• Waitress

    John Frost for Crossroads Live Australia: Waitress

    Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne 219 Exhibition St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    If only life were as easy as pie… Broadway’s smash-hit musical WAITRESS is baking its way to Melbourne for the very first time! Inspired by Adrienne Shelly’s beloved film and brought to life by a trailblazing creative team, including a book by acclaimed screenwriter Jessie Nelson, an original, uplifting score…
    Hamlet

    Queensland Ballet: Hamlet

    Thomas Dixon Centre 406 Montague Rd, West End, QLD, Australia
    The tragedy you know, retold in a gripping ballet for the ages. Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy becomes a gripping dance drama in Leo Mujić’s Hamlet. Classical ballet technique fuses with visceral storytelling to capture the prince’s struggle with grief, revenge, and truth. Ensemble-driven choreography builds intensity, weaving a tapestry of…
    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…
    To Kill A Mockingbird

    Genesian Theatre Company: To Kill A Mockingbird

    Genesian Theatre 420 Kent St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Step into 1930s Alabama where the trial of a young Black man accused of a terrible crime shakes a seemingly peaceful town to its core. Through the eyes of Scout, Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning classic comes alive on stage in a moving story of prejudice, compassion and the fight for…
    The Deep Blue Sea

    ACT Hub: The Deep Blue Sea

    ACT Hub 14 Spinifex St, Kingston, ACT, Australia
    Chaika Theatre presents a fresh, emotionally charged interpretation of Terence Rattigan’s The Deep Blue Sea, a timeless exploration of love, loss, and personal struggle. Set in the post-war austerity of 1950s London, the play follows Hester Collyer, a woman trapped in a turbulent affair with a passionate but troubled ex-fighter…

    Knox Street Bar: IBID

    Knox Street Bar Garage 11 Knox Street (Corner, Shepherd St, Chippendale NSW 2008, Chippendale, NSW, Australia
    IBID is a duo featuring Keyna Wilkins (piano/flute) and Shane Carpini (drumset). Their original music and improvisations blend jazz, classical, and folk, exploring themes from philosophy, astronomy, and human behaviour. Since 2021, they’ve performed widely and released two albums: “Spaces In Between” (2022) and “Chance Encounters” (2024).www.ibidartist.com Sora-Jackson Duo brings…
    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…
    Editor's Choice The Almighty Sometimes

    Black Swan State Theatre Company: The Almighty Sometimes

    Subiaco Arts Centre 180 Hamersley Rd, Subiaco, WA, Australia
    Kendall Feaver’s knotty drama takes an unflinching look at mental illness and medication among young people. Anna threw herself out of a window when she was seven. The following year, having read her somewhat macabre stories, her worried mother Renée took her to see a child psychiatrist, who prescribed a…
    Editor's Choice Monsieur Camembert – Cohen Noir

    Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Monsieur Camembert – Cohen Noir

    Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre Festival Drive, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    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…
    Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    It begins with the four most famous notes in music. The legendary motif propels the entire first movement of Beethoven’s Fifth. The power of this symphony never relents, from those iconic opening moments to the bright light of the finale. The end of the third movement is electric, strings hovering…
    Kapitalism is your Friend!

    Qtopia Sydney: Kapitalism is your Friend!

    The Substation - Qtopia 136 Oxford St, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
    Franzi has been asleep since 1989. She fell into a coma in East Berlin and has woken to a world where the Berlin Wall has fallen, and capitalism has thrown one hell of a party. Can she navigate this brave new world? Fresh from critical acclaim at Adelaide Fringe, KAPITALISM…
    Editor's Choice A Night of Burlesque

    Adelaide Cabaret Festival: A Night of Burlesque

    Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre Festival Drive, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    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…