• Macbeth

    Bell Shakespeare: Macbeth

    Brisbane Powerhouse 119 Lamington St, New Farm, QLD, Australia
    Following a bloody battle, Macbeth and his comrade Banquo are met by three Weird Sisters who prophesy Macbeth will one day be king. Unable to shake the thought, Macbeth tells his wife, Lady Macbeth. Driven by an insatiable hunger for power, posterity and certainty, they commit a murder and set…
    Editor's Choice The Turn of the Screw

    Victorian Opera: The Turn of the Screw

    Palais Theatre, St Kilda St Kilda, VIC, Australia
    Benjamin Britten’s operatic ghost story is one of the most effective music theatre works of the 20th century. When a wide-eyed governess is sent to a country house to take charge of two supposedly innocent children, it quickly becomes clear that not everything is as it seems. What was the…
    Log Boy

    State Theatre Company South Australia: Log Boy

    Adelaide College of the Arts Light Square, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    A deliriously dark, heart-stabbing, and hilarious queer ghost story about love, grief, and the demons we can’t quite exorcise — especially the leather-clad ones. After the death of his fiancé, Anthony retreats to their country house to grieve, only to be haunted — literally and figuratively — by loss, lust,…
    Melancholia

    Studio Stocks: Melancholia

    Chapel off Chapel 12 Little Chapel Street, Prahran, VIC, Australia
    Following its celebrated premiere season, Studio Stocks’ Melancholia returns to the stage in a powerful exploration of grief, resilience and hope. Created by Melbourne’s contemporary tap dance company Studio Stocks and directed by acclaimed tap artist Garry Stocks, Melancholia pushes the boundaries of percussive dance, weaving contemporary movement with a…
    New Annual: Triceratop by Lingua Franca

    New Annual: Triceratop by Lingua Franca

    University House, University of Newcastle 300 King Street, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
    Blending cabaret, sci‑fi, storytelling and unapologetic camp humour, it’s wild, witty and bittersweet – where love, survival bunkers and finding your true ‘Triceratop’ collide. A hilariously tender gay dinosaur parable – it’s RuPaul’s Drag Race meets Don’t Look Up. Can our prehistoric protagonist find love in time? Triceratop whisks you into…
    Triceratop

    New Annual: Triceratop

    University House, University of Newcastle 300 King Street, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
    Blending cabaret, sci‑fi, storytelling and unapologetic camp humour, it’s wild, witty and bittersweet – where love, survival bunkers and finding your true ‘Triceratop’ collide. A hilariously tender gay dinosaur parable – it’s ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ meets ‘Don’t Look Up’. Can our prehistoric protagonist find love in time? TRICERATOP whisks you…
    Return of the Godz

    Sydney Fringe Festival: Return of the Godz

    Fools Paradise Victoria Square / Tarntanyangga, Victoria Square, Adelaide, Kaurna, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Return of GODZ is landing in Sydney bigger and wilder than ever. Featuring a five-strong cast delivering brand new stunts and outrageous comedy straight from London’s West End, UK critics hailed it as gloriously silly and genuinely impressive. The godz are about to raise hell and drop jaws with an…
    SLUGS

    Melbourne Fringe: SLUGS

    Meat Market Stables 2 Wreckyn St, North Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    It’s about nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing. We promise. An electro-punk concert, a play, a clown show, and a basement puppet nightmare all rolled into one from award-winning performance/comedy duo Creepy Boys (S.E. Grummett & Sam Kruger). Join us for a technocolour acid trip where you’ll meet…
    Twinky Twinky Little Star

    Zak Vasiliou: Twinky Twinky Little Star

    Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Music Room Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton, VIC, 3053 Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton, VIC, Australia
    Zak is gay. And that has been obvious since his childhood. Somehow, his parents missed every single sign, including: - belting out ABBA in the middle of the mall - asking Santa for the Hilary Duff album at five years old - single-handedly trying to cancel Crocs (before they got…

    Contra Concerts: Giles Henderson Wannan – Chamber Music for Flute Viola & Harp

    Newcastle Conservatorium of Music Cnr Laman Street, Auckland St, Newcastle, NSW
    Harpist Alice Giles, flautist Jonathan Henderson and violist James Wannan join forces to present a programme centred around French music and contemporary living composers. Together, these three artists bring extensive international experience as soloists, chamber musicians and orchestral performers. The sonority of the flute, drawn from the human breath, the…