Renowned comedian Des Bishop returns to Australia this November for his first tour down under in nearly seven years. A native New Yorker who moved to Ireland as a teenager, Bishop has become one of Ireland’s most distinctive and celebrated comic voices. His sharp,...

From the author of Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little comes a magical live concert experience with Orchestra Victoria. Meet Louis, a young swan born without a voice. With the help of a boy named Sam and a stolen brass trumpet, Louis sets out to prove that even the...

One of the world's biggest rock bands is coming to Crown Melbourne's newest entertainment venue. For one unforgettable evening, Foo Fighters will play an exclusive and intimate show at Crown LIVE on 16 November, bringing their stadium-filling sound and energy to a...

Ballet's most iconic story returns this Christmas! After a record-breaking sell-out 2025 season, BIG Live returns to Melbourne at the Regent Theatre for an extended series! Journey to the magical Land of Sweets this festive season and indulge in the spirit of...

The critically acclaimed SLUGS, a breakout hit of the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe from award-winning performance and comedy duo CREEPY BOYS, is coming to Melbourne. Created and first presented during Melbourne’s lockdown, the boys are back to perform the show live...

‘Modern Day Cowgirl’ is a one woman show performed and choreographed by FRINGE WORLD Weekly Award Winner, Rebecca Thomas, bringing something new, raw and comically entertaining where the Wild West meets contemporary dance and physical theatre. Think Rango x Jane’s got...

Get the old crew back together, one more time Daft Punked brings French house nostalgia to Melbourne’s rooftop Spiegeltent for 2 nights only The nights were late and there was always one more song. NEXT WEEK, Daft Punked: The Tribute is inviting Melbourne to round up...

Mike Bartlett’s SNOWFLAKE is a laugh-out-loud, lump-in-your-throat festive showdown about generational differences and why it’s never just “pass the gravy.” All Andy wants for Christmas is an X-Files box set, some bloody common sense in politics, and maybe — just...

TONY® AND OLIVIER AWARD® WINNING MUSICAL MULTI AWARD-WINNING WEST END AND BROADWAY SENSATION OPERATION MINCEMEAT CONFIRMS AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE IN 2027     BEST REVIEWED SHOW IN WEST END HISTORY WITH OVER 181 FIVE-STAR REVIEWS   EXTENDED A RECORD 19 TIMES...

Before streaming, before tv, before cinema, before even radio… there was Vaudeville! This was the primetime entertainment of its day. A celebration of comedy, songs, and multifarious skills... Tales of showbiz, tales of the city. Tales of the strange, the unusual… All...

 Backstage has never been this dangerous…… Adelaide, 1960. It’s a time of the Cold War, puritanism, six o’clock closing and near-complete foreign domination of Australian culture. Alan Seymour’s stage play The One Day of the Year, a critical look at Anzac Day, is...

The Australian Ballet returns to the Ian Potter State Theatre this October. To celebrate, they are presenting a special season of Sir Peter Wright’s picture-perfect ballet The Nutcracker. Tchaikovsky’s last ballet score, with its famous motifs and melodies, draws...

The Fuccbois are the world’s biggest boyband. They’ve sold more tickets and broken more hearts than anyone, but now it’s time to say goodbye. Appearing in the last leg of their farewell tour, Brendan, Brandon, Tyler and Also Brendan will pelvic thrust their way...

Melbourne Fringe Festival is jumping on the V-Line and heading up the road for four days of Fringe Encore: Ballarat 22-25 October. The adventurous spirit of Melbourne Fringe Festival will take over regional Victoria for a vibrant weekend of surprising art. With three...

A GIANT ADVENTURE. A LITTLE MAGIC. ONE UNMISSABLE MELBOURNE SUMMER. . . Shake & Stir Theatre Co's acclaimed James and the Giant Peach arrives at the Comedy Theatre for a strictly limited January season. . Melbourne is in for a deliciously juicy summer adventure!...

. The National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) will celebrate its 25th anniversary this 20 – 21 November (preview 19 November) with Coming Home, a special performance and fundraising event, curated by NICA’s Head of Circus Studies Juliana Neves. Coming Home brings...

Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre is excited to present the Australian premiere of CARBON, winner of Italy’s most prestigious theatre prize - the 56th Premio Riccione per il Teatro Award, opening on 11 November. Written by Naples-born filmmaker and playwright Pier Lorenzo...

  A FAMILIAR ADDRESS IS ABOUT TO GET NOISY AGAIN   YOU KNOW THE ADDRESS. YOU KNOW THE STREET   TONY AWARD WINNING MUSICAL AVENUE Q TO RETURN TO AUSTRALIA     Packed with mischief, bad behaviour, political incorrectness and songs you probably shouldn’t sing...

Arts Centre Melbourne’s Ian Potter State Theatre has officially reopened on Saturday 3 October, six months ahead of schedule, following its first major refurbishment since opening in 1984. The 2000-seat theatre, which closed for upgrades in March 2024, is the first...

A TWIST OF FATE is a critically acclaimed horror-comedy play anthology filled with unique twists and turns. Scary Goats Theatre are thrilled to be bringing A Twist of Fate back for its sixth season to terrorise and titillate audiences at The Motley Bauhaus this...

AUSTRALIA BETTER BEWARE: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS ANNOUNCES AUSTRALIAN TOUR WITH MELBOURNE, HOBART & WOLLONGONG CONFIRMED “There’s a reason the season sold out... Reminds you why live theatre still hits harder than almost anything else” – Courier Mail “Not to be...

For ten years, BK Opera has been making opera with teeth. Since Kate Millett founded the company in 2016, it has forged a fiercely distinctive voice in Melbourne’s independent arts culture, creating visceral and psychologically charged productions that drag opera into...

As his body hit the water, few heard the impact. But the ripple effect of the murderous act defied natural law and swelled to seismic scale. It’s half a century since the infamous drowning of Dr George Ian Ogilvie Duncan; a moment in time that triggered an alleged...

Regeneration: Building Deaf and Disabled Futures 2–5 December Alter State is a disability-led arts initiative celebrating Deaf and Disabled artists, creativity and culture. It is founded and presented by Arts Centre Melbourne and Arts Access Victoria. In 2026, Alter...

Attention all bathroom belters and car karaoke kings and queens! After a smash-hit seasons at Adelaide Fringe Festival and Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Sink or SING! A Sing-Along Cabaret arrives at Melbourne Fringe Festival from 14 to 18 October 2026. Hosted by...

Malthouse Theatre tonight launched its 2027 season, the first full program from Artistic Director and Co-CEO Dean Bryant – featuring eight electric productions, all new Australian works and seven of them world premieres spanning outrageous comedy, moving drama,...

Independent theatrical provocateurs Th’ Unguarded Duncan return to Theatre Works in St Kilda from 28 October to 7 November with a gritty and darkly funny adaptation of William Shakespeare and Thomas Middleton’s rarely performed masterpiece, Timon of Athens. Hot on the...

Cape Ballet arrives in Australia this April 2027 with the world’s most loved ballet, SWAN LAKE. The company will perform strictly limited one-week seasons in Perth, Adelaide and Melbourne. A defining icon of classical ballet, SWAN LAKE has captivated audiences for...

This October, Melbourne Fringe Festival turns unexpected corners of the City of Melbourne into spaces for art.  A shipping container in Fed Square becomes a gallery. The Royal Botanic Gardens will become home to an outdoor exhibition of nature-led design. RMIT looks...

CAST ANNOUNCED FOR AUSTRALIAN DEBUT OF PLAY BY CREATORS OF THE LONGEST RUNNING COMEDY ON THE WEST END   “Mischief are on top form with this festive favourite” – The Stage “Expertly timed farce” – The Guardian  “Masterclass in choreographed chaos” – Sunday Mirror...

It is a darkly funny, poetic comedy about the people we keep meeting — again and again, across centuries, across lives. Three performers travel through six eras of Chinese history, from ancient dynasties to modern-day Melbourne, where past and present lives overlap in...

Sydney Theatre Company’s global Olivier and Tony Award-winning hit, Kip Williams’ cine-theatre adaptation of The Picture of Dorian Gray returns to Australia in 2027 to play strictly limited seasons at Arts Centre Melbourne’s Ian Potter Theatre (7- 18 September),...

After a triumphant inaugural season, Spiegel Haus Melbourne returns to the CBD from 23 September, unveiling its first programming for season two with highlights including Briefs and La Ronde Spiegel Haus Melbourne, housed in a Chinatown block with Spiegeltents, bars,...

Belvoir is getting ready for an Edwardian gap year! E.M. Forster’s timeless classic A Room with a View is reimagined for the Belvoir stage in a smart new adaptation by one of Australia’s rising stars, Grace Chapple (Never Closer), from 3rd October to 1st November...

Based on the iconic BBC series, the international smash hit Faulty Towers The Dining Experience celebrates its 30th anniversary, returning to Australia to bring laughs, mayhem and madness with a special tour of major cities across the country from February 2027. One...

Australian television favourite Luke Jacobz will hit the stage this October, starring in a new Sydney production of Geoffrey Nauffts’ acclaimed drama Next Fall at Eternity Playhouse. Known to audiences through Home and Away, McLeod’s Daughters, The X Factor, and more...

Melbourne’s renowned Women’s Circus marks a historic milestone this November with Murmuration, an epic and deeply personal new circus and physical theatre work. Celebrating 35 years, this spectacular production brings together a massive, intergenerational ensemble of...

After rave reviews and three awards, SMOKO, the play written on smoko breaks at an outback landfill will premiere at Melbourne Fringe. Mparntwe Alice Springs, based theatre makers, Jazzy Story and Betty Sweetlove are inviting audiences from all walks of life to...

Sydney Fringe Festival is showcasing a vibrant lineup of shows for Fringe Kids, presented by Ingenia Holiday Parks. This September and throughout the October school holidays, the program brings high-energy daytime entertainment for families across interactive theatre,...

Legendary Soviet-Israeli cellist Mischa Maisky is joined by lauded pianist Lily Maisky, for a series of unmissable Australian recitals.   Two generations of exceptional musicianship will come together in the first Australian tour for the Maisky father and daughter...

Four short plays by Kevin NemethI  Crapbox NGHis tree-change house is haunted Early Morning  They just want coffee       The Letter  A long-lost letter turns up Good Daughter  Some decisions are messier than others In a World Premiere, short plays Crapbox, Early...

Melbourne Fringe Festival is jumping on the V-Line and heading up the road for four days of Fringe Encore: Ballarat 22-25 October. The adventurous spirit of Melbourne Fringe Festival will take over regional Victoria for a vibrant weekend of surprising art. With three...

  VICTORIAN OPERA LAUNCHES A YEAR OF MAGIC WITH SEASON 2027   Victorian Opera unveils a year of magic in 2027 boasting star performances, theatrical trickery and unforgettable music.   A sprinkling of fairy dust opens the season and is set to brighten...

Last night, the Seaborn, Broughton & Walford Foundation, a charity established in 1986 to assist the performing arts in Australia, celebrated its 40th Anniversary year by announcing $400,000 in Grants awarded to successful applicants for 19 projects scheduled for...

Beloved Australian theatre stars Richard Roxburgh and Heather Mitchell will perform together at Adelaide Festival for the first time in 2027, in a contemporary adaptation of Oedipus co-produced with Sydney Theatre Company. Marking Roxburgh’s debut with Adelaide...

Jingle those baubles, lick those candy canes and make sure your stockings are well-hung, because Australia's naughtiest Christmas tradition A VERY NAUGHTY CHRISTMAS is back for its tenth anniversary year in 2026. After a decade being Brisbane’s favourite risqué...

Following a triumphant 2026 season, Australia’s beloved comedy duo are set to rocket back into orbit in 2027, plotting a new course across the great Australian unknown. From Ballarat to Thirroul, Wyong to Albany, Mandurah to Warrnambool and Cairns to Townsville, Lano...

Venture down the rabbit hole for the exclusive 2026 Sydney season of Cirque Alice, which opens on Friday for a two week season for the school holidays. An epic new show from the creators of Cirque Du Soleil’s Mad Apple and the international smash hits The...

    Melbourne Theatre Company Artistic Director & CEO Anne-Louise Sarks today reveals the Company's ambitious 2027 season – eleven productions spanning bold new Australian work, sharp provocations on classics, compelling dramas and international hits....

Timely, powerful and deeply human, Stories from the Waiting Room arrives at a moment when disability voices are too often absent from public discourse. Through lived experience storytelling, the production shifts the focus from disability as a problem to be solved...

Dayna Fallon’s husband is having a seizure on the bathroom floor. In the next room, her three daughters have unzipped a beanbag across the living room. On her laptop, a 7am Teams meeting wants to know if now is still a good time. So she does what she always does. She...

The Coliseum Theatre today announced the world premiere season of Cirque Empire, an epic new spectacle from the creators of the global smash hits Cirque Alice, Now You See Me Live and Circus 1903 which will transform Sydney’s Coliseum Theatre into a 1920’s party from...

Bell Shakespeare has announced its 2027 Season, with three productions to be presented around the country. A contemporary staging of As You Like It will start the year, followed by a dark and dangerous production of Measure for Measure, and an extensive national tour...

A major theatrical event is coming to Melbourne, with internationally acclaimed entertainer Jason Donovan returning home to the city where his career first began to star in a bold new production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest., playing exclusively at Melbourne's...

Arts Centre Melbourne and Arts Access Victoria have today announced its 2026 program for Melbourne’s ground-breaking Disability-led arts initiative Alter State. It will take place across the city from 2 - 5 December with additional programming from November onwards....

The Australian Museum of Performing Arts’ (AMPA) new exhibition ENCORE! 50 Objects. 50 Years. One Collection. has officially opened in Melbourne. On display until 9 May 2027 exclusively at Arts Centre Melbourne, the exhibition brings together 50 remarkable costumes...

Award-winning bestseller, The Bookbinder of Jericho, from New York Times bestselling South Australian author Pip Williams, is hitting the stage in a world-first adaptation of the beloved novel. The co-production from State Theatre Company South Australia, Sydney...

As final performances for the Sydney and Melbourne seasons for the Australian tour of The Shawshank Redemption go on sale today, additional cast members were revealed. The stage adaptation of one of the most popular and enduring films of all times, The Shawshank...

HAYES IN NEW PLACES: HAYES THEATRE CO UNVEILS ITS BIGGEST SEASON YET   As they prepare for their final year as Artistic Directors, Richard Carroll and Victoria Falconer today announced Hayes Theatre Co’s biggest season yet for 2027, taking its acclaimed brand of...

Melbourne will come alive this summer with the very best theatrical entertainment for kids and families arriving at Arts Centre Melbourne. Spectacular world-class productions including The Very Cranky Bear and Erth’s Dinosaurs will be presented alongside free...

  Queens’ We Will Rock You comes to Geelong with an all-star cast Costa Hall, Geelong | 26 & 27 February 2027   Geelong audiences are about to experience the explosive rock musical We Will Rock You, with What’s On? Production Company bringing Queen’s...

HOLD YOUR HORSES! PHAR LAP RACES AGAIN IN 2027   Hayes Theatre Co is thrilled to announce the award-winning sold-out hit of 2025, Phar Lap: The Electro-Swing Musical, will return in 2027. This new Australian musical with the biggest heart returns to Sydney in an...

Season 2 is about dreaming. Dreaming unpacked through possibilities and impossibilities, journeying across themes of memory, grief, ritual, resistance, joy and cosmologies. This Season arrives with two dance works, one a collision of street dance and game play. In our...

This year's Curated Program spotlights artists at the forefront of contemporary practice; it showcases international trendsetters and genre-exploders remaking artforms for the here and now. It includes a groundbreaking program of experimental work for children and...

After sell-out performances across Sydney and regional New South Wales, New Balance returns to the city it premiered in. “I remember when I was 8 watching SBS through the crack of my bedroom door. I could see two women getting it on. It was a dangerous and exciting...

Perth Festival today revealed that its 2027 program will open with the Australian exclusive season of spectacular production ROHTKO from trailblazing Polish director Łukasz Twarkowski, centred on one of the biggest real-life scandals in the art world. Fusing theatre,...

Arts Centre Melbourne today announced that OPERATION:ORFEO, a hypnotic depiction of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, will return to the Ian Potter State Theatre in February 2027, 30 years since its premiere Victorian season in the same venue. Part opera, part visual...

The world premiere of Manifesto of Silences by Irene Holub pushes opera beyond spoken language by using Auslan poetry, light, projection and sound. Presented by Arts House and Melbourne Fringe, the work allows audiences to feel their way into a history they may not...

By Nic Conolly    I always feel honoured as a theatre writer to witness the beginning of a performer’s professional career and today’s announcement wasn’t any different. Joining Queensland performer, Georgina Hopson are four bright new stars; Eva Boldery, Kalina...

  A NEW CHAPTER FOR AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST CELEBRATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN MUSICAL THEATRE   Melbourne is set to become Australia’s new Jazz Hands Capital with the news that the Junior Theatre Festival Australia will relocate to a bigger stage at the Melbourne...

Belvoir announces its 2027 Season, including nine mainstage productions and two late night shows. Across the year, more than a hundred artists will bring the season to life in a celebration of new voices and beloved legends, bold Australian writing, First Nations...

Global hit musical & Juliet reimagines Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet by asking one simple question: What if Juliet chose her own ending? Presented by the 2026 graduating class and second year students of Elder Conservatorium Music Theatre, & Juliet takes over...

A 60 minute show about 5 minutes of stand-up comedy  A comedian (Blake) wakes up in his bed and realises he's running late to his own show. If he leaves now, he should make it to the venue with enough time to perform five minutes of stand-up comedy. Blake Everett has...

AVID Theatre returns to bakery@1812 with the Olivier Award-winning modern classic about four people who discover that getting closer can be the most dangerous thing of all. What happens when the person you love becomes the person who knows exactly how to hurt you?...

The critically acclaimed SLUGS, a breakout hit of the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe from award-winning performance and comedy duo CREEPY BOYS, is coming to Melbourne. Created and first presented during Melbourne’s lockdown, the boys are back to perform the show live...

Straight from a 25-show marathon season at Edinburgh Fringe, this collision of nonverbal physical theatre, absurd comedy and spine-tingling contortion makes its triumphant return to Melbourne Fringe. Kiwi dancer and clown Daniel Nodder (they/he) creates an epic...

AUSTRALIAN LIVE CAST RECORDING OF BEETLEJUICE THE MUSICAL SET TO BE RELEASED THIS HALLOWEEN.   Excited Animal Records proudly announces the release of “Beetlejuice The Musical Live at the Regent Theatre Melbourne” available Oct 31st. Beetlejuice The Musical! The...

Zoë Jensen returns to the Australian stage after her Berlin sabbatical with the first show from new Melbourne theatre collective Primitive Streak: Zoe’s Killer Instinct. Showcasing a virtuosic, one-woman performance, this unhinged, razor-sharp satire features original...

Following incredible demand in Melbourne with 2 performances already sold out, the global concert sensation The Music of Hans Zimmer vs John Williams will make its way to Brisbane’s Concert Hall, QPAC and to Sydney Opera House in early 2027. Tickets go on sale...

A Brisbane season for the Australian tour of the stage adaptation of one of the most popular and enduring films of all time, The Shawshank Redemption, was announced today. The Shawshank Redemption will play at the Glasshouse Theatre, QPAC from 28 April 2027 for two...

To celebrate the reopening of the Ian Potter State Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne announced  that Victorians are invited to Housewarming (9 - 12 October), a series of spectacular free performances putting the spotlight on some of the state’s best performing artists....

Acclaimed actor Michelle Lim Davidson (The Newsreader, The Feather in the Web) makes her playwriting debut with KOREABOO, a funny and heartfelt new work making its Victorian premiere at Malthouse Theatre’s Beckett from 24 September – 10 October. Inspired by events in...

In a fairytale-turned-nightmare, Roisin McAlinden was swept off her feet by a knight in shining armour, but she quickly found a darker side to the saviour fantasy. Fairytale: Ending sees British-born comedian, Roisin McAlinden, blend dark humour and intimate...

Rockwiz’s Very Merry Christmas will bring a cool yule gathering to Hamer Hall for the very first time on 17 December 2026. Award-winning host Julia Zemiro and preeminent quizmaster Brian Nankervis return for an evening serving the classic mix of seasonal songs and...

Back to Me: A Musical Journey of Survival is a powerful new Australian musical from Rough as Guts Productions. What started as a howl of grief and rage in response to the constant reports of Australian women being lost to intimate partner homicide has culminated in a...

Margot’s back from mat leave — and she’s not messing around. Before nappies and sleepless nights, Eco Engines was spiralling through a PR meltdown, tanking faster than you can say “carbon footprint.” Now she’s back in the CEO chair, ready to rally her team of...

SON OF A NUTCRACKER! AUSTRALIAN COMEDY LEGEND COLIN LANE TO PLAY SANTA IN ELF THE MUSICAL AS FULL AUSTRALIAN CAST IS REVEALED Final Christmas performances go on sale this Friday With tickets for the final performances going on sale this Friday, Elf The Musical today...

What began as Zak Vasiliou's first-ever solo show at the 2025 Adelaide Fringe has since become an award-winning success story. Twinky Twinky Little Star has earned multiple accolades, including one of Adelaide Fringe's most sought after awards. Twinky Twinky Little...

Melbourne Fringe Festival is challenging Melbournians to Turn Towards the Heat when the Festival returns from 29 September to 18 October 2026. Experience a city brimming with fearless independent art from artists across every background and career stage, each of them...

Sydney Fringe Festival launches this week with a dynamic program of more than 350 events across 64 venues taking over the city this September through October. The Festival officially kicks off on Saturday 29 August with Fringe Ignite!, transforming Stanley Street into...

Dance will take centre stage for the remainder of Merrigong’s 2026 season. With three unique productions in succession of each other, audiences are invited to experience dance in all its forms. FuturesPast by Bangarra Dance Theatre is an Australian-exclusive for...

Spiegel Haus Melbourne, housed in a Chinatown block with Spiegeltents, bars, food trucks, a theatre and stunning rooftop views of the city, cemented itself as Melbourne’s favourite new entertainment venue, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors in its inaugural...

Steve’s in Flat 33 and starting to feel pinned down: what happened to gettin’ back to the mines in sunny Queensland? Bloody Melbourne! And that annoying Jon in 32, harping on about a home. And Belle in 22 with her lovely warm body, but she’s talking about love! And...

Tickets go on sale today for two extraordinary works from two of the world’s most acclaimed theatre directors, Romeo Castellucci’s Bluebeard’s Castle and Barrie Kosky’s K., the first Adelaide Festival exclusives announced for 2027. With previous Festival productions...

There is a creature that lives in all of us. Just outside of our gaze. In this darkly funny physical theatre show, Melbourne Fringe audiences meet their mirror. The Bruise is an ancient, grotesque creature with an appetite for the secrets we carry inside ourselves. It...

Sydney Theatre Company’s 2026 hit An Iliad starring David Wenham will play Arts Centre Melbourne’s Playhouse for a strictly limited season from 18 March 2027. This gripping, new production of Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare’s adaptation of Homer’s Ancient Greek saga...

A new monthly live entertainment spectacular launches at Darling Quarter Theatre on Monday 19 October. When Nick calls, the stars SHOW UP! Show Up!, a new monthly live variety spectacular hosted and created by Australian entertainer and producer Nick Hardcastle,...

Moonman has been playing with characters for years. Everyone loves his Malcolm Turnbull except of course Malcolm Turnbull. On The Front Bar in the past couple of years he’s introduced us to; Dr Tyler Wall, the AFL Mind Set Coach, French Chef de mission Jean Le...

Georgie Carroll is back with her brand-new show, Infectious. An undeniable live comedy powerhouse and a natural storyteller, she’s razor sharp and riotous. Nurse turned comedian, Georgie Carroll is not only brilliantly funny, she is unstoppable on the comedy circuit...

A landmark, one-night-only musical event to mark the reopening of the Ian Potter State Theatre at Arts Centre Melbourne. Be part of Opera Australia’s return to the Ian Potter State Theatre, as the curtain rises on a renewed Melbourne icon – and opera reverberates...