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Editor's Choice A Few Good Men

Queensland Theatre: A Few Good Men

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
The smash-hit 1992 film, A Few Good Men, which starred Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson among a high-profile cast, was based on Aaron Sorkin’s play, which opened on Broadway in 1989. Now, Sorkin’s thrilling legal drama takes the Brisbane stage as part of QPAC’s 40th-anniversary celebrations. Inspired by actual events…
Cowbois

Siren Theatre Co: Cowbois

Seymour Centre Chippendale, NSW, Australia
A rollicking queer Western like nothing you've seen before. In a sleepy town in the Wild West, the women drift through their days like tumbleweed. Their husbands, swept up in the goldrush, have been missing for almost a year and show no sign of returning. In fact, the town is…
A Christmas Carol

Comedy Theatre: A Christmas Carol

Comedy Theatre 240 Exhibition St,, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
The five-time Tony Award®-winning production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol returns to Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre this festive season with Lachy Hulme, one of Australia’s most recognisable stage and screen actors stepping into the iconic role of Ebenezer Scrooge. Celebrated by audiences around the world, The Old Vic’s joyous and heartfelt production of A Christmas Carol is conceived…
Dial M for Murder

Ensemble Theatre: Dial M for Murder

Ensemble Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
The ever-so-charming ex-tennis-pro Tony Wendice has his eye on the prize. The prize in question? His wife Margot’s eye-wateringly enormous inheritance. Fuelled by greed and revenge, he concocts the perfect plan to eliminate her from the equation. But after a small mishap, Tony must spin a web of lies to…
Messiah

Pinchgut Opera: Messiah

City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
This year, we celebrate the holiday season with one of the most beloved works of Baroque music, Handel’s Messiah. Renowned for its profound beauty and spiritual depth, Messiah isa deeply moving and transcendent experience. Since its premiere in Dublin in 1742, Messiah has become one of the most performed choral…
Editor's Choice The Book of Mormon

JONES Theatrical Group: The Book of Mormon

Capitol Theatre, Sydney 13 Campbell St, Haymarket, NSW
Hello! The Mormons are back! First seen in Australia in 2017, The Book of Mormon is blasphemous, scurrilous, puerile, rude, satirical – and one of the funniest, sweetest, most joyous musicals ever staged. Written by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, with Robert Lopez, the 2011 show won…
Here You Come Again

Simon Friend Entertainment: Here You Come Again

Canberra Theatre Centre Canberra, ACT, Australia
Here You Come Again is a rollicking, joyous new musical comedy featuring all of Dolly Parton's biggest hits! Packed with iconic songs like Jolene, 9 to 5, Islands in the Stream, I Will Always Love You, Here You Come Again, and many more, this colourful and heartfelt musical tells the…
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…
Ceremony of Carols

Coolamon Singers: Ceremony of Carols

Burleigh Village Uniting Church 2 Burleigh Street, Burleigh Heads, QLD, Australia
The Coolamon Singers, known for their thoughtful repertoire and expressive artistry, offers a captivating Christmas season, which spotlights the music of Benjamin Britten. At the heart of the program is A Ceremony of Carols, together with A Hymn to the Virgin and The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard.…
Baroque Christmas 2025

Australian Chamber Choir: Baroque Christmas 2025

Thomson Memorial Church, Terang High St, Terang, VIC, Australia
A fixture on the Christmas calendar, this ever-changing program, now in its seventh incarnation, is testament to the fact that throughout history, composers have produced some of their liveliest and most engaging work for the Christmas season.  

Brisbane Music Festival: The Space Between

FourthWall Arts Suite 4, 540 Queen St, Brisbane City, QLD, Australia
Brisbane's charismatic Solstice Guitar Duo conjure a remarkable journey through the captivating world of classical guitar. Manuel de Falla | La vida breve Egberto Gismonti | Água e Vinho Ida Presti | Sérénade Enrique Granados | Rondalla Aragonesca Leonard Grigoryan | This Time Sergio Assad | Summer Garden Suite Tara…
Christmas Actually

The Little Red Company: Christmas Actually

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
All I want for Christmas is you... Christmas Actually is the ultimate silly-season starter, bursting with nativity lobsters, cinnamon sticks and endless fun! Relive the magic musical moments from beloved holiday classic Love Actually including songs by Mariah Carey, Joni Mitchell, Norah Jones, Eva Cassidy, Kelly Clarkson, The Beach Boys…

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