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Australian Musical Theatre Festival: Working – A Musical

Earl Arts Centre 10 Earl Street, Launceston, TAS, Australia
This new version of Working - A Musical is updated exclusively for the festival to include interviews with local Tasmanians from all walks of life. Based on the best-selling book of interviews with workers, Working - A Musical paints a vivid portrait of the workers that the world so often…
Editor's Choice Les Misérables The Arena Spectacular

Cameron Mackintosh: Les Misérables The Arena Spectacular

Rod Laver Arena Olympic Blvd, Melbourne, VIC
Boublil and Schönberg’s landmark musical has been thrilling audiences around the world since its 1985 London premiere. As Les Mis celebrates its 40th anniversary, Cameron Mackintosh has created a spectacular new production, specially designed for large-scale venues. It arrives in Australia with a star-studded cast. Alfie Boe and Killian Donnelly…
Editor's Choice Looking for Alibrandi

State Theatre Company South Australia: Looking for Alibrandi

Adelaide Festival Centre Adelaide, SA, Australia
It’s the last year of high school for 17-year-old Josephine Alibrandi and she can’t wait for her life to begin – if only she could escape the expectations of her migrant Italian family, now living in Sydney. Melina Marchetta’s beloved coming-of-age novel was published in 1992 and turned into a…
The Black Woman of Gippsland

Melbourne Theatre Company: The Black Woman of Gippsland

Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
A woman is tossed ashore from the sea, bedraggled and lost. A century and a half later, another finds herself diving deep into the truth behind a lingering legend. Jacinta’s family is driving her up the wall and her academic career is floundering, but amongst the books, something doesn’t feel…
Happy Days

Sydney Theatre Company: Happy Days

Wharf 1 Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
Stage and screen icon Pamela Rabe (The Children, The War of The Roses, The Lost Echo) immerses herself in one of the greatest roles ever written, Happy Days’ eternal optimist, Winnie. Conceived and directed by award-winning theatre designer Nick Schlieper – Lighting Designer on The Picture of Dorian Gray, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr…
Don Quixote

West Australian Ballet: Don Quixote

His Majesty's Theatre, Perth Perth, WA, Australia
Choreographed by renowned Australian Prima Ballerina, Dame Lucette Aldous AC (after Marius Petipa’s original), Don Quixote celebrates the best that classical ballet has to offer. From fiery romance to laugh-out-loud humour, this production pushes the dancers to their limits with demanding choreography.
Editor's Choice The Birds

Malthouse Theatre: The Birds

Malthouse Theatre 113 Sturt St, Southbank, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
The weather has changed and the birds are behaving oddly. It’s becoming scary. One family sounds a warning – but is anyone listening? Malthouse Theatre presents a new stage version of Daphne du Maurier’s short story, immortalised on screen by Alfred Hitchcock. Adapted by Louise Fox for a solo performer…
The Dictionary of Lost Words
The Dictionary of Lost Words

Sydney Theatre Company: The Dictionary of Lost Words

Canberra Theatre Centre Canberra, ACT, Australia
In 1901, the word bondmaid was discovered to be missing from the Oxford English Dictionary. The Dictionary of Lost Words is the story of the girl who stole it. Motherless and ever curious, Esme spends her childhood in the Scriptorium – the “Scrippy”, a converted garden shed in Oxford where her father…
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Hayes Theatre Co: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Hayes Theatre Co 19 Greenknowe Avenue, Elizabeth Bay, NSW, Australia
Step into the vibrant, hilarious world of 1980s Madrid, where Pepa, a heartbroken actress, finds her life spiralling out of control after her lover’s sudden disappearance. As she searches for answers, Pepa navigates a series of increasingly outrageous events alongside a cast of eccentric characters — including a vengeful ex-wife,…
Kew Court House Live

Boroondara Arts: Saltanah

Kew Court House 188 High Street, Kew, VIC, Australia
PIRRITU’s music is a gentle, honest, and melodic personal journey that entices you into the depths of sadness, love, and shimmering hope. Saltanah is a new ensemble focusing on instrumental classical Arabic pieces, let by dynamic multi-instrumentalist Camille Feghali.
Footloose The Musical

Footloose Musical: Footloose The Musical

Athenaeum Theatre 188 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Get ready to cut loose! The 80s phenomenon Footloose is hitting Australia—bigger, bolder, and more explosive than ever! This brand-new remastered production will have you dancing in the aisles to the iconic hits you know and love, including Holding Out for a Hero, Almost Paradise, Let’s Hear It for the…
Henry 5

Bell Shakespeare: Henry 5

Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Young Prince Hal has left his wayward adolescence behind and assumed the mantle of kingship. Following a humiliating insult by the French prince, King Henry launches England into a war with France to claim the throne he believes is rightfully his. Against all odds, he leads his troops from despair…

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