• Skank Sinatra: The Name on Everybody’s Lips

    Qtopia Sydney: Skank Sinatra: The Name on Everybody’s Lips

    The Loading Dock Theatre 301 Forbes St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
    Award-winning cabaret sensation Skank Sinatra returns with a BRAND NEW glittering cabaret spectacle bursting with powerhouse vocals, biting comedy and Broadway bangers turned deliciously sideways. Prepare for an hour with one of Australia’s most magnetic live cabaret performers, featuring big hair, a live pianist and more costume reveals than Liza…
    Beautiful Lies

    Qtopia Sydney: Beautiful Lies

    The Substation - Qtopia 136 Oxford St, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
    Matt Hawke's Beautiful Lies is a one-man comedy cabaret exploring the deep philosophy and overt insanity of lies. A next generation perspective to biting satirical comedy, balancing edgy laugh-out-loud humour with raw vulnerable introspection, all through memorable original songs and a magnetic lead performer. As a young, emerging, queer artist, Matt…
    Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl

    Melbourne Shakespeare Company: Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl

    fortyfivedownstairs 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Melbourne Shakespeare Company is proud to present Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice, a luminous, poetic reimagining of the Greek myth, directed by multi-award-winner Gary Abrahams. Following acclaimed sold-out seasons at fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne Shakespeare Company returns with a production of exceptional artistic ambition and emotional power. Through Ruhl’s distinctive voice, the story of…
    Editor's Choice House of Rot: Grey Gardens

    Adelaide Cabaret Festival: House of Rot: Grey Gardens

    Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre Festival Drive, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Reuben Kaye, the new Artistic Director of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, has chosen the theme of Delicious Revolution for his inaugural program. (Read our interview with him on page 65.) Speaking to Limelight, he says, “From Aussie icons and international acts of immense fame to basement-dwelling unknowns . . . this is a…
    Editor's Choice Piano Man Dr Trevor Jones

    Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Piano Man Dr Trevor Jones

    Quartet Bar by Corryton Burge
    Reuben Kaye, the new Artistic Director of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, has chosen the theme of Delicious Revolution for his inaugural program. (Read our interview with him on page 65.) Speaking to Limelight, he says, “From Aussie icons and international acts of immense fame to basement-dwelling unknowns . . . this is a…
    Footloose The Musical

    DV Live: Footloose The Musical

    Civic Theatre Newcastle 375 Hunter Street, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
    The ’80s phenomenon FOOTLOOSE: THE MUSICAL is cutting loose in Australia — bigger, bolder, and more explosive than ever! This fully remastered production has fans dancing in the aisles to iconic hits, including Holding Out for a Hero, Almost Paradise, Let’s Hear It for the Boy, and, of course, the unforgettable title track, Footloose. Join Ren,…
    Mind Games: Art Alive

    Baeu Medina: Mind Games: Art Alive

    154 Broadway 154-160 Broadway, Chippendale, NSW, Australia
    A new, woman-led, interactive, immersive and independent experiential playground has opened in Chippendale, in Sydney’s inner suburbs – at a scale and level of detail that has not been done in Australia. Comprising multisensory installations such as holographic moon rooms to upside-down trains, mirrored mazes, and perception puzzles, Mind Games:…
    Mitch Cairns: Artist’s Mouth

    National Art School: Mitch Cairns: Artist’s Mouth

    National Art School Corner of Forbes and Burton Streets, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    From 1 May to 11 July 2026, the National Art School Gallery will present  Mitch Cairns: Artist's Mouth, a major survey exhibition of work by Sydney-based painter and Archibald Prize winner Mitch Cairns, celebrating his twenty-year artistic career since graduating from the National Art School (NAS) in 2006. It features some 48 works, mostly from institutional and…
    Night School

    Back to Back Theatre: Night School

    Back to Back Theatre 60 Little Malop Street, Geelong VIC, Geelong, VIC, Australia
    Learn new skills and techniques (and develop your existing ones) through practical in real life workshops with experienced artists. NIGHT SCHOOL 2026 offers workshops in acting, filmmaking and contemporary dance. Schedule - Acting Skills For Everyday Life – Amanda LaBonté – May 11 & 18 - Fake News – Rhian…
    Retrograde

    Melbourne Theatre Company: Retrograde

    Fairfax Studio
    Director Bert LaBonté (Topdog/Underdog) steers this alarmingly timely and ‘wickedly funny’ (The Standard) work starring newcomer Donné Ngabo (Last Days) and international screen star Alan Dale (24, The O.C.) to its blistering conclusion. It’s the so-called Golden Age of Hollywood, fuelled by big money and heady ambition. Paranoia simmers beneath…
    Editor's Choice Romeo and Juliet

    The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet

    Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    When Artistic Director David Hallberg restored John Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet to The Australian Ballet’s repertoire in 2022, 19 years had passed since its last outing. We haven’t had to wait as long this time. The iconic 1962 production is back, lavishly designed by Cranko’s longtime collaborator Jürgen Rose and brimming with…
    Doric String Quartet & Lloyd Van’t Hoff

    Musica Viva Australia: Doric String Quartet & Lloyd Van’t Hoff

    Queensland Conservatorium 140 Grey St, South Brisbane, QLD, Australia
    Thomas Adès' Alchymia has been hailed as ‘simply one of the best chamber music compositions of our time’ (Guardian). Inspired by the music of Shakespearean England, but with a voice all of its own, this major work for string quartet and basset clarinet was premiered in 2021 and has become…