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Frontier Comedy have announced a solo stand-up tour for American actor, writer, producer and comedian Shawn Wayans in May 2018.

#TAYLURKING is a new cabaret all about one boy's quest to gain the attention of Hollywood 'it girl', Taylor Swift.

Artistic Director Rob Tannion is creating an original circus rock opera with Berlin's Prince and Princess of art rock and Europop, Otto & Astrid from the band Die Roten Punkte, featuring the evocative physicality of Circus Oz acrobats.

Following the success of the first ever Star-Spangled Stand-Up tour in June 2017, Frontier Comedy are back with a brand new hand-selected and star-spangled line-up of three of the funniest comedians the States has to offer: Brent Morin, Ramy Youssef and Josh Johnson.

The Butterfly Club are seeking Expressions Of Interest (EOIs) from producers and artists who wish to be a part of their 2018 Curated Autumn Program.

Frontier Comedy are thrilled to announce that Jim Gaffigan (The Jim Gaffigan Show, Flight of the Conchords, Portlandia, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Bored to Death) will perform his biggest ever Australian stand-up tour and debut New Zealand shows in March through April 2018, playing shows at

A man can change his stars.

Set in an Irish village called Inishfree, Enda Walsh's riveting and Drama Desk Award winning masterpiece of one man's journey towards judgment day taunts and haunts and dares you to look away.

At one time Hollywood's highest paid actress, Marlene Dietrich died penniless.

Part live performance, part undercover surveillance operation, Earshot is driven by theatre-maker Kate Hunter's lifetime obsession of eavesdropping on the private conversations of complete strangers.

The Cocoa Butter Club: Midsumma Special , a special cabaret and performance event featuring unapologetic and oh-so-hot-right now Indigenous and/or performers of colour is set to make its Arts Centre Melbourne debut on Friday 19 January 2018.

The world's biggest selling jazz instrumentalist, CHRIS BOTTI, returns to Australia in early 2018, playing at the nation's leading concert venues.

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Arts Centre Melbourne and Midsumma Festival will bring you the cream of the queer comedy crop with a star-studded night of camp LOLs and butch hysterics in the Midsumma Comedy Extravaganza at the Fairfax Studio on 24 January, 2018.

Disney Theatrical Productions confirms that Melbourne's Gareth Jacobs, current standby Genie in Disney's Aladdin, will take over the role full-time from Tuesday 19 December 2017.

Producers John Frost and Suzanne Jones announced today that due to demand, new tickets for the Melbourne season of The Wizard of Oz will go on sale on Monday 4 December from Ticketmaster.

The wait is over the full cast of Green Day's explosive award-winning Broadway phenomenon American Idiot is here and getting set to take Australia by storm.

Disney Theatrical Productions is delighted to confirm Melbourne's Gareth Jacobs, current standby Genie in Disney's Aladdin, will take over the role full-time from Tuesday 19 December 2017.

StageArt announces the cast for the Victorian professional premiere of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Falsettos, which will play at Prahran's Chapel off Chapel from 1 February.

Emerging local playwright, Georgina Harriss, is set to premiere her first full-length play this January at Melbourne's quirky, intimate theatre, The Butterfly Club.

Regan Lynch presented his first solo work, Regan Lynch Does It In Public, at this year's Anywhere Festival in Brisbane before taking it Darwin Fringe.

Multi award-winning South African/New Zealand comedian - and one of our favourite ring-ins - URZILA CARLSON brings her brand-new show to Australian stages around the country in 2018.

The critically acclaimed American play HAND TO GOD, about a demonic sock puppet that wreaks havoc on relationships and faith in a small Texas town, will have its Australian premiere at The Alex Theatre St Kilda from 22nd February 2018, for a strictly limited season.

Newly minted Melbournian, Kitty Van Horne makes her cabaret debut at The Butterfly Club in January, presenting her original show iDenTITTY - A cabaret adventure into the world of breast ownership.

Twenty beautifully decorated 'street pianos' will pop up around Arts Centre Melbourne, the CBD and in suburbs across Melbourne for everyone to enjoy from 19 January 4 February 2018 when the interactive installation Play Me I'm Yours returns as part of the internationally touring artwork dev