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Slop by Aviva Endean and Rebecca Jensen
Slop by Aviva Endean and Rebecca Jensen
May 13 – May 23, 2026 · Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre, Melbourne

Presented by Darebin Arts Speakeasy“Jensen and Endean are a remarkable duo” - Paul Neeson, Arts Wednesday  “riveting, engrossing and curiously moving” - Michael Brindley, Stage Whispers (on Slip)  Following the international success...

Blanc de Blanc Encore
Apr 17 – May 24, 2026 · Spiegeltent at Spiegel Haus Melbourne

Blanc de Blanc Encore, produced by Strut & Fret, is a cabaret show blending hedonism, humor, and old-school decadence with vintage French glamour, high-octane circus,...

Gilbert & Sullivan: A Musical Celebration
May 22 – May 24, 2026 · Regent Theatre

Opera Australia presents a concert celebration of the works of Gilbert and Sullivan, featuring highlights from The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance, H.M.S Pinafore, and...

Neurovision

Neurovision is a one-off cabaret spectacular at Arts Centre Melbourne's The Show Room, inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest and made in collaboration with disability-led...

Encore! Songs from the Musicals
Encore! Songs from the Musicals
May 28 – May 30, 2026 · Regent Theatre, Melbourne

A thrilling, star-studded showcase of showstoppers from our musical theatre classics.There are moments in the theatre when time seems to stand still — when every...

Once
Once
May 8 – May 30, 2026 · Chapel Off Chapel, Prahran

ONCE is the eight-time Tony Award-winning Irish musical that became a Broadway phenomenon in 2012 and went onto become a global smash hit. Based on...

The Magic Pudding: The Opera

Victorian Opera presents The Magic Pudding: The Opera, a return season of its adaptation of Norman Lindsay's classic Australian children's book. Composed by Calvin Bowman...

1154 Days
May 28 – May 31, 2026 · Arts House

1154 Days is a world premiere live performance by journalist Cheng Lei, directed by Emma Valente and Clyde White, premiering at Arts House in the...

MSO In Your Neighbourhood – Narre Warren: Music of This Place
Jun 4 · Bunjil Place

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra brings its In Your Neighbourhood series to Bunjil Place in Narre Warren with Music of This Place, a program featuring works...

Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett
Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett
Apr 17 – Jun 7, 2026 · Meat Market, North Melbourne

Season extended until 7th June due to phenomenal demand!!! Following a phenomenal, sell-out 2025 season, and due to overwhelming demand, Club Kabarett returns to North Melbourne’s...

Viva La Dirt League
Viva La Dirt League
Jun 7 · Palais Theatre, St Kilda

Comedy...

Good Company Entertainment Presents: The Big Chillout
Good Company Entertainment Presents: The Big Chillout
Jun 11 · MEMO Music Hall, St Kilda

Celebrating the soundtrack that saved Motown  Get ready to relive the music that defined a generation in The Big Chillout, a joyous, soul-stirring celebration of the...

Good Company Entertainment Presents: The Big Chillout
Good Company Entertainment Presents: The Big Chillout
Jun 12 · The Story House, Geelong

Celebrating the soundtrack that saved Motown  Get ready to relive the music that defined a generation in The Big Chillout, a joyous, soul-stirring celebration of the...

Good Company Entertainment Presents: The Big Chillout
Good Company Entertainment Presents: The Big Chillout

Celebrating the soundtrack that saved Motown  Get ready to relive the music that defined a generation in The Big Chillout, a joyous, soul-stirring celebration of the...

Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl
Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl
May 28 – Jun 14, 2026 · fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne

Melbourne Shakespeare Company is proud to present Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice, a luminous, poetic reimagining of the Greek myth, directed by multi-award-winner Gary Abrahams.Following acclaimed sold-out seasons...

Ganesh vs the Third Reich
Ganesh vs the Third Reich
Jun 17 – Jun 19, 2026 · Union Theatre, Parkville
Between The Lines - The James Joyce/Groucho Marx Letters
Jun 17 – Jun 21, 2026 · fortyfivedownstairs

Between The Lines - The James Joyce/Groucho Marx Letters is presented by Bloomsday in Melbourne, now in their 32nd year of celebrating the annual commemoration...

The Rehearsal Room: Design of Life
May 18 – Jun 22, 2026 · Arts Centre Melbourne, The Show Room

The Rehearsal Room: Design of Life is a series of open readings and workshops at Arts Centre Melbourne's The Show Room, running from May 18...

Improvising Care
Jun 20 – Jun 27, 2026 · Arts Centre Melbourne, The Show Room

Improvising Care is an experiential workshop running June 20–27 at Arts Centre Melbourne's The Show Room, exploring how arts-based techniques can support communication with those...

Punk the Beat! Let's W_ack!
May 7 – Jun 27, 2026 · Arts Centre Melbourne, The Show Room

Punk the Beat! Let's W_ack! is a workshop series teaching Punking and W_acking, two forms of club dance born from the underground Queer dancefloors of...

Sheltering
Sheltering
Jun 18 – Jun 27, 2026 · Arts Centre Melbourne, Southbank

Beneath the constellation of its creative and cultural legacy, Australia’s leading Indigenous performing arts company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, will present a program of three powerful...

Still Classy: Ten Years of A Class Act
Still Classy: Ten Years of A Class Act
Jun 27 · The Motley Bauhaus, Carlton

In 2016 Ilana Charnelle bursts onto the cabaret scene with ‘A Class Act’: a collection of her best vintage-inspired original songs. She’s twenty-five, not afraid...

In Shadows (Dalam Bayang-Bayang)
In Shadows (Dalam Bayang-Bayang)
Jun 24 – Jun 28, 2026 · Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre, Melbourne

A ghost story told through shadow puppetry, live music and dance, In Shadows (Dalam Bayang-Bayang) reimagines a classic tale from Southeast Asian folklore and immerses...

SIX the Musical

SIX the Musical returns to Australia, bringing the story of the six wives of Henry VIII — Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anna...



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