• Editor's Choice A Beautiful Noise – The Neil Diamond Musical

    Paul Dainty, Ken Davenport & Bob Gaudio: A Beautiful Noise – The Neil Diamond Musical

    Princess Theatre, Melbourne 163 Spring St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Created in consultation with Neil Diamond himself, the jukebox musical, A Beautiful Noise, charts his rise to superstardom through the songs that defined his life and career, among them Cracklin’ Rosie, Forever in Blue Jeans and Sweet Caroline. Famous for his swaggering sexuality and velvet-meets-gravel voice, Diamond is conjured by two…
    Cirque Alice

    Tim Lawson: Cirque Alice

    Sydney Lyric Theatre 55 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont, NSW, Australia
    Fall down the rabbit hole and into a spectacular new world… Step into magical ‘Wonderland’ as Cirque Alice reimagines Lewis Carroll’s classic adventures with breathtaking twists and astonishing, gravity-defying feats. Starring the greatest acrobatic performers from around the globe, this magnificent spectacle features stunning performances by mesmerising aerialists, mind-bending contortionists,…
    Editor's Choice  My Fair Lady

    Opera Australia:  My Fair Lady

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Julie Andrews’ acclaimed recreation of the original 1956 Broadway blockbuster makes a welcome return to Sydney, under Karen Johnson Mortimer’s direction, followed by a run in Melbourne. George Bernard Shaw’s tale of a professor of linguistics who bets on his ability to make a Covent Garden flower girl pass as aristocracy has lost…
    Editor's Choice Pride And Prejudice* (*sort of)

    Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Pride And Prejudice* (*sort of)

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    Audiences never seem to tire of Jane Austen’s classic novel, with umpteen adaptations over the years. Now comes a raucous stage production, complete with karaoke, in which five female servants take on all the roles, while offering biting insights. Written by Isobel McArthur, who co-directed the show with Simon Harvey, Pride &…
    Sydney Fringe Festival: Typo

    Clockwork Circus: Typo – Sydney Fringe Festival

    Fool's Paradise - The Entertainment Quarter 122 Lang Road, Moore Park, NSW, Australia
    From their stand-out success at the Canberra Circus Festival, Clockwork Circus is bringing Typo to Sydney Fringe! A contemporary circus show for all ages, Typo is an homage to the joys of being creative and the satisfaction of seeing a dream through to the end. The mind of the writer…
    Brisbane Festival

    Brisbane Festival: Bright Nights By ANZ

    Verso Projects. Festival Village, Southbank Cultural Forecourt and Village GreenSuburb: South Bank, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
    Featuring an exclusive soundtrack from Brisbane music royalty The Veronicas. Bright Nights by ANZ transforms the Brisbane River into a dazzling, choreographed canvas of water, light, and sound. Floating fountains, waterscreens, amazing animated water features and water jets shooting up to 80 meters high, all pierced by a stunning laser…
    Auto-Tune

    Canberra Theatre Centre: Auto-Tune

    Courtyard Studio
    Set in Wagga Wagga in the early 2000s, AUTO-TUNE is a raucous work of “gig theatre” that follows Michael, a teenage Silverchair fan who discovers he has a strange superpower. The same way auto-tune technology perfects pitch, Michael finds he can time-travel, auto-tuning his life to rid it of dumb statements, awkward…
    Ode To A Grape

    5 Foot Entertainment: Ode To A Grape

    The Motley Bauhaus 118 Elgin St, Carlton, VIC, Australia
    Prepare to be simultaneously charmed and berated by Tīrau’s resident self proclaimed artist, incompetent anarchist, and lover of grapes. Born in Limburg; Germany, Johann packed his quill and moved to the small town of Tīrau, (NZ) to free himself of his parental constraints and find himself as an artist. Now…
    Featherbrained (Melbourne Fringe)

    Melbourne Fringe Festival: Featherbrained

    The Motley Bauhaus 118 Elgin St, Carlton, VIC, Australia
    New Zealand comedian Oliver Pol is a silly goose. It's been a turbulent time in his life, having quit drinking, been through a very personal medical situation about which he'll happily massively overshare. Also he maybe wants to grow a moustache? Enter the mind of a certified overthinker and marvel…
    Brisbane Festival

    Brisbane Festival: Bright Nights By ANZ

    Verso Projects. Festival Village, Southbank Cultural Forecourt and Village GreenSuburb: South Bank, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
    Featuring an exclusive soundtrack from Brisbane music royalty The Veronicas. Bright Nights by ANZ transforms the Brisbane River into a dazzling, choreographed canvas of water, light, and sound. Floating fountains, waterscreens, amazing animated water features and water jets shooting up to 80 meters high, all pierced by a stunning laser…
    FU*K! I Killed The Director

    Melbourne Fringe Festival: FU*K! I Killed The Director

    The Motley WhereHaus 432 Queen Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Blood-splattered silks, taut hairnets and two actors performing Romeo and Juliet moments after killing their director. Accidentally. DO NOT expect tap-dancing, a murder weapon, 39 mimed caged doves, silk underwear or an antigravity machine. This is a very traditional performance of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet. Kinda... Warnings: Flashing lights, simulated…