Punk Rock
In the perfectly matching setting of the Meat Market in North Melbourne, Punk Rock is an intense, confronting but relevant show that showcases themes of abuse and mental illness as …
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The Play That Goes Wrong
If you are into slapstick humour, you are going to have a ball. This riotous theatrical disaster is stumbling its way around Australia and has just opened in Melbourne. The …
American Psycho: A Musical Thriller
Musicals about serial killers may be thin on the ground because the subject matter is odious, but like Sweeney Todd, American Psycho: A Musical Thriller packs punch. Reflecting on the …
Son of Byblos
Son of Byblos is written by James Elazzi, the two protagonists at the heart of Son of Byblos – Lebanese Australian cousins – are living a lie. They are not …
Fairytalers
Forget everything you thought you knew about the origins of fairy tales. In the stunning new play Fairytalers, we meet Catherine D’Aulnoy, Henriette de Murat, Charlotte Rose de Caumont de …
The HumansÂ
What are the common links between the 8.2 billion people that inhabit the planet? Simple. First up, we err because, let’s face it, to err is to be human. Secondly, …
A Twist of Fate
Scary Goats Theatre has built a reputation for daring independent work that refuses to sit neatly in any one genre. With A Twist of Fate, their anthology of short plays, …
Trophy Boys
The privileged, sexist, misogynistic attitude of a group of high achieving private Year 12 students is put under the microscope in this darkly comedic satire. The quartet – Owen, Jared, …
Cirque du Soleil’s Corteo
Spirited and playful, with a series of dazzling and often surprising acts, Cirque du Soleil’s Corteo looks back on the life of a clown named Mauro. He imagines it is …
Footloose The Musical
Light-hearted and fun, Footloose: The Musical is centred around change in conservative America in the 1980s. Navigating it, especially when it is forced upon you, can be mighty difficult, especially …