RENT

Opera Australia: RENT

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Experience Jonathan Larson’s electrifying, multi-Tony® Award winning musical, in this electrifying, critically-acclaimed new production. Step into the vibrant streets of New York City’s East Village, where dreams are born, friendships are tested, and the power of love prevails against all odds. Featuring the iconic songs Seasons of Love, Take Me…
Editor's Choice Pretty Woman: The Musical

JONES Theatrical Group: Pretty Woman: The Musical

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
When Pretty Woman: The Musical opened on Broadway in 2018, the reviews weren’t kind, but audiences didn’t care. The show ran there for a year and has since been produced around the world, including in London’s West End. Based on the 1990 film starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere, the…
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…
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…

Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Rhythm and Rites

Albert Hall, Yarralumla 100 Commonwealth Avenue, Yarralumla, ACT, Australia
A ceremony of sound worlds sacred and surprising, celebrating the breadth and richness of percussion. The drum is among the oldest instruments on earth, used in sacred rites and celebrations, for war and for dancing. The percussion family has grown to encompass a countless array of instruments, a handful of which are on show in this glittering program…

Festival of Chamber Music: The Language of Trees

Christchurch, South Yarra Cnr Punt and Toorak Roads, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia
Mozart wrote only one piece of chamber music for the oboe and no player would miss an opportunity to perform it! Join Stephanie Dixon and The Fidelio Quartet on a journey through a garden of delights, with Lee Bradshaw’s wistful oboe quartet The Language of Trees and Mozart’s exquisite Oboe…
Wittenoom

Mudlark Theatre: Wittenoom

Earl Arts Centre 10 Earl Street, Launceston, TAS, Australia
A deeply regional Australian story with an operatic heartbeat; a vivid and poetic theatre work brimming with hope, humour, and humanity. Dot is dying of mesothelioma; an incurable cancer caused by blue asbestos. Pearl sits by Dot’s deathbed as the Dogs of the Apocalypse hover, waiting for Dot to finally…

Melbourne International Jazz Festival: Samara Joy

Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
5x Grammy winner and breakout jazz sensation Samara Joy brings her timeless voice to Australia and New Zealand for the first time, joined by her outstanding seven-piece band. Celebrated for her rich tone, refined phrasing, and love and understanding of the Great American Songbook, she’ll perform in cities across the…

Kay & McLean Productions & Melting Pot: Here You Come Again

Comedy Theatre 240 Exhibition St,, Melbourne, VIC, 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 story 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…

Saraton: An Afternoon at The Pops with Mirusia

Saraton Theatre, Grafton 99 Prince St,, Grafton, NSW, Australia
The Clarence Valley Orchestra and Chorus are back again with ‘An Afternoon at the Pops’ with another fantastic program from Artistic Director & conductor Greg Butcher, joined by special guest internationally acclaimed opera singer Mirusia.

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