• Editor's Choice The Last Ship

    QPAC: The Last Ship

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    International superstar Sting comes to Brisbane to play  a lead role in this deeply personal musical, for which he wrote music and lyrics. Inspired by Sting’s childhood in the industrial town of Wallsend in the UK, The Last Ship tells the moving story of a community facing the closure of…
    Flora

    The Australian Ballet: Flora

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Beneath the cracked clay, a seed unfurls. Leaf. Bloom. Life. Promise. Crossing time and space. The Australian Ballet and Bangarra Dance Theatre present Flora by Frances Rings, an exciting and bold new dance collaboration. Flora marks the fourth time the companies have joined forces, and in this first full-length collaboration, Bangarra’s signature storytelling…
    Ensemble Theatre: Betty & Joan

    Ensemble Theatre: Betty & Joan

    Ensemble Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
    AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE In Hollywood’s Golden Age, two queens reigned supreme – Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. Before Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? lit up cinemas, their off-camera rivalry was already a blockbuster. Anton Burge’s deliciously wicked two-hander pulls back the curtain on the set where egos clashed, tempers flared, and…

    Belvoir St Theatre: Drive Your Plough Over The Bones Of The Dead

    Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
      PAMELA RABE AND EAMON FLACK TAKE ON THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNERS’ WHODUNNIT This is Olga Tokarczuk’s masterpiece, now a theatrical tour-de-force led by the great Pamela Rabe. Janina Duszejko, a woman of retiring age, lives quietly in a remote village. But one winter, men start being murdered in her district,…
    Stage Kiss

    New Theatre: Stage Kiss

    New Theatre 542 King St, Newtown, NSW
    “When I kissed you just now, did it feel like an actor kissing an actor or a person kissing a person…?” Two actors, and former lovers, unexpectedly reunite when cast opposite each other in a forgotten 1930s melodrama. As rehearsals progress and onstage romance echoes their past, the lines between…
    Editor's Choice West Gate

    Melbourne Theatre Company: West Gate

    Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Dennis McIntosh was 12 when Melbourne’s West Gate Bridge collapsed on 15 October, 1970. He and his friends heard the terrible thud from their school – something he has never forgotten. Thirty-five men died in what remains Australia’s deadliest industrial accident. For the past decade, McIntosh has been working on a play…
    Bizarrerie

    Van Diemen’s Band: Bizarrerie

    Paranaple Arts Centre Market Square, 145 Rooke St,, Devonport, TAS, Australia
    Bizarrerie puts the spotlight on some of the rare and unusual instruments from the Band’s collection. Program highlights include Vivaldi's Concerto for Lute and Viola d'Amore in D minor, showcasing the haunting, bell-like tones of the six-stringed viola d'amore, while Fasch's Concerto for Gallichon gives this almost-forgotten instrument—a gut-strung hybrid that sits somewhere between a…
    My Brilliant Career

    Sydney Theatre Company: My Brilliant Career

    Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    “The holy grail of Australian musical theatre” The Age Miles Franklin’s classic novel as you’ve never seen it before, with a live soundtrack that’s equal parts contemporary pop, folksy bush band and barnstorming pub rock. Beloved by audiences and showered with five-star reviews, My Brilliant Career was Melbourne’s most in-demand ticket in 2024.…
    Editor's Choice Handa Opera On Sydney Harbour – The Phantom of the Opera

    Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour: The Phantom of the Opera

    Mrs Macquaries Point Sydney, NSW, Australia
    On its 40th anniversary, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s blockbuster musical returns to Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour. When it premiered there in 2022, it was the first fully-staged outdoor production anywhere in the world – which excited the composer enough to attend the opening. And what a dazzling night it was! Directed…
    The Breakup Variety Hour

    Ariana and The Rose: The Breakup Variety Hour

    Trades Hall, Melbourne 2 Lygon St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Ariana and the Rose – the electrifying synth-pop songstress, a darling of the New York Cabaret scene – is coming to Australia. Fresh from her performance on The Kelly Clarkson Show and sold out residencies in London and New York, The Breakup Variety Hour is Ariana and the Rose’s glitter-soaked,…
    Jayne Steer – Addickted

    Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Jayne Steer – Addickted

    Underground Comedy 210 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Jayne Steer lost her mum, her fiancé and her mind – in that order, all two weeks before her nine-night Melbourne International Comedy Festival debut. After a psychotic episode on her 35th birthday led to a cPTSD diagnosis, Jayne decided to escape to a luxury treatment facility in Thailand for…
    Mark Silcox – The Successful Gold Trader

    5 Foot Entertainment: Mark Silcox – The Successful Gold Trader

    The Motley WhereHaus 432 Queen Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Dr Silcox (62), who had previously faced considerable financial insecurity and an uncertain retirement outlook, has recently found success through gold trading strategy. Focusing on the gold market, his methodology began to yield significant results. Over a single quarter, he achieved 100% return on his initial capital, transforming his modest…