• Awakening Histories

    : Awakening Histories

    Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts 51 James Street, Perth, WA, Australia
    The Awakening Histories exhibit at PICA explores the deep and enduring connection between First Nations Peoples across the north of this continent (now known as Australia) and the Makassan seafarers of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Re-positioning Australia’s pre-colonial international relations from a global south perspective, this powerful exhibition reflects on the…
    Painting Itself/绘画本身

    : Painting Itself/绘画本身

    Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts 51 James Street, Perth, WA, Australia
    Painting Itself/绘画本身 is an exhibition of five painters from Hong Kong, Malaysia, London, Shanghai and Singapore. The exhibition explores a new horizontal culture in painting, where fundamental ideas about its history and vitality—long the influence of European and American values—are being reshaped in East and Southeast Asia. A common understanding…

    Darkfield: SÉANCE, FLIGHT and INVISIBLE return to Adelaide Fringe

    The Garden of Unearthly Delights Rundle Park, East Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    DARKFIELD returns to The Garden of Unearthly Delights this Adelaide Fringe, with three of its most acclaimed shows: SÉANCE, FLIGHT, and INVISIBLE from 13 February until 22 March 2026. The experiences, which take place in total darkness, use 360° binaural sound to blur the line between reality and fiction inside…
    I, AmDram

    Hannah Maxwell: I, AmDram

    The Barbara Hardy Garden at Holden Street Theatres 2 - 34 Holden Street, Hindmarsh, Kaurna Country, Australia
    Hannah will be bringing back their debut show I, AmDram, to the Adelaide Fringe at Holden Street Theatres (19 Feb–22 March) after acclaimed runs in both 2020 & 2025, winning a Weekly Best of Theatre Award. Exploring queer identity and growing up amongst amateur musical theatre, this solo storytelling show…
    Editor's Choice The Doll Trilogy

    Red Stitch: Kid Stakes

    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.…
    Editor's Choice The Great Gatsby

    Queensland Theatre: The Great Gatsby

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel, The Great Gatsby, set during the Jazz Age, continues to fire artists’ imagination with everything from Baz Luhrmann’s 2013 movie to Elevator Repair Service’s landmark, six-hour stage production Gatz, which premiered in 2004. The US theatre company returns to Australia to perform Gatz at this year’s…
    Editor's Choice The Normal Heart

    Sydney Theatre Company: The Normal Heart

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Larry Kramer’s award-winning, semi-autobiographical play, set in 1980s New York during the first few years of the AIDS crisis, had its Australian debut at Sydney Theatre Company in 1989. Nearly 40 years later, it returns to STC in a State Theatre Company South Australia production, which opened in Adelaide in 2022. Directed…
    Purpose

    Sydney Theatre Company: Purpose

    Wharf 1 Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
    In an exciting coup, the most awarded new American play of 2025 is heading this way. Fresh from winning the 2025 Tony Award for Best Play, the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2025 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award, Purpose comes directly from Broadway to Sydney Theatre Company in the…
    My Brilliant Career

    Melbourne Theatre Company: My Brilliant Career

    Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
    My dear fellow Australians… You can’t keep a fierce woman down. Sybylla Melvyn is back, and she’s bolder than ever. Hailed as a ‘funny, feminist triumph’ (The Guardian) and earning multiple five-star reviews in its sold-out premiere season, the joyous My Brilliant Career returns for a limited encore run. Led once more…
    Evil Dead The Musical

    Stoddart Entertainment Group: Evil Dead the Musical

    Seymour Centre Chippendale, NSW, Australia
    From the producers of The Play That Goes Wrong, comes Evil Dead The Musical: a hilariously gory, blood-soaked rock musical based on the iconic 80’s Evil Dead cult film franchise. When five college students venture to an abandoned cabin in the woods, they accidentally unleash an evil force that turns…
    The Book of Mormon

    JONES Theatrical Group: The Book of Mormon

    Princess Theatre, Melbourne 163 Spring St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    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…
    Piss Be With You

    Qtopia Sydney: Piss Be With You

    The Substation - Qtopia 136 Oxford St, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
    Seeking a Golden Gay Time in the city; stepping out pelvis-proud, and armed with a glow in her heart. Cleo is thirsty to meet babes and make it rain. While riding the pleasure pipeline, cracks appear and leaks begin. The leaks grow into puddles. Things only get wetter and wilder.…