• Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Maitreyi – Maitriarchy

    Ballers Clubhouse 2 Coverlid Place, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Fifty, frisky and family roadtrippin'. A midlife crisis, a round-the-world tour and a glimpse of marital life. Laughs, luggage and a little lack of lingerie. Ooh la la! Following 10 sold out shows at Hong Kong's oldest and best comedy club, the matriarch of Hong Kong comedy makes her long-awaited…
    Anastasia

    John Frost for Crossroads Live Australia: Anastasia

    Sydney Lyric Theatre 55 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont, NSW, Australia
    Anastasia The Broadway Musical, the romantic and adventure-filled hit musical inspired by the beloved film, is coming to Australia for the first time! This dazzling production, by the Tony Award winning team Terrence McNally, Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens and Darko Tresnjak, transports you from the twilight years of the Imperial…
    Eden

    Siren Theatre Co: Eden

    The Substation - Qtopia 136 Oxford St, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
    'Eden' is a coming-of-age story about identity, transformation, and the quiet violence of becoming. One summer, Kit and Dan’s lives fizz with possibility—where desire, guilt, and the ache for belonging entwine. Infused with a distinctive theatrical language, 'Eden' is part confession, part elegy, part mystery. As myth dissolves, a landscape…
    Editor's Choice The River

    Sydney Theatre Company: The River

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Miranda Otto, Ewen Leslie and Andrea Demetriades star in The River, a haunting three-hander by UK playwright Jez Butterworth (Jerusalem). The mysterious, 80-minute play is set in a remote wooden cabin where a lovesick fisherman is playing host to a woman. It should be a weekend full of romance, but all is…
    Flora

    The Australian Ballet: Flora

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Beneath the cracked clay, a seed unfurls. Leaf. Bloom. Life. Promise. Crossing time and space. The Australian Ballet and Bangarra Dance Theatre present Flora by Frances Rings, an exciting and bold new dance collaboration. Flora marks the fourth time the companies have joined forces, and in this first full-length collaboration, Bangarra’s signature storytelling…
    Ensemble Theatre: Betty & Joan

    Ensemble Theatre: Betty & Joan

    Ensemble Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
    AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE In Hollywood’s Golden Age, two queens reigned supreme – Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. Before Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? lit up cinemas, their off-camera rivalry was already a blockbuster. Anton Burge’s deliciously wicked two-hander pulls back the curtain on the set where egos clashed, tempers flared, and…
    Stage Kiss

    New Theatre: Stage Kiss

    New Theatre 542 King St, Newtown, NSW
    “When I kissed you just now, did it feel like an actor kissing an actor or a person kissing a person…?” Two actors, and former lovers, unexpectedly reunite when cast opposite each other in a forgotten 1930s melodrama. As rehearsals progress and onstage romance echoes their past, the lines between…

    Opera Bites: Opera in the Pub – Keys to Opera

    The Harold 70A Ross Street, Forest Lodge, NSW, Australia
    Opera . . . in a pub? You heard right! Opera Bites brings best-loved opera hits to the relaxed atmosphere of your local pub. Keys to Opera - Opera is often regarded as a complex and unlockable art form, full of mystery and impenetrable artistry. In order to fully understand…
    Editor's Choice Handa Opera On Sydney Harbour – The Phantom of the Opera

    Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour: The Phantom of the Opera

    Mrs Macquaries Point Sydney, NSW, Australia
    On its 40th anniversary, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s blockbuster musical returns to Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour. When it premiered there in 2022, it was the first fully-staged outdoor production anywhere in the world – which excited the composer enough to attend the opening. And what a dazzling night it was! Directed…
    The Breakup Variety Hour

    Ariana and The Rose: The Breakup Variety Hour

    Trades Hall, Melbourne 2 Lygon St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Ariana and the Rose – the electrifying synth-pop songstress, a darling of the New York Cabaret scene – is coming to Australia. Fresh from her performance on The Kelly Clarkson Show and sold out residencies in London and New York, The Breakup Variety Hour is Ariana and the Rose’s glitter-soaked,…
    Mark Silcox – The Successful Gold Trader

    5 Foot Entertainment: Mark Silcox – The Successful Gold Trader

    The Motley WhereHaus 432 Queen Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Dr Silcox (62), who had previously faced considerable financial insecurity and an uncertain retirement outlook, has recently found success through gold trading strategy. Focusing on the gold market, his methodology began to yield significant results. Over a single quarter, he achieved 100% return on his initial capital, transforming his modest…
    Chris Demos: Chips in the Night

    Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Chris Demos: Chips in the Night

    Storyville Melbourne 185 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Do you spend your nights bathed in blue light, staring at screens and eating chips? Then you deserve a break. So come join me on my potato-ship and we'll sail across the seven seas of hilarities in this stand-up show about gastroenterologists, double vanities and so many more things. Please…