• Editor's Choice West Gate

    Melbourne Theatre Company: West Gate

    Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Dennis McIntosh was 12 when Melbourne’s West Gate Bridge collapsed on 15 October, 1970. He and his friends heard the terrible thud from their school – something he has never forgotten. Thirty-five men died in what remains Australia’s deadliest industrial accident. For the past decade, McIntosh has been working on a play…

    Monash Peforming Arts Centres: Alinta and the Jazz Emperors

    The Count's 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton, VIC
    Alinta and the Jazz Emperors make their debut at The Count’s with a night of joyful, soul-charged jazz, irresistible rhythm, and world-class musicianship. Presiding over a kingdom of feel-good swing and fiery improvisation, this powerhouse five-piece brings together some of Australia’s most accomplished jazz artists. Fronted by the magnetic Alinta…
    Editor's Choice Madama Butterfly

    Opera Australia: Madama Butterfly

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Moffatt Oxenbould’s much-loved staging of Puccini’s classic was officially retired by Opera Australia in 2017. Now, it’s making a comeback, revived here by Matthew Barclay. “It’s cleverly conceived by Oxenbould and his design team as an exotic, seductive world as seen through Pinkerton’s eyes,” wrote Jo Litson for Limelight. OA’s…
    The Devil’s Violin

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: The Devil’s Violin

    Winthrop Hall Perth, WA, Australia
    The devil played the violin for Tartini in a dream. The music was charismatic, electrifying, fiendishly difficult and utterly transfixing. Tartini awoke and transcribed the melody, penning the Devil’s Trill sonata. It can only be played by someone astounding. Ilya Gringolts is that player, returning with his dazzling virtuosity and commanding stage presence for…
    Eden

    Siren Theatre Co: EDEN

    The Gallery at The Courtyard of Curiosities at The Migration Museum 82 Kintore Ave, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Set over one charged summer, the play explores identity, transformation, and the quiet violence of becoming. EDEN follows Kit and Dan as their lives hover between past and possibility. Desire, guilt, and the ache for belonging entwine as the pair navigate a landscape where myth blurs the present, and where…
    Maybe he’s born with it, maybe it’s ADHD

    Adelaide Fringe: Maybe he’s born with it, maybe it’s ADHD

    Gluttony, Rymill Park Rymill Park, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Sound familiar? It will if you're part of the 1 in 20 people who have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. QUIT READING AHEAD! This show explores a lifetime of experiences in living with ahdh* to help understand family, friends, partners or colleagues with a condition YOU NEED TO…

    Canberra Philharmonic Society: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

    ACT Hub 14 Spinifex St, Kingston, ACT, Australia
    In a moment of perfect syzygy, Canberra Philharmonic is ecstatic, elated, euphoric, thrilled, overjoyed and rapturously happy to announce that our first show for 2026 is the delightful, whimsical, sweet and hilarious 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, coming to you from 12 – 28 March 2026. We are thrilled to…
    It’s My Party National Theatre Tour

    MEG MAC: It’s My Party National Theatre Tour

    Brisbane Powerhouse 119 Lamington St, New Farm, QLD, Australia
    Following three sold-out performances at Belvoir Street Theatre in August, ARIA No. 1 artist MEG MAC takes her acclaimed It’s My Party format on a national tour of Australia’s finest theatre venues. After establishing herself as Australia’s premier pop soul voice with chart-topping success and her commanding vocal presence, Meg debuts her…
    Mind Games: Art Alive

    Baeu Medina: Mind Games: Art Alive

    154 Broadway 154-160 Broadway, Chippendale, NSW, Australia
    A new, woman-led, interactive, immersive and independent experiential playground has opened in Chippendale, in Sydney’s inner suburbs – at a scale and level of detail that has not been done in Australia. Comprising multisensory installations such as holographic moon rooms to upside-down trains, mirrored mazes, and perception puzzles, Mind Games:…
    Antigone

    La Boite: Antigone

    La Boite Roundhouse Theatre Kelvin Grove, QLD, Australia
    A Show of Rage and Defiance Antigone explodes onto the Roundhouse stage with raw energy and unflinching relevance on the eve of International Women’s Day 2026. This dynamic interpretation of Sophocles’ timeless tragedy centres on a fearless young woman who refuses to stay silent. Set within a world shaped by political unrest,…
    Event Horizon

    Artspace: Event Horizon

    Artspace The Gunnery, 43/51 Cowper Wharf Roadway,, Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia
    Artspace presents Event Horizon, the first major solo Australian exhibition by renowned Australian conceptual artist Michaela Gleave from Friday 6 March to Sunday 7 June 2026, with the opening event taking place on Thursday 5 March at 6:00pm. Using energy fields and physical materials such as mist, sound waves, atmospheric…

    Linden Arts: Time Moves Through These Walls: 40 years of Linden New Art

    Linden New Art 26 Acland Street, St Kilda, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Marking four decades of cultural significance, this landmark exhibition celebrates Linden's extraordinary journey from domestic residence to contemporary art institution. The exhibition excavates the multi-layered history of this distinctive St Kilda site, tracing its history from pre-contact Indigenous Country through its incarnations as a private residence, hotel, and ultimately one…