11 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…

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 @ 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 @ 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,…

11 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…

11 October @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm AEDT Orix Duo: Beethoven and Rachmaninoff

Orix Duo: Orix Duo: Beethoven and Rachmaninoff

Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick

Join the Orix Duo (cellist Yejin Choi and pianist Kevin Suherman) for an afternoon of great cello sonatas of the classical and romantic eras, with Beethoven's Cello Sonata No. 1 in F major and the beloved Rachmaninoff's Cello Sonata, complemented by a fantasia by Harry Sdraulig on an Australian favourite.

Featured 11 October @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am AEDT Port Fairy Spring Music Festival

Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Spring Festival Worship

St John's Church 21 Regent Street, Port Fairy

Find yourself welcomed at the iconic St John’s Anglican Church. Built in 1856 from local bluestone quarried within the church grounds, St John’s has held continuous worship ever since. Join us for the local parish’s early morning worship which will include a featured performance from Festival artists.

11 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 11 October @ 10:00 am - 10:50 am AEDT Port Fairy Spring Music Festival

Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Carnival of the Animals

Reardon Theatre 35 Bank St, Port Fairy

Starring Deon Cameron Discover an unforgettable world of music and imagination with Carnival of the Animals. Music, mischief, and theatrical sparkle combine in this brand new production of Camille Saint-Saëns’ classic musical masterpiece for children, featuring lions, hens, roosters, wild donkeys, tortoises, elephants, kangaroos, an aquarium, an aviary, a cuckoo,…

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

Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Glass Alchemy

Lecture Hall, Port Fairy Sackville Street, Port Fairy

McIntyre in recital Amidst the seemingly unending city skyline of music written in the second half of the twentieth century, Ligeti and Glass stand tall as two monoliths, leaving their indelible imprint on the surrounding musical architecture, pointing to a sky of infinite possibilities, forever influencing the sounds of the…

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

Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: String Masterclass with Camille Barry

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…

11 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…

11 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…

11 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…

11 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:…

11 October @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm AEDT

Bowerbird Collective: Earth Emotions | Music and Philosophy for Nature

Coriole Vineyards Chaffeys Road, McLaren Vale

Earth Emotions combines music with the 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. Over the…

11 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…

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

Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Hallelujah Junction

Reardon Theatre 35 Bank St, Port Fairy

Pianists collide Fearless pianistic daredevils Raineri and Cassomenos embark on a supercharged two-piano trajectory of explosive fusion. Musical fragments are hurled back and forth like subatomic particles through plasma in Adams’ Hallelujah Junction; Rachmaninov ’s second suite then strides in Alla Marcia with regimented precision, giving way to the breathtaking…

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

Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Digital Echoes

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

Viola and percussion traverse cyberspace Pioneering visionaries Aaron Wyatt and Speak Percussion unveil an immersion in transformed sounds, messages and meanings, displaced by time and space. Melodic viola fragments are transmitted to five locations around Australia, then beamed back to the concert where they resonate percussion instruments, blending into the…

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

Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Woodwind Masterclass with Sally Walker

Lecture Hall, Port Fairy 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…

Featured 11 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 11 October @ 12:45 pm - 1:30 pm AEDT Port Fairy Spring Music Festival

Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: The God We Made

Blarney Books & Art 37 James St,, Port Fairy

Goldsworthy & Curro in conversation Join award-winning pianist, writer and festival director Anna Goldsworthy in a lunchtime conversation with violinist and Festival Co-Artistic Director Monica Curro, celebrating Anna’s many musical, intellectual and directorial achievements — taking a deep dive into her June Quarterly Essay 102 The God We Made: The…

11 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,…

11 October @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm AEDT

Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Archduke Trio

Gandel Hall, National Gallery of Australia 30 Parkes Pl E, Parkes

A monumental classic of the chamber music repertoire paired with a rare musical gem. What do you do when your aristocratic piano student has a sore finger and skips out on his weekly lesson? Write him a new piano trio to play, of course. Jessica Cottis offers one word for…

Featured 11 October @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm AEDT Port Fairy Spring Music Festival

Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Full Flight

St John's Church 21 Regent Street, Port Fairy

The birds and the Beethoven Inspired by Henry Kendall’s 1869 poem Bell Birds, Emma Jayakumar’s atmospheric work conjures sounds and feelings of the Australian bush, containing compositional elements that mimic songs of Bell Birds, Golden Whip Birds, Djidi Djidi or Willy Wagtails, Currawongs and Bar Shouldered Doves. The Darlingtons spread…

Featured 11 October @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm AEDT Port Fairy Spring Music Festival

Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Bijou Baroque

Lecture Hall, Port Fairy Sackville Street, Port Fairy

Madame de Pompadour’s intimate parlour Ensemble Pompadour invite you into their Parisian salon as they explore charming but little-heard repertoire, once played in private apartments on the most fashionable instruments of their day — the viola da gamba, theorbo, and the baroque musette, a tiny, bijou bagpipe made for playing…

11 October @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm AEDT Next To Godliness

New Theatre: Next To Godliness

New Theatre 542 King St, Newtown

Erin and Sophia are crime-scene cleaners, but the people they work for are the ones doing the crimes. They’re paid well for disposing of evidence, especially on public holidays, but when one of the bodies they’re supposed to be collecting turns out to be inconveniently alive it threatens to ruin…

11 October @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 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…

11 October @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 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…

11 October @ 2:00 pm - 4:20 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…

11 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…

11 October @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm AEDT Pekka Kuusisto – Legends & Luminaries

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Pekka Kuusisto – Legends & Luminaries

Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, 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…

Featured 11 October @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm AEDT Alexander Gavrylyuk & Richard Tognetti

ZOKI Presents: Alexander Gavrylyuk & Richard Tognetti

Ukaria Cultural Centre 119 Williams Rd, Mt Barker Summit

Violinist Richard Tognetti and pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk join forces for a recital spanning Szymanowski, Prokofiev and Brahms. Szymanowski’s Mythes evokes three Greek myths – Arethusa, Narcissus and Pan and the Dryads – while Prokofiev’s Second Violin Sonata, with its light-hearted neoclassical opening, takes a darker turn and evokes the fairytale world of…

11 October @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm ACDT

Adelaide Baroque: Lanzetti ‘After An Easy & Elegant Taste’

North Adelaide Baptist Church 154 Tynte Street, North Adelaide

Salvatore Lanzetti was an Italian cello virtuoso whose works had largely been forgotten until modern times. Brilliantly virtuosic, and yet cellistic, his style contributed to several developments in cello technique, and his cello sonatas are revered today as some.

11 October @ 3:00 pm - 4:05 pm AEDT

Australian Chamber Choir: Encores 2026: Middle Park

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

Since its inception in 2007, the ACC has given 125 concerts in Europe and many more in Australia. At the conclusion of the formal part of each concert, the audience often lets us know that they would like to hear more. We might repeat the most loved work on the…

Editor's Choice 11 October @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 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 &…

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

Queensland Youth Orchestras: String Sensations – The 51st John Curro National Youth Concerto Competition Finals

The Old Museum Concert Hall 480 Gregory Terrrace, Bowen Hills

For over five decades, this prestigious event has provided a platform for exceptional emerging musicians, many of whom have gone on to achieve national and international recognition. Each year, three of the nation’s most talented young string soloists are selected through a rigorous audition process to perform concerto works with…

11 October @ 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm AEDT

Good Company Entertainment: The Big Chillout

Saraton Theatre, Grafton 99 Prince St,, Grafton

Get ready to relive the music that defined a generation in The Big Chillout, a joyous, soul-stirring celebration of the legendary Big Chill soundtrack and the Motown revival it sparked. This powerful live show brings to life the timeless classics of Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, The Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin,…

Editor's Choice 11 October @ 3:00 pm - 6:00 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…

Featured 11 October @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm AEDT Port Fairy Spring Music Festival

Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Closing Gala: Synergetic

Reardon Theatre 35 Bank St, Port Fairy

Our 2026 Closing Gala strikes at the glowing core of what causes our human nature to gravitate to the superhuman. From the birth of the expression of our shared humanity – in the Baroque worlds of Jean-Féry Rebel & Jean-Philippe Rameau, and in the awe-inspiring expression of millennia of culture…

11 October @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm AEDT Windfire Music Festival

Music at the Basilica: Water of Life – A Musical Voyage from Skye to Venice

Basilica of St Mary of the Angels Yarra Street, Geelong

Journey through the rich musical traditions of Scotland and Italy in a vibrant program that celebrates folk melody, Baroque brilliance and youthful artistry. Scottish tunes are transformed into elegant chamber works in music by James Oswald, while the splendour of Venice shines through masterpieces by Gabrieli and Vivaldi. A particular…

11 October @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm AEDT

Andrew Rumsey: Magic, Spells, and Other Worlds

Sydney Opera House - The Utzon Room

Step into a world of magic, mystery and imagination as Australian pianist Andrew Rumsey reunites with Swiss-Croatian pianist Ivan Horvatic for Magic, Spells, and Other Worlds. Performed four hands at a single piano, this spectacular program brings some of classical music’s most vivid stories to life — from the fairy-tale…

11 October @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm AEDT Orix Duo: Beethoven and Rachmaninoff

Orix Duo: Orix Duo: Beethoven and Rachmaninoff

Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick

Join the Orix Duo (cellist Yejin Choi and pianist Kevin Suherman) for an afternoon of great cello sonatas of the classical and romantic eras, with Beethoven's Cello Sonata No. 1 in F major and the beloved Rachmaninoff's Cello Sonata, complemented by a fantasia by Harry Sdraulig on an Australian favourite.

11 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…

11 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…

11 October @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 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…

11 October @ 5:00 pm - 6:20 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…

11 October @ 5:00 pm - 7:20 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…

11 October @ 5:15 pm - 7:30 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…

11 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…

11 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…

11 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…

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

VOU Dance Fiji: Fiji Untold by VOU Melbourne Clocktower Centre

The Clocktower Centre 750 Mount Alexander Road, Moonee Ponds

Feel the Energy, Spirit & Mana of a POWERFUL Fijian dreamscape. A tapestry of Fijian legends, mythical creatures, dance and storytelling, masterfully woven together to tell a moving story of a young woman’s coming of age. Follow Lagi deep into the Fijian Underworld - far from home but closer to herself…

11 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…

11 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…

11 October @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm ACDT

Bowerbird Collective: The Bowerbird Collective with Eric Avery at Carrick Hill

Carrick Hill 46 Carrick Hill Drive, Springfield

Join Simone Slattery and Anthony Albrecht of the Bowerbird Collective with special guest Eric Avery for an extraordinary celebration of connection to Country. The ensemble will perform Simone and Eric's original compositions, including the SA Premiere of 'Sacred Medicines / Wirringintungiyil'. Simone's creations have been described as “a delicate and…

11 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…

11 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…

11 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…

11 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…

11 October @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm AEDT

Church Street Studios: Keyna Wilkins and Kaylie Dunstan w/ Elsen Price

Church Street Studios, Camperdown 62-68 Church St,, Camperdown

The Kaylie Dunstan and Keyna Wilkins Duo is a dynamic Australian contemporary classical partnership that bridges virtuosic percussion and multi-instrumental composition and improvisation. Both highly accomplished musicians in Sydney's art music scene, they combine extensive classical training with a passion for structured improvisation and genre-blurring performances. The duo’s signature sound…

11 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…