• A Man of No Importance

    Neglected Musicals: A Man of No Importance

    The musical takes place in Dublin in 1964. Alfie Byrne, a middle-aged bachelor living a quiet life with his spinster sister, works as a bus conductor by day and by night as a amateur theatre impresario dedicated to the plays of his hero, Oscar Wilde. A modest man, a quiet man,…
    Editor's Choice West Gate

    Melbourne Theatre Company: West Gate

    Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Dennis McIntosh was 12 when Melbourne’s West Gate Bridge collapsed on 15 October, 1970. He and his friends heard the terrible thud from their school – something he has never forgotten. Thirty-five men died in what remains Australia’s deadliest industrial accident. For the past decade, McIntosh has been working on a play…
    Shen Yun 2026

    Shen Yun Performing Arts: Shen Yun 2026

    Sydney Lyric Theatre 55 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont, NSW, Australia
    Experience China Before Communism Shen Yun – the beauty of divine beings dancing – takes you on an extraordinary journey through China’s 5000 years of magnificent culture. Exquisite beauty from the heavens, profound wisdom from dynasties past, timeless legends and ethnic traditions all spring to life through classical Chinese dance,…

    Australian National Academy of Music: Schubert Octet

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    Franz Schubert composed his Octet as a commission from Ferdinand Troyer for whom the clarinet part was written for. One hour, six movements, and eight musicians, the Octet is Schubert’s largest chamber composition. Having undertaken this significant work in 2025, ANAM musicians are proud to present the complete work in…
    Awakening Histories

    : Awakening Histories

    Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts 51 James Street, Perth, WA, Australia
    The Awakening Histories exhibit at PICA explores the deep and enduring connection between First Nations Peoples across the north of this continent (now known as Australia) and the Makassan seafarers of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Re-positioning Australia’s pre-colonial international relations from a global south perspective, this powerful exhibition reflects on the…
    Painting Itself/绘画本身

    : Painting Itself/绘画本身

    Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts 51 James Street, Perth, WA, Australia
    Painting Itself/绘画本身 is an exhibition of five painters from Hong Kong, Malaysia, London, Shanghai and Singapore. The exhibition explores a new horizontal culture in painting, where fundamental ideas about its history and vitality—long the influence of European and American values—are being reshaped in East and Southeast Asia. A common understanding…
    La Mama: Some Secrets Should Be Kept Secret

    La Mama: Some Secrets Should Be Kept Secret

    La Mama HQ 205 Faraday St, Carlton, VIC, Australia
    Secrets once spoken can't be unsaid. When a woman dies, three letters are sent to her adopted children from the Stolen Generation asking them to return to the remote homestead for the reading of her will. So begins an epic journey for the siblings. Their arrival at the old farm…
    Editor's Choice Torch The Place

    Queensland Theatre: Torch The Place

    Bille Brown Theatre 78 Montague Rd, South Brisbane, QLD
    When Benjamin Law’s debut play, Torch The Place, premiered at Melbourne Theatre Company in 2020, Limelight reviewer Patricia Maunder described it as “a tragicomic tale about a dysfunctional Asian-Australian family . . . written with wit and warmth.” When Mum turns 60, her children arrive with a birthday cake, presents and a…
    Editor's Choice The Doll Trilogy

    Red Stitch: Kid Stakes

    Red Stitch Actors' Theatre Rear 2 Chapel Street, St Kilda, VIC, Australia
    When Ray Lawler’s play Summer of the Seventeenth Doll premiered in 1955, it was a watershed moment in Australian theatre, given its groundbreaking portrayal of distinctly Australian characters. Set in Melbourne in 1953, it features cane cutters Roo and Barney, who return to the city between harvests to spend time with Olive and Nancy.…
    Trophy Boys

    State Theatre Company South Australia: Trophy Boys

    Adelaide Festival Centre Festival Drive, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    It is the biggest night of Melbourne’s academic calendar, the Grand Finale of the Year 12 Interschool Debating Tournament, and the all-boys team from the elite St Imperium College are ready to totally annihilate their sister school — until things take a dark turn… Performed by a female and non-binary…
    RBG – Of Many, One

    Black Swan State Theatre Company: RBG: Of Many, One

    Heath Ledger Theatre 174 William St, Perth, WA, Australia
    Australian legend, Heather Mitchell, returns to the stage in her award-winning performance as Ruth Bader Ginsburg - an intimate theatrical portrait of one woman who changed history. The second woman appointed to the US Supreme Court. A trailblazer in the American judiciary. A fierce advocate for gender equality and reproductive…
    Julius Caesar

    Bell Shakespeare: Julius Caesar

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Betrayal and chaos rock the republic as Rome teeters on the brink of collapse It’s been more than 450 years since a monarch ruled in Rome. But now, in the senate and the streets, the forum and the marketplace, the word ‘king’ is being whispered again. Julius Caesar has triumphed…