Stage Bugs Productions: You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown

The MC Showroom l1/50 Clifton Street, Prahran, NSW, Australia
Celebrate the worldwide 75th anniversary of Peanuts, with You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown! This Tony Award-winning musical returns to Melbourne for a strictly limited season at The MC Showroom. Join Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the Peanuts gang on a heartwarming, hilarious journey full of unforgettable songs, charming moments and…
Editor's Choice

Orange Chamber Music Festival: Cultured

Orange Civic Square Byng Street, Orange, NSW, Australia
Back for its fifth year, the Orange Chamber Music Festival packs a punch with a program including Brisbane's Orava Quartet, a festival gala lineup with pianists Andrea Lam and Sonya Lifschitz and Cultured, a day of free events, which sees the ACO Collective perform amongst the collection of the Orange Regional Gallery. Limelight Editor's Choice Cultured is…
Horizons

UKARIA: Bridges

Ukaria Cultural Centre 119 Williams Rd, Mt Barker Summit, SA, Australia
Musical instruments migrate from one culture to another, finding new contexts while retaining their distinctiveness. Inspired by these journeys, this concert celebrates cross-cultural collaboration. At its heart are the Vietnamese instruments of Van-Anh Vo, presented in collaboration with Trio Da Kali, Peni Candra Rini and Affinity Quartet. Interpretations of Satie…

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Jams for Juniors: Bunjil Place

Bunjil Place 2 Patrick Northeast Drive, Narre Warren, VIC, Australia
Jams for Juniors is the perfect way to introduce babies and toddlers to the magic of music! Children aged 0-5 and their adults can explore, play and join in at these popular 30-minute musical workshops. Pull up a cushion and explore the music of Dukas' The Sorcerer's Apprentice, led by…

Sydney Opera House: Grug and the Rainbow

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
A magical adaptation of Ted Prior’s beloved picture books, Grug and the Rainbow sees our grassy little friend embark on an epic adventure to bask in the colours of the illusive rainbow. Featuring exquisite puppetry and heart-warming humour back to delight audiences, this smash hit is not one to miss…
Saltbush

Canberra Theatre Centre: Saltbush

Canberra Theatre Centre Canberra, ACT, Australia
Saltbush is an extraordinary interactive performance designed to captivate young audiences while offering parents a chance to witness something truly special. This one-of-a-kind experience invites children to play, explore, and perform as they embark on a journey through Australia’s diverse landscapes—river country, bustling cities, deserts, and the sea—guided by the story…

Adelaide Fringe: That Knave

Adelaide College of the Arts Light Square, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Following their five-star show, I, Elizabeth, award-winning Dyad Productions return to the Elizabethan era. To the famous and fabulous explorer, sailor, dandy and warrior, Sir Walter Raleigh. Elizabeth I’s favourite, James I’s knave. A journey through the astonishing highs and lows of one of history’s most famous men. But there’s…
Nucleus

Griffin Theatre Company: Nucleus

Seymour Centre Chippendale, NSW, Australia
Gabriel is a nuclear engineer. Cassie is an anti-nuclear campaigner. For nearly thirty years their lives have collided and entwined, with Cassie’s cause dominating public opinion across the decades. But with political change rumbling underfoot, Cassie’s life’s work could yet be undone—and it’s all led to this explosive night. Against…
Editor's Choice

QPAC: Is That You, Ruthie?

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
Following its acclaimed world premiere in 2023, the poignant play, written and directed by Leah Purcell, returns to QPAC. Adapted from Ruth Hegarty’s books, Is That You, Ruthie? and Buthalangi: A Maranoa Woman, this moving drama explores the enduring connection between a First Nations mother and her daughter, separated by a…
Editor's Choice The Pirates of Penzance

Hayes Theatre Co: The Pirates of Penzance

Hayes Theatre Co 19 Greenknowe Avenue, Elizabeth Bay, NSW, Australia
Stuart Maunder’s rollicking production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic operetta comes to Perth. When Frederic turns 21, he thinks he will be free at last from the band of pirates to whom he was bound as an apprentice. A numerological paradox, however, has other thoughts. Hits include Poor Wandering One and A…

Sydney Theatre Company: Picnic at Hanging Rock

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Five modern teenage girls recount a story burnt into the Australian psyche. In Tom Wright’s lyrical and daring adaptation, Joan Lindsay’s hypnotic classic becomes a form-shattering mix of storytelling, gossip, and reenactment. Seen through the eyes of STC Resident Director Ian Michael (Stolen, Constellations), “the most exciting new director of…
Editor's Choice Henry 5

Bell Shakespeare: Henry 5

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Returning to Bell Shakespeare after 15 years, Marion Potts directs a new production of Shakespeare’s famous war play with newcomer JK Kazzi in the title role. Young Prince Hal has turned his back on Falstaff, left his wild adolescence behind and taken on the mantle of monarch. When he is…

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