• Kindred People 2026

    Monash Performing Arts Centres: Kindred People 2026

    The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Awaken murrup — Awaken the spirit Kindred People is an Indigenous‑led gathering of global First Nations artists, Elders, Knowledge Holders, students and community, coming to Monash University on Boonwurrung Country in September 2026. Guided by culture, the festival centres Indigenous knowledges, creativity and connection through ceremony, performance, dialogue and time…
    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:…
    Commentary

    State Theatre Company South Australia: Commentary

    Adelaide Festival Centre Festival Drive, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Helpmann Award-nominated writer Ash Flanders’ Commentary is a sharp, provocative play that interrogates the ethics of artmaking, accountability, and memory in an era of public reckoning. The story centres on Nick, played by Gyton Grantley (Underbelly, House Husbands), a once-promising filmmaker turned university lecturer, whose controversial debut feature Low is…
    ‘Margaret Olley: Australian Intimiste’

    National Art School: ‘Margaret Olley: Australian Intimiste’

    National Art School Corner of Forbes and Burton Streets, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    ‘Margaret Olley: Australian Intimiste’ celebrates the legacy and significant achievements of Margaret Olley AC – National Art School alum and one of Australia’s most beloved painters – through the lens of the European artistic tradition intimisme, which honours the quiet poetry of domestic life and the interior world. Drawing from significant public and private…

    Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Jubilation

    Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    When Felix Mendelssohn was writing his Violin Concerto, he told a friend he couldn’t get the music out of his head – and you’ll hear why when Tianyou Ma plays the dramatic and vigorous opening notes. Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No.3 boldly follows, a richly textured piece that tells the story…

    Willoughby City Council: Live at Lunch – Birdsong, Sky and Flutes

    The Concourse, Chatswood 409 Victoria Ave, Chatswood, NSW, Australia
    Jane Rutter, John Martin, Pacific Opera Soloists Jane Rutter, Pacific Opera Studio Soloists, pianist John Martin and special surprise guest in a radiant celebration of avian-inspired music, exploring the timeless harmony between nature and art. The program soars through exquisite arias, refined songs, and luminous instrumental works that capture the…

    Willoughby City Council: Live at Lunch – Birdsong, Sky and Flutes

    The Concourse, Chatswood 409 Victoria Ave, Chatswood, NSW, Australia
    Jane Rutter, John Martin, Pacific Opera Soloists Jane Rutter, Pacific Opera Studio Soloists, pianist John Martin and special surprise guest in a radiant celebration of avian-inspired music, exploring the timeless harmony between nature and art. The program soars through exquisite arias, refined songs, and luminous instrumental works that capture the…
    Editor's Choice Death of a Salesman

    Andrew Henry & GWB Entertainment: Death of a Salesman

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    When Neil Armfield directed a new production of Arthur Miller’s timeless tragedy, Death of a Salesman, in 2023 with Anthony LaPaglia as Willy Loman and Alison Whyte as his long-suffering wife Linda, the reviews were ecstatic. In a five-star rave, Limelight said the “outstanding” production is “so gripping the audience doesn’t make…
    Editor's Choice Fiddler On The Roof

    Theatre Royal, Sydney: Fiddler On The Roof

    Theatre Royal, Sydney 108 King St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    First seen at London’s Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre in 2024, this Olivier Award-winning production, directed by Jordan Fein, transferred to the Barbican, where it became the venue’s best-selling musical of all time. Set in 1905, Tevye, a milkman in the tiny fictional village of Anatevka, tries to maintain his…
    Editor's Choice Strong Is The New Pretty

    Queensland Theatre Company: Strong Is The New Pretty

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    The inaugural program of Artistic Director Ebony Bott includes the world premiere of Suzie Miller’s latest play Strong is the New Pretty about the creation of the AFL Women’s Competition, and a new movement piece about mortality from The Farm called No One Gets Out of Here Alive (see page…
    Editor's Choice A Beautiful Noise – The Neil Diamond Musical

    Paul Dainty, Ken Davenport & Bob Gaudio: A Beautiful Noise – The Neil Diamond Musical

    Princess Theatre, Melbourne 163 Spring St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Created in consultation with Neil Diamond himself, the jukebox musical, A Beautiful Noise, charts his rise to superstardom through the songs that defined his life and career, among them Cracklin’ Rosie, Forever in Blue Jeans and Sweet Caroline. Famous for his swaggering sexuality and velvet-meets-gravel voice, Diamond is conjured by two…
    Bush, Borscht & Bonn

    Selby & Friends: Bush, Borscht & Bonn

    National Gallery of Australia Parkes Place East, Parkes, ACT, Australia
    Listening to Beethoven’s own wonderful piano trio arrangement of his famous Septet, one gets a real sense of what it must have been like to desperately want to play something at home you had only heard played by many artists publicly. This tradition of changing the forces to accommodate everyday…