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Cut Chilli by Chenturan Aran

Cut Chilli by Chenturan Aran

Aug 12 – Aug 23, 2026 · Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre, Melbourne

No one leaves the table until someone tells the truth. “ Cut Chilli makes me excited for Australian theatre. A blazing standout .” - Sydney Morning Herald “Your face is an ancestral mountain, carved by mothers who dreamed you beyond their lifetime.” Jamie was abandoned as a baby...

PAW Patrol™ Live! Race to the Rescue

PAW Patrol™ Live! "Race to the Rescue"

Aug 22 – Aug 23, 2026 · Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne

Nickelodeon, VStar Entertainment Group, and TEG Life Like Touring are thrilled to announce the return of PAW Patrol™ Live! "Race to the Rescue , " celebrating 10 years of the iconic Broadway-style production. The PAW Patrol® are on a roll and LIVE on stage! The heroic characters...

Break of Day

Aug 7 – Aug 29, 2026 · Malthouse Theatre

Break of Day is the world premiere of Steve Rodgers' new Australian play, directed by Sarah Goodes and starring Kat Stewart as Pam, a nightshift worker in the rural town of Burra Creek who envisions a better life for her daughter Rae, played by Sherry-Lee Watson. The ensemble...

Hear My Eyes: Memento

Aug 29 · City Recital Hall, Sydney

Christopher Nolan's neo-noir cult classic Memento will be screened with a live original percussive score composed and performed by Michael "Cavs" Cavanagh, drummer of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. Conceived by Hear My Eyes, Cavanagh's percussion-driven score will respond...

The Sacrifice of Farinelli

Aug 13 – Aug 29, 2026 · Bluestone Church Arts Space

Subverse Theatre presents the premiere season of an original Australian work written and directed by Stuart Bruce, inspired by the extraordinary story of Carlo Broschi—the legendary castrato Farinelli—and his composer brother Riccardo Broschi. Blending baroque music, immersive...

Il Trovatore

Il Trovatore

Aug 23 – Aug 30, 2026 · Athenaeum Theatre Melbourne, Melbourne

A ruined Spanish theatre sets the stage for Verdi’s haunting Il Trovatore - a story of love, power and revenge filled with one musical highlight followed by another. Melbourne Opera’s production of Il Trovatore is dedicated to the memory of Dame Joan Sutherland, AC DBE, in...

Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)

Jul 16 – Aug 30, 2026 · Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House

Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) is an Olivier Award-winning musical comedy retelling of Jane Austen's most iconic love story, featuring pop classics including Young Hearts Run Free, Will You Love Me Tomorrow, and You're So Vain. Five women take on all the roles, including...

Kindred People 2026

Kindred People 2026

Sep 1 – Sep 5, 2026 · The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts, Melbourne

Awaken murrup — Awaken the spirit Kindred People is an Indigenousled gathering of global First Nations artists, Elders, Knowledge Holders, students and community, coming to Monash University on Boonwurrung Country in September 2026. Guided by culture, the festival centres...

Mamma Mia!

Sep 4 – Sep 8, 2026 · The Star Gold Coast

Mamma Mia! is a musical featuring 22 of ABBA's greatest hits, set on a sun-soaked Greek island and following a mother, her daughter, and three potential dads. The production is presented by The Very Popular Theatre Company with an all-Australian cast of 31 performers, directed...

Dance Palace

Dance Palace

Aug 20 – Sep 12, 2026 · Luna Park, St Kilda

This is a once-in-a-lifetime NEWSFLASH. Finucane & Smith are reopening the beloved, iconic Luna Palace after 5 long years, with the absolute festival of fearless funDance Palace. A carnival of hot divas that only Finucane & Smith can dream up: pub rock queens and Bollywood love...

A Beautiful Noise

Aug 5 – Sep 13, 2026 · Princess Theatre, Melbourne

TICKETS GO ON SALE FRIDAY, JAN. 17 AT 10 A.M. FOR THE PREMIERE ATLANTA ENGAGEMENT COMING TO THE FOX THEATRE FROM MARCH 11-16, 2025 BROADWAY STAR AND “AMERICAN IDOL” WINNER NICK FRADIANI PLAYS THE TITLE ROLE IN THE NATIONAL TOUR ATLANTA (Jan. 17, 2025) – Producers Ken Davenport...

Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)

Sep 2 – Sep 13, 2026 · IMB Theatre, IPAC

Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) is an Olivier Award-winning musical comedy retelling of Jane Austen's most iconic love story, featuring pop classics including Young Hearts Run Free, Will You Love Me Tomorrow, and You're So Vain. Five women take on all the roles, including...

Triptych

Sep 16 – Sep 19, 2026 · Sydney Opera House

Triptych is an award-winning mixed bill choreographed by Bungandidj and Ngarrindjeri choreographer Lewis Major, presenting three short works — Prologue, Unfolding, and Epilogue. Performed by four dancers, the triple bill investigates poetic possibilities, universal rhythms and...

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Sep 11 – Sep 20, 2026 · Chapel off Chapel (The Chapel)

Soundworks Productions presents a reimagining of Sweeney Todd, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler, directed by Benjamin Samuel and choreographed by Skylar Delphinus. Set in 19th-century London, the story follows Benjamin Barker, who returns after...

Triptych

Sep 22 – Sep 26, 2026 · Arts Centre Melbourne

Triptych is an award-winning mixed bill choreographed by Bungandidj and Ngarrindjeri choreographer Lewis Major, presenting three short works — Prologue, Unfolding, and Epilogue — in its Victorian premiere. Performed by four dancers, the triple bill investigates poetic...

Where is the Green Sheep?

Sep 22 – Sep 26, 2026 · Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne

Where is the Green Sheep? is an immersive visual theatre production based on the iconic children's book by Judy Horacek and Mem Fox, which has sold more than 2.5 million copies worldwide. Adapted for the stage and directed by Eva Di Cesare, the production blends puppetry and...

Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)

Sep 16 – Sep 27, 2026 · Canberra Theatre, Canberra Theatre Centre

Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) is an Olivier Award-winning musical comedy retelling of Jane Austen's most iconic love story, featuring pop classics including Young Hearts Run Free, Will You Love Me Tomorrow, and You're So Vain. Five women take on all the roles, including...

Ode To A Grape

Ode To A Grape

Sep 28 – Oct 3, 2026 · The Motley Bauhaus - The Cellar, Melbourne

Johann is launching a poetry book. Johann is a very bad poet. Prepare to be simultaneously charmed and berated by Trau’s resident self proclaimed artist, incompetent anarchist, and lover of grapes. Born in Limburg; Germany, Johann packed his quill and moved to the small town of...

Monty Python's Spamalot

Monty Python's Spamalot

Sep 16 – Oct 11, 2026 · The Athenaeum, Melbourne

The legendary search for the Holy Grail is officially headed for Australia! After a spectacular season at Perth's Planet Royale in May, Drew Anthony Creative has announced that the Tony Award®–winning Best Musical, MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT , will gallop into Melbourne and Sydney...

The Wagner Gala

The Wagner Gala

Oct 16 · Ian Potter State Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne

A landmark, one-night-only musical event to mark the reopening of the Ian Potter State Theatre at Arts Centre Melbourne. Be part of our return to the Ian Potter State Theatre, as the curtain rises on a renewed Melbourne icon – and opera reverberates through the theatre once...

SLUGS

SLUGS

Oct 1 – Oct 17, 2026 · FESTIVAL HUB: MEAT MARKET – THE STABLES, Melbourne

It’s about nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing. We promise. An electro-punk concert, a play, a clown show, and a basement puppet nightmare all rolled into one from award-winning performance/comedy duo Creepy Boys (S.E. Grummett & Sam Kruger)...

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SLUGS in Melbourne, Australia SLUGS
FESTIVAL HUB: MEAT MARKET – THE STABLES (10/01-10/17)
Dance Palace in Melbourne, Australia Dance Palace
Luna Park (8/20-9/12)
Play In A Day: Volpone, Or, The Fox in Melbourne, Australia Play In A Day: Volpone, Or, The Fox
The University of Melbourne (11/18-11/18)
Monty Python's Spamalot in Melbourne, Australia Monty Python's Spamalot
The Athenaeum (9/16-10/11)
Scandal in Melbourne, Australia Scandal
Viva Melbourne (5/01-4/25) PHOTOS
Society in Melbourne, Australia Society
Viva Melbourne (5/01-4/25) PHOTOS
La Bohème in Melbourne, Australia La Bohème
Regent Theatre (11/07-11/18)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo''s Nest in Melbourne, Australia One Flew Over the Cuckoo''s Nest
Athenaeum Theatre One (11/18-12/06)
Cut Chilli by Chenturan Aran in Melbourne, Australia Cut Chilli by Chenturan Aran
Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre (8/12-8/23)
Menopause The Musical in Melbourne, Australia Menopause The Musical
Athenaeum Theatre One (9/02-9/06)