• The Other Side of Me

    NT Dance Company: The Other Side of Me

    Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Choreographed by industry leader, Larrakia man, Gary Lang, this international, cross-cultural collaboration with Northumbria University (UK) communicates a story of the Stolen Generations. With care and compassion, it poses questions about relationships between country of origin, identity, adoption, the criminal justice system and psychological health.  The Other Side of Me translates…

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Alma Moodie Quartet play Haydn and Brahms

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Experience the transcendent beauty of chamber music as the acclaimed Alma Moodie Quartet presents two undisputed masterpieces. Opening with pristine elegance, Haydn's ‘Emperor’ Quartet’s true splendour comes alive in the second movement – a set of variations on the melody he composed for Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser, which later became…

    Melbourne Conservatorium of Music: The Unbearable Lightness of Being Chiang Wen-yeh

    Ian Potter Southbank Centre 43 Sturt Street, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    In modern Chinese history, composers were dislocated by war, exile, studies abroad, competing ideologies, and the Cultural Revolution, and expressed their cultural and ideological constructions of home, isolation, and war resistance, while being caught in intersecting webs of forces that compelled them through both coercion and affiliation. “Heaviness,” in this…
    Sincere Apologies

    Melbourne Fringe: Sincere Apologies

    Trades Hall, Melbourne 2 Lygon St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Say sorry. Really mean it. Experience a performance built from all the apologies that the world keeps offering — the famous, the ridiculous, the deeply personal and those that begin every second email in our inboxes. Part theatrical ritual, part social experiment, Sincere Apologies explores what it means to apologise…
    Editor's Choice Rebecca

    Melbourne Theatre Company: Rebecca

    Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 Gothic novel was adapted as a suspenseful film by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine. This new production, adapted and directed by MTC Artistic Director Anne-Louise Sarks, takes us back to Manderley, the grand mansion where Maxim de Winter returns home with his second…
    Whitefella Yella Tree

    Griffin Theatre Company: Whitefella Yella Tree

    Wharf 1 Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
    First love: joyous, sweet and youthful. Two boys from neighbouring mobs, puffed up with teenage giddiness, poised on the edge of a world about to change. Their budding love taking root in Country that is about to be declared ‘Australia’. In the early years of colonisation, a young Aboriginal man,…
    Dangerous Liaisons

    Queensland Ballet: Dangerous Liaisons

    Thomas Dixon Centre 406 Montague Rd, West End, QLD, Australia
    Delve into the scandalous world of the Paris elite in Liam Scarlett’s vivid interpretation of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’ novel, Les Liaisons dangereuses. An internationally-renowned choreographer celebrated for his vision and storytelling, Scarlett crafted this evocative ballet on Queensland Ballet for a world premiere in 2019. Set in 18th century France,…
    RUINS أطلال

    Seymour Centre: RUINS أطلال

    Seymour Centre Chippendale, NSW, Australia
    Grief-stricken by her late father’s sudden death, Amelia Alyssa embarks on a journey to her ancestral homeland, Lebanon. She bears witness to the ancient Baalbek ruins of the Beqaa Valley while lodging nearby at the Palmyra Hotel, a time capsule of a flourishing yesteryear. An exploration of migration and sacrifice…
    Ruins أطلال

    Seymour Centre: Ruins أطلال

    Seymour Centre Chippendale, NSW, Australia
    Seymour Centre and Clockfire Theatre Company are delighted to present the full-scale world premiere of Emily Ayoub and Madeline Baghurst’s RUINS أطلال at the Reginald Theatre from 25th September to 18th October. Grief-stricken by her father’s sudden death, Amelia Alissa travels to her ancestral homeland, Lebanon. Amid the ancient Baalbek…
    MJ The Musical

    Michael Cassel Group: MJ the Musical

    Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne 219 Exhibition St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    He is one of the greatest entertainers of all time. Now, Michael Jackson’s unique and unparalleled artistry is startin’ somethin’ in Melbourne, in the multiple Tony Award®-winning MJ the Musical. Centred around the making of his 1992 Dangerous World Tour, MJ the Musical goes beyond the singular moves and signature sound of the…
    EFA Presents: Environmental Film Festival 2025

    Environmental Films Australia: Environmental Film Festival 2025

    The Kino, Melbourne 45 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Environmental Film Festival is back, running 16-23 October and celebrating our 15th year. Enjoy Australia's premier environmental cinema showcase, with features, shorts, documentaries, cine-art, talks, community activities and more. Join us in exploring how 'Environment Is Everywhere', through stories of urban living, nature and beyond, with the best eco-cinema from…