• A Stretch of the Imagination

    Junction Arts Festival: A Stretch of the Imagination

    The Majestic 72-76 Brisbane Street,, Launceston, TAS, Australia
    Jack Hibberd’s A Stretch of the Imagination has been called “probably the most beautiful Australian play ever written” by Neil Jillett, Arts Editor of The Age. Written in 1972, it centres on Monk O’Neill, an aging outback recluse haunted by memory, regret, and the slow approach of death. James Patrick…
    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…
    Brisbane Festival

    Brisbane Festival: Attenborough’s Ocean In Concert

    QPAC - Concert Hall
    Sir David Attenborough’s greatest message of hope brought to life, live by Camerata. “After 100 years on the planet, I now understand the most important place on Earth is not on land, but at sea." – Sir David Attenborough Experience a live screening of the stunning nature documentary feature Ocean…
    Editor's Choice FuturesPast

    Bangarra Dance Theatre: FuturesPast

    Illawarra Performing Arts Centre 32 Burelli Street, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
    Ahead of its Mexican tour, Bangarra Dance Theatre presents FuturesPast in Wollongong, an Australian-exclusive drawing on the choreographic career of its Artistic Director, Mirning woman Frances Rings, as well as the company’s 36 years of creative and cultural songlines. Structured in three acts – Old World, People and Country – Rings’ work…
    Editor's Choice LEGENDS (of the Golden Arches)

    QPAC: LEGENDS (of the Golden Arches)

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, 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…
    Brisbane Festival

    Brisbane Festival: Fijian Flying Circus

    South Bank Piazza 410 Stanley St, South Brisbane, QLD, Australia
    Come fly with us! Get ready to be swept away by a spectacular island adventure like no other! The Fijian Flying Circus’ Australian premiere is a high-energy celebration of Spirit, Culture, and Joy. Created by the internationally renowned Fijian dance tribe VOU ('new’ in the iTaukei language), this dazzling production…
    Editor's Choice Not a Cult*

    Brisbane Festival: Not a Cult*

    Village Green – Festival Village Stanley St, Brisbane, 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…
    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…
    The Gospel According To Paul

    Canberra Theatre Centre: The Gospel According To Paul

    The Playhouse Hotel 123 Queen Street, Barraba, NSW, Australia
    A soufflé might not rise twice, but this hit comedy will! The sermon on the mount returns to our stages for a victory lap as Jonathan Biggins – co-creator and star of The Wharf Revue and one of Australia’s favourite comic actors – transforms into the visionary, reformer and rabble-rouser,…
    The Shark Is Broken

    Foundry Theatre: The Shark Is Broken

    Foundry Theatre 55 Pirrama Rd,, Pyrmont, NSW, Australia
    When the shark won’t work, the drama does. Behind the scenes of Jaws, three actors are stranded on a boat as tempers flare, egos clash, and a cinematic legend hangs by a thread. The Shark Is Broken is a razor-sharp, laugh-out-loud play about fame, failure, and friendship under pressure – an edgy,…

    Top Shelf Productions: Julian Lage (USA)

    City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
    In 2015, Julian Lage walked into a New York studio and recorded his first solo acoustic album in two days. World's Fair arrived pared back to its essentials: one guitar, one room, and twelve tracks that felt closer to a private recital than a record release. The album defies genre, drawing classical…
    POV

    Theatre Royal: POV

    Theatre Royal, Hobart 29 Campbell Street, Hobart, TAS, Australia
    Enter the mind’s eye of Bub, an 11-year-old girl who’s obsessed with documentary filmmaking. In the aftermath of a family breakdown, she turns to dramatised re-enactments to try to figure out what happened. In each performance of this latest docudrama experiment from re:group performance collective, two new, unrehearsed adult actors…