• Men on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

    Messy With the Pen: Men on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

    fortyfivedownstairs 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Manes, meltdowns and masculinity collide in this unhinged equestrian brom-com road trip coming to fortyfivedownstairs this October. Quinn is a middle-aged dressage diva in distress. Loyal groom and live-in lover to top rider Randall James Beaumont-Smythe III, Quinn’s idyllic Daylesford life is shattered when Randy dumps him for a younger…
    Editor's Choice The 39 Steps

    Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: The 39 Steps

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    Alfred Hitchcock’s classic spy thriller, The 39 Steps, was loosely based on John Buchan’s 1915 novel. Patrick Barlow’s stage adaptation of the same book combines Hitchcockian suspense with lashings of hilarity. The play, which features four actors playing 130 characters, has delighted audiences around the world. It returns to Australia…
    The Light Inside

    Bangarra Dance Theatre: The Light Inside

    Geelong Arts Centre 81 Ryrie Street, Geelong, VIC, Australia
    From two of the world’s great First Nations comes a new work: The Light Inside. Some call it a feeling, some call it the mother spirit. It’s the place where sea meets sky, the horizon we all look to, the compass that guides us home. In Bangarra’s first mainstage cross-cultural…
    Kew Court House Live

    Boroondara Arts: Mikelangelo: In the Belly of the Whale

    Kew Court House 188 High Street, Kew, VIC, Australia
    What happens when a man meets his alter ego in the belly of a whale? In the Belly of the Whale is a new solo show by acclaimed Croatian-Australian singer, songwriter and performer Michael Simic. In this rollicking and revealing tale, Simic's own story as a new dad juggling home life with…

    Boroondara Arts: Darcy Gilkerson

    Kew Court House 188 High Street, Kew, VIC, Australia
    Darcy Gilkerson is a Melbourne-based cellist and composer with a passion for contemporary classical and improvisatory chamber music. Performing in venues across the country and touring with various orchestras and ensembles, Darcy has found a home on the stage. As a composer, Darcy is inspired by the lyricism, playfulness and…
    RENT

    Opera Australia: RENT

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Experience Jonathan Larson’s electrifying, multi-Tony® Award winning musical, in this electrifying, critically-acclaimed new production. Step into the vibrant streets of New York City’s East Village, where dreams are born, friendships are tested, and the power of love prevails against all odds. Featuring the iconic songs Seasons of Love, Take Me…

    Backstage Music: Entangled Labours

    Woodburn Creatives 82 Cope St, Waterloo, NSW, Australia
    Curated by James Hazel and Lamorna Nightingale Who gets to make art in Australia, and on what terms? Entangled Labours looks at the rich lives and experiences of working-class people in so-called Sydney. Including the premiere of a new film by the Class Actions Collective about the selling off of…
    Dirty Dancing

    Spiritworks: Dirty Dancing

    Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Enjoy the digitally remastered hit film like never before on a full-sized cinema screen with a live band and singers performing the iconic songs. With a soundtrack that marked a generation, Dirty Dancing in Concert promises to bring an enchanting and unique experience to the classic 80’s film. Directly following…
    CATS

    John Frost for Crossroads Live Australia: CATS

    Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Adapted from TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, this “groundbreaking musical” (Daily Express) comes together in a sparkling fusion of music, dance and verse. On just one special night of the year, all Jellicle cats meet at the Jellicle Ball where Old Deuteronomy, their wise and benevolent leader,…
    Editor's Choice The Book of Mormon

    JONES Theatrical Group: The Book of Mormon

    Capitol Theatre, Sydney 13 Campbell St, Haymarket, NSW
    Hello! The Mormons are back! First seen in Australia in 2017, The Book of Mormon is blasphemous, scurrilous, puerile, rude, satirical – and one of the funniest, sweetest, most joyous musicals ever staged. Written by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, with Robert Lopez, the 2011 show won…