• Editor's Choice A Beautiful Noise – The Neil Diamond Musical

    Paul Dainty, Ken Davenport & Bob Gaudio: A Beautiful Noise – The Neil Diamond Musical

    Princess Theatre, Melbourne 163 Spring St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Created in consultation with Neil Diamond himself, the jukebox musical, A Beautiful Noise, charts his rise to superstardom through the songs that defined his life and career, among them Cracklin’ Rosie, Forever in Blue Jeans and Sweet Caroline. Famous for his swaggering sexuality and velvet-meets-gravel voice, Diamond is conjured by two…
    Cirque Alice

    Tim Lawson: Cirque Alice

    Sydney Lyric Theatre 55 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont, NSW, Australia
    Fall down the rabbit hole and into a spectacular new world… Step into magical ‘Wonderland’ as Cirque Alice reimagines Lewis Carroll’s classic adventures with breathtaking twists and astonishing, gravity-defying feats. Starring the greatest acrobatic performers from around the globe, this magnificent spectacle features stunning performances by mesmerising aerialists, mind-bending contortionists,…
    OUR DOG COMET @ Backbone Festival

    Backbone Festival: OUR DOG COMET

    Ron Hurley Theatre 28 Tallowwood St, Seven Hills, QLD, Australia
    It’s 1986. Five BMX bikers find a lost dog on their track, but this puppy is more than far from home. Our Dog Comet is an 80’s movie on stage, parodying the classic ‘all-boys, kids on bikes, riding around chasing adventure’ trope, except with a cast of witty girls- oh,…
    Editor's Choice Girls & Boys

    Sydney Theatre Company: Girls & Boys

    Wharf 1 Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
    When Justine Clarke first performed Dennis Kelly’s gripping one-woman play at the 2022 Adelaide Festival, Limelight gave the production a five-star review, describing her performance as “utterly remarkable”. Directed by Mitchell Butel, Clarke won rapturous reviews in a return Adelaide season in 2022 and at the 2023 Sydney Festival. Now,…
    The Sleeping Beauty

    The Stuttgart Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty

    Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Performing in Australia for the first time in decades, Germany’s premier ballet company, The Stuttgart Ballet, brings Marcia Haydée’s The Sleeping Beauty exclusively to Melbourne, by special invitation from The Australian Ballet. Proving that dreams do come true, guest company The Stuttgart Ballet bring The Sleeping Beauty to Melbourne. At the Regent…
    Editor's Choice The Unfriend

    Sydney Theatre Company: The Unfriend

    Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    This deliciously dark comedy marked the stage debut of British TV titan Steven Moffat – the celebrated showrunner of Doctor Who and creator of Press Gang, Coupling, Sherlock and Douglas is Cancelled – and became a West End hit. While holidaying on a cruise ship, timorous, middle-class couple Peter and Debbie befriend…
    The Unfriend

    Sydney Theatre Company: The Unfriend

    Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Comedic genius Helen Thomson (Colin from Accounts, The Importance of Being Earnest) is back on board at Sydney Theatre Company to challenge everything you thought you knew about good manners. Directed by the legendary Simon Phillips (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Priscilla: Queen of the Desert), The Unfriend is the stage debut of Steven…
    HOUSEWORK

    Sydney Theatre Company: HOUSEWORK

    Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
    Playwright Emily Steel and director Shannon Rush pull back the curtain on the real Parliament House in this bold, black comedy hailed an “undeniably Australian and gloriously uncompromising” (The Conversation) future classic. Brought to brilliant life by some of Australia’s most beloved comic actors, Housework follows a group of political…
    Editor's Choice A Room with a View

    Belvoir St Theatre: A Room with a View

    Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    E. M. Forster’s 1908 novel has been adapted for stage and screen many times over the years. Merchant Ivory famously turned it into a 1985 film starring Helena Bonham Carter. Now comes a new stage version by Grace Chapple. Lucy Honeychurch could follow the path set out for her. But…