The latest theatre news from Melbourne, Australia — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
Patricia Ward Kelly, wife and biographer of the late Hollywood legend Gene Kelly brought her acclaimed show, Gene Kelly - A Life in Music to Auckland, New Zealand this week for a special show with the Auckland Philharmonia orchestra.
This coming 2025 festival season Katie Reddin-Clancy will bring her brand new theatre show End Game to Melbourne.
Global pop powerhouse Dua Lipa has kicked off the Australia/New Zealand leg of her highly anticipated 55+ date Radical Optimism Tour, unveiling all-new production and an expanded setlist.
After three decades, legends of the ice Torvill & Dean are set to make their long-awaited return to Australia for a final farewell tour.
The Choir of Hard Knocks has announced their upcoming concert, Singing in Harmony, to be held on the final day of Harmony Week, Sunday 23rd March at 3pm, in magnificent St Michael's Uniting Church, right in the heart of the city.
Voting for the third round of BroadwayWorld's Best Musical 2025 Bracket is now open.
Due to huge ticket demand, Frontier Touring and MG Live have added a second Melbourne and second Brisbane show to Jimmy Barnes' now 8-date DEFIANT TOUR for June 2025.
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will embark on a major five-city tour of the UK and Europe in August 2025 - its first international tour with full orchestra since visiting North America in 2019.
Due to phenomenal presale ticket demand for Alex Warren’s Cheaper Than Therapy Global Tour, Frontier Touring has announced venue upgrades to his Auckland, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane and Sydney shows, plus the addition of an Adelaide show and second show in Sydney.
To mark this year's 50th anniversary of NAIDOC Week, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will celebrate the strength, vision and legacy of Yorta Yorta/Yuin composer and soprano Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO.
Here You Come Again, the musical comedy packed with Dolly Parton's greatest hits, is heading to Australia.
After captivating Australian audiences in 2019 with a stand-out performance at the Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival, Anna Setton returns to Australia for her second national tour.
Voting for the second round of BroadwayWorld's Best Musical 2025 Bracket is now open! Which musical is really the Best Musical of all time? By popular demand, we bring you our revised Broadway Madness Bracket: Best Musical 2025!
The darker edges of art and culture collide in a new exhibition from Kitty Calvert (artists Phill Calvert and Julia Brampton) and Photo maker and visual artist, Robert Earp.
YIRRAMBOI will return to Arts Centre Melbourne with a selection of works including three world premieres, one Australian premiere and one Australian exclusive.
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) will support Australian Designer Steven Kahlil's Grand Showcase runway at the PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival with a live orchestral performance.
Stagebugs Productions will bring the musical magic of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown back to The MC Showroom this April.
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra CEO Richard Wigley has announced the appointment of German-based Australian violinist Natalie Chee as the next MSO Concertmaster, commencing in January 2026.
Get the hottest dating tips with self-taught feminist, iPod DJ and Lynx Africa afficionado Steve Porters in his one-man character comedy show, Steve Porters - How To Flirt: The TED XXX Talk at Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will present the return of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in Concert.
Which musical is really the Best Musical of all time? Last year, our readers picked Les Miz as the ultimate Tony Award-winning Best Musical of all time.
Australian audiences cannot get enough of Peppa Pig and her oinktastic adventures, with the all-new Peppa Pig's Fun Day Out LIVE! adding new dates and shows to the April-May tour.
Due to the huge demand for Katy Perry's dynamic performances, 2 new and final Australian shows in Sydney and Melbourne have been added to the tour itinerary.
Regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of his generation, New Zealand native Tim Finn is returning to Australia in August for three exclusive shows celebrating 40 years of his landmark debut solo album Escapade.
Colonel Chris Hadfield – acclaimed astronaut, test pilot, spacewalker, spaceship commander, and best-selling author – will return to Australia in June 2025 for a journey into the majesty of our planet and the vast universe beyond.
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Mackenzie Arts Centre Melbourne (7/23-8/09) |
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Menopause The Musical Athenaeum Theatre One (9/02-9/06) |
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Cut Chilli by Chenturan Aran Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre (8/12-8/23) |
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Scandal Viva Melbourne (5/01-4/25) PHOTOS |
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Kindred People 2026 The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts (9/01-9/05) |
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Monty Python's Spamalot The Athenaeum (9/16-10/11) |
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Saplings - Art Centre Melbourne The Show Room (7/31-8/01) |
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Faulty Towers The Dining Experience Oaks Melbourne on Market Hotel (3/06-12/12) |
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Dance Palace Luna Park (8/20-9/12) |
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Steel Magnolias The Athenaeum (7/23-8/09) |
