• 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…
    Editor's Choice Pretty Woman: The Musical

    JONES Theatrical Group: Pretty Woman: The Musical

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    When Pretty Woman: The Musical opened on Broadway in 2018, the reviews weren’t kind, but audiences didn’t care. The show ran there for a year and has since been produced around the world, including in London’s West End. Based on the 1990 film starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere, the…
    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,…
    Beauty and the Beast the Musical

    Disney: Beauty and the Beast the Musical

    Crown Theatre Great Eastern Hwy, Burswood, WA, Australia
    This enchanting and timeless tale has been brought to life in Disney's reimagined production boasting all the spectacle and grandeur audiences know and love. The incredible new production from the producers of The Lion King, Mary Poppins, Aladdin and Frozen will premiere at Crown Theatre in July 2025 for a…
    Other Gods (Melbourne Fringe Festival)

    Melbourne Fringe: Other Gods

    The Motley Bauhaus 118 Elgin St, Carlton, VIC, Australia
    Other Gods is set in a vibrant fantasy world where the ten gods are almost impossible to deny. We meet Brodselo’s priest, Tom, in a time where many are questioning whether the church truly knows what the Ten desire… especially the woman he’s falling for (despite his vow of celibacy),…
    Intolerant

    Melbourne Fringe Festival: Intolerant

    Spielhaus 25 Kulinbulok Lane cnr Berrbang Lane, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    The no-nuts allowed cabaret, where we're allergic to everything but fun. Are you detail and service-oriented? Do you know what’s in your pockets at all times? Can you last more than eight hours without coffee? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, Anaphylaxis Diner is for you!…
    Shadow Boxing by James Gaddas

    Feet First Collective: Shadow Boxing by James Gaddas

    Flight Path Theatre 142 Addison Rd, Marrickville, NSW, Australia
    Raw, Riveting and Unmissable: Shadow Boxing  is a fierce solo performance exploring masculinity, violence, sexuality, and vulnerability. Following acclaimed seasons in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth, Shadow Boxing, the award-winning solo work by James Gaddas, returns to Sydney for a strictly limited season at Flight Path Theatre, Marrickville, from 7 - 11 October…
    Playhouse Week 1

    The Australian Ballet: Playhouse Week 1

    Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Playhouse Theatre Royal New Zealand Ballet, Te Ao Mārama The Australian Ballet and The Australian Ballet School, Allegro Brillante by George Balanchine ©The George Balanchine Trust Restless Dance Theatre, Seeing Through Darkness The Australian Ballet and Lucy Guerin, Ground Control Dancenorth Australia, Wayfinder (Excerpt)
    Brahms Before and After

    Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Brahms Before and After

    Sydney Conservatorium of Music 1 Conservatorium Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    This piano solo recital program by Daniel Herscovitch revolves around the music of Johannes Brahms, beginning with the delightful Sonata in B major D.575 by Franz Schubert, who had a big influence on Brahms. It is followed by one of Brahms’s earliest big masterpieces, the dramatic Sonata in F sharp…
    Editor's Choice Rebecca

    Melbourne Theatre Company: Rebecca

    Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 Gothic novel was adapted as a suspenseful film by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine. This new production, adapted and directed by MTC Artistic Director Anne-Louise Sarks, takes us back to Manderley, the grand mansion where Maxim de Winter returns home with his second…
    Editor's Choice The Shiralee

    Sydney Theatre Company: The Shiralee

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Kate Mulvany did a fabulous job adapting Ruth Park’s Harp in the South trilogy for Sydney Theatre Company. Now she has turned her attention to the 1955 Australian classic The Shiralee, written by D’Arcy Niland (who was married to Park). The story centres on Macauley, a rugged swagman, who roams Australia…

    Australian National Academy of Music: ANAM Concerto Competition Final with TSO

    Federation Concert Hall Hobart, TAS, Australia
    The finalists of the ANAM Concerto Competition perform with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, with the winner announced on the night. The culmination of a series of competitive rounds, ANAM Musicians get the rare and exciting privilege of performing with a professional orchestra – and this is your chance to hear and see the…