• 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…
    The Lark

    Hey Dowling: The Lark

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    Noni Hazlehurst delivered an unforgettable performance in Daniel Keene’s one-woman play Mother – a heartbreaking story of loneliness and isolation. Now, she stars in the world premiere of The Lark, another solo drama by Keene, written especially for her. Hazlehurst plays 75-year-old Rose Grey, who is having to farewell The Lark, a small inner-city pub in…
    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…
    Work, But This Time Like You Mean It

    Canberra Youth Theatre: Work, But This Time Like You Mean It

    The Rebel Theatre, Pier 2/3 Suite 2/13A Hickson Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Canberra Youth Theatre's unhinged, deep-fryer dive into the lives of overworked, underpaid, teenage wage-slaves comes to Sydney following its sell-out debut season. Winner of the 2022 Emerging Playwright Commission, Work, But This Time Like You Mean It by Honor Webster-Mannison is a darkly surreal comedy about young people’s first experiences…
    La Ronde

    Strut & Fret: La Ronde

    The Grand Electric 199 Cleveland St, Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    NEWCASTLE, IT’S YOUR TURN TO BE SEDUCED BY THE WORLD’S VERY BEST VARIETY ARTISTS. Blending the exquisite, the elegant and the extraordinary, with the twisted and the utterly delightful. Taking home 14 five-star reviews in its debut season at this year’s Adelaide Fringe Festival, La Ronde is set to dazzle…
    Playhouse Week 2

    : Playhouse Week 2

    Playhouse Theatre Bangarra Dance Theatre, Yuldea (Excerpts) The Australian Ballet and Tim Harbour, New Work by Tim Harbour West Australian Ballet, Extension to Boom Stephanie Lake Company, Auto Cannibal
    Manon

    The Australian Ballet: Manon

    Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s adaptation of Abbé Prévost’s 1731 novel, Manon is a tragic romance unlike any other in ballet. From the echelons of high society 18th-century Paris to the gritty streets of New Orleans, Manon tells a story of a young girl desperate to rise above her lowly origins, seduced…
    Irish Goodbye

    The Wedge: Irish Goodbye

    The Wedge 100 Foster Street, Sale, VIC, Australia
    Misha and her friends have been through it all – long nights, big laughs, and plenty of wine-fueled poker games. But even the closest of friendships have their secrets. As Misha wrestles with a life-changing decision, she holds her cards close to her chest, waiting for the right moment to…
    Kew Court House Live

    Boroondara Arts: Nathan Slater and Richard Tedesco’s Nylon ’48

    Kew Court House 188 High Street, Kew, VIC, Australia
    In 1948, the world of music changed forever when nylon strings replaced gut, bringing a new warmth and versatility to the guitar. Now, Tedesco & Slater honour that pivotal moment with Nylon ‘48—a performance where history meets innovation. Blending flamenco’s fire with jazz’s improvisational freedom, this duo transforms the nylon-string…
    Bleak Squad

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Bleak Squad

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Bleak Squad is a new Melbourne four-piece comprised of true Australian art-rock royalty. Featuring Mick Turner (Dirty Three, Mess Esque), Mick Harvey (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, PJ Harvey, The Birthday Party), Adalita (Magic Dirt) and Marty Brown (Art of Fighting), the unlikely quartet unite for the first time on…
    Editor's Choice Il trovatore

    West Australian Opera: Il trovatore

    His Majesty's Theatre, Perth Perth, WA, Australia
    Elke Neidhardt’s classic staging of Verdi’s opera comes to Perth. The plot – involving sibling rivalry, mixed-up babies and vengeful mothers – may have more twists and turns than a gypsy’s fandango, but it boasts a back-to-back run of opera’s greatest hits, from the Anvil Chorus to the tenor’s heroic Di quella pira. Asher…