The latest theatre news from Melbourne, Australia — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
Award-winning directors, puppeteers, writers and co-artistic directors Sarah Kriegler and Jacob Williams have been awarded the 2025 Frank Van Straten Fellowship through their company Lemony S Puppet Theatre.
Melbourne Chamber Orchestra will present Musette, a concert that places the cello front and centre, featuring the return of internationally acclaimed cellist Li-Wei Qin.
Due to overwhelming demand, the high-energy hit Footloose: The Musical has announced a final Melbourne season extension, now playing at the Athenaeum Theatre through Sunday, 24 August 2025.
Rising stage and screen star Georgina Hopson (Titanique, The Phantom of the Opera) will lead the cast of ANASTASIA when the Tony Award-nominated musical makes its Australian premiere at Melbourne’s Regent Theatre in December 2025.
Van Diemen’s Band and Ensemble Kaboul will reunite September 25–October 5, 2025, for Where Everything is Music, a cross-cultural concert celebrating banned Afghan musical traditions and Western classical works.
This December, discover the Magic of the Mean One as the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra presents Dr.
The 2025 Victorian State Schools Spectacular will return for its annual extravaganza for two shows in September.
American singer-songwriter Medium Build will serve as a special guest on Alex Warren’s upcoming Australian tour, which kicks off next month in Sydney.
Tarzan – The Stage Musical, based on the beloved 1999 Disney animated film, will premiere at The National Theatre in St Kilda for an exclusive Melbourne season from August 29 to September 7, 2025.
Ed Sheeran is heading back to Australia and New Zealand next January, February, and March with his all-new Loop Tour for a massive run of stadium shows.
Ilario Grant will lead the Melbourne season of the Olivier and Tony Award-winning musical MJ.
Theatre Works will present the Melbourne premiere of The Machine Stops, a bold new stage adaptation by Briony Dunn based on the prophetic novella by E.
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will add a fourth and final performance of An Evening on Broadway this September, following strong audience demand.
Arts Centre Melbourne has announced that three leading Melbourne female philanthropists – Susan Yates (Peter and Susan Yates Foundation), Virginia Boon (Harry and Virginia Boon Foundation), and Krystyna Campbell-Pretty have provided transformative donations of approximately $1 million each, commi
Clovelly Fox’s artistic director Tyran Parke has announced the cast members and creative team behind its highly anticipated production of ORDINARY DAYS, performing at fortyfivedownstairs.
Using music soundscapes and shadow puppetry, students from Nepean School have collaborated with professional sound designers, puppeteers and filmmakers to transform their own stories into cinematic short films.
David Venn Enterprises has gone into liquidation with $7.
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra recently announced that they will take the Orchestra to the people of Mornington for the inaugural MSO In Your Neighbourhood - and the local community is already asking for more.
This September, Melbourne's theatre scene will get a shot of adrenaline when the musical revival of AMERICAN PSYCHO opens at Chapel Off Chapel.
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The Broadway musical Annie celebrated its official Opening Night in Melbourne tonight, and extra final performances have been added.
Creative Australia has announced the inaugural recipients of its Creative Futures Fund, a groundbreaking initiative investing $7.
Watch a video of Karis Oka singing 'Dead Mom' from Beetlejuice in Australia! Oka stars in the Melbourne production as Lydia Deetz, opposite the musical's composer, Eddie Perfect.
Hidden Tunes after a successful 2024 premiere will return this Winter reimagined and just as confronting.
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Dance Palace Luna Park (8/20-9/12) |
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Kindred People 2026 The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts (9/01-9/05) |
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NAT''S WHAT I RECKON: Panic at the Bistro The Thornbury Theatre (11/28-11/28) |
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo''s Nest - Preview Athenaeum Theatre One (11/13-11/15) |
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Cut Chilli by Chenturan Aran Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre (8/12-8/23) |
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Mackenzie Arts Centre Melbourne (7/23-8/09) |
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PAW Patrol™ Live! "Race to the Rescue" Margaret Court Arena (8/22-8/23) |
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The Music and Life of Barbra Streisand starring Melinda Schneider Hamer Hall (8/07-8/07) |
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Saplings - Art Centre Melbourne The Show Room (7/31-8/01) |
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Menopause The Musical Athenaeum Theatre One (9/02-9/06) |
