• Editor's Choice Pride And Prejudice* (*sort of)

    Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Pride And Prejudice* (*sort of)

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    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 &…
    Captain Corelli’s Mandolin

    Genesian Theatre Company: Captain Corelli’s Mandolin

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

    Theatre Royal, Sydney: Fiddler On The Roof

    Theatre Royal, Sydney 108 King St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    First seen at London’s Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre in 2024, this Olivier Award-winning production, directed by Jordan Fein, transferred to the Barbican, where it became the venue’s best-selling musical of all time. Set in 1905, Tevye, a milkman in the tiny fictional village of Anatevka, tries to maintain his…
    Melancholia

    Studio Stocks: Melancholia

    Chapel off Chapel 12 Little Chapel Street, Prahran, VIC, Australia
    Following its celebrated premiere season, Studio Stocks’ Melancholia returns to the stage in a powerful exploration of grief, resilience and hope. Created by Melbourne’s contemporary tap dance company Studio Stocks and directed by acclaimed tap artist Garry Stocks, Melancholia pushes the boundaries of percussive dance, weaving contemporary movement with a…
    New Annual: Triceratop by Lingua Franca

    New Annual: Triceratop by Lingua Franca

    University House, University of Newcastle 300 King Street, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
    Blending cabaret, sci‑fi, storytelling and unapologetic camp humour, it’s wild, witty and bittersweet – where love, survival bunkers and finding your true ‘Triceratop’ collide. A hilariously tender gay dinosaur parable – it’s RuPaul’s Drag Race meets Don’t Look Up. Can our prehistoric protagonist find love in time? Triceratop whisks you into…
    Triceratop

    New Annual: Triceratop

    University House, University of Newcastle 300 King Street, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
    Blending cabaret, sci‑fi, storytelling and unapologetic camp humour, it’s wild, witty and bittersweet – where love, survival bunkers and finding your true ‘Triceratop’ collide. A hilariously tender gay dinosaur parable – it’s ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ meets ‘Don’t Look Up’. Can our prehistoric protagonist find love in time? TRICERATOP whisks you…
    Return of the Godz

    Sydney Fringe Festival: Return of the Godz

    Fools Paradise Victoria Square / Tarntanyangga, Victoria Square, Adelaide, Kaurna, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    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…

    Australian Chamber Choir: Encores 2026: Geelong

    Basilica of St Mary of the Angels Yarra Street, Geelong, VIC, Australia
    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…

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Michelle Nicolle & Hugh Stuckey

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Where moments shape the music. Natural born storyteller Michelle Nicolle, with her powerful take on the jazz vocal tradition, returns to Melbourne Recital Centre alongside guitarist Hugh Stuckey. In Hugh, she finds a partner who matches her fluency in jazz. In this Friday night performance, Michelle and Hugh chart their…
    SYNAPSE @ Backbone Festival

    Backbone Festival: SYNAPSE

    Ron Hurley Theatre 28 Tallowwood St, Seven Hills, QLD, Australia
    What is happening to our brains? SYNAPSE explores the impacts of all the things our brain wasn’t designed to handle and digital overstimulation. Live musicians and dancers attempt to grapple with ecosystem collapse, mass data, algorithmic ubiquity, and the anxieties of our digital ‘Age of Enlightenment’, and what gets spat…
    SLUGS

    Melbourne Fringe: SLUGS

    Meat Market Stables 2 Wreckyn St, North Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    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…
    Twinky Twinky Little Star

    Zak Vasiliou: Twinky Twinky Little Star

    Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Music Room Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton, VIC, 3053 Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton, VIC, Australia
    Zak is gay. And that has been obvious since his childhood. Somehow, his parents missed every single sign, including: - belting out ABBA in the middle of the mall - asking Santa for the Hilary Duff album at five years old - single-handedly trying to cancel Crocs (before they got…