• The Wolves

    Theatre Works: The Wolves

    Theatre Works St Kilda, VIC, Australia
    Before the whistle blows... we are the wolves. WE ARE THE WOLVES. Left quad. Right quad. Lunge. A girls indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, the team navigates big questions and wages tiny battles with all the vim and vigor of a pack…
    Editor's Choice Romeo and Juliet

    The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet

    Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    When Artistic Director David Hallberg restored John Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet to The Australian Ballet’s repertoire in 2022, 19 years had passed since its last outing. We haven’t had to wait as long this time. The iconic 1962 production is back, lavishly designed by Cranko’s longtime collaborator Jürgen Rose and brimming with…
    Romeo and Juliet

    Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA): Romeo and Juliet

    Heath Ledger Theatre 174 William St, Perth, WA, Australia
    Desire, dreams and destiny collide in the world’s most famous story of love at first sight. Romeo and Juliet risk everything to be together. In defiance of their feuding families, this pair of star-cross’d lovers chase a future of joy and passion as violence erupts around them. Don’t miss WAAPA’s…
    Isles of Light

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: Isles of Light

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    The British Isles boast a magnificent anthology of music grounded in lush, poetic landscapes and thriving cities. This concert will transport you there. British violin and viola virtuoso Lawrence Power makes his ACO debut directing music from Thomas Tallis’ evocative theme - made famous by Vaughan Williams - to the…

    Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra: Sound Mind, Sound Body

    Albert Hall, Launceston 47 Tamar St, Launceston, TAS, Australia
    Sound Mind, Sound Body is our latest fun and interactive concert for schools. Students meet orchestra musicians and their instruments, and discover how music helps us be active and feel good. Linked to health and wellbeing content in the Australian curriculum, these concerts explore how music can get us moving,…
    Mind Games: Art Alive

    Baeu Medina: Mind Games: Art Alive

    154 Broadway 154-160 Broadway, Chippendale, NSW, Australia
    A new, woman-led, interactive, immersive and independent experiential playground has opened in Chippendale, in Sydney’s inner suburbs – at a scale and level of detail that has not been done in Australia. Comprising multisensory installations such as holographic moon rooms to upside-down trains, mirrored mazes, and perception puzzles, Mind Games:…
    Mackenzie

    Bell Shakespeare: Mackenzie

    The Neilson Nutshell, Pier 2/3 13A Hickson Road, Dawes Point, NSW, Australia
    Mackenzie is 13 and she’s booked her first-ever TV gig: a tiny part on a huge kids show. It’s a small start, but Mackenzie’s mum has always felt sure that her daughter was destined for superstardom. One day, Mackenzie and her best on-set friend Beau encounter a geriatric make-up artist…
    Romeo and Juliet

    Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA): Romeo and Juliet

    Heath Ledger Theatre 174 William St, Perth, WA, Australia
    Desire, dreams and destiny collide in the world’s most famous story of love at first sight. Romeo and Juliet risk everything to be together. In defiance of their feuding families, this pair of star-cross’d lovers chase a future of joy and passion as violence erupts around them. Don’t miss WAAPA’s…
    Mitch Cairns: Artist’s Mouth

    National Art School: Mitch Cairns: Artist’s Mouth

    National Art School Corner of Forbes and Burton Streets, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    From 1 May to 11 July 2026, the National Art School Gallery will present  Mitch Cairns: Artist's Mouth, a major survey exhibition of work by Sydney-based painter and Archibald Prize winner Mitch Cairns, celebrating his twenty-year artistic career since graduating from the National Art School (NAS) in 2006. It features some 48 works, mostly from institutional and…

    Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Vitality

    Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    From hushed lyricism to fiery folk rhythms, this concert celebrates the incredible versatility of the ASO’s string players. Joseph Bologne’s Violin Concerto No.9 is a joyful window into the bright and energising performance styles of 18th-century France. Dvořák’s Nocturne offers a moment of tenderness and quiet melancholy before Bartók’s Divertimento…
    Editor's Choice STELLA – A New Australian Musical

    Matthew Henderson: Stella – A New Australian Musical

    Alexander Theatre, The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton, VIC, Australia
    We have recently seen a brilliant stage musical based on Miles Franklin’s famous novel My Brilliant Career. Now comes a new Australian musical called Stella, exploring Franklin’s life, which was marked by poverty, entrenched sexism, personal loss and the upheaval of two world wars. Seven years in the making, Stella…
    Editor's Choice Prima Facie

    Sydney Theatre Company: Prima Facie

    Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Suzie Miller’s play Prima Facie had its world premiere at Sydney’s Griffin Theatre Company in 2019. Directed by Lee Lewis, the riveting production starred Sheridan Harbridge (read our feature on page 30). Since then, the one-woman play has been produced in nearly 50 countries and published as a novel. Jodie…