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Marvel Studios’ Infinity Saga Concert Experience
2025-10-16 - 2025-10-18 | Hamer Hall, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, 3004, Australia
Marvel Studios’ Infinity Saga Concert Experience is a new film concert that takes fans on an epic on-screen cinematic journey covering twenty-three films in one momentous concert event. Revisit the earliest days of Iron Man, Captain America, and Thor as they discover their place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe – each accompanied by their own unforgettable heroic music. Recapture the thrill as Earth’s mightiest heroes join forces for the first time, opening the door to the next wave of Avengers: Black Panther, Doctor Strange, Captain Marvel, and more. The Guardians of the Galaxy don’t miss this party either, dropping in to deliver a taste of their iconic mixtape backed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

Jubilee
2025-10-17 - 2025-10-19 | Athenaeum Theatre, 188 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
This production in the heart of Melbourne’s theatre district celebrates 90 glorious years of ‘innocent merriment’ from one of Australia’s oldest performing arts groups, Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Victoria, and 150 years of Trial By Jury, which began the most successful partnership that the theatre has known.
Trial By Jury, is “probably the most successful British one-act operetta of all time” (Kurt-Friedrich Gänzl), which starts with a breach of promise of marriage and becomes a frothy courtroom comedy.
We follow this operatic miniature with a witty, musical exploration of the G&S operas with which GSOV has delighted audiences for 90 years.
To be presented by our most brilliant performers, old and new, with a glorious chorus and full orchestra.

Phar Lap: The Electro-Swing Musical
2025-10-17 - 2025-11-22 | Hayes Theatre Co., 19 Greenknowe Avenue, Elizabeth Bay, NSW, 2011, Australia
The musical that stops the nation
WORLD PREMIERE
Directed by Sheridan Harbridge
Not just another absurdist, electro-swing musical comedy about a thoroughbred racehorse, Phar Lap is a rags-to-riches story with a big heart. If you’re thinking elaborate life-size puppetry and dazzling special effects, you couldn’t be more wrong (we don’t have the budget). Suspend your disbelief as an actor swaps his horseshoes for tap shoes to play one of Australia’s most beloved icons.
When an awkward, gangly horse from New Zealand meets a hapless, down-on-his-luck, trainer, they embark on a classic underdog story to win the Melbourne Cup, and Australians’ hearts and minds. The road isn’t easy – there are gambling scandals, double-crosses, an attempted shooting, and a career-threatening addiction to sugar. It’s high stakes, high drama, and highly historically accurate.
Phar Lap boasts an irresistible electro-swing score, with inspirations from Duke Ellington to Daft Punk. Brassy, lively and retro – these songs will take you from the race course to the rave hall.
Pop the champagne, harness up, and get ready for a wild ride.
Prices
Previews
Adult $69
Concession/Group (8+) $64
Under 35 $55
Mid-Week Matinees
Adult $79
Concession/Group (8+) $69
Under 35 $60
Weeknights & Saturday Matinees
Adult $84
Concession/Group (8+) $74
Under 35 $65
Friday & Saturday Evenings
Adult $89
Concession/Group (8+) $79
*Concession prices apply to Seniors, Pensioners, Students and MEAA members.
Times
Monday 6:30pm
Tuesday – Saturday 7:30pm
Thursday 1:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm
*No matinee performance on Sat 18 Oct
*No matinee performance on Thu 23 Oct
*Post show Q&A on Mon 27 Oct
*Captioned performance on Wed 5 Nov
Running Time
Approx. 90 minutes – no interval
Accessibility
Wheelchair Accessible
Captioned Performance – WED 5 NOV

Shirley Valentine Sydney
2025-10-22 - 2025-10-25 | Theatre Royal, 108 King Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
Shirley Valentine Sydney -Natalie Bassingthwaighte stars in the West End and Broadway award-winning Shirley Valentine!
Experience the heartwarming, hilarious, and utterly inspiring story of Shirley Valentine, brought to life by Australian stage and screen star Natalie Bassingthwaighte. Written by Willy Russell and directed by Lee Lewis this timeless West End and Broadway comedy will take you on a journey of self-discovery, laughter, and second chances.
Shirley is an unassuming housewife with a dream—and a passport. Talking to her kitchen wall, she dreams of escape and wonders what happened to the adventurous girl she once was.
When a friend invites her on a spontaneous holiday to Greece, Shirley takes a bold leap into the unknown. With humour, charm and grit, she rediscovers her passion for life and her sense of self. Will she return to her old ways, or will Shirley find a new life where she can finally be her true self?
With Natalie Bassingthwaighte’s magnetic charm and powerhouse performance, this one-woman tour de force will have you laughing, crying, and cheering for Shirley’s bold new chapter.
Don’t miss this must-see theatrical event! Whether you’re revisiting a beloved story or discovering it for the first time, Shirley Valentine will leave you inspired and uplifted.

Control by Keziah Warner
2025-10-22 - 2025-11-01 | Theatre Works Explosives Factory, 67 Inkerman St, St Kilda, Victoria, 3182, Australia
For the first time since its original production by Red Stitch Theatre in 2019, Keziah Warner’s epic sci-fi odyssey Control is back in Melbourne.
In the not-so-distant future, a heavily pregnant ex-ballerina, a child detective, a bitter puppeteer and a feminist pop princess hurtle towards Mars in a Big Brother-style spaceship. The world is watching. Isn’t it?
On the eve of a revolution, Nicki and Caroline attempt to gain control over their lives as their AI superior Alex dances the night away.
And on New Earth, Esta and Isabelle forge hope through a new kind of relationship.
Spanning across half a century from Melbourne to Mars, Control is a startling and provocative play by Keziah Warner that delves deep into our relationship with technology: its moral ambiguities, its dependencies, and its potential. Control proposes a future where space colonisation meets reality TV; where memories are stored in a government-regulated cloud: where the implementation of AI in education teaches us more about ourselves. This visually striking play confronts audiences with a potential future where humans gradually surrender control of identity, memory and knowledge-sharing over to technology.
Control was commissioned by Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre through the INK program and was originally produced by Red Stitch in 2019.
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.
This work is supported by Darebin Arts through the Darebin Arts Speakeasy Spare Room Program

Here You Come Again Melbourne
2025-10-23 - 2025-11-02 | The Comedy Theatre, 240 Exhibition Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
Here You Come Again is a feel-good, high-energy musical comedy packed with all the greatest Dolly Parton hits. Featuring unforgettable songs like Jolene, 9 to 5, Islands in the Stream, I Will Always Love You, and of course Here You Come Again, this vibrant production tells the story of a devoted Dolly fan whose imaginary version of the legendary star helps him through life’s biggest ups and downs. With Dolly’s signature humour, heart, and wisdom, he learns powerful lessons about love, resilience, and finding your sparkle—even if your boots aren’t bedazzled.
Starring co-creator Tricia Paoluccio as Dolly herself, alongside Dash Kruck (Little Shop of Horrors, Jesus Christ Superstar) and a stellar local cast and live band, this crowd-pleasing musical has been reimagined for Australian audiences by Fiona Harris and Mike McLeish. Co-created by Tricia Paoluccio, Gabriel Barre, and two-time Emmy winner Bruce Vilanch, this is the must-see musical event of 2025.
National Tour
Melbourne 12- 20 Jul 2025 Comedy Theatre.
Perth 22-31 Aug 2025 Regal Theatre
Sydney 12 -28 Sep 2025. Theatre Royal
Melbourne 23 Oct -2 Nov 2025 Comedy Theatre.
Newcastle 20 Nov 2025 Civic Theatre
Canberra 27-30 Nov 2025 Canberra Theatre Centre
Adelaide 6 -14 Dec 2025 Her Majestys Theatre

The Breath of Kings
2025-10-25 - 2025-11-08 | Theatreworks, 14 Acland Street, St Kilda, VIC, 3182, Australia
Shakespeare’s Henry 6 plays are one of the great undiscovered gems of Western Literature. An intoxicating mix of violence, politics and romance, this civil war is as machiavellian as Succession and as brutal as Game of Thrones. Henry 6 is a rare thing – a religious pacifist in a time of war and his wife the opposite – a ferocious mother willing to destroy an entire country to protect those she loves. But family and country are going to unravel, and a gleefully malicious Richard of Gloucester is waiting in the wings to take advantage of this chaos.
The Breath of Kings is a rare chance to see these plays in all their glory. Burning House will bring their unique blend of ambition and insight to a repertoire season of the Henry 6 plays and Richard 3, with more adventurous audience members able to watch all plays in a massive five hour long event on weekends. This is theatre at its most ambitious and exciting – and for those of you missing big, festival epics The Breath of Kings is here to deliver.

Dying: A Memoir
2025-10-25 - 2025-11-29 | Arts Centre Melbourne, 100 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia
When the acclaimed author Cory Taylor was diagnosed with a terminal illness, what followed was an astonishing creative surge that resulted in a memoir Barack Obama named as one of his favourite books of 2017.
Taylor’s wry insights into the rituals, language and taboos surrounding mortality can be witty, provocative or eye-opening – sometimes in the same breath. With honesty and unsentimental clarity she confronts the swamp of anxiety and despair that traditionally surrounds death and opens the door to the bright clear-eyed vision it ultimately grants us. Learning to face death is, in the end, learning to live fully.
Equally moving and hilarious, Taylor’s last work has been adapted with great care by writer and broadcaster Benjamin Law (Torch the Place), a family friend of Taylor’s, who brings a loving ear to this most intimate tale.

Hair the Musical Melbourne
2025-10-25 - 2025-11-30 | Athenaeum Theatre, 188 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
The tribal love rock musical, HAIR celebrates the sixties counterculture in all its barefoot, long-haired, bell-bottomed, beaded and fringed glory.
To an infectiously energetic rock beat, the show wows audiences with songs like “Aquarius,” “Good Morning, Starshine,” “Hair,” “I Got Life” and “Let The Sunshine In.”
Leading the tribe will be Alex Cooper (Much Ado About Nothing) as Claude, Maxwell Simon (Moulin Rouge, The Grinning Man) as Berger, Elizabeth Brennan (Pride and Prejudice) as Sheila, Clay Darius (Little Shop of Horrors, We Will Rock You, The Voice) as Hud, Max Macdonald (The Jungle Book) as Walter, Rosie Meader (Everybody Loves A Wedding) as Jeannie, Jackson McGovern (Macbeth, Animal Farm) as Woof, Giorgia Kennedy (SIX, & Juliet) as Chrissie, and Zahrah Andrews (Hairspray) as Dionne.
They are joined by Tamara Foglia Castañeda (In the Heights) as Emmaretta, Maverick Newman (Footloose, Boys in the Band) as Leonard, Teresa Moore (Bran Nue Dae, Playschool) as Natalie, Grant Young (Is God Is) as Leroy, Linden Trescott (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes) as Apache, Larissa Teale (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) as Angela, Bronte Horswood (Tinkerbell and the Dream Fairies) as Linda, Madeleine Somers (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) as Astrid, and Cameron Shook (Tinkerbell and the Dream Fairies) as Cammy.

The Talented Mr. Ripley
2025-10-28 - 2025-11-23 | Arts Centre Melbourne, 100 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia
From playwriting icon Joanna Murray-Smith comes this ravishing adaptation of the twentieth century’s most glamorous thriller. Following the triumphant success of Julia, Murray-Smith reunites with director Sarah Goodes to masterfully transform this seductive page-turner into an electrifying, world-premiere stage experience.
Will McDonald (Heartbreak High) plays Tom Ripley, an orphan and a striver, barely scraping by in 1950s New York. But beneath his woebegone exterior, Tom cultivates certain talents that set him apart: an extraordinary capacity for mimicry and deception. He is a man with a face no-one remembers. Whereas no one could forget Dickie Greenleaf. He is everything Tom isn’t; confident, stylish, and heir to a large fortune. Tom is hired by Dickie’s father to bring his son home and so plunges him into a glittering world of luxury, beauty and hedonism on the Italian Riviera. Intoxicated with this new social scene, Tom begins to fashion himself after his target. He begins dancing like Dickie, dressing like him, and drinking like him. Tom begins to imagine another version of himself. A better one… and he’ll kill for it.
For 70 years Tom Ripley has captivated readers and cinephiles alike. Now, literature’s most alluring confidence man is brought to life before our eyes in the hands of one of Australia’s great playwrights and most brilliant directors. Also featuring Faisal Hamza, Andrew McFarlane, Johnny Nasser and Claude Scott-Mitchell, The Talented Mr. Ripley promises tension, passion and spectacular suspense.

Shirley Valentine Brisbane
2025-10-29 - 2025-11-08 | Twelfth Night Theatre, 4 Cintra Rd, Bowen Hills, QLD, 4006, Australia
Shirley Valentine Brisbane -Natalie Bassingthwaighte stars in the West End and Broadway award-winning Shirley Valentine!
Experience the heartwarming, hilarious, and utterly inspiring story of Shirley Valentine, brought to life by Australian stage and screen star Natalie Bassingthwaighte. Written by Willy Russell and directed by Lee Lewis this timeless West End and Broadway comedy will take you on a journey of self-discovery, laughter, and second chances.
Shirley is an unassuming housewife with a dream—and a passport. Talking to her kitchen wall, she dreams of escape and wonders what happened to the adventurous girl she once was.
When a friend invites her on a spontaneous holiday to Greece, Shirley takes a bold leap into the unknown. With humour, charm and grit, she rediscovers her passion for life and her sense of self. Will she return to her old ways, or will Shirley find a new life where she can finally be her true self?
With Natalie Bassingthwaighte’s magnetic charm and powerhouse performance, this one-woman tour de force will have you laughing, crying, and cheering for Shirley’s bold new chapter.
Don’t miss this must-see theatrical event! Whether you’re revisiting a beloved story or discovering it for the first time, Shirley Valentine will leave you inspired and uplifted.

The Barber of Seville
2025-10-31 - 2025-11-05 | Regent Theatre, 191 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
Opera Australia presents The Barber of Seville at the Regent Theatre, Melbourne.
Beyond haircuts and beard trims, this canny barber is the city’s matchmaking maestro!
Almaviva is wealthy, stealthy and head over heels. Rosina is witty, pretty and just as smitten. She’s also inconveniently betrothed. They need a plan. Time to call on: Fi-ga-ro! Figaro! Figaro!
Enter the friendly neighbourhood barber with wits and tricks as sharp as his razors. He sets to work to unite the young lovers in an evening of disguises and duplicity.
This rollicking, laugh-out-loud comedy took a young Rossini just 13 days to write. Playful energy sparkles through as many famous tunes as you can pack into two-and-a-half hours.
A cast of great voices and high spirits play among a marvellous set of cartoonish proportions — a world inspired by 1920s silent films, featuring a life-size doll’s house as its centrepiece.
Australian Figaros Samuel Dale Johnson and Samuel Dundas lead some of our best comic talents in this side-splitting romp through Seville.

The Lovers
2025-10-31 - 2025-11-28 | Theatre Royal, 108 King Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
Based on A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare.
Featuring an electrifyingly original pop score and a boldly reimagined script by Laura Murphy, The Lovers is a fresh, in-yer-face remix of A Midsummer Night’s Dream – bursting with heart, humour, and more than a touch of magic.
For centuries, Oberon and Puck have been the ultimate matchmakers, crafting perfect love stories. But in a world where romance is a chaotic mix of swipes, situationships, and ghosting – Oberon worries that true love is becoming extinct. Just when all hope seems lost, four young lovers cross their path – ready for a night they’ll never forget.
Directed by Nick Skubij (Frankenstein, Fourteen), this brand-new, high-energy musical blends a killer soundtrack, a phenomenal live band, innovative video design, and a breath-taking cast.
Get set for a totally modern love story – where nothing goes as planned, but everything happens for a reason.
It’s a contemporary mix tape of pop bangers presented on a Shakespearean scale.
The production stars Natalie Abbott (Muriel’s Wedding The Musical) as Helena, Jason Arrow (Hamilton) as Demetrius, Jayme‑lee Hanekom (TINA – The Tina Turner Musical) as Puck, Loren Hunter (SIX the Musical) as Hermia, Stellar Perry (The Rocky Horror Show) as Oberon, Mat Verevis (TINA – The Tina Turner Musical) as Lysander, along with covers Indigo Hunt (Hamilton), Jenni Little (TINA – The Tina Turner Musical) and Nic Van Lits (The Rocky Horror Show).

School of Rock
2025-11-01 - 2025-11-15 | The National Theatre, 20 Carlisle Street, St Kilda, VIC, 3182, Australia
Wannabe rock god. Accidental teacher.
School of Rock The Musical follows slacker musician Dewey Finn as he bluffs his way into a prestigious prep school and turns a class of straight-A students into a guitar-shredding, drum-thumping rock band.
With the Battle of the Bands on the line and the school’s uptight principal watching his every move, Dewey will need more than killer solos to pull it off… he’ll need to stick it to the man… without getting caught.
With music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Glenn Slater, and a book by Julian Fellowes, School of Rock – The Musical brings pure rock rebellion to the stage.
Based on the Paramount movie written by Mike White, it slams power chords into prep school and turns the volume up on what it means to break the rules, find your people, and play with everything you’ve got. This isn’t just school it’s a full-blown anthem for anyone who’s ever felt out of place and turned it into power.

Bladderwrack
2025-11-05 - 2025-11-15 | Theatreworks, 14 Acland Street, St Kilda, VIC, 3182, Australia
Bladderwrack is exactly the comedy horror science-fiction pantomime pirate show with bits of opera you’ve been waiting for!
If it takes place in a small setting, it’s a big story — so big that it has spilled alarmingly off the stage and into the realm of literature. Now the bolder theatre goer might “enjoy” the dark insights afforded by the BOOK OF THE PLAY.
Including contributions from one of the leading pirate-journalists of the era, the book features the full script, copious illustrations, poetry, shanties, a scientific paper, and several additional stories — all further illuminating the inky world in which you find yourself, alas!

Blackadder II
2025-11-07 - 2025-11-22 | Beaumaris Theatre, 82 WELLS ROAD, Beaumaris, VIC, 3193, Australia
Blackadder II, a stage adaptation by Dan Bellis and Harrison Ewart-Dart based on the original BBC Television Series created by Richard Curtis, Rowan Atkinson, Ben Elton and John Lloyd
In fair Elizabethan England, there dwells Edmund Blackadder, a wit as sharp as his pointed beard, though his fortune proves ever fickle. A knave both cunning and proud, he doth seek power and favour in Queen Elizabeth’s court, yet he’s thwarted by fools, from his dimwitted servant Baldrick to his boorish friend, Lord Percy.
Wary of the Queen’s capricious wrath, he doth dance betwixt ambition and survival, crafting schemes bold yet oft undone by folly. His quest for glory doth end ever in despair, for fate conspires to render him a jest, e’er trapped in Fortune’s cruel jesting snare.
Blackadder II is presented with cabaret-style seating at round tables of 10. This production will have two 15 minute intervals. Please BYO drinks, nibbles and glasses.

Romeo & Juliet
2025-11-08 - 2025-11-09 | Geelong Arts Centre, 50 Little Malop Street, Geelong, VIC, 3020, Australia
Did my heart love till now?
– Romeo & Juliet, Act 1 Scene 5
After a chance meeting, an intense but forbidden love is ignited between two young lovers. And despite the unending, violent feud between their families, they will risk everything to be together.
This raw portrayal of Romeo & Juliet will envelop you in the passion, the intensity and the heartbreak of Shakespeare’s most evocative tragedy.
Peter Evans’s critically acclaimed production of the greatest love story ever told returns to stages in 2025. Introducing the magnetic Madeline Li as Juliet, this exquisite production is not to be missed.

Rhinestone Rex & Miss Monica
2025-11-13 - 2025-12-06 | The Lowe Auditorium, 3 Rose Street, Upper Ferntree Gully, VIC, 3156, Australia
It’s an age-old question: do opposites attract? More specifically, could you date someone who had completely different music tastes to you?
Rhinestone Rex and Miss Monica explores this contested idea with oodles of wit and charm through the story of a very unlikely pair.
It’s the beginnings of a new friendship between Miss Monica and her contractor Gary. Monica has taken leave from the Sydney Symphony due to tendonitis in her shoulder and decides to employ Gary to install her IKEA-designed decor.
Unbeknownst to the trained musician, Gary has an alter ego of Rhinestone Rex, a washed-up country music star who intends to convince Monica that country music is just as valid as her classical taste.
Both single and alone, a little spark forms between the two, but are they too dissimilar to match or do opposites attract?

Meow Meow's The Red Shoes
2025-11-19 - 2025-12-06 | Malthouse Theatre, 113 Sturt Street, Southbank, VIC, 3006, Australia
From a chorus of hairy fawns to singing swans and showgirl stars, experience an unforgettable, frenetic song-and-dance into meaning with Meow Meow’s The Red Shoes.
Having wowed New York’s Carnegie Hall, the world-renowned performer behind Meow Meow’s Little Match Girl and Meow Meow’s Little Mermaid now urgently remedies ‘The Red Shoes’. This fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen brutally punished its covetous protagonist with an ever-dancing curse that propelled her far from heaven’s gates. Meow Meow asks: what if she could never start dancing at all? Can we save her? Can we save the world?!
A musical celebration that will shock you out of stagnancy and into ecstatic oblivion from ‘the queen of chanson’ (Berliner Zeitung) with ‘devilish funny bones and heavenly vocal chords’ (Evening Standard UK), Meow Meow.
Leave in love with life again.
Remember why you wanted to dance in the first place.

Here You Come Again Newcastle
2025-11-20 - 2025-11-23 | Civic Theatre Newcastle, 375 Hunter Street, Newcastle, NSW, Australia

Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again
2025-11-25 - 2025-12-13 | Bluestone Church Arts Space, 8A Hyde Street, Footscray, VIC, 3011, Australia
Alice Birch’s Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. is a ferocious work of contemporary theatre that refuses to behave. Through sharp, surreal and darkly funny vignettes, it twists words into weapons and turns everyday rituals inside out. What begins as an assault on the language and traditions that have shaped “womanhood” becomes something larger: a call to tear down the systems of oppression that divide and diminish us all.
In 2025, we explore this play through an intersectional lens inspired by bell hooks’ insistence that feminism is for everybody—across race, class and all gender expressions. Our company of artists bring their collective force to the stage, confronting the very structures we are working and breathing within. Revolt is startling and disarming, a howl of protest and maybe a map toward possibility: unflinching, unapologetic and urgently alive.
“Theatrical exhilaration in civil disobedience.” — The New York Times
Directed by Emily O’Brien-Brown

When it Rains: An Elizabeth Stonebridge Murder Mystery
2025-11-26 - 2025-11-29 | Flight Path Theatre Marrickville, 142 Addison Rd, Marrickville, Sydney, NSW, 2204, Australia
As one of the most significant dates in human history looms, recently widowed Lady Thorncroft becomes the unwilling host to a wedding party forced off the road due to a severe rainstorm.
Then one by one the wedding party begins to die.
Can Lady Thorncroft’s best and oldest friend, philosophy professor Elizabeth Stonebridge, wade the muddied waters of deception to find the killer before the dead outnumber the living in the isolated English manor house?
CAST:
Savindi Tillekeratne is Elizabeth Stonebridge
Ella Sullivan is Lady Thorncroft
Sabrina Turner is Mary Chisholm
Cam Grivas is Harry Parker
Kiani Braund is Henrietta Parker and Agnes Fortescue
Harvey Withford-Cave is Bill Knighthope
Jess Campbell is Victor Davis
Jasmine Hing is Valentine Neiro and Constable Popplewick
Guzi Li is Scullery Maid Green
Written & Produced by James Neiro
Directed by Connor Crick
Presented by UTS Back Stage
Hosted by Flight Path Theatre Marrickville
Duration – 90 minutes with interval
https://events.humanitix.com/utsbackstagewir

Here You Come Again Canberra
2025-11-27 - 2025-11-30 | Canberra Theatre Centre, Civic Square, London Circuit, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia

Sabotage
2025-12-02 - 2025-12-06 | The Motley Bauhaus, Carlton, 118 Elgin St, Carlton, VIC, Australia
Welcome to the layover from hell.
The Protagonist is ready to board a one-way flight to destination unknown, but a series of delays delivers an unexpected passenger, the Antagonist, his older, more accomplished self. What begins as a reunion quickly spirals into a surreal showdown: who really knows who best, and who gets to move forward?
Part Waiting for Godot, part Looper, if they were bisexual men stuck in Tullamarine, the Protagonist and Antagonist are stranded at Melbourne’s premier airport with emotional baggage to burn.
A tender battleground of ego, regret and missed connections, Sabotage skewers ambition and holds self-love under siege in a wry take on the quarter-life crisis. Because when you’re boarding a flight to nowhere, all runways lead back to you.

Here You Come Again Adelaide
2025-12-06 - 2025-12-14 | Her Majesty’s Theatre Adelaide, 58 Grote Street, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia

Anastasia Melbourne
2025-12-20 - 2026-01-11 | Regent Theatre, 191 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
ANASTASIA The Broadway Musical, the romantic and adventure-filled hit musical inspired by the beloved film, is coming to Australia for the first time!
This dazzling production, by the Tony Award winning team Terrence McNally, Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens and Darko Tresnjak, transports you from the twilight years of the Imperial rule to the euphoria of 1920s Paris. ANASTASIA follows a brave young woman on a journey to discover the mystery of her past. Pursued by an army officer determined to silence her, Anya enlists the aid of a dashing conman and a lovable ex-aristocrat. Together, they embark on an epic adventure to help her find home, love, and family.
With much-loved songs like Journey to the Past and Once Upon a December, ANASTASIA has captivated audiences around the world—hailed as “A MONSTER HIT!” by The New York Times and “Irresistible!” by Variety.
ANASTASIA is recommended for ages 8yrs and older. All persons under 16yrs must be accompanied and sit alongside the accompanying adult.
NATIONAL TOUR
20 Dec 2025 – 11 Jan 2026 Melbourne Regent Theatre
3-15 March 2026 Perth Crown Theatre
7 Apr – 10 May 2026 Sydney Lyric Theatre

Cassie's Christmas- The Soundtrack to your Festive Season
2025-12-21 | Viva Melbourne, 64 Sutton Street, North Melbourne, VIC, 3051, Australia
Step into a dazzling world of festive cheer for Cassie’s Christmas 2025. A spectacular celebration filled with music, laughter, and heartwarming moments for all ages.
Featuring international musicians, captivating performances, and a joyful sing-along that will have everyone raising their voices in harmony, this is the ultimate holiday event you won’t want to miss.
Featuring Australia’s Leading Vocal Powerhouse Cassie McIvor.
Cassie has travelled the world commanding audiences at major Sporting Events, Halftime shows, in Theatre and Jazz performances and Cabaret and Circus Spectaculars.
This Season 10 Voice Finalist is known as one of Australia’s most sought-after vocalists for Elite Events and Gala Functions. Some of her clients include Crown, Miele, MG, Tennis Australia, Fox Sport, Morgan Stanley, Kane Construction, Optus, Monash Hospital, Shared Tables, My Room and Save Our Sons Charities.
Recently touring the country this year with the electrifying orchestral show Synthony, celebrating world dance anthems, she now brings her extraordinary talent to the magic of Christmas.
Enjoy a feast for the senses with delicious food, drinks, and live entertainment in a vibrant, cosy atmosphere. Whether you come for the classics you love, the global sounds of Christmas, or the chance to share the spirit of the season with friends and family, there is something for everyone.

Annie The Musical Brisbane
2025-12-27 - 2026-01-31 | Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Cultural Precinct Cnr Grey & Melbourne Street, QLD, 4101, Australia
Annie The Musical Brisbane. A little hero for a big tomorrow!
The beloved tale of Annie has been capturing the hearts of theatregoers around the globe for generations. And now the legendary, and inspiring production opens in December at The Lyric Theatre, QPAC for a strictly limited season.
Starring the incomparable Anthony Warlow as “Daddy” Warbucks, the show-stopping Debora Krizak as the infamous Miss Hannigan, alongside triple-threat wonders Mackenzie Dunn as Lily St. Regis, and Keanu Gonzalez as Daniel “Rooster” Hannigan. Playing the role of Grace Farrell is the extraordinary Amanda Lea LaVergne.
It’s one of the most awarded and loved musicals of all time. With its iconic score, featuring classics like It’s the Hard-Knock Life, Easy Street and Tomorrow, Annie is truly a timeless musical masterpiece.
Directed by Karen Johnson Mortimer and with brand new choreography by Mitchell Woodcock, Annie has a book and score written by Tony Award winners Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin.
A celebration of hope, family and friendship. This small but mighty young girl has returned to stick out her chin and grin once more! Don’t miss Annie The Musical Melbourne.
Show notice: This show may contain loud noises, flashing lights, smoke effects, and strobe lighting.
Age recommendation: 6+
Annie’s running time is 2hrs 30 minutes, including a 20minute interval.
Touring
Sydney 27/2 – 6/6/2025
Melbourne 10/7 -8/11/2025
Brisbane 27/12 -31/1/2026

Putting It Together
2026-01-06 - 2026-02-15 | Foundry Theatre, 55 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont, NSW, 2009, Australia
Putting It Together is a dazzling celebration of Stephen Sondheim’s greatest work. Set at a glamorous cocktail party, the show blends wit, charm, and razor-sharp insight as the cast navigate the complexities of love, ambition, and desire.
Featuring a seamless revue of Sondheim’s most iconic songs, audiences are taken on a journey through the genius of one of musical theatre’s most influential composers and lyricists — all wrapped within a clever and intimate story.
This once-in-a-lifetime event brings together some of Australia’s finest performers: Caroline O’Connor (Chicago, Sweeney Todd, Anything Goes, Hello Dolly, 9 to 5), Michael Cormick (The Phantom of the Opera,Sunset Boulevard, Beauty and the Beast), Nigel Huckle (Les Misérables, West Side Story, South Pacific), Bert LaBonté (Moulin Rouge!, The Book of Mormon, An Officer and a Gentleman), and Stefanie Caccamo (The Lord of the Rings, Once, Into the Woods). Together, they deliver extraordinary vocal power, charisma, and artistry to Sondheim’s timeless score. Their combined talent transforms the production into an unmissable theatrical experience — a stunning musical celebration of both Sondheim’s brilliance and the best of Australian stage talent.
Words and Music by Stephen Sondheim
Devised by Stephen Sondheim and Julia McKenzie
Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
Musical Supervisor Guy Simpson
Directed and choreographed by Cameron Mitchell
Musical Direction by Kevin Wang
Set Design by Nick Fry
Costume Design by Nigel Shaw
Lighting Design by Trudy Dalgleish
Sound Design by Michael Waters
Creative Producer Sharon Millerchip
Produced by Impresario Productions
Licensed exclusively by Music Theatre International (Australasia)

AFTERGLOW
2026-01-30 - 2026-02-21 | Chapel Off Chapel, 12 Little Chapel Street, Prahran, VIC, 3181, Australia
THE CLIMAX IS JUST THE BEGINNING
S. Asher Gelman’s international hit play Afterglow is heading to Melbourne for its highly anticipated Australian premiere!
When Josh and Alex, a married couple in an open relationship, invite Darius to share their bed for a night, a new and intimate connection is ignited. As all three men come to terms with their individual definitions of love, loyalty and trust – relationships are challenged and futures are shaken. A raw, funny and sensual exploration of polyamory, commitment and modern love.
After its critical success Off-Broadway and productions around the globe, Afterglow now brings its modern, intimate exploration of desire, honesty and connection to Melbourne audiences!
