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As the first main stage production in Australia in over forty years, Melbourne Opera and IOpera will present a stunning reinterpretation of Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht and Elisabeth Hauptmann's The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny at The Athenaeum from 1 May.

Told through the letters from First Nations women during the First World War to their husbands and sons on the front lines, No More Sugar.

The Board of Melbourne Chamber Orchestra has announced the appointment of Sophie Rowell as Artistic Director designate of Melbourne Chamber Orchestra.

Award winning independent company Australian Contemporary Opera Co (ACOCo),  in partnership with The Wheeler Centre and Fed Square, presents Philip Glass’ divisive  Book of Longing — a unique and intoxicating collaboration between two of the most  celebrated musical artists of their generatio

Theatre Works and Rogue Projects have announced that Ally Morgan's critically-acclaimed cabaret Not Today, directed by Melbourne's Miranda Middleton, will play an additional six performances, in a fantastic sign that the local cabaret and musical scene is recovering from a tough Summer.

Today, Grammy and Emmy Award winning comedian, actor, director, writer and producer, Chris Rock, has announced a brand-new Melbourne show at Margaret Court Arena on Thursday 11 August, 2022.

Hercules was seen as a hero, a great protector and a role model.

Grab some newly released tickets and see why this show is a total failure 'cause Isaac Haigh doesn't suck at all.

After Aida: Comedy & Arias About the Retirement That Wasn't is at Atheneum Two – from 20 – 22 May, 2022.

A princess? An ogre? A talking goat? Who will you meet today? Every show is different! We've learnt lots of scripts - now you get to pick which ones we perform! Each performance features three beloved children's tales, complete with original songs and non-stop laughs for the whole family.

Tickets to multi-Platinum-selling global superstar Michael Bublé’s Australian tour went on sale on Friday and due to huge demand, new shows have been added in Melbourne and Brisbane.

Some of Australia’s most-loved performers including Todd McKenney, Rhonda Burchmore, Rob Mills, and Asabi Goodman are joining Shane Jacobson, as Edna Turnblad, to star in the upcoming premiere of the Tony Award winning Broadway production of Hairspray, set to open at the Regent Theatre in A

The inimitable music legend Barbra Streisand turns 80 in April 2022 and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra celebrates this monumental occasion with four stunning performances at Hamer Hall.

The Marvellous Elephant Man is an inaccurate and irreverent retelling of the classic and tragic tale that nobody asked for and nobody should really laugh at.

The Australian production of HAMILTON has officially opened in Melbourne, beginning performances at Her Majesty's Theatre from 15 March 2022.

The producers of Peter Pan - The 360° Adventure are delighted to introduce Mitchell Bourke in the role of Peter Pan and Lucy-Rose Leonard who will be playing the role of Wendy in the upcoming acclaimed theatrical performance set to enchant audiences across Australia through 2022 / 2023.

Melbourne Theatre Company's critically acclaimed production of Admissions will extend until 12 April, marking a positive shift in consumer confidence and the first time in two years that MTC has extended a season due to popular demand.

Entering the theatre, we see nought but a lone piano on the stage.

Melbourne Theatre Company's long-awaited production of The Heartbreak Choir will open on 29 April starring William McInnes (An Ideal Husband), Maude Davey (The Newsreader), Carita Farrer Spencer (Ladies in Black), Ratidzo Mambo (Escape from Pretoria), Emily Milledge (The House of Bernarda Alba

The Gudinski Family and the Mushroom Group have announced that a statue of the late Michael Solomon Gudinski AM, Mushroom Group founder, was unveiled this morning outside Melbourne's iconic Rod Laver Arena, part of the Melbourne & Olympic Park precinct.

Opening on Thursday 21 April as part of MTC's acclaimed Families and Education Program, SLAP.

The smash hit musical ANYTHING GOES, starring Tony Award winner Sutton Foster and directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall will sail onto Australian cinema screens this weekend for two days only on Sunday March 27 and Wednesday March 30 in a live recording filmed at London'

Straight off the back of her very first live tour announcement, reality TV royalty Abbie Chatfield has announced a 2nd and final Melbourne show of A Hot Night With Abbie Chatfield, after tickets for all shows went off during the Frontier Members pre-sale.

David Venn Enterprises (The Wedding Singer, Bring It On: The Musical) has announced national tour dates for the Australian professional premiere of Cruel Intentions: The ‘90s Musical, with tickets on sale now for Melbourne and Sydney, and new seasons announced in Brisbane and Adelaide.

We Take Back Our Mother Tongues is the next creation by FAMILI, a multidisciplinary storytelling project where a team of Oceanic artists represent their complex experiences of culture and identity in diaspora.