• Editor's Choice Trent Dalton’s Love Stories

    HOTA: Trent Dalton’s Love Stories

    HOTA 135 Bundall Road, Surfers Paradise, QLD, Australia
    A hit at the 2024 Brisbane Festival, the stage adaptation of Trent Dalton’s book Love Stories is now on tour. In 2021, Dalton spent two months on a street corner in Brisbane’s CBD gathering stories on his Olivetti typewriter. Speaking to Australians from all walks of life, he asked them to tell him…
    Chicken in a Biscuit

    Fixed Foot Productions: Chicken in a Biscuit

    The Old Fitz Theatre 129 Dowling St, Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia
    They’re watching. They’re judging. They still want dinner. Welcome to the hilarious, heartfelt world of your pet’s inner life. Ever wondered WTF your pet is thinking and feeling? Chicken In A Biscuit might just help you find out. From a grieving pug owner to a bunny-obsessed dentist, Chicken In A…

    Live At Yours: Live at the Great – Alexander Gavrylyuk

    The Great Synagogue 187 Elizabeth St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Marvel at the artistry of Australia’s highest profile international pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk in the stunning surrounds of the Great Synagogue for one night only, on 9 October. Pianistic fireworks will spark in a program featuring Liszt's Tarantella, a sparkling Mozart Sonata in C Major and Chopin’s soul-warming Fantasy in F…
    Editor's Choice Water Music

    Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Water Music

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    A meditation on the spiritual, cultural and environmental significance of water, this program pairs Handel’s Water Music with the world premiere of a new work by Arnhem Land ocean and waterway custodian Rrawun Maymuru and Nick Wales. Titled Nguy Gapu (Ocean Water) this is the first time the ABO is performing…

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Harry Bennetts performs Beethoven’s Violin Concerto

    City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Sydney Symphony Associate Concertmaster Harry Bennetts takes centre stage as soloist in this astounding, monumental piece. Conductor Umberto Clerici is especially noted for demonstrating ‘nearly all the hallmarks of great Schubert conducting’ (Limelight), and here he brings to life Schubert's youthful take on tragedy in the moody Symphony No.4. The gorgeously…
    Editor's Choice The 39 Steps

    Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: The 39 Steps

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    Alfred Hitchcock’s classic spy thriller, The 39 Steps, was loosely based on John Buchan’s 1915 novel. Patrick Barlow’s stage adaptation of the same book combines Hitchcockian suspense with lashings of hilarity. The play, which features four actors playing 130 characters, has delighted audiences around the world. It returns to Australia…
    CATS

    John Frost for Crossroads Live Australia: CATS

    Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Adapted from TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, this “groundbreaking musical” (Daily Express) comes together in a sparkling fusion of music, dance and verse. On just one special night of the year, all Jellicle cats meet at the Jellicle Ball where Old Deuteronomy, their wise and benevolent leader,…
    Other Gods (Melbourne Fringe Festival)

    Melbourne Fringe: Other Gods

    The Motley Bauhaus 118 Elgin St, Carlton, VIC, Australia
    Other Gods is set in a vibrant fantasy world where the ten gods are almost impossible to deny. We meet Brodselo’s priest, Tom, in a time where many are questioning whether the church truly knows what the Ten desire… especially the woman he’s falling for (despite his vow of celibacy),…
    Intolerant

    Melbourne Fringe Festival: Intolerant

    Spielhaus 25 Kulinbulok Lane cnr Berrbang Lane, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    The no-nuts allowed cabaret, where we're allergic to everything but fun. Are you detail and service-oriented? Do you know what’s in your pockets at all times? Can you last more than eight hours without coffee? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, Anaphylaxis Diner is for you!…
    Shadow Boxing by James Gaddas

    Feet First Collective: Shadow Boxing by James Gaddas

    Flight Path Theatre 142 Addison Rd, Marrickville, NSW, Australia
    Raw, Riveting and Unmissable: Shadow Boxing  is a fierce solo performance exploring masculinity, violence, sexuality, and vulnerability. Following acclaimed seasons in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth, Shadow Boxing, the award-winning solo work by James Gaddas, returns to Sydney for a strictly limited season at Flight Path Theatre, Marrickville, from 7 - 11 October…
    Playhouse Week 1

    The Australian Ballet: Playhouse Week 1

    Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Playhouse Theatre Royal New Zealand Ballet, Te Ao Mārama The Australian Ballet and The Australian Ballet School, Allegro Brillante by George Balanchine ©The George Balanchine Trust Restless Dance Theatre, Seeing Through Darkness The Australian Ballet and Lucy Guerin, Ground Control Dancenorth Australia, Wayfinder (Excerpt)
    Editor's Choice Rebecca

    Melbourne Theatre Company: Rebecca

    Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 Gothic novel was adapted as a suspenseful film by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine. This new production, adapted and directed by MTC Artistic Director Anne-Louise Sarks, takes us back to Manderley, the grand mansion where Maxim de Winter returns home with his second…