• Editor's Choice The Spare Room

    Victorian Opera: The Spare Room

    Arts Centre Melbourne - Playhouse
    In composer Jane Hammond and librettist Therèsa Borg’s adaptation of Helen Garner’s acclaimed novel, Helen has offered her spare room to her friend Nicola, who is coming to Melbourne for an unconventional treatment that she believes will cure her cancer. Over three weeks, Helen becomes nurse, judge and guardian angel…
    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…
    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 &…
    & Juliet

    Elder Conservatorium Music Theatre: & Juliet

    Scott Theatre, University of Adelaide Enter off Gate 14, Kintore Ave, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    Presented by the 2026 Graduating Class and second year students of Elder Conservatorium Music Theatre & Juliet flips the script on one of the world’s most famous love stories and asks the question, “What if Juliet chose her own ending?” This vibrant, hilarious musical follows Juliet as she refuses to…
    Editor's Choice  My Fair Lady

    Opera Australia:  My Fair Lady

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Julie Andrews’ acclaimed recreation of the original 1956 Broadway blockbuster makes a welcome return to Sydney, under Karen Johnson Mortimer’s direction, followed by a run in Melbourne. George Bernard Shaw’s tale of a professor of linguistics who bets on his ability to make a Covent Garden flower girl pass as aristocracy has lost…
    Windfire Music Festival

    Music at the Basilica: Sweet And Low – The Vocal Consort of the Australian Boys Choral Institute

    Basilica of St Mary of the Angels Yarra Street, Geelong, VIC, Australia
    Vibrant voices come together in this spellbinding performance as part of this year's Geelong Windfire Music Festival. In this stunning a cappella outing, The Vocal Consort returns to St Mary's Basilica as they perform a dazzling array of classical and contemporary repertoire. Originally formed in 1984 to complement the work…

    Bundanon: Australian Guitar Quartet

    Boyd Education Centre, Bundanon 170 Riversdale Rd, Illaroo, NSW, Australia
    Experience classical guitar and contemporary flair from four of Australia’s leading guitarists: Leonard Grigoryan, Andrew Blanch, Slava Grigoryan and Vladimir Gorbach. Each renowned for their exemplary skill and genre-defying performances, this ensemble celebrates both tradition and innovation. The program encompasses sultry tangos by Argentinian classical architect of the form, Astor…
    A DROP TOO MANY @ Backbone Festival

    Backbone Festival: A DROP TOO MANY

    Ron Hurley Theatre 28 Tallowwood St, Seven Hills, QLD, Australia
    From cracked, dusty earth to rising inland seas, A Drop Too Many dives headfirst into the ebbs and flows of droughts and floods in Australia. Created out of admiration for local communities banding together in the face of adversity, A Drop Too Many uses visual and physical theatre to unravel…
    Palingenesis: Melbourne Fringe Festival

    Melbourne Fringe Festival: Palingenesis

    Dancehouse 150 Princes Street, North Carlton, VIC, Australia
    What binds us together when everything else is pulling us apart? Inspired by the Rat King — the rare, uncanny phenomenon where creatures become so entangled they can never separate — Palingenesis takes its name from something older still: the idea, woven through biology, theology, philosophy and politics for centuries,…