Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Anisa Nandaula: You Can’t Say That

The Victoria Hotel, Melbourne 215 Lt Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Mining everything from racism to relationships, religion to class has seen her amass more than 50 million views of her work across Instagram, Tik Tok and YouTube and more than 200,000 social media followers. In her captivating comedy special, Anisa Nandaula invites you to explore the hilariously complex world of…

Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Wilson DIxon: Love Don’t Live Here Anymore, You Do

Chinese Museum Chinatown Melbourne, 22 Cohen Place, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Direct from Cripple Creek, Colorado, country music legend Wilson Dixon returns to the festival circuit for the first time in years. Known to many as the greatest country singer Cripple Creek has ever produced - as well as the only country singer Cripple Creek has ever produced - whichever way…
Dear Elena Sergeevna

Last Waltz Productions: Dear Elena Sergeevna

The Old Fitz Theatre 129 Dowling St, Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia
Elena Sergeevna is a young school teacher. Unmarried and living alone while her mother is sick in hospital, she plans to spend the evening of her birthday alone, when four of her teenage students suddenly arrive at her door bearing gifts. However, what begins as a joyous and spontaneous celebration…
End Game

Melbourne International Comedy Festival: End Game

MC Showroom Level 1, 48 Clifton Street, Prahran, VIC, Australia
Joanie, an eccentric cabaret performer, arrives in the afterlife for her soul review. Did she learn her lessons at Earth School? Or did she get distracted? The results are in. It's all about one woman, Eva. But who on earth is Eva? Multi award-winning writer/performer Katie Reddin-Clancy (★★★★★ Mumble Theatre)…
Gesualdo Tenebrae

Luminescence Chamber Singers: Gesualdo Tenebrae

The Neilson, Pier 2/3 13A Hickson Road, Dawes Point, NSW, Australia
More than 400 years later, the music of Carlo Gesualdo still seems strikingly avant-garde. Composed for his own private use during his final years, and likely unheard during his lifetime, Gesualdo’s Tenebrae Responsories are of unmatched intensity. This is music at the end of an epoch; at once steeped in…
Editor's Choice The Player Kings

Sport for Jove: The Player Kings (Part 1)

Seymour Centre Chippendale, NSW, Australia
In its most ambitious undertaking yet, Sport for Jove is staging a new version of Shakespeare’s great history cycle, adapted and directed by Artistic Director Damien Ryan. Tracing the journey from Richard II to Richard III, including the Bard’s plays relating to Henry IV, Henry V and Henry VI, the epic production…
Story Soup: The Improvised Pantomime

Playhouse Pantomimes: Story Soup: The Improvised Pantomime

ACMI Federation Square, Flinders St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Playhouse Pantomimes is proud to present… absolutely anything you want! Our hilarious team of improvisers will make up a brand-new musical pantomime on the spot. But we need your help! Bring along a head full of ideas and we’ll create a fairytale based on suggestions that you, the audience, give…

Sydney Opera House: Grug and the Rainbow

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
A magical adaptation of Ted Prior’s beloved picture books, Grug and the Rainbow sees our grassy little friend embark on an epic adventure to bask in the colours of the illusive rainbow. Featuring exquisite puppetry and heart-warming humour back to delight audiences, this smash hit is not one to miss…

Shopfront Arts Co-Op: ultrareality

Shopfront Arts Co-Op 86-88 Carlton Pde, Carlton, NSW, Australia
ultrareality is a performance piece conceptualised and operated by resin person. with a background in puppetry, theatre making and music production, they will install something further than reality – ultrareality! a journey through this cosmic, an exploration of life, self and technology. part deep-sea expedition, part puppet rave, part audio-visual…
The Pirates of Penzance

Hayes Theatre Co: The Pirates of Penzance

Canberra Theatre Centre Canberra, ACT, Australia
The Gilbert & Sullivan classic… re-wired and re-booted. (Swash) buckle in for an epic voyage as the Hayes Theatre Co harness the irreverent, genre-busting spirit of a sprawling, satirical, musical masterwork, and bring it to raucous new life for a 21st-century audience. This brand-new, boisterously joyful adaptation is brought to…
Shirley Valentine

Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Shirley Valentine

Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide Adelaide, SA, Australia
Experience the heartwarming, hilarious, and utterly inspiring story of Shirley Valentine, brought to life by Australian stage and screen star Natalie Bassingthwaighte. Written by Willy Russell and Directed by Lee Lewis this timeless West End and Broadway comedy will take you on a journey of self-discovery, laughter, and second chances.…

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