• Editor's Choice Eliza

    Melbourne Theatre Company: Eliza

    Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
    As society grapples with the implications and ethics of rapidly advancing artificial technologies, Melbourne Theatre Company presents the world premiere of Eliza by Tom Holloway. The psychological thriller about the birth of AI is based on real events. Dr Joseph Weizenbaum, a brilliant professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, carries the trauma of…
    The Elevator

    Ensemble Theatre: The Elevator

    Ensemble Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Ensemble Theatre presents the world premiere of ‘The Elevator’ by Eloise Snape, a sharp, funny and fearless new Australian comedy, from 18 September - 18 October 2026. Starring Leeanna Walsman making her Ensemble debut and directed by Anthea Williams, ‘The Elevator’ is a no-fluff office satire filled with a whirlwind…
    Cruise

    Seymour Centre: Cruise

    Seymour Centre Chippendale, NSW, Australia
    Following its sold-out, five-star Australian premiere, Seymour and Fruit Box Theatre will join forces to return the acclaimed Cruise by Jack Holden to Sydney. This electrifying celebration of queer nightlife and a powerful tribute to a generation lost to the AIDS crisis, will run at the Seymour from 9th –…
    Editor's Choice Small Mouth Sounds

    Queensland Theatre Company: Small Mouth Sounds

    Bille Brown Theatre 78 Montague Rd, South Brisbane, QLD
    Actions speak louder than words in this charming, wry comedy by American playwright Bess Wohl, set at a silent rural retreat. Six participants from the city, each with emotional baggage, gather for a week-long spiritual course run by a guru who still has some way to go on the transcendental…
    Editor's Choice Girls & Boys

    Sydney Theatre Company: Girls & Boys

    Wharf 1 Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
    When Justine Clarke first performed Dennis Kelly’s gripping one-woman play at the 2022 Adelaide Festival, Limelight gave the production a five-star review, describing her performance as “utterly remarkable”. Directed by Mitchell Butel, Clarke won rapturous reviews in a return Adelaide season in 2022 and at the 2023 Sydney Festival. Now,…
    Editor's Choice Girls & Boys

    Sydney Theatre Company: Girls & Boys

    Wharf 1 Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
    When Justine Clarke first performed Dennis Kelly’s gripping one-woman play at the 2022 Adelaide Festival, Limelight gave the production a five-star review, describing her performance as “utterly remarkable”. Directed by Mitchell Butel, Clarke won rapturous reviews in a return Adelaide season in 2022 and at the 2023 Sydney Festival. Now,…
    Editor's Choice Girls & Boys

    Sydney Theatre Company: Girls & Boys

    Wharf 1 Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
    When Justine Clarke first performed Dennis Kelly’s gripping one-woman play at the 2022 Adelaide Festival, Limelight gave the production a five-star review, describing her performance as “utterly remarkable”. Directed by Mitchell Butel, Clarke won rapturous reviews in a return Adelaide season in 2022 and at the 2023 Sydney Festival. Now,…
    Pekka Kuusisto – Legends & Luminaries

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: Pekka Kuusisto – Legends & Luminaries

    Llewellyn Hall Building 100, William Herbert Pl, Canberra, ACT, Australia
    Pekka Kuusisto returns to the ACO after nearly a decade to direct music from four prodigious talents. Kuusisto is an artist unbound by convention, who embodies an artistic freedom that is unexpected and thrilling. As a renowned virtuoso and boundary-crossing composer, he pushes the limits of performance into exciting new…
    The Sleeping Beauty

    The Stuttgart Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty

    Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Performing in Australia for the first time in decades, Germany’s premier ballet company, The Stuttgart Ballet, brings Marcia Haydée’s The Sleeping Beauty exclusively to Melbourne, by special invitation from The Australian Ballet. Proving that dreams do come true, guest company The Stuttgart Ballet bring The Sleeping Beauty to Melbourne. At the Regent…
    Editor's Choice The Unfriend

    Sydney Theatre Company: The Unfriend

    Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    This deliciously dark comedy marked the stage debut of British TV titan Steven Moffat – the celebrated showrunner of Doctor Who and creator of Press Gang, Coupling, Sherlock and Douglas is Cancelled – and became a West End hit. While holidaying on a cruise ship, timorous, middle-class couple Peter and Debbie befriend…
    Elder After Hours

    Elder Conservatorium: Tales of Two Cities

    Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Elder Conservatorium Chorale Carl Crossin OAM - conductor Karl Geiger - piano With special guests Sydney Conservatorium Chamber Choir Paul Stanhope - conductor Two of Australia’s finest collegiate choirs share the stage for a choral collaboration that offers a veritable smorgasbord of vibrant, varied and inspired choral music from across…
    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…