• Brisbane Festival

    Brisbane Festival: This Show is a Joke!

    Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent Melbourne St, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
    How many LOLs can Australia's favourite kids' comedians squeeze into one hour? Let's find out. Hold onto your cowpats! After nearly two decades of seriously silly nonsense, Matt and Rich (aka The Listies) have whipped up their most ridiculous show yet: a turbo-charged mash-up of fan favourites, slapstick, songs and…
    Editor's Choice The Paper Escaper

    Brisbane Festival: ESCAPE

    QPAC - Playhouse
    The inaugural program of Artistic Director Ebony Bott includes the world premiere of Suzie Miller’s latest play Strong is the New Pretty about the creation of the AFL Women’s Competition, and a new movement piece about mortality from The Farm called No One Gets Out of Here Alive (see page…
    Brisbane Festival

    Pirate and Queen: Betsy Balloon and the Very Great Terrible Flood

    QPAC - Cremorne Theatre
    A rambunctious modern fable. Welcome to the island of Helium where Betsy lives with her balloon-factory-owning family. They’re cheerful, a bit money-mad and life is on the up.  But when the world turns against balloons, their world pops and Betsy must start a new life in a faraway city with her eccentric uncle, Hercules Snark, an inventor of mostly…
    Editor's Choice Werewolf

    Binge Culture: Werewolf

    Brisbane Powerhouse 119 Lamington St, New Farm, QLD, Australia
    The inaugural program of Artistic Director Ebony Bott includes the world premiere of Suzie Miller’s latest play Strong is the New Pretty about the creation of the AFL Women’s Competition, and a new movement piece about mortality from The Farm called No One Gets Out of Here Alive (see page…
    All In

    Canberra Theatre Centre: All In

    Belconnen Arts Centre 118 Emu Bank, Belconnen, ACT
    All In is an uplifting, immersive experience that celebrates the richness and power of dance as a community unifier. It reminds us that dance can connect us in ways few other things can, facilitating social connection, joy and reflection. Witness some of the best dancing you’ve ever seen, up close and…
    The Dragon Child

    Ryan Maxwell Event: The Dragon Child

    Sydney Event Centre 80 Pyrmont St, Pyrmont NSW 2009, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    The Dragon Child and the twelve animals of the Zodiac A fairytale for all ages. A beautifully told story, without words. Steeped in Chinese mythology, the drama unfolds through live performances and puppetry, and a visual feast of exquisite costumes and scenery. Directed by world-famous Australian director, Peter Wilson, The…
    Dixon and Daughters

    Tiny Dog Productions: Dixon and Daughters

    The Old Fitz Theatre 129 Dowling St, Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia
    An Australian Premiere "If this house could speak…" When Mary (Vanessa Downing) returns home after serving time in prison, she walks back into a household filled with hostility where her daughters are grappling with their past. Long-hidden truths emerge, exposing a history that has fractured and changed their lives. Each…
    New Annual: Truck Driver by Soft Tread

    New Annual: Truck Driver by Soft Tread

    The Playhouse, Civic Theatre Newcastle 375 Hunter Street, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
    Part comedy, part meditation on a changing Australia, Truck Driver is the latest genre-defying work from Jonny Hawkins and Nell Ranney fresh from its world premiere at the Sydney Opera House. Across one epic haul from cattle country to Uluru, the audience rides shotgun as Bev, expertly played by Hawkins, swings…
    And Then There Were None

    John X Presents: And Then There Were None

    Theatre Royal, Hobart 29 Campbell Street, Hobart, TAS, Australia
    Ten strangers are lured to a solitary mansion off the coast, each harbouring a dark secret. When a recorded message accuses them all of unpunished crimes, the tension becomes palpable. One by one, they begin to die in accordance with a sinister nursery rhyme, and the realisation sets in that…
    Editor's Choice A Beautiful Noise – The Neil Diamond Musical

    Paul Dainty, Ken Davenport & Bob Gaudio: A Beautiful Noise – The Neil Diamond Musical

    Princess Theatre, Melbourne 163 Spring St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Created in consultation with Neil Diamond himself, the jukebox musical, A Beautiful Noise, charts his rise to superstardom through the songs that defined his life and career, among them Cracklin’ Rosie, Forever in Blue Jeans and Sweet Caroline. Famous for his swaggering sexuality and velvet-meets-gravel voice, Diamond is conjured by two…
    The Scott Sisters: Pioneers of Science and Art

    The State Library of New South Wales: The Scott Sisters – Pioneers of Science and Art

    State Library of NSW 1 Shakespeare Pl,, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Conceived and created by Skye McIntosh (Artistic Director of the Australian Haydn Ensemble), this immersive new multimedia work is inspired by the lives of 19th-century illustrators and naturalists Harriet and Helena Scott and their acclaimed Butterfly Book, Australian Lepidoptera and their Transformations. Drawing directly from the Library’s collection, it blends…
    Brisbane Festival

    Brisbane Festival: Fijian Flying Circus

    South Bank Piazza 410 Stanley St, South Brisbane, QLD, Australia
    Come fly with us! Get ready to be swept away by a spectacular island adventure like no other! The Fijian Flying Circus’ Australian premiere is a high-energy celebration of Spirit, Culture, and Joy. Created by the internationally renowned Fijian dance tribe VOU ('new’ in the iTaukei language), this dazzling production…