• The Flute Revamped

    Melanie Walters: The Flute Revamped

    Gasworks Arts Park 21 Graham Street, Albert Park, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    "The flute as you don’t usually hear it!" Join flautist Melanie Walters for this concert of vibrant music inspired by television, pop music, children's literature, and other popular culture. The program includes music by Jacob TV, Azeem Ward, Anne La Berge and Ian Clarke. ★★★★★ "An hour better spent is…
    Editor's Choice Trent Dalton’s Love Stories

    HOTA: Trent Dalton’s Love Stories

    HOTA 135 Bundall Road, Surfers Paradise, QLD, Australia
    A hit at the 2024 Brisbane Festival, the stage adaptation of Trent Dalton’s book Love Stories is now on tour. In 2021, Dalton spent two months on a street corner in Brisbane’s CBD gathering stories on his Olivetti typewriter. Speaking to Australians from all walks of life, he asked them to tell him…
    Chicken in a Biscuit

    Fixed Foot Productions: Chicken in a Biscuit

    The Old Fitz Theatre 129 Dowling St, Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia
    They’re watching. They’re judging. They still want dinner. Welcome to the hilarious, heartfelt world of your pet’s inner life. Ever wondered WTF your pet is thinking and feeling? Chicken In A Biscuit might just help you find out. From a grieving pug owner to a bunny-obsessed dentist, Chicken In A…
    Editor's Choice Water Music

    Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Water Music

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    A meditation on the spiritual, cultural and environmental significance of water, this program pairs Handel’s Water Music with the world premiere of a new work by Arnhem Land ocean and waterway custodian Rrawun Maymuru and Nick Wales. Titled Nguy Gapu (Ocean Water) this is the first time the ABO is performing…
    Editor's Choice Trio Isimsiz

    Musica Viva Australia: Trio Isimsiz

    Queensland Conservatorium 140 Grey St, South Brisbane, QLD, Australia
    Trio Isimsiz (‘anonymous’ in Turkish) was formed in 2008 by pianist Erdem Mısırlıoğlu, violinist Pablo Hernán Benedí and cellist Edvard Pogossian after meeting at the Guildhall School in London. Celebrated from the Aldeburgh Festival to Copenhagen’s Tivoli Concert Hall, they now embark on their first national tour with Schubert’s Piano Trio…
    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…
    The Addams Family

    TEATRO in association with ON YOUR FEET PRODUCTIONS: The Addams Family

    Teatro at the Italian Forum 23 Norton St, Leichhardt, NSW, Australia
    The Tony Award® nominated, global smash-hit musical THE ADDAMS FAMILY MUSICAL lands in Sydney from 3 October at TEATRO at the Italian Forum. Join the kookiest family on the planet, Morticia, Gomez their children Wednesday and Pugsley, along with Uncle Fester, Lurch and someone who doesn’t need a hand, Thing!…
    Dirty Dancing

    Spiritworks: Dirty Dancing

    Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Enjoy the digitally remastered hit film like never before on a full-sized cinema screen with a live band and singers performing the iconic songs. With a soundtrack that marked a generation, Dirty Dancing in Concert promises to bring an enchanting and unique experience to the classic 80’s film. Directly following…
    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,…
    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!…
    Sincere Apologies

    Melbourne Fringe: Sincere Apologies

    Trades Hall, Melbourne 2 Lygon St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Say sorry. Really mean it. Experience a performance built from all the apologies that the world keeps offering — the famous, the ridiculous, the deeply personal and those that begin every second email in our inboxes. Part theatrical ritual, part social experiment, Sincere Apologies explores what it means to apologise…