• Editor's Choice Rusalka

    Opera Queensland: Rusalka

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    Following her admired staging of La traviata, Sarah Giles turned her attention to Dvořák’s fairytale opera about a water sprite who barters away the power of speech to follow her heart and enter the world of humans. Soprano Eleanor Lyons takes on the title role. Rosario La Spina plays her fickle…
    Genesis

    West Australian Ballet: Genesis

    Dolphin Theatre 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA, Australia
    What started as a creative incubator for our dancers to branch out, increase their skills and choreograph works on their peers, has now become one of the most popular seasons in the West Australian Ballet calendar. It’s your chance to get in on the ground level and see new works,…
    Corporare – Evan Task In Outer Space

    Theatre Works: Corporare – Evan Task In Outer Space

    Explosives Factory 67 Inkerman St, Rear of Thrifty-Link Hardware, St Kilda, VIC, Australia
    Created and performed by Matthew Crosby, Corporare presents a gorgeously low horror sci-fi about a tech-bro and his rocket adrift in Martian dreams. Corporare is a kabarett extremis revealing the invisible corporate body in its colonising madness. The complexity of a celebrity ‘founder’ entrepreneur who governs a company seemingly whimsically with little…
    Eddie Izzard Performs Shakespeare’s Hamlet

    Brisbane Powerhouse: Eddie Izzard Performs Shakespeare’s Hamlet

    Brisbane Powerhouse 119 Lamington St, New Farm, QLD, Australia
    This production comes directly from her critically acclaimed solo performances of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, which were triple-extended in New York, Chicago, and London. Nominated for New York’s: Drama League’s Distinguished Performance Award and Outer Critic’s Circle Outstanding Solo Performance Award. Akin to the original performances of Hamlet, Eddie will perform on the blank…
    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…