The latest theatre news from Melbourne, Australia — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
Following extensive auditions across Australia, the Off-Broadway smash hit, Love Actually? The Musical Parody has announced three separate local casts for Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane's festive seasons.
Rob Mills, Casey Donovan, and Paulini reunite with John Foreman for The Idols of Musical Theatre at Melbourne Recital Centre on December 27–28.
Harry Potter: The Exhibition is inviting its adult fans to experience the world-renowned exhibition, in a new way with the launch of After Hours, an exclusive 18+ event debuting in Melbourne in November.
AC/DC will bring their POWER UP Tour to Australia, kicking off in Melbourne on Wednesday, November 12, at the MCG.
Tickets are now on sale for the 2026 Australian tour of Pride and Prejudice (sort of), the Olivier Award–winning musical comedy by Isobel McArthur, after Jane Austen.
Multi-Grammy Award–winning mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato will make her long-anticipated Australian debut this month, appearing with both the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in a series of gala performances.
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In 2026, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will celebrate 120 years of music-making by freezing 2026 ticket prices at 2025 levels, reinforcing its commitment to making orchestral music more accessible to Victorians.
Artists and arts organisations from across Victoria are invited to submit proposals for Arts Centre Melbourne's 2026 PLAY public program.
Sabotage, a new play by Harrison Clark, makes its world premiere at The Motley Bauhaus from December 2–6, 2025.
This is your last chance to submit for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Australia - Melbourne Awards! The 2025 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025.
Tickets to modern classic ART starring Richard Roxburgh, Damon Herriman and Ryan Corr go on sale in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane on Thursday 23 October.
Spiegel Haus Melbourne – the new summer destination for shows, food and drinks, and nightlife – will welcome its first guests this month when Blanc de Blanc Encore commences previews.
International piano star Richard Clayderman returns to Australia in November 2025 with his Timeless Romance tour, featuring concerts in Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney.
GRAMMY winner Richard Marx returns to Australia in April 2026 for a five-city tour, performing hits in Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Newcastle, and Melbourne.
Caroline O'Connor, Silvie Paladino, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Georgia Wilkinson, Denis Walter and Claire Lyon are among the star-studded line-up set to perform at Hamer Hall as part of Arts Centre Melbourne’s 2026 Morning Melodies program.
Following a carefully considered and highly competitive recruitment process, the Board of The National has appointed Rod Gilbert as the new Chief Executive Officer.
Time is running out to submit for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Australia - Melbourne Awards! The 2025 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025.
To celebrate the 35th anniversary of Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Arts Centre Melbourne will present Hear My Eyes: Terminator 2, a live cinema event featuring a new electronic score by Belgian composer Peter Van Hoesen with the MESS Synthesiser Orchestra.
The hit rock musical Heathers is making its professional Australian premiere in 2026 following smash-hit runs in London and New York.
The acclaimed Signature Choir joins the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for Mana Moana—a moving fusion of symphonic music and songs of the Pacific—on January 31, 2026, at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl.
Actress, singer, and composer Lindsey Kraft has been set as the special guest on Ben Folds & A Piano eight-date Australian tour throughout February – March 2026.
Singer, songwriter and satirist Denis Carnahan is making a return to the stage this summer with his hilarious one-man cult hit musical comedy show, Cricket The Musical.
The hit Broadway and West End musical Pretty Woman will open in Adelaide, Perth, and Melbourne in 2026, starring Samantha Jade as Vivian Ward and Ben Hall as Edward Lewis.
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo''s Nest Athenaeum Theatre One (11/18-12/06) |
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PAW Patrol™ Live! "Race to the Rescue" Margaret Court Arena (8/22-8/23) |
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo''s Nest - Preview Athenaeum Theatre One (11/13-11/15) |
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Steel Magnolias The Athenaeum (7/23-8/09) |
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Saplings - Art Centre Melbourne The Show Room (7/31-8/01) |
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Monty Python's Spamalot The Athenaeum (9/16-10/11) |
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Scandal Viva Melbourne (5/01-4/25) PHOTOS |
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Faulty Towers The Dining Experience Oaks Melbourne on Market Hotel (3/06-12/12) |
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Menopause The Musical Athenaeum Theatre One (9/02-9/06) |
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The Music and Life of Barbra Streisand starring Melinda Schneider Hamer Hall (8/07-8/07) |
