• Lano & Woodley: Work In Progress

    Frankston Arts Centre: Lano & Woodley: Work In Progress

    Frankston Arts Centre 27-37 Davey Street, Frankston, VIC, Australia
    Something very exciting is coming… In 2026 Lano & Woodley will be touring a brand new show all around Australia. Before they head out on the road join them at the Frankston Arts Centre as they present these very special Work in Progress showings of their latest Opus.
    The Taming of the Shrew

    Melbourne Shakespeare Company: The Taming of the Shrew

    Central Park, Malvern East 148 Burke Rd, Malvern East, VIC, Australia
    This March, Melbourne Shakespeare Company kicks off their 2026 season with a vibrant outdoor musical production of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. Set against the picturesque backdrop of Central Park, Malvern, this lively new adaptation blends witty wordplay, toe-tapping tunes, and dazzling choreography to turn one of Shakespeare’s most…
    GENIUS

    Brown’s Mart Theatre: GENIUS

    Brown's Mart Theatre Festival Park, Corner Smith St & Harry Chan Ave, Darwin, NT, Australia
    A modern retelling of a centuries-old story #stillrelevanttoday. Enter the world of renowned Italian Baroque painter, Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–c.1653) as retold by street-smart, paint-splattered rising graffiti star, Miss Ella from today (2026). Artemisia, renowned for her skilful, vivid depictions of powerful, female figures, pushed boundaries, carving her own path that…

    Griffin Theatre Company: Griffin Theatre: The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin

    Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    A landmark work of Australian theatre returns to the stage where it first sprang to inglorious life. Steve J. Spears’ The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin scandalised and mesmerised in equal measure when it premiered in 1976, touring across the world and collecting awards everywhere it ventured. Now, on its 50th…
    Fair Play

    Lost Thought: Fair Play

    The Old Fitz Theatre 129 Dowling St, Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia
    Fair Play is a blistering, urgent two-hander about ambition, friendship, and the brutal cost of elite sport. Set in the high-pressure world of competitive middle-distance running, the play follows teenage athletes Ann and Sophie as they train, race, and grow up together — until success, scrutiny, and institutional power threaten…
    Do Not Pass Go

    Melbourne Theatre Company: Do Not Pass Go

    Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Laced with acerbic humour, Do Not Pass Go turns hustle culture inside out to ask: when the system is built to break you, what’s left to hold onto? Flux and Penny are colleagues whiling away their lives in the nondescript purgatory of a workplace no-one seems to run, doing a job no-one…
    Editor's Choice Orfeo by Luigi Rossi

    Adelaide Festival: Orfeo by Luigi Rossi

    Adelaide Town Hall off Pirie St, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    Luigi Rossi’s Orfeo is a pivotal work in the history of the Baroque, bridging the gap between Venetian opera with its vocal virtuosity and the spectacle of French ballet. Commissioned by Cardinal Mazarin in 1646 to bring Italian style to the French court, it premiered in Paris in an elaborate…
    Mary Motorhead/Trade

    Malthouse Theatre: Mary Motorhead/Trade

    Malthouse Theatre 113 Sturt St, Southbank, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    MARY MOTORHEAD Locked up for stabbing her husband in the head with a 12 inch carving knife, the compelling monodrama Mary Motorhead invites us to hear Mary’s “secret history” – disappointments and betrayals that shaped her life. In her ACOCO debut as Mary, Australian mezzo soprano Emily Edmonds faces the ugly side…
    Australian Haydn Ensemble 2026 Season

    Australian Haydn Ensemble: Mozart’s Spring

    Berry Uniting Church Hall 71-77 Albert St, Berry, NSW, Australia
    ★★★★1/2 "...elegance, invention and emotional depth.‍” Limelight, 2025 The Australian Haydn Ensemble opens the 2026 season with Haydn’s chirpy and charming quartet Op. 33 No. 3, known as the "Bird".  Named after an unidentified avian, it features a spirited finale and a second movement that’s wild even by Haydn’s standards!…
    First Light ARCO

    Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra: First Light

    Glasshouse, Port Macquarie Corner of Clarence and Hay Streets, Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia
    A clarinet melody, rising like the sun from shimmering strings. Five of Australia’s most brilliant musicians. Works beloved and new from an age of discovery, emotion and light. ARCO’s First Light takes in a sweep of classical chamber music, including Schubert’s joyful String Quartet No.7 in D major D.74, Mozart’s Largetto from…
    Shen Yun 2026

    Shen Yun Performing Arts: Shen Yun 2026

    Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) 1 Convention Centre Place, South Wharf, VIC
    Experience China Before Communism Shen Yun – the beauty of divine beings dancing – takes you on an extraordinary journey through China’s 5000 years of magnificent culture. Exquisite beauty from the heavens, profound wisdom from dynasties past, timeless legends and ethnic traditions all spring to life through classical Chinese dance,…
    As You Like It

    Fingerless Theatre: As You Like It

    Flight Path Theatre 142 Addison Rd, Marrickville, NSW, Australia
    The days are dark and dangerous. Orlando’s brother is treating him like a slave, and is plotting to kill him. Also fearing for her life, Rosalind has to flee the cold and controlling French court. Disguised as a man, she heads to the Forest of Arden, where she finds, under…