Forecast Predicts a Hot and Steamy MIDSUMMA at Arts Centre Melbourne

From international queer royalty to Melbourne's most wanted, Arts Centre Melbourne has assembled a Midsumma line-up to frock up and wig out to in 2017.

Over three weeks from mid-January, catch some of the world's most notorious and outrageous performers - a rogue troupe of notorious misfits and glorious wits who will be setting up camp throughout the venue.

Prepare for salacious showstoppers and filthy laughs, showcasing performers who will defy the expectations of even the most jaded. Catch the cream of London's cabaret club scene: Nigerian-born baritone Le Gateau Chocolat and alt-drag megastar Jonny Woo team up for a two-handed love letter to musical theatre, while cult diva UrsulA Martinez bares her soul and more in a new show as acclaimed as it is fearless. Be bowled over as Ireland's accidental National Treasure, drag queen Panti Bliss teaches Australia a thing or two about marriage equality.

Thomas Jaspers will also be running his now infamous Rhonda Butchmore tours throughout the duration of the festival and Dolly Diamondwill take up residency in the official festival hub, The (Piano) Barre, with guest appearances every Monday evening.

Brace yourself - Midsumma is coming, with a line-up including:

A Night at the Musicals starring Le Gateau Chocolat and Jonny Woo: Fairfax Studio, 17 -22 January 2017

A Night at the Musicals sees UK drag icon Jonny Woo teaming up with Olivier-winning star of La Clique and La Soirée, Le Gateau Chocolat, for an evening of unadulterated musical theatre nonsense.

A Night at the Musicals is a tortured love letter to the glorious genre of musical theatre. From Les Mis to The Lion King, Cabaret to Annie... no musical is safe!

Dice-rolling divas, ace-in-the-hole aerialists, pokerfaced prima donnas and backroom ballerinas take to Arts Centre Melbourne's Fairfax stage in this rock'n'roll Russian roulette, all lead by Melbourne's own unquenchable Queen of Hearts, Moira Finucane - returning to Melbourne after dazzling the world - and produced by renowned international cabaret and theatre provocateurs Finucane & Smith.

Take a gamble on the glamazons that have been wowing 'em worldwide for thirteen years. At Glory Box: Lucky 13 everyone's a winner, baby.