• AFTERGLOW

    Midnight Theatricals: AFTERGLOW

    Eternity Playhouse 39 Burton Street, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
    The climax is just the beginning. S. Asher Gelman international hit play AFTERGLOW is finally heading to Sydney! When Josh and Alex, a married couple in an open relationship, invite Darius to share their bed for a night, a new and intimate connection is ignited. As all three men come…

    Darebin Arts Speakeasy: Mature Skin

    Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre 189 High Street, Northcote, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    A disgustingly sexy rom-vom Breakout trans playwright Gabrielle Fallen and acclaimed queer indie theatre director Justin Nott have teamed up for the premiere production of a salacious new comedy that's as funny as it is dark, and as sick as it is sensual. Two strangers meet in a nightclub bathroom.…
    Editor's Choice Torch The Place

    Queensland Theatre: Torch The Place

    Bille Brown Theatre 78 Montague Rd, South Brisbane, QLD
    When Benjamin Law’s debut play, Torch The Place, premiered at Melbourne Theatre Company in 2020, Limelight reviewer Patricia Maunder described it as “a tragicomic tale about a dysfunctional Asian-Australian family . . . written with wit and warmth.” When Mum turns 60, her children arrive with a birthday cake, presents and a…
    Beyond The Neck

    Theatre Works: Beyond The Neck

    Theatre Works St Kilda, VIC, Australia
    Based on real accounts from people affected by the Port Arthur massacre, Beyond The Neck is a profoundly moving portrait of a community learning to live beyond trauma. Humour flickers through the darkness. Kindness sits beside pain. Creating a space for stillness, breath and hope, and a reminder that healing…
    Editor's Choice The Doll Trilogy

    Red Stitch: Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

    Red Stitch Actors' Theatre Rear 2 Chapel Street, St Kilda, VIC, Australia
    When Ray Lawler’s play Summer of the Seventeenth Doll premiered in 1955, it was a watershed moment in Australian theatre, given its groundbreaking portrayal of distinctly Australian characters. Set in Melbourne in 1953, it features cane cutters Roo and Barney, who return to the city between harvests to spend time with Olive and Nancy.…
    Little Absences

    Chapel off Chapel: Little Absences

    Chapel off Chapel 12 Little Chapel Street, Prahran, VIC, Australia
    ‘It starts with little absences.’ Chris, a keenly intelligent and witty woman in the later years of her life, is obstinately still living at home, despite the concerns of her daughter, Jenny. But Jenny sees her elderly mother’s vulnerability and addiction – the battle she isn't sure Chris is winning.…
    Trophy Boys

    State Theatre Company South Australia: Trophy Boys

    Adelaide Festival Centre Festival Drive, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    It is the biggest night of Melbourne’s academic calendar, the Grand Finale of the Year 12 Interschool Debating Tournament, and the all-boys team from the elite St Imperium College are ready to totally annihilate their sister school — until things take a dark turn… Performed by a female and non-binary…
    Editor's Choice RBG – Of Many, One

    Black Swan State Theatre Company: RBG: Of Many, One

    Heath Ledger Theatre 174 William St, Perth, WA, Australia
    After a triumphant premiere at Sydney Theatre Company in 2022, and a sold-out national tour in 2024, legendary Australian actor Heather Mitchell returns to the smash-hit play RBG: Of Many, One. Written by Suzie Miller (Prima Facie), it traces the life and trailblazing career of the indomitable Ruth Bader Ginsburg,…
    Stravinsky & Chindamo

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Stravinsky & Chindamo

    Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Prepare to use your imagination in weird and wonderful ways. When French composer Maurice Ravel wrote his ethereal Pavane pour une infante défunte, he’d been dreaming of the long-lost melodies that may once have inspired a young Spanish princess to dance. Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring shares a French connection as it premiered…
    Editor's Choice Flora

    The Australian Ballet: Flora

    Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Resilience. Kinship. Connection. This bold new, full-length dance work by Mirning woman and Bangarra’s Artistic Director Frances Rings traces the evolution of Australian flora. Brought to life by 35 dancers from both companies, it examines the impact of historic and environmental events on the landscape and its people, from devastation wrought…
    & Juliet

    John X: & Juliet

    Theatre Royal, Hobart 29 Campbell Street, Hobart, TAS, Australia
    The most famous love story of all time…remixed. Get ready for the larger-than-life musical & Juliet! The joyous jukebox musical featuring all your favourite pop anthems will be sure to make you roar with laughter and blow you away with its themes of empowerment and self-acceptance. Created by the Emmy–winning…
    Belvoir Theatre: A Mirror

    Belvoir St Theatre: Belvoir Theatre: A Mirror

    Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    A SMART NEW HIT PLAY ABOUT ART VERSUS POWER Adem’s a mechanic who’s written a play and naively submitted it for consideration. He’s called to the arts council by a bureaucrat, Čelik, who suspects Adem has potential – if only he can learn to write in the state-approved, patriotic way,…