• 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…
    Editor's Choice

    Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Reuben Kaye’s Happy Ending 

    Banquet Room
    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…
    QShowcase: Arts Market + Conference

    : QShowcase: Arts Market + Conference

    Logan Entertainment Centre 170 Wembley Rd, Logan, QLD, Australia
    QShowcase is the only statewide performing arts market by and for Queenslanders. The program is due to feature keynotes, panels, workshops and Q&As with industry experts; networking between presenters, producers and artists; pitches and excerpts of exciting new work to tour; profiles and updates from local companies and artists; and…
    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…
    LOUDER Gravity and Other Myths

    Sydney Opera House: LOUDER Gravity and Other Myths

    Sydney Opera House - Joan Sutherland Theatre Sydney Opera House, Bennelong Point, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    The intensity is turned up as the beauty and precision of classical music meet the daring physical mastery of circus. When these two disciplines collide, tradition isn’t abandoned, it’s reimagined and brought thrillingly to life. Created by multi-award-winning Australian circus company Gravity and Other Myths in collaboration with the Brandenburger…
    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…
    Sheltering

    Bangarra Dance Theatre: Sheltering

    Arts Centre Melbourne - Playhouse
    Beneath the constellation of its creative and cultural legacy, Bangarra Dance Theatre, will present a program of three powerful works: 'Keeping Grounded', 'Brown Boys', and 'Sheoak', which honour Bangarra's past while looking to the future. 'Sheltering' will tour nationally from May to July 2026. An intergenerational thread connects this bold triple bill,…
    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…
    Isles of Light

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: Isles of Light

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    The British Isles boast a magnificent anthology of music grounded in lush, poetic landscapes and thriving cities. This concert will transport you there. British violin and viola virtuoso Lawrence Power makes his ACO debut directing music from Thomas Tallis’ evocative theme - made famous by Vaughan Williams - to the…
    Losing Faith

    Melbourne Theatre Company: Losing Faith

    Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Pack your bags for a perimenopausal Weekend at Bernie’s: an outrageous and unforgettable trip directed by Leticia Cáceres (Erotic Stories, Bump) and starring Michala Banas (Upper Middle Bogan, The Odd Couple) and Genevieve Morris (Dying: A Memoir, Comedy Inc.). Losing Face is an absolutely unhinged and spikily clever new comedy about friendship and unmasking the true price of chasing the fountain of…