GREASE

Babirra Music Theatre: GREASE

The Round 379 - 399 Whitehorse Road,, Nunawading, VIC
It’s 1959 at Rydell High School, Danny Zuko and Sandy Dumbrowski’s summer romance is put to the test when they unexpectedly reunite on the first day of school. One of the longest running shows on Broadway (and made even more popular with the 1978 film), GREASE is a celebration of…
&Juliet

CLOC Musical Theatre: &Juliet

The National Theatre, St Kilda 20 Carlisle Street, St Kilda, VIC, Australia
The secret’s out — Juliet’s rewriting her story! CLOC Musical Theatre proudly presents the non-professional Victorian premiere of &Juliet, which will burst onto the stage at the National Theatre St Kilda for a strictly limited season from 10 – 25 October 2025. This bold and electrifying musical flips the script on Shakespeare’s classic, asking: What if Juliet chose her own fate instead…
From Vienna With Love

Trio Anima Mundi: From Vienna With Love – Melbourne

Holy Trinity Anglican Church, East Melbourne 193 Hotham St, East Melbourne, VIC, Australia
From Vienna With Love - has at its core one of Franz Schubert's last compositions, the Piano Trio No.2. Like his other trio (No.1) this work is grand in composition and structure. First performed in early 1828, the work was published later that year, just before the composer's death. The…

UKARIA: Benjamin Grosvenor

Ukaria Cultural Centre 119 Williams Rd, Mt Barker Summit, SA, Australia
British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor is an international sensation, heralded as a ‘genius who has reached the height of his interpretative powers’ (The Spectator). The youngest British musician ever signed as a Decca Classics recording artist, Grosvenor has performed with (among others) the Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Leipzig Gewandhausorchester, London Philharmonic…
All Star Circus

Head First Acrobats: All Star Circus

The Vault at Fool's Paradise Victoria Square / Tarntanyangga, Grote St, Adelaide, NSW, Australia
If you only see one show this fringe, make sure this is the one! Graceful aerialists, amazing acrobats and hilarious slapstick comedy by a multi award winning artists. Welcome to All Star Circus, a wonderful circus show for families of all ages, showcasing a variety of circus disciplines by Head…

Sydney Opera House: What the Ocean Said

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
What The Ocean Said is a relaxing storytelling experience for children and their grownups. You are invited to relax in a sea of pillows amidst a magical space of calm. Follow the journey of a humpback whale diving deep into the water, and expanding into the reaches of the ocean…
Pursuing Pleasure

Melbourne Fringe: Pursuing Pleasure

Chapel off Chapel 12 Little Chapel Street, Prahran, Victoria, Australia
Opera singer turned cabaret cantatrice Piera Dennerstein shares the intimate truths of her body and mind in this sexy, silly and deeply human solo show - winner of the Fringe World Weekly Award 2025. Using the exceptional versatility of her voice in everything from Puccini to Cardi B, Piera tells…
Utzon Music

Sydney Opera House: Annie Jacobs-Perkins

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Cellist Annie Jacobs-Perkins takes us on a fascinating interior voyage through sound. The inventiveness of eighteenth-century Italian composer and cellist Joseph dall'Abaco’s Caprices are a recurring thread in this program, heard between contemporary Finnish composer-conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen’s rhapsodic Arabesques for Olly, for cello and samples (the composer’s own re-working of…

Australian Boys Choir: French Classics

St Andrew's Anglican Church, Brighton 228 New St, Brighton, VIC, Australia
Romantic choral masterpieces by famous French composers performed with an ensemble of organ, harp, cello and double bass.

Southern Cross Soloists: Wonder

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
Felix Mendelssohn’s four simple, yet magical chords (I-V-iv-I) are a portal to a musical wonderland of elves, fairies, lovers, and a donkey. Mendelssohn stood on the conductor’s podium when the 16-year-old wonderchild composer-performer Clara Wieck premiered her own piano concerto. Her concerto would inspire and influence the concerti of her…
Melode D’ Amore

Pacific Chamber Players: Trio Sole presents Melode D’ Amore

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Hall 115 Eumundi Road, Noosaville, Queensland, Australia
Fall in love with opera’s most beloved arias and Neapolitan favourites as Trio Sole makes its debut with Melodie D’Amore — a concert series celebrating the passion, elegance, and emotional power of classical voice and piano. Trio Sole features soprano Vanessa West, Neapolitan tenor Raffaele Pierno, and pianist Janet Brewer.…

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