• In Shadows (Dalam Bayang-Bayang)

    Darebin Arts Speakeasy: In Shadows (Dalam Bayang-Bayang)

    Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre 189 High Street, Northcote, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    A ghost story told through shadow puppetry, live music and dance, In Shadows (Dalam Bayang-Bayang) reimagines a classic tale from Southeast Asian folklore and immerses audiences in a world of shadow, sound and memory. Created by visual artist Liang Luscombe, musician and ethnomusicologist Isobel D’Cruz Barnes, and writer–producer Haneen Mahmood…

    fortyfivedownstairs: MR BIG aka Tatay, A Transwoman and That Tiring Tune!

    fortyfivedownstairs 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    A ghost that will not stop singing. A bride with a funeral to plan. A 90s love song that refuses to die. From award-winning playwright Dax Carnay-Hanrahan, MR BIG aka Tatay, A Transwoman and That Tiring Tune! is a darkly comedic and musically haunted new theatre work. Set between 1990s Manila and…
    IN.RESIDENCE: GATHERING.2

    Co3 Contemporary Dance: GATHERING.2

    Liberty Theatre, 81 Barrack Street, Perth WA 6000 81 Barrack Street, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
    The Liberty Theatre reawakens this winter for GATHERING.2. A convergence of bodies and sound, GATHERING.2 invites you into a shared space where contemporary dance is encountered intimately in real time. Curated by Raewyn Hill, choreographers Laura Boynes, Sam Coren, May Greenberg and Shaun Johnston each carve out a distinct choreographic…
    Aladdin

    Theatre Royal: Aladdin

    Theatre Royal, Hobart 29 Campbell Street, Hobart, TAS, Australia
    Much loved by children and adults alike, Aladdin and his adventures come to life in this brilliant ballet production from the Victorian State Ballet. With lush costumes, breathtaking music, and beautiful choreography, the ballet tells a wonderful story of intense love, burning passion, and bold expression, filled with fantasy and tragedy. Aladdin reminds…
    LOUDER Gravity and Other Myths

    Sydney Opera House: LOUDER Gravity and Other Myths

    Sydney Opera House - Joan Sutherland Theatre Sydney Opera House, Bennelong Point, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    The intensity is turned up as the beauty and precision of classical music meet the daring physical mastery of circus. When these two disciplines collide, tradition isn’t abandoned, it’s reimagined and brought thrillingly to life. Created by multi-award-winning Australian circus company Gravity and Other Myths in collaboration with the Brandenburger…
    Engine

    Sydney Dance Company: Engine

    Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
    Engine unites three extraordinary choreographers; Rafael Bonachela, Fran Diaz and Melanie Lane, for an exhilarating performance that promises bold, fearless dance. Rafael Bonachela premieres The Journey Itself is Home, a new work featuring music by Grammy Award-winning composer Bryce Dessner and inspired by 17th-century Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō. Engine sees the return…
    Sheltering

    Bangarra Dance Theatre: Sheltering

    Arts Centre Melbourne - Playhouse
    Beneath the constellation of its creative and cultural legacy, Bangarra Dance Theatre, will present a program of three powerful works: 'Keeping Grounded', 'Brown Boys', and 'Sheoak', which honour Bangarra's past while looking to the future. 'Sheltering' will tour nationally from May to July 2026. An intergenerational thread connects this bold triple bill,…
    Retrograde

    Melbourne Theatre Company: Retrograde

    Fairfax Studio
    Director Bert LaBonté (Topdog/Underdog) steers this alarmingly timely and ‘wickedly funny’ (The Standard) work starring newcomer Donné Ngabo (Last Days) and international screen star Alan Dale (24, The O.C.) to its blistering conclusion. It’s the so-called Golden Age of Hollywood, fuelled by big money and heady ambition. Paranoia simmers beneath…
    Losing Face

    Melbourne Theatre Company: Losing Face

    Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Pack your bags for a perimenopausal Weekend at Bernie’s: an outrageous and unforgettable trip directed by Leticia Cáceres (Erotic Stories, Bump) and starring Michala Banas (Upper Middle Bogan, The Odd Couple) and Genevieve Morris (Dying: A Memoir, Comedy Inc.). Losing Face is an absolutely unhinged and spikily clever new comedy about friendship and unmasking the true price of chasing the fountain of…
    LOUDER

    Sydney Opera House: LOUDER

    Sydney Opera House - Joan Sutherland Theatre Sydney Opera House, Bennelong Point, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    The intensity is turned up as the beauty and precision of classical music meet the daring physical mastery of circus. When these two disciplines collide, tradition isn’t abandoned, it’s reimagined and brought thrillingly to life. Created by multi-award-winning Australian circus company Gravity and Other Myths in collaboration with the Brandenburger…
    Schumann’s Cello Concerto

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra: Schumann’s Cello Concerto

    Winthrop Hall Perth, WA, Australia
    Immerse yourself in an evening of glorious masterpieces. French cellist Ivan Karizna brings Schumann’s poetic Cello Concerto to life in his first ever performance with WASO. Be moved by Sibelius’ haunting portrait of a mystical swan before Otto Tausk leads you through Brahms’ Third Symphony, a work of warmth, strength,…
    Pride And Prejudice* (*sort of)

    Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Pride And Prejudice* (*sort of)

    Athenaeum Theatre 188 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    The five-star musical comedy sensation, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE* (*sort of), is finally heading Down Under. Direct from its triumph in the West End where it won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy, Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) is a unique and audacious retelling of Jane Austen’s most iconic love…