised as national leaders in the envisioning of future directions for the recorder in Australia — its instruments and its music — championing Renaissance and contemporary repertoire, including newly commissioned Australian work, which they perform on a matched set of consort…

Featured 10 October @ 12:45 pm - 1:30 pm AEDT Port Fairy Spring Music Festival

Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Food, Glorious Food

The Star Of The West Hotel, Port Fairy 76 Sackville Street, Port Fairy

A feast for the ears Sit back and relax for this luscious luncheon of iconic and beloved show tunes from the Golden Years of Hollywood. Discovered by our Festival Co-Artistic Directors in the spectacular 2019 Holiday Actors and Warrnambool Theatre Company production of Les Misérables, Demby McKenzie is a Musical…

Featured 10 October @ 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm AEDT Port Fairy Spring Music Festival

Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Vocal Masterclass with Demot Tutty

Port Fairy Consolidated School Hall Albert Street, Port Fairy

Come along and watch Festival artists present masterclasses throughout the weekend. South West Victorian music students are invited to sign up for this opportunity to work closely with renowned musicians in a relaxed and friendly setting. Festival Friends and visitors welcome. Presented with the generous support of Moyne Shire, and…

Editor's Choice 10 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…

10 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,…

10 October @ 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm AEDT OUR DOG COMET @ Backbone Festival

Backbone Festival: OUR DOG COMET

Ron Hurley Theatre 28 Tallowwood St, Seven Hills

It’s 1986. Five BMX bikers find a lost dog on their track, but this puppy is more than far from home. Our Dog Comet is an 80’s movie on stage, parodying the classic ‘all-boys, kids on bikes, riding around chasing adventure’ trope, except with a cast of witty girls- oh,…

Editor's Choice 10 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,…

10 October @ 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm AEDT The Sleeping Beauty

The Stuttgart Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty

Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne

Performing in Australia for the first time in decades, Germany’s premier ballet company, The Stuttgart Ballet, brings Marcia Haydée’s The Sleeping Beauty exclusively to Melbourne, by special invitation from The Australian Ballet. Proving that dreams do come true, guest company The Stuttgart Ballet bring The Sleeping Beauty to Melbourne. At the Regent…

Editor's Choice 10 October @ 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm AEDT 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…

10 October @ 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm AEDT The Unfriend

Sydney Theatre Company: The Unfriend

Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney

Comedic genius Helen Thomson (Colin from Accounts, The Importance of Being Earnest) is back on board at Sydney Theatre Company to challenge everything you thought you knew about good manners. Directed by the legendary Simon Phillips (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Priscilla: Queen of the Desert), The Unfriend is the stage debut of Steven…

10 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…

Editor's Choice 10 October @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm AEDT 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…

Featured 10 October @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm AEDT Port Fairy Spring Music Festival

Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: GK: Rise of Greatness

Reardon Theatre 35 Bank St, Port Fairy

High-octane album launch Grace Kenny, also known as GK or Greatness Known, is a spoken word poet, hip hop artist and performer from South West Victoria. Sharing her stories through song from before she could talk, Grace finds inspiration in emotion. There’s an undeniable magnetism that draws audiences to GK…

Featured 10 October @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm AEDT Port Fairy Spring Music Festival

Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Journey Music

St John's Church 21 Regent Street, Port Fairy

Aunty Delmae & William Barton William Barton is Australia’s leading virtuoso didgeridoo player — a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and composer acclaimed for his signature fusion of First Nations music with newer music traditions from around the world. He collaborates with major orchestras internationally, and represents Australia at historic events. His music,…

Featured 10 October @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm AEDT Port Fairy Spring Music Festival

Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Wonderwinds

Fiddler's Green Port Fairy Village Green, 13 Bank Street, Port Fairy

A breath of fresh air Join us on Fiddler’s Green for a free concert presented by South West Victoria’s very own open recorder consort — The Blow-Ins. Founded in 2023, this flourishing Warrnambool-based ensemble welcomes musicians of all ages and all stages of development as recorder players. Guided by their…

Featured 10 October @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm AEDT Port Fairy Spring Music Festival

Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Last Flight to Mars

Lecture Hall, Port Fairy Sackville Street, Port Fairy

Walker premieres Tognetti Internationally renowned flautist Sally Walker is a multiple-prize-winning soloist and orchestral musician, with an extensive repertoire ranging from early music to works composed especially for her. In between concerto appearances nationally and around the world, she has toured and recorded with the Berlin Philharmonic and Leipzig Gewandhaus…

10 October @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm AEDT opera’s bad girl: anna bishop, the world’s first daringly defiant diva

Canta Viva: Opera’s bad girl: Anna Bishop, the world’s first daringly defiant diva

MC Showroom Level 1, 48 Clifton Street, Prahran

Scandal, seduction, shipwreck and song. Original diva Anna Bishop, a daring contemporary of Queen Victoria, shattered expectations and redefined independence when she left her famous composer husband to forge her own artistic path. Bravely defying social norms of the time, and forced to leave her beloved children behind, she toured…

10 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…

Editor's Choice 10 October @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm AEDT 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…

10 October @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm AEDT Ying Fang sings Songs of the Auvergne

Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Ying Fang sings Songs of the Auvergne

Sydney Opera House Sydney

Drawn from centuries-old folk melodies from the Auvergne region of France and sung in a local dialect, these 27 songs seem to emerge from the land itself, telling stories of shepherds, rivers and the slow rhythm of rural life, ‘rich with nostalgia and summer light’ (ABC Classic). Following her acclaimed…

Editor's Choice 10 October @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm AEDT The Spare Room

Victorian Opera: The Spare Room

Arts Centre Melbourne - Playhouse

In composer Jane Hammond and librettist Therèsa Borg’s adaptation of Helen Garner’s acclaimed novel, Helen has offered her spare room to her friend Nicola, who is coming to Melbourne for an unconventional treatment that she believes will cure her cancer. Over three weeks, Helen becomes nurse, judge and guardian angel…

10 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 10 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…

10 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 10 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 &…

10 October @ 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm ACDT & Juliet

Elder Conservatorium Music Theatre: & Juliet

Scott Theatre, University of Adelaide Enter off Gate 14, Kintore Ave, Adelaide

Presented by the 2026 Graduating Class and second year students of Elder Conservatorium Music Theatre & Juliet flips the script on one of the world’s most famous love stories and asks the question, “What if Juliet chose her own ending?” This vibrant, hilarious musical follows Juliet as she refuses to…

Editor's Choice 10 October @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 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…

10 October @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm AEDT Windfire Music Festival

Music at the Basilica: Sweet And Low – The Vocal Consort of the Australian Boys Choral Institute

Basilica of St Mary of the Angels Yarra Street, Geelong

Vibrant voices come together in this spellbinding performance as part of this year's Geelong Windfire Music Festival. In this stunning a cappella outing, The Vocal Consort returns to St Mary's Basilica as they perform a dazzling array of classical and contemporary repertoire. Originally formed in 1984 to complement the work…

10 October @ 3:00 pm - 4:15 pm AEDT

Bundanon: Australian Guitar Quartet

Boyd Education Centre, Bundanon 170 Riversdale Rd, Illaroo

Experience classical guitar and contemporary flair from four of Australia’s leading guitarists: Leonard Grigoryan, Andrew Blanch, Slava Grigoryan and Vladimir Gorbach. Each renowned for their exemplary skill and genre-defying performances, this ensemble celebrates both tradition and innovation. The program encompasses sultry tangos by Argentinian classical architect of the form, Astor…

10 October @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm AEDT A DROP TOO MANY @ Backbone Festival

Backbone Festival: A DROP TOO MANY

Ron Hurley Theatre 28 Tallowwood St, Seven Hills

From cracked, dusty earth to rising inland seas, A Drop Too Many dives headfirst into the ebbs and flows of droughts and floods in Australia. Created out of admiration for local communities banding together in the face of adversity, A Drop Too Many uses visual and physical theatre to unravel…

Featured 10 October @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm AEDT Port Fairy Spring Music Festival

Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: A.WAKE

Lecture Hall, Port Fairy Sackville Street, Port Fairy

Multi-tracked mastery Award-winning composer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Ade Vincent draws on classical, pop, and electronic traditions, blending genres with intricate, detailed production. His album A.WAKE, written and recorded over two years for release in 2027, was shaped by an upright piano passed from Vincent’s grandfather to his father, and…

10 October @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm AEDT Earth Emotions

Bowerbird Collective: Earth Emotions

Art Gallery of South Australia Adelaide

Earth Emotions combines a moving program of music with spoken word to reveal a path to reconnection with nature, instilling hope for a better future. Featuring incredible compositions performed by the Bowerbird Collective, with Simone Slattery on violin and Anthony Albrecht on cello, with narration by environmental philosopher, Professor Glenn Albrecht.…

Featured 10 October @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm AEDT Port Fairy Spring Music Festival

Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: The edge of forever

Reardon Theatre 35 Bank St, Port Fairy

Visions of eternity The acclaimed Darlington Quartet join forces with Festival Co-Director Stefan Cassomenos in a quest to the borderless reaches of time and space. The journey begins with Beethoven’s world-changing Sonata in C-sharp minor, subtitled “Quasi una fantasia” — almost a fantasy — now universally revered as his Moonlight…

Featured 10 October @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm AEDT Port Fairy Spring Music Festival

Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Swipe Right

The Star Of The West Hotel, Port Fairy 76 Sackville Street, Port Fairy

A Jukebox Opera The exuberant T-Shirt Opera return with their brand new production Swipe Right: A Jukebox Opera, featuring a stellar line-up of Melbourne’s up-and-coming opera performers. Set against the bustling backdrop of modern-day Melbourne is a funny, heartfelt, and gloriously dramatic new opera about love in the age of…

10 October @ 3:30 pm - 11 October @ 5:30 pm ACDT Dave McEvoy Trio – Live (Art for Takayna)

immersive light and art: Dave McEvoy Trio – Live (Art for Takayna)

Immersive Light and Art 63 Light Square, Adelaide

Dave McEvoy performs live in the ILA Studio with Lauren Henderson and Tasha Stevens. Dave McEvoy took a grand piano into the Australia’s largest temperate rainforest in Tasmania as part of Bob Brown Foundation’s annual Art For Takayna artists’ residency. Improvising with the ancient forest at dawn, he felt a…

10 October @ 4:10 pm - 5:10 pm AEST Sydney Fringe Festival: Typo

Clockwork Circus: Typo – Sydney Fringe Festival

Fool's Paradise - The Entertainment Quarter 122 Lang Road, Moore Park

From their stand-out success at the Canberra Circus Festival, Clockwork Circus is bringing Typo to Sydney Fringe! A contemporary circus show for all ages, Typo is an homage to the joys of being creative and the satisfaction of seeing a dream through to the end. The mind of the writer…

10 October @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm AEDT Sam King – Tricks & Stuff

Samuel King: Sam King – Tricks and Stuff

The Regent Theatre 145 Windsor Street,, Richmond,

Sam King, 2x Winner of “Best Magic” at the Adelaide Fringe. Runner-up in RAW Comedy and So You Think You’re Funny and winner of the Australian Street Entertainment Championship, is bringing his strange creations to the Regent Theatre, Sydney. Tricks and Stuff is magic gone slightly sideways. An hour of…

10 October @ 4:45 pm - 5:45 pm AEDT

Coruscalia Collective: When Birds Do Sing

Nailsworth Community Hall 31 D'Erlanger Ave, Collinswood, Adelaide

Adelaide flute ensemble Coruscalia Collective celebrates a diversity of birdsong in this concert of music from the Baroque era to the 21st Century. The program includes music by Antonín Dvořák, Camille Saint-Saëns and Nicole Chamberlain, as well as Coruscalia Collective's own composition inspired by South Australian birds.

10 October @ 5:00 pm - 6:15 pm AEDT Islander

Australian Theatre for Young People: Islander

Pier 2/3, Suite 2/13A Hickson Rd Pier 2/3, Suite 2/13A Hickson Rd, Dawes Point

New friends, ancient fractures, one mystical adventure. Eilidh lives on an island. Adrift and with one eye on the horizon, she is aimless. It seems every day someone is leaving for the mainland, even her own mother. And then a whale washes up on the shore, followed soon after by…

10 October @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm AEDT BRING A VERY BIG NET @ Backbone Festival

Backbone Festival: BRING A VERY BIG NET

Ron Hurley Theatre 28 Tallowwood St, Seven Hills

Four strangers embark on an expedition to catch Australia’s Bigfoot, the Yowie. Well, that’s why Leah, Yowie Hunting Society president, is there. Julian’s there to track the hike on Strava. Alice doesn’t really get this…stuff; she’s just in her whimsy-maxxing era. And Charlie is the council-mandated park guide. She’d rather…

Featured 10 October @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm AEDT Port Fairy Spring Music Festival

Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Supersonics

Lecture Hall, Port Fairy Sackville Street, Port Fairy

Stars of the South West “Music will save the world – you are a musician, and you must use your art to bring peace and understanding to the world.” — Pablo Casals Experience the brightest and best young performers of the South West as they break the sound barrier in…

Featured 10 October @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm AEDT Port Fairy Spring Music Festival

Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Piano Masterclass with Alex Raineri

The Star Of The West Hotel, Port Fairy 76 Sackville Street, Port Fairy

Come along and watch Festival artists present masterclasses throughout the weekend. South West Victorian music students are invited to sign up for this opportunity to work closely with renowned musicians in a relaxed and friendly setting. Festival Friends and visitors welcome. Presented with the generous support of Moyne Shire, and…

10 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…

10 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…

10 October @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm AEDT

Bespoke Magic: Magic for Adults – But Not Necessarily Grown-ups!!

The Regent Theatre 145 Windsor Street,, Richmond,

Prepare to be engaged, intrigued, and transported through a unique combination of world-class magic and captivating stories of con men, conjurors, and ghosts. (Will the Regent Theatre’s famous ghost make an appearance?) Step back in time to the elegant salons of 19th-century Europe. For over a decade, Bruce Glen has…

10 October @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm AEDT Featherbrained (Melbourne Fringe)

Melbourne Fringe Festival: Featherbrained

The Motley Bauhaus 118 Elgin St, Carlton

New Zealand comedian Oliver Pol is a silly goose. It's been a turbulent time in his life, having quit drinking, been through a very personal medical situation about which he'll happily massively overshare. Also he maybe wants to grow a moustache? Enter the mind of a certified overthinker and marvel…

10 October @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm AEDT The Manager Is Me

Little Train Creative: The Manager Is Me

The Motley WhereHaus 432 Queen Street, Melbourne

A hilarious meltdown about invisible labour and losing your shit in a really organised way Blood type: CBF. Sex life: On Afterpay. The Situation: Three kids, one husband, minutes before school drop-off, and a woman in absolute command of her own collapse. The Manager Is Me is a fierce, hilarious…

10 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…

10 October @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm AEDT

Sanchaara: Ānanda – Dance of Joy

SunPAC 470 McCullough St Sunnybank, QLD

Sanchaara, an emerging Brisbane initiative bringing South Asian art to new stages and audiences, presents Ānanda: Dance of Joy (pronounced aa-nun-dah) at SunPAC this October, featuring internationally acclaimed Bharathanatyam dancer Christopher Gurusamy. Ānanda, meaning joy, is explored through Christopher's relationship with dance, as for him, dance is a path to…

10 October @ 6:20 pm - 7:20 pm AEDT FU*K! I Killed The Director

Melbourne Fringe Festival: FU*K! I Killed The Director

The Motley WhereHaus 432 Queen Street, Melbourne

Blood-splattered silks, taut hairnets and two actors performing Romeo and Juliet moments after killing their director. Accidentally. DO NOT expect tap-dancing, a murder weapon, 39 mimed caged doves, silk underwear or an antigravity machine. This is a very traditional performance of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet. Kinda... Warnings: Flashing lights, simulated…

10 October @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm AEDT

Victorian State Ballet: The Nutcracker 2026

Frankston Arts Centre 27-37 Davey Street, Frankston

The Nutcracker is a timeless, world-famous classical ballet and a cherished highlight of the festive season—adventurous, magical, enchanting and utterly delightful for audiences of all ages. Join Clara at her Christmas party as her enchanted Nutcracker transforms into a prince and whisks her away to a wondrous magical land. Be captivated…

10 October @ 6:45 pm - 7:45 pm AEDT Roisin McAlinden – Fairytale: Ending

5 Foot Entertainment: Roisin McAlinden – Fairytale: Ending

Bard's Apothecary Shop 7, 24 Crossley Street, Melbourne

A funny feminist anti-fairytale. If you’ve come here looking for happily ever after, you’ve come to the wrong place. Fairytales turned Roisin into a damsel in distress. This is her revenge. 'Like catching up with a brutally honest, very funny friend' ★★★★★ - On The House A rallying cry to…

10 October @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm AEDT Too

Tip Toe Theatre: Too

The MC Showroom l1/50 Clifton Street, Prahran

Someone is having their laser hair removal paid for by their mother. Another yearns for top surgery. A person drives a tire pump through their foot. Written by Bronte Lemaire, ‘Too’ is a verbatim play created from the real stories and thoughts from the non-binary community. Physicalised by a skilled…

10 October @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm AEDT THE RATTURE! @ Backbone Festival

Backbone Festival: THE RATTURE!

Ron Hurley Theatre 28 Tallowwood St, Seven Hills

The Ratture! is a new dark comedy about two dingy roommates in an even dingier sewer apartment. Meth and Barf are just trying to survive on dwindling rations, keep the chore chart intact, and ignore the increasingly ominous signs coming from above, until a message from the Grate compels them…

10 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,…

10 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…

10 October @ 7:30 pm - 8:50 pm AEDT SIX The Musical

Theatre Royal: SIX The Musical

Theatre Royal

THE QUEENS ARE BACK! LIVE ON STAGE! The global smash-hit phenomenon SIX the Musical is making its royal stage return to Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane from July 2026. From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anna of Cleves, Katherine Howard and Catherine Parr are ready to…

10 October @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm AEDT Face To Face

Mockingbird Theatre Company: Face To Face

Belconnen Arts Centre 118 Emu Bank, Belconnen

In this story of rivalry and alliances with secrets bubbling away just beneath the surface, we followed Glen, a young construction worker who rams into the back of his boss’s prized Mercedes in a fit of anger after being sacked. Instead of heading straight to court, he is given the…

Editor's Choice 10 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…

10 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…

10 October @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm AEDT Cruise

Seymour Centre: Cruise

Seymour Centre Chippendale

Following its sold-out, five-star Australian premiere, Seymour and Fruit Box Theatre will join forces to return the acclaimed Cruise by Jack Holden to Sydney. This electrifying celebration of queer nightlife and a powerful tribute to a generation lost to the AIDS crisis, will run at the Seymour from 9th –…

10 October @ 7:30 pm - 9:15 pm AEDT

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Christian Li plays Brahms

Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank

MSO Young Artist in Association Christian Li returns to Melbourne to perform Brahms’ riveting Violin Concerto, the perfect showcase for our homegrown virtuoso. Our former Assistant Conductor Tianyi Lu is another familiar face in this exciting event. The Chinese-born New Zealand conductor has worked with orchestras across the globe, and…

Editor's Choice 10 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 10 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 10 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,…

10 October @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm AEDT Pekka Kuusisto – Legends & Luminaries

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Pekka Kuusisto – Legends & Luminaries

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank

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…

10 October @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm AEDT The Sleeping Beauty

The Stuttgart Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty

Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne

Performing in Australia for the first time in decades, Germany’s premier ballet company, The Stuttgart Ballet, brings Marcia Haydée’s The Sleeping Beauty exclusively to Melbourne, by special invitation from The Australian Ballet. Proving that dreams do come true, guest company The Stuttgart Ballet bring The Sleeping Beauty to Melbourne. At the Regent…

Editor's Choice 10 October @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm AEDT The Spare Room

Victorian Opera: The Spare Room

Arts Centre Melbourne - Playhouse

In composer Jane Hammond and librettist Therèsa Borg’s adaptation of Helen Garner’s acclaimed novel, Helen has offered her spare room to her friend Nicola, who is coming to Melbourne for an unconventional treatment that she believes will cure her cancer. Over three weeks, Helen becomes nurse, judge and guardian angel…

Editor's Choice 10 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…

10 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…

Editor's Choice 10 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…

10 October @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm AEDT

Melbourne Baroque Orchestra: Lully and De Lalande at Versailles

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Middle Park 210-218 Richardson St, Middle Park

Directed by the much-acclaimed Michael Fulcher, MBO and PV will present two astonishingly beautiful and rarely heard motets created by Jean-Baptiste Lully and Michel-Richard De Lalande for the great occasions of court life at Versailles. The orchestra, bursting with the exquisite sonorities of winds, violas (six of them), gamba, and…

10 October @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm AEDT CLOUD BANK @ Backbone Festival

Backbone Festival: CLOUD BANK

Seven Hills Hub 28 Tallowwood St, Seven Hills QLD 4170, Brisbane

Cloud Bank is at once both a lighting installation of a lightning storm inside a room and a bespoke venue to house new visual works for Young Audiences. Cloud Bank is a place of sanctuary, a store of wonder, and a repository of dreams; somewhere my armour falls off, and…

10 October @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm AEDT Blackadder Live on Stage!

Harbour Theatre: Blackadder Live on Stage!

Harbour Theatre 16 Lochee Street, Mosman Park

Harbour Theatre brings the second series of the classic British comedy Blackadder to life at Camelot in Mosman Park this October. Join Edmund Blackadder, Queenie, Baldrick and Sir Percy in two favourite episodes set in Elizabethan England. In Potato, Blackadder’s attempt to outdo Sir Walter Raleigh at sea goes disastrously…

10 October @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm AEDT

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven’s Triumph of the Spirit

Federation Concert Hall Hobart

We're joined by the TSO Chorus, star vocal soloists and a familiar face on the podium for this concert that begins and ends with Beethoven. Leonore Overture No 3, written for the 1806 version of Beethoven’s one and only opera, Fidelio, features an off-stage trumpet and furious strings. Beethoven’s Mass…

10 October @ 7:30 pm - 9:50 pm AEDT We Are The Tigers

Cheers Productions: We Are The Tigers

Hayes Theatre Co 19 Greenknowe Avenue, Elizabeth Bay

It’s the annual sleepover of the Giles Corey High Cheerleading Squad, and team captain Riley is determined to lead her squad to redemption after last year’s spectacular flop. But what starts as a night of pizza and team bonding in the basement quickly spirals into chaos — there’s a killer…

10 October @ 7:30 pm - 9:50 pm AEDT Young Frankenstein

Theatre Works: Young Frankenstein

Theatre Works St Kilda

From the outrageous mind of Mel Brooks comes Young Frankenstein, the gloriously silly, lightning-powered musical comedy that celebrates everything wonderfully ridiculous about classic horror and big Broadway spectacle. When the impeccably serious Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (…that’s “Fronk-en-steen,” if you please) inherits his family’s eerie Transylvanian estate, he is determined to…

10 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 10 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 &…

10 October @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm ACST Macbeth

Bell Shakespeare: Macbeth

Araluen Arts Centre 61 Larapinta Dr, Araluen

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…

10 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…

10 October @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm ACDT & Juliet

Elder Conservatorium Music Theatre: & Juliet

Scott Theatre, University of Adelaide Enter off Gate 14, Kintore Ave, Adelaide

Presented by the 2026 Graduating Class and second year students of Elder Conservatorium Music Theatre & Juliet flips the script on one of the world’s most famous love stories and asks the question, “What if Juliet chose her own ending?” This vibrant, hilarious musical follows Juliet as she refuses to…

10 October @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm AEDT

Melbourne Baroque Orchestra: Lully and De Lalande at Versailles

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Middle Park 210-218 Richardson St, Middle Park

Directed by the much-acclaimed Michael Fulcher, MBO and PV will present two astonishingly beautiful and rarely heard motets created by Jean-Baptiste Lully and Michel-Richard De Lalande for the great occasions of court life at Versailles. The orchestra, bursting with the exquisite sonorities of winds, violas (six of them), gamba, and…

10 October @ 7:30 pm - 19 October @ 8:30 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,…

10 October @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm AEDT Thieving Bastards – Card Cheats Exposed

: Thieving Bastards – Card Cheats Exposed

The Regent Theatre 145 Windsor Street,, Richmond,

Author and gambling expert Andrew Wimhurst performs card cheating demonstrations at the inaugural Sydney Festival of Magic and Illusion. Andrew will expose the REAL secret methods of casino cheats and poker thieves. Based on his true crime book, "Thieving Bastards: True Confessions of the World's Greatest Cheats", which features interviews…

10 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…

Featured 10 October @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm AEDT Port Fairy Spring Music Festival

Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: To Be Human

Reardon Theatre 35 Bank St, Port Fairy

Constellation of creativity Still ablaze from its Coriole Music Festival premiere in May, Belinda Gehlert’s shimmering quartet Stellar traces the life-cycle of a star as a mirror for the phases of human existence. To Be Human, a seven-part song-cycle for tenor, electric guitar and strings, asks some essential 21st-century questions…

Featured 10 October @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm AEDT Port Fairy Spring Music Festival

Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Breath of Life

St John's Church 21 Regent Street, Port Fairy

Visceral virtuosity Opening with William Barton’s compositional Gift and dedication to the memory of one’s breath, this ethereal and panoramic work evokes the dawning of time, the wind gently travelling across the earth and rising to the sky, sharing the journey with the eagle. Samuel Barber’s poignantly anthemic Adagio appears…

10 October @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm AEDT

Ronan Apcar: The Clouds are Gathered for the Final Storm – album launch

21 Shepherd 21 Shepherd St, Marrickville

Join acclaimed Australian musician and composer Ronan Apcar for the launch of The Clouds Are Gathered for the Final Storm, an immersive electronic music album exploring grief, transformation, ecology, and impermanence. Featuring the three works 'Bondi', 'Break(ing)down', and 'The clouds are gathered for the final storm', the album blends synthesisers,…

10 October @ 8:20 pm - 9:20 pm AEDT Kauboj

Melbourne Fringe Festival: Kauboj

The Motley Bauhaus - Cabaret Stage, 118 Elgin St, Carlton, Melbourne 118 Elgin St, Carlton, Melbourne

From the Wild West of Dalmatia to the high-stakes kitchens of Sydney, Kauboj is a riotous and heartfelt musical journey through the life of Jakov—a chef-slash-cowboy whose adventures are as unpredictable as a misbehaving mechanical bull. With original music woven from Balkan folk melodies with the charming twang of country…

10 October @ 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm AEDT Adore Händel’s Birthday Party: Little Black Book Vol. 3

Melbourne Fringe Festival: Adore Händel’s Birthday Party – Little Black Book Vol. 3

Trades Hall, Melbourne 2 Lygon St, Melbourne

Adore Händel is celebrating their 269th birthday — and you simply must not miss the festivities. Spanning centuries of ill-advised romances, electric chemistry, and the occasional catastrophic misjudgement, Adore has lived, loved, and documented it all in their legendary Little Black Book. Volume Three was to be the centrepiece of…

10 October @ 8:30 pm - 9:30 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’,…

10 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…

10 October @ 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm AEDT The Undercover Magician

Cameron Leo: The Undercover Magician

Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne

Cameron Leo doesn’t claim anything supernatural, but he has a knack for reading a room, pulling thoughts from the crowd and landing predictions that hit far too close to home. A former undercover police officer turned psychological magician, Cameron has performed across Australia for brands including Disney, Origin Energy, Telstra,…

Featured 10 October @ 10:00 pm - 11:00 pm AEDT Port Fairy Spring Music Festival

Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Beyond Bach

The Star Of The West Hotel, Port Fairy 76 Sackville Street, Port Fairy

The art of fusion The Michelle Nicolle Quartet present “The Bach Project”, embracing the music of JS Bach in their signature chamber jazz style. Reimagining these masterworks, they interrogate the art of interpretation and improvisation, blurring the lines and disregarding the stylistic rulebooks, digging deep into the beauty, richness and…