• Editor's Choice Ovation

    Entertainment Consulting: Ovation

    Frankston Arts Centre 27-37 Davey Street, Frankston, VIC, Australia
    Four of Australia’s finest voices unite for a concert celebrating musical theatre and opera. Marina Prior and Michael Cormick, whose 2024 tour earned a rave review in Limelight for their star quality and “masterclass in capturing the moment”, join forces with musical theatre powerhouse Silvie Paladino and acclaimed tenor David Hobson.…
    Hair

    Theatre Royal, Sydney: Hair

    Theatre Royal, Sydney 108 King St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Celebrating the sixties counterculture in all its barefoot, long-haired, bell-bottomed, beaded and fringed glory, one of the most famous musicals of all time featuring “Aquarius,” “Good Morning, Starshine,” “Hair,” “I Got Life” and “Let The Sunshine In.” Identity, community, global responsibility and peace, HAIR remains relevant as ever as it examines what…
    Monsteen

    RISING Festival: Monsteen

    Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Monsteen, a participatory theatre work where teens create characters and face off with friends and enemies at a supernatural high school. Vampires, werewolves, sirens, and witches. It’s just another school day for teenagers in the world of Monsteen. But, as heatwaves hits, tensions bubble to the surface. Inspired by cosplay and…
    Editor's Choice Steel Magnolias

    Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Steel Magnolias

    IPAC 32 Burelli St, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
    Steel Magnolias received glowing reviews when it began its tour in Brisbane, with critics saying that the production exudes humour, heart and plenty of emotion. Robert Harling wrote his 1987 play (later turned into a 1989 film) after his sister died from complications relating to diabetes following the birth of her son.…
    Editor's Choice Festival Talks and Masterclasses

    Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Festival Talks and Masterclasses

    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…

    Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Festival Talks and Masterclasses

    Quartet Bar by Corryton Burge
    Pull up a chair for a series of candid talks hosted by Artistic Director Reuben Kaye, joined by special guests for intimate, casual conversations that peel back the curtain on the art, history and style of cabaret. Why Do People Hate Cabaret? Unpack the controversial history of the genre to discover why it continues to provoke, persist,…
    CONTINUITY

    New Theatre: Continuity

    New Theatre 542 King St, Newtown, NSW
    On the set of a big-budget Hollywood eco-thriller, everything that can go wrong, does. A stereotypical ‘eco terrorist hero’ plants a bomb to save the day. A frazzled film crew battles the clock to make their final shot. And somewhere between artistic ambition and environmental catastrophe, both the movie –…
    AN ILIAD

    Sydney Theatre Company: AN ILIAD

    Wharf 1 Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
    A wry, witty and world-weary poet introduces himself as a storyteller, bound to recount the myth of the Trojan War until humanity can overcome its rage for violence and destruction. Award-winning international star David Wenham returns to Sydney Theatre Company as the Poet: a man who has spent millennia walking…

    RISING: 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…
    Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

    Hayes Theatre Co: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

    Hayes Theatre Co 19 Greenknowe Avenue, Elizabeth Bay, NSW, Australia
    Get ready to be seduced, swindled, and swept off your feet — Dirty Rotten Scoundrels hits the Hayes in a glittering new production that’s all charm, chaos, and con artistry at its most delicious. Based on the hit 1988 film starring Michael Caine and Steve Martin, this Tony-nominated musical comedy…

    UKARIA: Lucas Debargue

    Ukaria Cultural Centre 119 Williams Rd, Mt Barker Summit, SA, Australia
    The charismatic French pianist and composer Lucas Debargue makes his UKARIA debut. Since his sensational appearance at the 2015 Tchaikovsky competition, where he was awarded the prestigious Moscow Critics Award, Debargue has forged an international career as a virtuosic soloist and sought-after chamber musician. To regular performances as a soloist…

    Apeiron Baroque: Children’s Concert – Psyche

    Wesley Uniting Church Forrest ACT 20 National Circuit, Forrest, ACT
    Pre-concert concert catering for young children and families. 30 minutes of music, and instrumental show and tell in a relaxed and informal setting. Perfect for young ones who are curious about music but might not have the attention to sit through the full main concert! NOTE: Due to the tight…