Lash Out

Head First Acrobats: Lash Out

The Vault at Fool's Paradise Victoria Square / Tarntanyangga, Grote St, Adelaide, NSW, Australia
The Fiercest cabaret in the Sydney Fringe. Electrifying circus acts, devilish dance and the raucous comedic stylings of Burlesque superstar Memphis Mae. Lash Out is the all-female circus cabaret sensation from the internationally acclaimed Head First Acrobats, making its fierce and fabulous Australian debut in Sydney. This powerhouse production brings…
Late Night Vice

Strut & Fret: Late Night Vice

The West End Electric 125 Boundary St, West End, QLD
Enter a world of mystery, mischief, and midnight glamour. Late Night Vice is Brisbane’s bold new after-hours escape—no phones, no rules, just pure unfiltered spectacle. Slink into Brisbane’s glimmering wild side—Late Night Vice is a cocktail-drenched fever dream where cabaret collides with chaos. No phones. No cameras. Just shadowy glamour,…
Dear Diary

Sydney Fringe Festival: Dear Diary

PACT 107 Railway Parade, Erskineville, Sydney, NSW, Australia
A hilarious, nostalgic and sometimes painful revisiting of our former selves, Dear Diary asks us to look at what we hold onto and when it’s the right time to let them go, if ever. A soundtrack for what we were, what we are and what we will be, journey into Kay’s…
Editor's Choice GATSBY at The Green Light

Brisbane Festival: GATSBY at The Green Light

Twelfth Night Theatre 4 Cintra Rd, Bowen Hills, QLD, Australia
This year’s Brisbane Festival has plenty of theatre on offer. Take a seat at the hottest club in town with Gatsby at The Green Light, a circus-meets-cabaret soirée, inspired by F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, co-created and directed by Craig Ilott. Back to Bilo explores the grassroots campaign that brought…
For You to Know and Me to Find Out

Sydney Fringe Festival: For You to Know and Me to Find Out

Sydney Dance Company Studios Wharf 4/5, Walsh Bay Arts Precinct, 15 Hickson Rd, Dawes Point, NSW, Australia
Winner of Best in Fringe, Sydney Fringe Tour Ready Award and Adelaide Fringe Tour Ready Award at NZ Fringe Festival 2025, seasoned performer Liv Tennet (800 Words, Kiri and Lou, Double Parked) brings her solo show For You to Know and Me to Find Out to Australia for the first time.…
Skank Sinatra

Jens Radda: Skank Sinatra

Qtopia Sydney 301 Forbes St, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
Twice crowned Best Cabaret at Adelaide Fringe, nominated for Best Musical Theatre and Cabaret at Sydney Fringe, and with sold-out award-winning performances spanning Australia and Europe, the unstoppable Skank Sinatra storms into Qtopia Sydney from the 14th to 22nd of June, armed with powerhouse live vocals, sky-high glamour and a…
Lash Out

Head First Acrobats: Lash Out

The Vault at Fool's Paradise Victoria Square / Tarntanyangga, Grote St, Adelaide, NSW, Australia
The Fiercest cabaret in the Sydney Fringe. Electrifying circus acts, devilish dance and the raucous comedic stylings of Burlesque superstar Memphis Mae. Lash Out is the all-female circus cabaret sensation from the internationally acclaimed Head First Acrobats, making its fierce and fabulous Australian debut in Sydney. This powerhouse production brings…
La Ronde

Strut & Fret: La Ronde

Newcastle Civic Park King Street, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
NEWCASTLE, IT’S YOUR TURN TO BE SEDUCED BY THE WORLD’S VERY BEST VARIETY ARTISTS. Blending the exquisite, the elegant and the extraordinary, with the twisted and the utterly delightful. Taking home 14 five-star reviews in its debut season at this year’s Adelaide Fringe Festival, La Ronde is set to dazzle…
Editor's Choice GATSBY at The Green Light

Brisbane Festival: GATSBY at The Green Light

Twelfth Night Theatre 4 Cintra Rd, Bowen Hills, QLD, Australia
This year’s Brisbane Festival has plenty of theatre on offer. Take a seat at the hottest club in town with Gatsby at The Green Light, a circus-meets-cabaret soirée, inspired by F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, co-created and directed by Craig Ilott. Back to Bilo explores the grassroots campaign that brought…
Late Night Vice

Strut & Fret: Late Night Vice

The West End Electric 125 Boundary St, West End, QLD
Enter a world of mystery, mischief, and midnight glamour. Late Night Vice is Brisbane’s bold new after-hours escape—no phones, no rules, just pure unfiltered spectacle. Slink into Brisbane’s glimmering wild side—Late Night Vice is a cocktail-drenched fever dream where cabaret collides with chaos. No phones. No cameras. Just shadowy glamour,…
Dear Diary

Sydney Fringe Festival: Dear Diary

PACT 107 Railway Parade, Erskineville, Sydney, NSW, Australia
A hilarious, nostalgic and sometimes painful revisiting of our former selves, Dear Diary asks us to look at what we hold onto and when it’s the right time to let them go, if ever. A soundtrack for what we were, what we are and what we will be, journey into Kay’s…
La Ronde

Strut & Fret: La Ronde

Newcastle Civic Park King Street, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
NEWCASTLE, IT’S YOUR TURN TO BE SEDUCED BY THE WORLD’S VERY BEST VARIETY ARTISTS. Blending the exquisite, the elegant and the extraordinary, with the twisted and the utterly delightful. Taking home 14 five-star reviews in its debut season at this year’s Adelaide Fringe Festival, La Ronde is set to dazzle…

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