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Stephanie Hare: A Chance to Adress the Amish Rumours

The Butterfly Club 5 Carson Place, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Stephanie Hare grew up off-grid in rural Tasmania without internet, television, or even a fridge. When Stephanie’s mother was twenty-three, they relocated out of Melbourne, bought a goat, and built a house out of firewood in the middle-of-nowhere Tasmania. Now Stephanie is twenty-three and she’s written a comedy show about…

Melbourne Town Hall: 2 Truths, 1 Lie & 17 Slight Exaggerations

Melbourne Town Hall 90-130 Swanston St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Tom Cashman is flying to Perth/Adelaide as we speak, with a new hour of stand up that may or may not include the secret to happiness. You might know Tom from TikTok, you might know him from Taskmaster Australia, or you might be grappling with the idea of him for…

Melbourne International Comedy Festival: PAUL WILLIAMS: Don’t Look At Me

The Westin 205 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Thank you for reading my blurb. I have told over a thousand jokes and received countless rounds of applause and bouts of laughter. Not to mention the smiles I’ve procured. I hope you attend this festival and I hope that of all the shows in the festival, you choose to…

X-Gen Entertainment: The Legendary Bijan Mortazavi

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Join Persian virtuoso violinist, musician, composer and singer Dr Bijan Mortazavi for an extraordinary evening of music, celebrating the traditional Persian New Year (Nowruz). Don’t miss the legendary Bijan Mortazavi with live orchestra in 2025.
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Opera Australia: Guys & Dolls

Mrs Macquaries Point Sydney, NSW, Australia
For this year’s Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour, OA has chosen the much-loved, 1950 Broadway musical, Guys and Dolls. Shaun Rennie directs the new production, starring singer-songwriter Cody Simpson as suave gambler Sky Masterson; with Annie Aitken as “the mission doll” Sarah Brown, who gets caught up in one of…

Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Alanah Parkin’s Garage Sale

DoubleTree by hilton 270 Flinders St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Greg and Denise have too much stuff! Narre Warren South's most notorious couple are moving to the retirement village up the road, and they can't possibly take everything with them. Join Greg, Denise and a smorgasbord of increasingly unlikely characters at the greatest Garage Sale the south-eastern suburbs has ever…

Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Anisa Nandaula: You Can’t Say That

The Victoria Hotel, Melbourne 215 Lt Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Mining everything from racism to relationships, religion to class has seen her amass more than 50 million views of her work across Instagram, Tik Tok and YouTube and more than 200,000 social media followers. In her captivating comedy special, Anisa Nandaula invites you to explore the hilariously complex world of…

Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Wilson DIxon: Love Don’t Live Here Anymore, You Do

Chinese Museum Chinatown Melbourne, 22 Cohen Place, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Direct from Cripple Creek, Colorado, country music legend Wilson Dixon returns to the festival circuit for the first time in years. Known to many as the greatest country singer Cripple Creek has ever produced - as well as the only country singer Cripple Creek has ever produced - whichever way…

The Pavilion Performing Arts Centre: NEWK (The John Newcombe Story)

The Pavilion Performing Arts Centre 30 Eton St, Sutherland, NSW, Australia
NEWK is the ace new play from award-winning Australian playwright Kieran Carroll, who traces the life of the great Australian tennis champ of the 1960s-70s, John Newcombe. Set at his 80th birthday in Sydney, John Newcombe’s journey travels from naïve 1960s schoolboy, to the No. 1 tennis player in the…
Cancer and Cartwheels – Dr Jo Prendergast at the Melbourne Comedy Festival

Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Cancer and Cartwheels

The Motley Bauhaus - Cabaret Stage, 118 Elgin St, Carlton, Melbourne 118 Elgin St, Carlton, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Join psychiatrist, award-winning comedian, and cancer survivor Dr. Jo Prendergast as she brings her acclaimed solo comedy show, Cancer and Cartwheels, to the Melbourne Comedy Festival this March. After a sold-out debut in New Zealand, Jo takes the stage with a hilarious, heartwarming performance about overcoming breast cancer, reclaiming her…

Sydney Theatre Company: Picnic at Hanging Rock

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Five modern teenage girls recount a story burnt into the Australian psyche. In Tom Wright’s lyrical and daring adaptation, Joan Lindsay’s hypnotic classic becomes a form-shattering mix of storytelling, gossip, and reenactment. Seen through the eyes of STC Resident Director Ian Michael (Stolen, Constellations), “the most exciting new director of…
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Melbourne Theatre Company: The Removalists

Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
David Williamson’s dark satire The Removalists premiered in 1971 but remains as shocking as ever. Set in an inner suburb of Melbourne, two sisters report an act of domestic violence to the police, hoping things will be quickly resolved. However, the local constabulary likes to handle things its own way.…

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