• 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…
    Margaret & The Grey Mare

    The Substation: Margaret & The Grey Mare

    The Substation 1 Market Street, Newport, VIC, Australia
    Margaret & The Grey Mare is an opera, a fever dream about an opera and an immersive video installation written in collaboration with a chatbot that has been coded to act as a channel to an ancient Celtic land spirit. Anchoring the project is a sprawling hour-long video opera. The…
    Where Waters Meet at PICA Hub

    PICA: Where Waters Meet at PICA Hub

    Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts 51 James Street, Perth, WA, Australia
    Explore your connection to water through mark-making and printing at the PICA Hub — a place to make, experiment and share stories about what water means to you during Revealed 2026. A hands-on art activity developed with Wardandi and Baiyungu artist, Dellas Bennell, the activity is inspired by her Revealed…
    Ken Ludwig’s MORIARTY

    Genesian Theatre: Ken Ludwig’s Moriarty

    Genesian Theatre 420 Kent St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes and his faithful companion Dr. Watson have a new case to solve! An investigation into the Bohemian King’s stolen letters suddenly cascades into an international mystery filled with spies, blackmail and intrigue. With world peace at stake, Holmes and Watson join forces with American actress Irene…
    Editor's Choice

    Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Lyndon Watts JAVÓN

    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…
    Editor's Choice Natalie Gamsu A Voice Like Shrapnel

    Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Natalie Gamsu A Voice Like Shrapnel

    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…
    Land of 1000 Dances

    RISING: Land of 1000 Dances

    Flinders Street Station Ballroom Near 273 Flinders Street,, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Salsa the night away, line up for some boot scooting, throw down the proverbial powder for the Melbourne Shuffle. From Bollywood to ballet, jazz to jive, vogueing to Polyswagg, these classes—led by Victorian dance legends and world champions—connect movers and shakers of all ages and abilities from all over Melbourne…

    Vivid Sydney: Moonlight Opera | Tumbalong Nights

    Tumbalong Park 11 Harbour Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Big voices. Heart-stopping moments. Opera's most electrifying and famous tunes, delivered in a dramatic, joyful and slightly cheeky style. From spine-tingling vocals to high-voltage favourites that everyone knows from films, cartoons and even pop songs, Moonlight Opera brings show-stopping arias and duets to Tumbalong Nights. It's a night of hopeless romance, tortured betrayal…
    RED by Dancenorth Australia

    RISING Festival: RED by Dancenorth Australia

    Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Dancenorth Australia brings RED to RISING Festival as part of the inaugural Australian Dance Biennale this 3-7 June. ABOUT RED RED is an uncompromising duet set inside a large transparent inflatable dome - a modern parable of two bodies moving within a world that can no longer sustain them. As…
    Editor's Choice The Oracle

    Ensemble Offspring: The Oracle

    The Street Theatre 15 Childers St, Canberra, ACT, Australia
    Conducted by Clark Rundell, Ensemble Offspring showcases its commitment to expanding the repertoire with four Australian premiere co-commissions including Tobias Broström’s Dream Variations, Tansy Davies’ Lost Science and two works by Kate Moore – Rose of roses, flower of flowers, first heard in New York in 2025 and now presented for co-commissioner…
    Voyage Into Infinity

    RISING Festival: Voyage Into Infinity

    The Substation 1 Market Street, Newport, VIC, Australia
    A trio of dolls climb up from a rabbit hole. By the light of a candelabra, they explore a giant machine made of precariously placed ladders, planks and pylons. Then one burnt rope sends an old punching bag swinging... Narcissister is a Brooklyn-based artist who drives haunted carnival rides over tropes…
    Editor's Choice Ursula Yovich Sings Nina Simone

    Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Ursula Yovich Sings Nina Simone

    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…