• 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…
    Tootsie

    Teatro at the Italian Forum: Tootsie

    Teatro at the Italian Forum 23 Norton St, Leichhardt, NSW, Australia
    Described by The New York Post as “Broadway’s funniest new musical” and praised by Rolling Stone as “musical comedy heaven”, Tootsie is the laugh-out-loud story of a talented but difficult actor who struggles to find work until one show-stopping act of desperation lands him the role of a lifetime. Based…

    Armistice Flutes: Hope

    Flute Tree & The Woodwind Group Suite 1, 111 Moore Street, Leichhardt, NSW, Australia
    Armistice Flutes is a collective of leading flautists—Liz Cheung, Chloe Chung, Laura Chislett, Jessica Scott, and Keyna Wilkins—dedicated to promoting peace and hope through original compositions and improvisations against war. In December, they recorded their debut album at A Sharp Studios, featuring 45 minutes of music across seven works for…
    Editor's Choice

    Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Tara Tiba - OMID

    Banquet Room
    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…
    Skank Sinatra: The Name on Everybody’s Lips

    Qtopia Sydney: Skank Sinatra: The Name on Everybody’s Lips

    The Loading Dock Theatre 301 Forbes St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
    Award-winning cabaret sensation Skank Sinatra returns with a BRAND NEW glittering cabaret spectacle bursting with powerhouse vocals, biting comedy and Broadway bangers turned deliciously sideways. Prepare for an hour with one of Australia’s most magnetic live cabaret performers, featuring big hair, a live pianist and more costume reveals than Liza…
    Beautiful Lies

    Qtopia Sydney: Beautiful Lies

    The Substation - Qtopia 136 Oxford St, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
    Matt Hawke's Beautiful Lies is a one-man comedy cabaret exploring the deep philosophy and overt insanity of lies. A next generation perspective to biting satirical comedy, balancing edgy laugh-out-loud humour with raw vulnerable introspection, all through memorable original songs and a magnetic lead performer. As a young, emerging, queer artist, Matt…
    Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl

    Melbourne Shakespeare Company: Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl

    fortyfivedownstairs 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Melbourne Shakespeare Company is proud to present Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice, a luminous, poetic reimagining of the Greek myth, directed by multi-award-winner Gary Abrahams. Following acclaimed sold-out seasons at fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne Shakespeare Company returns with a production of exceptional artistic ambition and emotional power. Through Ruhl’s distinctive voice, the story of…
    Editor's Choice House of Rot: Grey Gardens

    Adelaide Cabaret Festival: House of Rot: Grey Gardens

    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…
    Editor's Choice Piano Man Dr Trevor Jones

    Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Piano Man Dr Trevor Jones

    Quartet Bar by Corryton Burge
    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…
    Footloose The Musical

    DV Live: Footloose The Musical

    Civic Theatre Newcastle 375 Hunter Street, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
    The ’80s phenomenon FOOTLOOSE: THE MUSICAL is cutting loose in Australia — bigger, bolder, and more explosive than ever! This fully remastered production has fans dancing in the aisles to iconic hits, including Holding Out for a Hero, Almost Paradise, Let’s Hear It for the Boy, and, of course, the unforgettable title track, Footloose. Join Ren,…
    Mind Games: Art Alive

    Baeu Medina: Mind Games: Art Alive

    154 Broadway 154-160 Broadway, Chippendale, NSW, Australia
    A new, woman-led, interactive, immersive and independent experiential playground has opened in Chippendale, in Sydney’s inner suburbs – at a scale and level of detail that has not been done in Australia. Comprising multisensory installations such as holographic moon rooms to upside-down trains, mirrored mazes, and perception puzzles, Mind Games:…
    Mitch Cairns: Artist’s Mouth

    National Art School: Mitch Cairns: Artist’s Mouth

    National Art School Corner of Forbes and Burton Streets, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    From 1 May to 11 July 2026, the National Art School Gallery will present  Mitch Cairns: Artist's Mouth, a major survey exhibition of work by Sydney-based painter and Archibald Prize winner Mitch Cairns, celebrating his twenty-year artistic career since graduating from the National Art School (NAS) in 2006. It features some 48 works, mostly from institutional and…