• Griffin Theatre Company: Griffin Theatre: The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin

    Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    A landmark work of Australian theatre returns to the stage where it first sprang to inglorious life. Steve J. Spears’ The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin scandalised and mesmerised in equal measure when it premiered in 1976, touring across the world and collecting awards everywhere it ventured. Now, on its 50th…
    Fair Play

    Lost Thought: Fair Play

    The Old Fitz Theatre 129 Dowling St, Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia
    Fair Play is a blistering, urgent two-hander about ambition, friendship, and the brutal cost of elite sport. Set in the high-pressure world of competitive middle-distance running, the play follows teenage athletes Ann and Sophie as they train, race, and grow up together — until success, scrutiny, and institutional power threaten…
    Do Not Pass Go

    Melbourne Theatre Company: Do Not Pass Go

    Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Laced with acerbic humour, Do Not Pass Go turns hustle culture inside out to ask: when the system is built to break you, what’s left to hold onto? Flux and Penny are colleagues whiling away their lives in the nondescript purgatory of a workplace no-one seems to run, doing a job no-one…
    The Devil’s Violin

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: The Devil’s Violin

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, 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…
    Editor's Choice Turandot

    Opera Australia: Turandot

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    International director and choreographer Ann Yee has been recruited to stage a new production of Puccini’s Turandot in a way that is sensitive to issues of race and gender by focusing on the implacable princess’s courage, her ancestor’s trauma and the sacrificial love of another woman. Rebecca Nash, fresh from…
    Lesbian Sex Diaries

    Adelaide Fringe: Lesbian Sex Diaries

    Arthur Artbar 66 Currie St, Adelaide, SA
    A cheeky, audacious plunge into the wild terrain of lesbian sex, dating, and fantasy. And also, drugs. Told through raw stories, unfiltered confessions, and personal diary entries, Lesbian Sex Diaries is joyous, hilarious, and psychedelic. Rebel Star’s infectious giggles meet devastating deadpan, while Melody Rachel’s pauses and evocative intonation land…
    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:…
    Dad & Daughter Duets

    Emma Knights: Dad and Daughter Duets

    Urrbrae House, The University of Adelaide 12 Walter Young Ave, Urrbrae, SA
    One piano, two mischievous Knights = an entertaining arvo of piano duets! Peter & Emma Knights bring together two lifetimes of music with a generous dose of mischief. From classical and contemporary favourites to video game music, musical theatre gems and iconic movie themes, expect flying fingers, heartfelt moments and…

    Ian Stenlake: Frankly Sinatra

    The Clocktower Centre 750 Mount Alexander Road, Moonee Ponds, VIC, Australia
    This exciting new production celebrates the life and legacy of one of the greatest crooners of all time — Ol’ Blue Eyes himself, Frank Sinatra. Featuring timeless classics like Fly Me to the Moon, My Way, Mack the Knife, All the Way, Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered, High Hopes, True Love, Night…
    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…
    ANAM at the Convent: Kurtág & Friends

    Australian National Academy of Music: ANAM at the Convent: Kurtág & Friends

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    In 2026, we will be celebrating the centenary of one of the great living composers – György Kurtág. Heard at several ANAM concerts over the years, Kurtág's music can feel like overhearing a whispered confession, a sudden cry, or a fleeting memory. All condensed into crystalline form. Kurtág’s artistic language…