• Do Not Pass Go

    Melbourne Theatre Company: Do Not Pass Go

    Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Laced with acerbic humour, Do Not Pass Go turns hustle culture inside out to ask: when the system is built to break you, what’s left to hold onto? Flux and Penny are colleagues whiling away their lives in the nondescript purgatory of a workplace no-one seems to run, doing a job no-one…
    Shen Yun 2026

    Shen Yun Performing Arts: Shen Yun 2026

    Adelaide Festival Theatre King William Road, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Experience China Before Communism Shen Yun – the beauty of divine beings dancing – takes you on an extraordinary journey through China’s 5000 years of magnificent culture. Exquisite beauty from the heavens, profound wisdom from dynasties past, timeless legends and ethnic traditions all spring to life through classical Chinese dance,…
    Awakening Histories

    : Awakening Histories

    Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts 51 James Street, Perth, WA, Australia
    The Awakening Histories exhibit at PICA explores the deep and enduring connection between First Nations Peoples across the north of this continent (now known as Australia) and the Makassan seafarers of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Re-positioning Australia’s pre-colonial international relations from a global south perspective, this powerful exhibition reflects on the…
    Painting Itself/绘画本身

    : Painting Itself/绘画本身

    Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts 51 James Street, Perth, WA, Australia
    Painting Itself/绘画本身 is an exhibition of five painters from Hong Kong, Malaysia, London, Shanghai and Singapore. The exhibition explores a new horizontal culture in painting, where fundamental ideas about its history and vitality—long the influence of European and American values—are being reshaped in East and Southeast Asia. A common understanding…

    Darkfield: SÉANCE, FLIGHT and INVISIBLE return to Adelaide Fringe

    The Garden of Unearthly Delights Rundle Park, East Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    DARKFIELD returns to The Garden of Unearthly Delights this Adelaide Fringe, with three of its most acclaimed shows: SÉANCE, FLIGHT, and INVISIBLE from 13 February until 22 March 2026. The experiences, which take place in total darkness, use 360° binaural sound to blur the line between reality and fiction inside…
    I, AmDram

    Hannah Maxwell: I, AmDram

    The Barbara Hardy Garden at Holden Street Theatres 2 - 34 Holden Street, Hindmarsh, Kaurna Country, Australia
    Hannah will be bringing back their debut show I, AmDram, to the Adelaide Fringe at Holden Street Theatres (19 Feb–22 March) after acclaimed runs in both 2020 & 2025, winning a Weekly Best of Theatre Award. Exploring queer identity and growing up amongst amateur musical theatre, this solo storytelling show…
    The Pirates of Penzance

    Emma Knights: Pirates of Penzance

    Handlebar HomeBase 10 Andrew St, Adelaide, South Australia
    ARGH!! The Pirate King is back again! This hilarious adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan’s classic operetta is staged in one hour, with an amazing local cast featuring 8 of South Australia’s best local performers with live piano accompaniment. Come on this riotous journey across all types of venues and see…
    Laser Kiwi – Everybody Knows

    Adelaide Fringe: Laser Kiwi – Everybody Knows

    The Paragon 11 McNamara St, Queenstown, TAS, Australia
    Laser Kiwi is back with a brand-new show! Armed with world-class circus skills and their signature brand of surreal sketch comedy, they'll attempt the impossible: articulating that thing we're all thinking. Laser Kiwi will make you laugh, gasp and maybe even agree on something for once. “Fall-down funny, absolutely top…
    La Mama: Some Secrets Should Be Kept Secret

    La Mama: Some Secrets Should Be Kept Secret

    La Mama HQ 205 Faraday St, Carlton, VIC, Australia
    Secrets once spoken can't be unsaid. When a woman dies, three letters are sent to her adopted children from the Stolen Generation asking them to return to the remote homestead for the reading of her will. So begins an epic journey for the siblings. Their arrival at the old farm…
    La Mama: Back to Te Maunga

    La Mama: Back to Te Maunga

    La Mama Courthouse Theatre 349 Drummond Street, Carlton, VIC, Australia
    Friendship, grief and forgiveness collide against the backdrop of a hunters cabin in rural Aotearoa, New Zealand. Tāne & Isaac return to a cabin from their youth on the anniversary of their best friend's passing. They plan to drink, sing and reminisce. But with the Maunga looming over their heads…
    Editor's Choice Torch The Place

    Queensland Theatre: Torch The Place

    Bille Brown Theatre 78 Montague Rd, South Brisbane, QLD
    When Benjamin Law’s debut play, Torch The Place, premiered at Melbourne Theatre Company in 2020, Limelight reviewer Patricia Maunder described it as “a tragicomic tale about a dysfunctional Asian-Australian family . . . written with wit and warmth.” When Mum turns 60, her children arrive with a birthday cake, presents and a…
    Editor's Choice The Doll Trilogy

    Red Stitch: Kid Stakes

    Red Stitch Actors' Theatre Rear 2 Chapel Street, St Kilda, VIC, Australia
    When Ray Lawler’s play Summer of the Seventeenth Doll premiered in 1955, it was a watershed moment in Australian theatre, given its groundbreaking portrayal of distinctly Australian characters. Set in Melbourne in 1953, it features cane cutters Roo and Barney, who return to the city between harvests to spend time with Olive and Nancy.…