Season Preview 2026: Festivals
What do our festivals have on offer in the year ahead?
What do our festivals have on offer in the year ahead?
Led by Sheridan Harbridge, this cabaret about the trailblazing Divinyls frontwoman is passionate and entertaining but still a work-in-progress.
A neurodiverse Peruvian cast defy expectations in this radical interpretation of Shakespeare’s play.
At last, Melbourne gets a chance to see Belvoir's internationally acclaimed epic of Sri Lankan history and the lived experience of its refugees.
"Like you're running on your tiptoes." Sophie Rowell unpacks her program for Melbourne Chamber Orchestra's Blazing Trails.
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
Playing in New York City ahead of the 2024 US presidential elections will be "something of a cultural moment", says Belvoir's Eamon Flack.
Belvoir's award-winning Counting and Cracking to get its Victorian debut in this year's RISING festival.
Performed in a disused power station, this large-scale, satirical performance loses its way on the road to reality.
Romantic ballet reimagined as grotesque body-horror in the latest work from renegade choreographer Florentina Holzinger.
Genevieve Lacey gives new life to the oldest known piece of notated music for the RISING Festival. She talks to us about how it happens.
Max Richter, Squarepusher and David Lynch collaborator Dean Hurley among the musical acts programmed into Hobart's Dark Mofo festival.
The 2023 edition of Melbourne’s RISING festival is announced, with 12 major world premieres among its menu of music, visual arts, dance and mass participation events.