• Ken Ludwig’s MORIARTY

    Genesian Theatre: Ken Ludwig’s Moriarty

    Genesian Theatre 420 Kent St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes and his faithful companion Dr. Watson have a new case to solve! An investigation into the Bohemian King’s stolen letters suddenly cascades into an international mystery filled with spies, blackmail and intrigue. With world peace at stake, Holmes and Watson join forces with American actress Irene…

    Fever: Ballet of Lights: Sleeping Beauty in a Sparkling Show

    The Art House 19-21 Margaret Street, Wyong, NSW, Australia
    Step into a world where light and dance intertwine in this breathtaking retelling of Sleeping Beauty. As dancers glide across the stage, their illuminated costumes create a dazzling display of color and light, making every twirl and leap feel otherworldly. This isn’t just a ballet show—it’s a magical experience that…
    Editor's Choice Dylan Adler  Haus of Dy-Lan

    Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Dylan Adler  Haus of Dy-Lan

    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…
    RED by Dancenorth Australia

    RISING Festival: RED by Dancenorth Australia

    Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Dancenorth Australia brings RED to RISING Festival as part of the inaugural Australian Dance Biennale this 3-7 June. ABOUT RED RED is an uncompromising duet set inside a large transparent inflatable dome - a modern parable of two bodies moving within a world that can no longer sustain them. As…
    Nature Untamed

    Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Nature Untamed

    Adelaide Town Hall off Pirie St, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    Britten’s feather-light arrangement of music by Mahler tantalisingly captures the fleeting beauty of nature. And Dvořák’s pastoral and triumphant Symphony No.8 reflects on the delicate balance between nature and humanity. In between, Shostakovich’s razor-sharp Cello Concerto No.1 asks what the balance should be between an individual and society, and we…
    Voyage Into Infinity

    RISING Festival: Voyage Into Infinity

    The Substation 1 Market Street, Newport, VIC, Australia
    A trio of dolls climb up from a rabbit hole. By the light of a candelabra, they explore a giant machine made of precariously placed ladders, planks and pylons. Then one burnt rope sends an old punching bag swinging... Narcissister is a Brooklyn-based artist who drives haunted carnival rides over tropes…
    Editor's Choice Ursula Yovich Sings Nina Simone

    Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Ursula Yovich Sings Nina Simone

    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…

    Nightingale Performing Arts: Mina’s Kadō (華道)

    Nightingale Gallery 909A High St, Armadale, VIC, Australia
    Nightingale Performing Arts Australia is proud to present Mina’s Kadō (華道), a solo piano program by Australian Music Prize and APRA Music Award nominated Korean-Australian pianist and composer Mina Yu, inspired by the Japanese wabi-sabi philosophy. Mina Yu’s performance is combined with storytelling, surrounding artwork and ambient field recordings of…
    The Supposed to Be

    Jewel Box: The Supposed to Be

    Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, Australia
    Meet The Supposed To Be—fresh, new theatre that cuts through the nostalgic drift of migrant storytelling with laser-sharp sci-fi satire. Kaye is a Sri Lankan Tamil actor/OnlyFans star who discovers she’s not just adopted—she’s a clone. She’s been created to live out the dreams of her corporate executive original, Kavitha. But…
    Your Song

    The Little Red Company: Your Song

    Sydney Opera House - Playhouse , Australia
    Your Song celebrates the unforgettable music of megastar Elton John and the memorable moments it evokes for everyday people, reimagining Elton’s biggest songs including Candle in the Wind, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, I’m Still Standing, Benny and the Jets, Rocket Man and Tiny Dancer using powerful stories and personal experiences…

    RISING Festival: We Come To Collect : A Flirtation, With Capitalism

    The Showroom, Arts Centre Melbourne
    Baltimore-born chaos merchant Jenn Kidwell and her co-conspirator/ASL artist Brandon Kazen-Maddox invite you to roll with them in the pigsty of global capitalism. Beneath the light of a crooked chandelier, they skewer myths of American economic might, hold our conceptions of value up to the gilded mirror, and shimmy-shake between topics like time, race,…
    Nowhere

    RISING Festival: Nowhere

    Malthouse Theatre 113 Sturt St, Southbank, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Actor Khalid Abdalla (from Netflix’s The Crown & The Kite Runner) invites us inside a new kind of “anti-biography”. An audacious and lively show that tells the story of his life, set against the shifting cartographies of seismic world events. From his involvement in the Egyptian revolution, and his experience of the counter-revolution.…