• CRH: 100 Years MIMIS PLESSAS – A Living Tribute with Dimitris Basis

    City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Celebrate an extraordinary musical tribute marking the 100th anniversary of Mimis Plessas, one of Greece’s most revered and influential composers. From his early years as a prodigious piano soloist to his legacy as a national icon with music composed for 104 films, Plessas’ timeless melodies — such as Pios to xerei and Tosa…
    Editor's Choice The Sapphires

    Queensland Theatre Company: The Sapphires

    Bille Brown Theatre 78 Montague Rd, South Brisbane, QLD
    Tony Briggs’ popular musical The Sapphires debuted at Melbourne Theatre Company in 2004 and has since been staged in Sydney, Adelaide, Perth, London and South Korea. In 2021, it was adapted into a film starring Jessica Mauboy and Miranda Tapsell. Based on the true story of Briggs’ mother, Laurel Robinson, The Sapphires is set…
    Gutenberg! The Musical!

    Hayes Theatre Co: Gutenberg! The Musical!

    Hayes Theatre Co 19 Greenknowe Avenue, Elizabeth Bay, NSW, Australia
    From the creators of Beetlejuice: The Musical, comes the Broadway smash hit Gutenberg! The Musical! – a love letter to the underdog, and to music theatre itself. This joyously funny and stupidly clever musical tells a story of friendship, ambition, and the kind of unshakable delusion that might just change…
    Editor's Choice Steel Magnolias

    Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Steel Magnolias

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    Robert Harling wrote his 1987 play Steel Magnolias after his sister died from complications relating to diabetes following the birth of her son. The tragicomedy is set in Truvy’s beauty parlour in a small Southern town in Louisiana, where a group of women support each other through life’s ups and…
    Editor's Choice Romeo and Juliet

    The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    When Artistic Director David Hallberg restored John Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet to The Australian Ballet’s repertoire in 2022, 19 years had passed since its last outing. We haven’t had to wait as long this time. The iconic 1962 production is back, lavishly designed by Cranko’s longtime collaborator Jürgen Rose and…
    Ensemble Theatre: 84 Charing Cross Road

    Ensemble Theatre: 84 Charing Cross Road

    Ensemble Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
    A heartwarming true story of friendship, 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD celebrates the enduring bonds forged through letters, books, and a shared love of words. When a wisecracking New York writer and a reserved London bookdealer strike up a correspondence over their shared love of dusty old books, neither expects to…
    Editor's Choice The Importance of Being Earnest

    State Theatre Company South Australia: The Importance of Being Earnest

    Adelaide Festival Centre Festival Drive, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    STCSA Artistic Director Petra Kalive directs a radically reimagined version of The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde’s celebrated comedy of manners about deception, identity, class and desire. The play follows two young men, Jack and Algernon, who create elaborate alter egos – each calling themselves “Earnest” – to escape social…
    The Admirable Crichton

    Genesian Theatre: The Admirable Crichton

    St Joseph's Church Hall Gordon Street, Rozelle, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    What happens when Edwardian aristocrats and their unflappable butler are stranded on a desert island? In Barrie's delicious satire, the social order flips upside-down in ways both hilarious and revealing. Think Downtown Abbey meets Survivor: witty, playful and packed with class-skewering fun. Light, bright and utterly charming!
    Dancing at Lughnasa

    New Theatre: Dancing at Lughnasa

    New Theatre 542 King St, Newtown, NSW
    “I want to dance, Kate. It’s the Festival of Lughnasa. I’m only thirty-five. I want to dance.” It’s the summer of 1936, during the pagan festival of Lughnasa, and young Michael watches his five aunts navigate the fragile joys and looming hardships of rural Irish life. Brief moments of freedom,…
    Footloose The Musical

    DV Live: Footloose The Musical

    Royal Theatre, Canberra
    The ’80s phenomenon FOOTLOOSE: THE MUSICAL is cutting loose in Australia — bigger, bolder, and more explosive than ever! This fully remastered production has fans dancing in the aisles to iconic hits, including Holding Out for a Hero, Almost Paradise, Let’s Hear It for the Boy, and, of course, the unforgettable title track, Footloose. Join Ren,…
    The Flying Dutchman

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra: The Flying Dutchman

    Winthrop Hall Perth, WA, Australia
    Wagner’s thrilling The Flying Dutchman sets sail in this powerful concert performance. Asher Fisch is one of the world’s finest Wagner conductors, and he leads an all-star cast including celebrated British baritone Christopher Maltman as the Dutchman, bass Daniel Sumegi as Daland, and acclaimed soprano Anna-Louise Cole as the devoted Senta. They…
    Editor's Choice La Traviata

    Opera Australia: La Traviata

    Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Verdi’s iconic tale makes landfall in Melbourne. Sarah Giles, one of Australia’s most thoughtful theatremakers, deploys a lightly updated setting to explore the opera’s emotional heart. Stacey Alleaume and Maria Laura Iacobellis share the role of the consumptive heroine Violetta, with Filipe Manu and Oreste Cosimo as her lover Alfredo,…