• 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…

    Hayes Street Studio: Lee Dionne – States of the Soul

    Hayes Street Studio 11 Hayes Street, Neutral Bay, NSW, Australia
    Pianist Lee Dionne brings together works by Schumann and Scriabin -- composers marked by their creative imaginations -- in a two-part series. Hear remarkable works for solo piano up close and personal at the iconic Hayes Street Studio.
    The Supposed to Be

    Jewel Box: The Supposed to Be

    Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, Australia
    Meet The Supposed To Be—fresh, new theatre that cuts through the nostalgic drift of migrant storytelling with laser-sharp sci-fi satire. Kaye is a Sri Lankan Tamil actor/OnlyFans star who discovers she’s not just adopted—she’s a clone. She’s been created to live out the dreams of her corporate executive original, Kavitha. But…
    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,…
    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.…
    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…

    Australian National Academy of Music: Lutosławski Quartet – Polish Violin

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    The Lutosławski Quartet's Melbourne debut brings the world-renowned Polish ensemble to the Abbotsford Convent for a week of intensive music-making. Taking its name from 20th-century master Witold Lutosławski, the ensemble was founded in 2007 and is now one of Poland’s leading string quartets. Renowned for its focus on 20th and…
    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,…