• The Choir of Man

    Brisbane Festival: The Choir of Man

    Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent – Festival Village, South Bank Melbourne St, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
    Welcome to the best pub in the world! Olivier Award-nominated, West End acclaimed and globally adored – hundreds of thousands of fans across four continents can't be wrong – this is the show the whole world has been raising a glass to. Stunning harmonies and foot-stomping singalongs, brimming with hits.…
    Current

    Sydney Dance Company: Current

    Sydney Dance Company - Neilson Studio
    Current threads together three short new commissions from leading Australian choreographers; Raghav Handa, Jenni Large and Azzam Mohamed, with the Australian premiere of Rafael Bonachela’s seminal work E2 7SD. Presented as a seamless, continuous experience, the works will form a compelling portrait of contemporary Australian dance: diverse in form, voice…
    Velvet Inferno

    Sydney Opera House: Velvet Inferno

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Welcome to Velvet. A nightclub where disco reigns supreme and the allure of the dancefloor is inescapable. When a bright-eyed but lost young woman walks in, club owner Country Mike (Brendan Maclean) sees the future. With the help of The Diva (Marcia Hines), a groovy coming-of-age journey ignites. Velvet Inferno is…
    Editor's Choice Koreaboo

    La Boite: Koreaboo

    La Boite Roundhouse Theatre Kelvin Grove, QLD, Australia
    The inaugural program of Artistic Director Ebony Bott includes the world premiere of Suzie Miller’s latest play Strong is the New Pretty about the creation of the AFL Women’s Competition, and a new movement piece about mortality from The Farm called No One Gets Out of Here Alive (see page 63). La Boite presents…
    The Return play

    Sydney Fringe Festival: The Return play

    the greek theatre Addison Road Community Organisation, 1/142 Addison Rd, Marrickville NSW 2204, NSW, Australia
    After an incredible response last year, The Return returns to the stage this September in Sydney and Melbourne. A father from Gaza waits for his martyred daughters to return through the clouds; only to embark on a surreal spiritual journey that explores life, death, murder , love and forgiveness. A…
    Editor's Choice Pride And Prejudice* (*sort of)

    Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Pride And Prejudice* (*sort of)

    IPAC 32 Burelli St, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
    Audiences never seem to tire of Jane Austen’s classic novel, with umpteen adaptations over the years. Now comes a raucous stage production, complete with karaoke, in which five female servants take on all the roles, while offering biting insights. Written by Isobel McArthur, who co-directed the show with Simon Harvey, Pride &…
    Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)

    Merrigong Theatre Company: Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)

    Illawarra Performing Arts Centre 32 Burelli Street, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
    Direct from its triumph in London’s West End, where it won the Olivier Award for Best Comedy, this unique and audacious retelling of Jane Austen’s most iconic love story, Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) comes to Wollongong! Men, money and microphones will be fought over in this irreverent but affectionate…
    Animal Farm

    Canberra Theatre Centre: Animal Farm

    The Playhouse
    Farmer Jones has lost control. The animals of Manor Farm are rising up to seize the means of production, and soon these downtrodden freedom fighters will be ruling the roost themselves. But who’s got the chops to lead this rowdy bunch? They need a leader – a captain – a…
    Islander

    Theatre Royal: Islander

    Theatre Royal, Hobart 29 Campbell Street, Hobart, TAS, Australia
    A mythic tale about staying connected at the edge of the world. On a remote Scottish island, Eilidh, its youngest resident, feels torn between two worlds. The mainland holds the promise of opportunity, yet she knows the island traditions that shaped her life are at risk of disappearing. When a…
    Editor's Choice Fiddler On The Roof

    Theatre Royal, Sydney: Fiddler On The Roof

    Theatre Royal, Sydney 108 King St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    First seen at London’s Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre in 2024, this Olivier Award-winning production, directed by Jordan Fein, transferred to the Barbican, where it became the venue’s best-selling musical of all time. Set in 1905, Tevye, a milkman in the tiny fictional village of Anatevka, tries to maintain his…
    Editor's Choice Lucas and Arthur Jussen perform Poulenc

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Lucas and Arthur Jussen perform Poulenc

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Dutch brothers Lucas and Arthur Jussen bring their celebrated synchronicity to Poulenc’s Concerto for Two Pianos, which combines Mozartian elegance, Balinese gamelan rhythm and Parisian jazz. For the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Stéphane Denève also conducts Berlioz’s Roman Carnival Overture, Poulenc’s Les Animaux Modèles Suite and Respighi’s Pines of Rome with…
    Griffin Theatre: Mum Club

    Griffin Theatre Company: Griffin Theatre: Mum Club

    Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Welcome to Mum Club. Rule One: Every mum is held with love and kindness, no matter who they are. Rule Two:  Drink cow’s milk, and you’re OUT. Sadie’s just moved to Sydney. She’s a young Yuin mum, completely fried from trying to settle a screaming baby in a rental the…