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Event Series 360 AllStars

Onyx Productions: 360 AllStars

The Concourse, Chatswood 409 Victoria Av, Chatswood, NSW, Australia
Experience a phenomenal physical performance for the whole family to enjoy. Exploring all forms of rotation, 360 ALLSTARS connects the street with elite to deliver a supercharged urban circus. Boasting a stellar cast of World Champion & World Record holding artists & athletes,  
Event Series Gal Pals

Scarlet Rose Producer: Gal Pals

The Blue Room Theatre 53 James St, Perth, WA, Australia
Two weeks in conversion therapy. Kat wants to be there, Hez thought it was a leadership camp, and Sloane’s brought care packages. In a whirlwind of smuggled phones, attempted escapes, punishment essays and betrayals, five queer kids find their own. It’s self-hatred and its religious trauma, but in a fun…
Event Series Peacemongers by The People

Darebin Arts: Peacemongers by The People

Darebin Arts Centre Cnr Bell St & St Georges Rd, Preston, VIC, Australia
You’re invited to dinner and a show. The show is about bigotry and polarisation. It’s also a musical to lighten the mood. Dinner will be hearty and simple, served by our good friends at Moon Rabbit. Peacemongers is a real-life attempt at utopia. It’s documentary theatre at its most absurd, and…
Event Series A Midsummer Night’s Dream

The Australian Shakespeare Company: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Belvedere Amphitheatre Broome Ave, Centennial Park, NSW, Australia
There's magic afoot in the Park as The Australian Shakespeare Company makes its long awaited return to Sydney in celebration of its 35th anniversary with Glenn Elston’s acclaimed flagship production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Bound to dazzle and delight audiences of all ages, this is an experience not to…
Event Series The Wharf Revue: Pride In Prejudice

Soft Tread: The Wharf Revue: Pride In Prejudice

The Clocktower Centre 750 Mount Alexander Road, Moonee Ponds, VIC, Australia
For more than 20 years The Wharf Revue has delivered razor-sharp political satire to audiences around the country. Join the star and creator of the smash hit The Gospel According to Paul Jonathan Biggins and the Revue’s Team of Rivals as they step into the Adelaide spotlight with this year’s…
Event Series Uncle Vanya

Her Productions: Uncle Vanya

Flow Studios 57 Denison St, Camperdown, Sydney, NSW, Australia
HER Productions makes their Sydney premiere of Annie Baker's adaptation of Anton Chekhov's iconic Uncle Vanya. Set on a remote rural estate, tensions run high for a family trying to survive isolation, lost opportunities, and fading youth. Chekhov's play dazzles us with an acute representation of timeless human contradictions, as…
Editor's Choice Event Series Into The Shimmering World

Sydney Theatre Company: Into The Shimmering World

Wharf 1 Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
Angus Cerini’s new play follows in the footsteps of his gothic dramas The Bleeding Tree and Wonnangatta, both of which used a visceral, poetic language, while plugging into Australia’s complex relationship with the bush. Into the Shimmering World is a quieter, more contemplative piece. Colin Friels and Kerry Armstrong give moving…
Editor's Choice Event Series Barracking for the Umpire

Black Swan Theatre Company of WA: Barracking for the Umpire

Subiaco Arts Centre 180 Hamersley Rd, Subiaco, WA, Australia
Andrea Gibbs’ debut play was a big hit when it premiered at Black Swan in 2022. In a four-and-a-half-star review, Limelight described it as “hilarious and heartbreaking”. Doug Williams is the greatest footballer Donnybrook has ever seen. His wife Delveen has been by his side through head knock after head…
Event Series Spellbound

Base Entertainment: Spellbound

Riverlinks Eastbank, Shepparton 70 Welsford St, Shepparton, VIC, Australia
Get ready for a spectacular night of Magic and Grand Illusion with one of Australia’s leading Illusionists, Anthony Street. The Star and producer of the stage phenomenon Celtic Illusion will be touring his Grand Illusion show this school holidays. Witness levitations, impossible vanishes, mentalism and a death-defying escape as Anthony…
Editor's Choice Event Series The Almighty Sometimes

Melbourne Theatre Company: The Almighty Sometimes

Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
Kendall Feaver’s knotty drama takes an unflinching look at mental illness and medication among young people. Anna threw herself out of a window when she was seven. The following year, having read her somewhat macabre stories, her worried mother Renée took her to see a child psychiatrist, who prescribed a…
Editor's Choice Event Series The Great Divide

Ensemble Theatre: The Great Divide

Ensemble Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
David Williamson may not always please the critics, but he has a hugely loyal audience. His latest comedy, The Great Divide, now playing at Sydney’s Ensemble Theatre, addresses wealth inequality and human greed. Penny Poulter lives in the delightful, quiet town of Wallis Heads. But when the ruthless, obscenely wealthy…
Event Series The Front Page

New Theatre: The Front Page

New Theatre 542 King St, Newtown, NSW
Late at night, in the crowded press room at Chicago’s Criminal Courts, a group of reporters is waiting to cover a controversial execution the next morning. Then an unexpected event breaks through the banter and bravura, the cynicism and ennui, and suddenly a scoop is on the cards. This landmark…

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