AUSTRALIA THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 14

Wit Incorporated returns to Melbourne's Bluestone Church Arts Space with FIRST LOVE IS THE REVOLUTION by Rita Kalnejais, a play about first love, complex families, and societal pressures, from November 7-16, 2024.

Created by theatre-makers and performers Oliver Cowen and Eidann Glover, this cozy and concise theatrical experience blends memory, myth and imagination.

One of the best-selling music artists of all time, Katy Perry, is set to embark on an Australian tour - The Lifetimes Tour in June 2025.

Grammy Award winner and contemporary R&B star Leon Bridges will sweep local audiences off their feet when he returns to Australia in January 2025.

Fast, furious and funny, The Big HOO-HAA! is Melbourne's longest-running and best-loved improv comedy show.

Expanding its 2024 mainstage offering beyond the capital cities, Opera Australia will premiere two productions at the Geelong Arts Centre this November, The Magic Flute and Chorus!

Virtuosic juggling, innovative lighting and relentless energy collide in this daring new show that does for juggling what Tap Dogs did for tap dancing.

For the first time since 2019, the vibrant Circus Oz Hub returns with a stacked program featuring some of Australia’s most exciting circus acts, school holiday fun for the family and electric late night entertainment for the duration of Melbourne Fringe 2024.

The year is 2094 and an asteroid is about to hit our planet.

The first cast for the smash hit production A CHRISTMAS CAROL has been announced, featuring Alison Whyte, Tim Wright, Aisha Adara, Sarah Morrison, and Kaya Byrne.

Crash Theatre Company will bring a new, original Australian musical to Melbourne Fringe Festival this October with Lady Macbeth Played Wing Defence.

With a rock-infused soundtrack, a breathtaking stage design, and a cast of exceptional acrobats, vocalists, dancers and high flying aerialists, MARVELous The Show is a dynamic blend of parody, hilarity and impressive live performances – all delivered with a satiric and risqué edge.

Tickets for A VERY NAUGHTY CHRISTMAS, Australia's adults-only Christmas comedy, are now on sale.

Interactive Theatre International has announced the first regional tour of Signor Baffo from 3-13 October 2024.

Following a near sellout season at the Sydney Opera House and an overwhelming response to the initial Melbourne season announcement, the producers of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE An Adaptation in Words and Music have released an additional four performances to the Arts Centre Melbourne season in the Fairf

Much-lauded Lemony S Puppet Theatre will return to the Melbourne Fringe Festival with a Victorian premiere season that invites audiences on an inspiring journey of discovery and connection, through space and time.

Melbourne Theatre Company has announced thirteen world-class stage productions for its 2025 season.

Possibly like nothing you’ve seen before The Passion of Pauline is the reenactment of a real criminal trial performed as a TV game show.

Lifeline supports people struggling with their mental health.

Oli Mathiesen, Lucy Lynch, and Sharvon Mortimer present THE BUTTERFLY WHO FLEW INTO THE RAVE, an endurance-based dance work set to Suburban Knight's techno album, making its Australian premiere in Melbourne.

Seen by three million, streamed by over 350 million and adored by fans all around the world, singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell’s acclaimed West End and Broadway musical phenomenon Hadestown will premiere in Melbourne at the Her Majesty’s Theatre in May 2025.

Nominations are now open for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Australia - Melbourne Awards.

Six extra shows have been added to the season of Mother at Arts Centre Melbourne, starring much loved Australian actor Noni Hazlehurst AM.

Specials! is an Australian first – a disability led play created by a Special School student about Special School.

No matter where you are in the world, ISMO has an undeniable ability to make people see familiar cultural norms in an entirely new way!  ISMO's WOO HOO! WORLD TOUR kicks off in Australia in November 2024.