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Lime Cordiale has dropped his much-anticipated third album Enough Of The Sweet Talk. A headrush of enchanting indie pop and transportive emotional journey, Enough of the Sweet Talk is a tour de force that showcases how much Lime Cordiale both continues to remain tied to their roots and evolve exponentially.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL returns to Melbourne in 2024, bringing festive cheer with its beloved holiday production.

Following sell out shows and standing ovations for recent productions of The Sound of Music and The Boy From Oz, not-for-profit musical theatre company Theatrical will stage the iconic and universally acclaimed musical, A Chorus Line at The National Theatre Melbourne from 7-22 September.

TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL will open at the Princess Theatre, Melbourne in September and producers have announced a new release of tickets that will go on sale this Friday.

Bianka Ismailovski will return with her unique, hilarious and 100% true solo stand-up comedy show Working Girl.

Kicking off at The Triffid in Brisbane on Friday 6 September, the Therapy Sessions Tour will then head to Sydney’s Factory Theatre on Saturday 7 September, followed by Adelaide’s Lion Arts Factory on Friday 13 September. Next up, Perth’s Rosemount Hotel gets a performance on Saturday 14 September, before Budjerah heads to Melbourne venue 170 Russell on Friday 20 September. Finally, he’ll wrap it all up at Brunswick Picture House in Brunswick Heads on Saturday 28 September.

Bianca Del Rio is hitting the road on her stand-up world comedy tour titled Dead Inside, which will bring the RuPaul’s Drag Raceicon to Australia and New Zealand in January and February 2025.

A new commercial musical theatre company, AG Theatre, has launched with a mission to support new Melbourne talent, both on and off stage. The company’s premiere season includes new productions of The Three Little Pigs, Avenue Q and Once. 

Multi-award winning maverick of the stage, Canberra’s own Eliza Sanders, will use her unique blend of dance, clown and absurd philosophising to take the ‘trigger warning’ to its extreme in MANAGE YOUR EXPECTATIONS. 

Fifteen of the original eighteen original shows on Hoodoo Gurus' Back to the Stoneage Tour are now sold out. Due to this unprecedented demand, the ‘Gurus’ have added a final run of shows on the Back to the Stoneage Tour. The new 2024 shows will be at The Forum in Melbourne on Wednesday, 20 November and a 4th Perth show at The Astor Theatre on Sunday, 15 December.

PAW Patrol Live! 'Race to the Rescue' has announced final ticket availability for its Australian tour.

Returning to Melbourne for the first time since 1996, Beauty and the Beast is a magical tale that will delight fans of the 1991 Disney animated film.

Scott Hollingsworth's new cabaret, Older Than I Ever Intended To Be will make its Melbourne premiere. Performances run July 25-27.

GRAMMY-nominated singer, songwriter and musician Tyler Childers will take his “Mule Pull Tour” to Australia and New Zealand in February with newly confirmed shows at Auckland’s Spark Arena, Brisbane’s Sandstone Point Hotel, Byron Bay’s The Green Room, Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion, Newcastle’s Foreshore Park, Canberra’s Royal Theatre, Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl and Korumburra’s Coal Creek Community Park and Museum. 

Multi-platinum award-winning entertainer Kane Brown has revealed additional dates for his highly anticipated In the Air Tour. As part of the global tour, Brown will visit Australia and New Zealand this November, with special guests Kameron Marlowe and Kaylee Bell on all shows.

The lead cast for the Australian tour of the award-winning Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s celebrated rock musical JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR has been revealed.

Australian premiere of Two Remain, the first opera to portray the persecution of gay men during the Holocaust, comes to Fortyfive Downstairs this month.  Performances run July 25-28.

After three decades, legends of the ice Torvill & Dean are set to make their long-awaited return to Australia for a final farewell tour. ‘Torvill & Dean: Our Last Dance’ tour marks their first visit to Australian shores since their last tour in 1994 and will celebrate their illustrious career before retiring from skating together.

The lead cast for the Australian tour of the award-winning Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s celebrated rock musical JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR has been revealed.

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE An Adaptation in Words and Music is a new theatrical adaptation of Jane Austen’s most famous work – Pride and Prejudice. The production will play  a limited season starring Nadine Garner at Arts Centre Melbourne. 

WICKED continues to cast its spell over Melbourne, with its cast enchanting audiences eight times a week. From July though, there will be a new Fiyero in the Emerald City. 

Grammy award winner Maxim Vengerov will tour Australia in celebration of his 50th Birthday this August.

After selling out shows across the US, UK, and Europe in 2024, singer-songwriter and DIY phenom Myles Smith will play debut live shows down under this November with The Slightly Less Lonely Australia + New Zealand Tour.

Following an exhaustive national search, Sydney Theatre Company and Michael Cassel Group have revealed the spectacular array of Australian theatre icons and dazzling newcomers who will star in the Australian premiere of DEAR EVAN HANSEN premiering at STC's Roslyn Packer Theatre from October 12. 

National Pink Day takes place on June 23 every year, when everyone is encouraged to wear something pink on this particular day. It is a day of celebrating everything the colour represents.