• Editor's Choice Baylie Carson is Handsome(ish)

    Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Baylie Carson is Handsome(ish)

    Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre Festival Drive, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Reuben Kaye, the new Artistic Director of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, has chosen the theme of Delicious Revolution for his inaugural program. (Read our interview with him on page 65.) Speaking to Limelight, he says, “From Aussie icons and international acts of immense fame to basement-dwelling unknowns . . . this is a…
    Ride or Die

    The Almost Collective: Ride or Die

    The Blue Room Theatre 53 James St, Perth, WA, Australia
    Strap yourself in for Perth’s latest and greatest attraction, Venture Land! Infiltrate the city’s greatest asset to experience dazzling grandeur, magical memories and thrilling free falls as your worries drift away … What’s that? The park is under attack?   Venture Land has been compromised on its opening day, rattling both…
    Editor's Choice Steel Magnolias

    Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Steel Magnolias

    IPAC 32 Burelli St, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
    Steel Magnolias received glowing reviews when it began its tour in Brisbane, with critics saying that the production exudes humour, heart and plenty of emotion. Robert Harling wrote his 1987 play (later turned into a 1989 film) after his sister died from complications relating to diabetes following the birth of her son.…
    BURGERZ

    Carriageworks: BURGERZ

    Carriageworks Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Winner of the Total Theatre Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, BURGERZ has been a sell-out sensation across the world since 2018. After someone threw a burger at them and shouted a transphobic slur, performance artist Travis Alabanza became obsessed with burgers. How they are made, how they feel, and…
    BURGERZ

    Carriageworks: BURGERZ

    Carriageworks Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Winner of the Total Theatre Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, BURGERZ has been a sell-out sensation across the world since 2018. After someone threw a burger at them and shouted a transphobic slur, performance artist Travis Alabanza became obsessed with burgers. How they are made, how they feel, and…
    Koal

    HOTA: Koal

    HOTA 135 Bundall Road, Surfers Paradise, QLD, Australia
    Fresh off a hit run at Theatre Works in Melbourne and PhysFestNYC in New York City, KOAL is a one-woman climate-catastrophe-clown-show for the end of the world. As wildfires tear through Australia, a baby koala, a coal miner and an Indigenous girl desperately strive to hold onto their homes before…
    Your Song

    The Little Red Company: Your Song

    Sydney Opera House - Playhouse , Australia
    Your Song celebrates the unforgettable music of megastar Elton John and the memorable moments it evokes for everyday people, reimagining Elton’s biggest songs including Candle in the Wind, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, I’m Still Standing, Benny and the Jets, Rocket Man and Tiny Dancer using powerful stories and personal experiences…
    Editor's Choice Prima Facie

    Sydney Theatre Company: Prima Facie

    Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Suzie Miller’s play Prima Facie had its world premiere at Sydney’s Griffin Theatre Company in 2019. Directed by Lee Lewis, the riveting production starred Sheridan Harbridge (read our feature on page 30). Since then, the one-woman play has been produced in nearly 50 countries and published as a novel. Jodie…
    The Present

    Brown’s Mart Theatre: The Present

    Browns Mart 12 Smith Street, Darwin, NT, Australia
    At once comedic and cathartic, The Present unwraps a family’s history and their obsession with presents. You’ll meet half twins with different fathers; mother and son with unresolvable trust issues; a man with a rare gene that makes him extra tasty to sharks, and his long lost daughter who loves…

    Adelaide Festival Centre: Lime Cordiale with Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

    Adelaide Festival Theatre King William Road, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    From ARIA chart-topping tracks to quirky and treasured favourites, conductor Vanessa Scammell and arranger Alex Turley give the band’s catalogue a majestic, high-brow makeover. It’s a nostalgic return to their nerd roots and a full-circle journey back to the orchestras where it all began. Enchanting, intimidating, and utterly epic, this is…
    Editor's Choice Stravinsky’s The Firebird

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Stravinsky’s The Firebird

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Former Music & Artistic Director of the Warsaw Philharmonic Andrey Boreyko conducts a program of elemental drama and orchestral colour. Grounded in the traditions that shaped Stravinsky, Liadov’s Kikimora is followed (on 12 & 13 June) by Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto, performed here by ECHO Klassik-winning cellist Maximilian Hornung in…
    Izzard – The Tragedy of Hamlet

    BOHM Presents: Izzard – The Tragedy of Hamlet

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Direct from triple-extended solo runs in New York, Chicago and London, Eddie Izzard brings her acclaimed one-person performance of Hamlet to Sydney. Nominated for New York’s Drama League Distinguished Performance Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Solo Performance, this production has captivated audiences around the world. Akin…