• Monty Python’s Spamalot

    Drew Anthony Creative: Monty Python’s Spamalot

    Athenaeum Theatre 188 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    The legendary search for the Holy Grail is officially headed for Australia! After a spectacular season at Perth's Planet Royale in May, Drew Anthony Creative has announced that the Tony Award®–winning Best Musical, Monty Python's Spamalot, will gallop into Melbourne for a limited engagement during September and October. This riotous…
    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…
    Lord of the Flies

    Theatre Works: Lord of the Flies

    Theatre Works St Kilda, VIC, Australia
    When a plane crashes and a group of boys find themselves alone on a remote island, they begin to build order from the chaos with youthful optimism and a sense of adventure. They make rules, elect leaders, and imagine a world where fairness and cooperation will keep them safe. But…
    Editor's Choice

    Australian Baroque: The Six Noongar Seasons

    His Majesty's Theatre, Perth 827-905 Hay St, Karboordup, WA, Australia
    This cycle of six concertos explores the changing rhythms of Country through the music of Aaron Wyatt and poems by Gina Williams. Inspired by Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, the work traces the Noongar seasons of the southwest – Birak, Bunuru, Djeran, Makuru, Djilba and Kambarang – as heat gathers, rain…
    GRIMM: Tales by the Brothers Grimm

    shake & stir theatre co: GRIMM: Tales by the Brothers Grimm

    AANT Centre Darwin, NT, Australia
    Happily, ever after? Never. GRIMM, the latest tour de force from Shake & Stir Theatre Co beckons you into a world where fairytales are reimagined with a profound intensity. Be warned – these bedtime stories may cause nightmares… Within darkened corridors and haunting landscapes, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, and many other intriguing characters emerge…
    The Rink

    Neglected Musicals: The Rink

    Hayes Theatre Co 19 Greenknowe Avenue, Elizabeth Bay, NSW, Australia
    This Kander & Ebb classic musical is set in a Coney Island of the mind, on the ragged fringe of the New York show-biz world. Anna Antonelli’s roller rink is about to be demolished, and with-it Anna’s memories of her Lothario of a husband and her painfully shy daughter Angel.…
    Macbeth

    Bell Shakespeare: Macbeth

    Brisbane Powerhouse 119 Lamington St, New Farm, QLD, Australia
    Following a bloody battle, Macbeth and his comrade Banquo are met by three Weird Sisters who prophesy Macbeth will one day be king. Unable to shake the thought, Macbeth tells his wife, Lady Macbeth. Driven by an insatiable hunger for power, posterity and certainty, they commit a murder and set…
    Editor's Choice The Turn of the Screw

    Victorian Opera: The Turn of the Screw

    Palais Theatre, St Kilda St Kilda, VIC, Australia
    Benjamin Britten’s operatic ghost story is one of the most effective music theatre works of the 20th century. When a wide-eyed governess is sent to a country house to take charge of two supposedly innocent children, it quickly becomes clear that not everything is as it seems. What was the…
    Log Boy

    State Theatre Company South Australia: Log Boy

    Adelaide College of the Arts Light Square, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    A deliriously dark, heart-stabbing, and hilarious queer ghost story about love, grief, and the demons we can’t quite exorcise — especially the leather-clad ones. After the death of his fiancé, Anthony retreats to their country house to grieve, only to be haunted — literally and figuratively — by loss, lust,…
    Melancholia

    Studio Stocks: Melancholia

    Chapel off Chapel 12 Little Chapel Street, Prahran, VIC, Australia
    Following its celebrated premiere season, Studio Stocks’ Melancholia returns to the stage in a powerful exploration of grief, resilience and hope. Created by Melbourne’s contemporary tap dance company Studio Stocks and directed by acclaimed tap artist Garry Stocks, Melancholia pushes the boundaries of percussive dance, weaving contemporary movement with a…
    New Annual: Triceratop by Lingua Franca

    New Annual: Triceratop by Lingua Franca

    University House, University of Newcastle 300 King Street, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
    Blending cabaret, sci‑fi, storytelling and unapologetic camp humour, it’s wild, witty and bittersweet – where love, survival bunkers and finding your true ‘Triceratop’ collide. A hilariously tender gay dinosaur parable – it’s RuPaul’s Drag Race meets Don’t Look Up. Can our prehistoric protagonist find love in time? Triceratop whisks you into…