• 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…

    RISING Festival: We Come To Collect : A Flirtation, With Capitalism

    The Showroom, Arts Centre Melbourne
    Baltimore-born chaos merchant Jenn Kidwell and her co-conspirator/ASL artist Brandon Kazen-Maddox invite you to roll with them in the pigsty of global capitalism. Beneath the light of a crooked chandelier, they skewer myths of American economic might, hold our conceptions of value up to the gilded mirror, and shimmy-shake between topics like time, race,…
    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…

    Live At Yours: Live at Brisbane: Lucas Debargue – L’Enigme Française

    The Great Synagogue 187 Elizabeth St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Live at Yours celebrates its Brisbane debut with the enigmatic French pianist Lucas Debargue — an artist of rare imagination, whose performances feel less like recitals and more like encounters. A virtuoso of electrifying control and deep poetic instinct, Debargue moves effortlessly between worlds: classical and contemporary, refined elegance and fearless risk.…
    Nowhere

    RISING Festival: Nowhere

    Malthouse Theatre 113 Sturt St, Southbank, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Actor Khalid Abdalla (from Netflix’s The Crown & The Kite Runner) invites us inside a new kind of “anti-biography”. An audacious and lively show that tells the story of his life, set against the shifting cartographies of seismic world events. From his involvement in the Egyptian revolution, and his experience of the counter-revolution.…

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: William Barton & the Sydney Symphony

    City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Whether he’s writing for voice, yiḏaki and guitar or the full force of a symphony orchestra, William Barton creates music that feels grounded and expansive. Described by ABC Arts as a ‘master of his craft and a deeply compelling performer’, Barton’s music moves through scenes of land and light: expansive, shaped by…
    Griffin Theatre: Savior

    Griffin Theatre Company: Savior

    Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    A typhoon hits the Philippines, and local project officer Michelle lands her dream assignment. It’s her first time coordinating a global relief effort for a sleek American NGO. A chance to change lives, to be the changemaker she always dreamed of!  All she has to do is smash her KPI’s…

    RISING: we come to collect: a flirtation, with capitalism

    The Showroom, Arts Centre Melbourne
    Baltimore-born chaos merchant Jenn Kidwell and her co-conspirator/ASL artist Brandon Kazen-Maddox invite you to roll with them in the pigsty of global capitalism. Beneath the light of a crooked chandelier, they skewer myths of American economic might, hold our conceptions of value up to the gilded mirror and shimmy-shake between…
    Legally Blonde

    Theatre Royal: Legally Blonde

    Theatre Royal
    Case Dismissed? Not Until You’ve Seen This! Get ready to trade your school uniform for something a little more... pink. This year, The Friends’ School is thrilled to present the high-energy, hilarious, and heart-warming sensation: Legally Blonde the Musical! Based on the beloved movie, the story follows the transformation of Elle Woods…
    Swan Lake

    Duprada Dance Company: Swan Lake

    Araluen Arts Centre 61 Larapinta Dr, Araluen, NT, Australia
    Join Duprada Dance Company at Araluen Arts Centre and experience the breathtaking magic of the world’s most beloved ballet, Swan Lake. The ultimate masterpiece of love, betrayal, and redemption. A Prince who falls in love with a beautiful maiden, a curse that can only be broken by a pledge of…
    Editor's Choice

    Adelaide Cabaret Festival: The 2026 Variety Gala

    Adelaide Festival Theatre King William Road, 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…
    The Pirates of Penzance.

    Hayes Theatre Co: The Pirates of Penzance.

    Foundry Theatre 55 Pirrama Rd,, Pyrmont, NSW, Australia
    For the first time ever, Hayes Theatre Co brings one of its landmark productions to the Foundry Theatre stage. Five actors. Every role. After a sold-out extended season at Hayes, plus stops in Wyong, Wollongong and Canberra, this acclaimed, irreverent adaptation of The Pirates of Penzance returns — madcap, hilarious,…