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Grammy and Tony Award-winning musical JAGGED LITTLE PILL, inspired by the seminal rock album of the same name by seven-time Grammy Award winner Alanis Morissette, will play its final performance in Sydney on Sunday 14 August.

The five-time Tony Award winning production Titanic The Musical will play an exclusive and limited season In Concert in Melbourne this November starring one of Australia's finest artists Anthony Warlow.

Designed to promote curiosity, insight and action, The Big Anxiety is a cultural festival that connects people to share their lived experiences of mental health, emotional distress, trauma and recovery.

Melbourne Opera is staging the Gaetano Donizetti bel canto masterpiece Australian audiences fell for 45 years ago when Dame Joan Sutherland performed the title role.

The United Ukrainian Ballet will arrive in Australia this October to perform the world’s most loved ballet, SWAN LAKE.

The 2022 Victorian State Schools Spectacular (VSSS) makes an exciting and highly anticipated return to the stage for the first time in three years for two shows on Saturday 10 September 2022 at 1pm and 6:30pm at John Cain Arena.

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Tim Lawson in association with Michael Harrison and The Really Useful Group have announced that Euan Fistrovic Doidge will star as Joseph, and Paulini as The Narrator, in this dazzling new production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

After wildly successful seasons in Sydney and Brisbane, Dolly Parton’s smash-hit West End musical, 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL, arrives in Melbourne this weekend on Sunday 10 July.

The battle between good and evil has commenced, with rehearsals starting this week for the upcoming Australian professional production premiere of Jekyll and Hyde produced by Hayes Theatre Co.

The original, largest and widely regarded as the world's greatest live celebrity tribute show, Legends in Concert is very excited to be returning to The Palms at Crown Melbourne in January 2023 after a two year long intermission from its annual record-breaking seasonal appearances at Crown, opening

Presented by Frontier Touring, the Victorian Government and ALWAYS LIVE, the December 10 concert will set Melbourne buzzing with a phenomenal 52% of ticket buyers from outside of metropolitan Melbourne and 42% from outside of Victoria.

After a sold-out tour in three Australian capital cities in three amazing venues: The Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne, The Princess Theatre, Brisbane and The Octagon at Adelaide Fringe Festival, ORACLE returns to Melbourne for a new season at the Athenaeum theatre from 14-30 July 2022.

On Sunday, JULY 3, 2022, the mighty 13-piece GRAND WAZOO - Kings of Soul celebrates the band's 41st BIRTHDAY, with a dynamic PARTY SHOW at NORTHCOTE SOCIAL CLUB.

The final cast members have been unveiled for the highly-anticipated Australian premiere of the original Tony Award winning Broadway production of Hairspray, which is set to open at the Regent Theatre in August.

And she was wearing trousers: a call to our heroines is a new exhibition exploring the hope, loss, love and determination of African heroines through a series of new commissions by artists from the African continent and African diaspora in Australia.

SIX the Musical is a must see this winter in Melbourne.

Tuesday June 28th, 2022, marks the 120th Anniversary of the birth of legendary Broadway composer Richard Rodgers, Rob Morrison's Musical Theatre Melodies will commemorate the occasion with the broadcast and streaming premiere of the Museum of the City of New York's A CELEBRATION OF RICHARD RODGERS,

Stir-fried Science, created with the support of National Science Week and Inspiring Australia, is a cornucopia of science, comedy, music and even a smidgen of philosophy that will be performed by Michele Conyngham, Phil Dooley and Patrick Trumper from 18 July to 23 July at The Butterfly Club, Melbou

Alice Pung's award-winning novel Laurinda comes to Melbourne Theatre Company's stage, premiering on Thursday 11 August at Southbank Theatre.

Iliza Shlesinger returns to Australia in February 2023 for two special shows only, with her brand-new show BACK IN ACTION.

How many universes do we inhabit? Complex realities merge with inner worlds in this mystical and striking new dance work: Jagad.

The Melbourne season of Sydney Theatre Company's smash-hit THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY has been extended due to overwhelming demand, with tickets now on sale for final shows through to Sunday 7 August.

Late, Late At Night, the musical stage adaptation of Rick Springfield's autobiography has been rescheduled from Saturday, June 4th to Sunday, July 10th @ 4pm at the Memo Music Hall, St Kilda due to illness.

Chugg Entertainment and Frontier Touring has announced American pop-rock trio HANSON are adding two additional concert dates to their now 8-date Australia and New Zealand RED GREEN BLUE 2022 TOUR this November following quick sellouts in Perth and Melbourne.