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MIDSUMMA FESTIVAL Kicks Off This Weekend


by Stephi Wild - January 16, 2025

This weekend Midsumma Festival 2025 will kick off with the highly anticipated Midsumma Carnival in the Alexandra Gardens. Learn more about the upcoming event here!...

Midsumma Festival 2025 Launches For A Summer of Collective Identity(s)


by Stephi Wild - November 27, 2024

Midsumma, Australia’s premier LGBTQIA+ Arts Organisation has announced the 2025 festival program. Learn more about the full upcoming lineup for the event here!...

Past Shows

Midsumma 2025: QRAVE
Midsumma 2025: QRAVE
1/29 - 2/8/2025


QRAVE is a deeply personal and politically charged exhibition and performance piece by Jessi Ryan , a queer artist, journalist, and storyteller. Part research project, ...

Midsumma 2025: CODED
Midsumma 2025: CODED
1/23 - 1/25/2025


Amelia Jean O’Leary’s latest dance creation, CODED , offers an intimate and powerful exploration of First Nations femme queer identities, exploring themes of personified queerness ...

Midsumma 2025: Medium
Midsumma 2025: Medium
1/23 - 1/25/2025


In Medium , Ari Angkasa presents a provocative and visually stunning live film performance under the moonlight. Combining elements of performance lecture, sci-fi thriller, and ...

Box Machine! at Abbotsford Convent for Summer 2025


BOX MACHINE!  is a fantastic new large-scale and interactive exhibition for children and their adults, designed and delivered by Mischa Long and Ross Koger. Giant ...

Headwater
Headwater
10/17 - 10/19/2024


Solo practice is exciting, but incredibly exposed. As a soloist and improviser, Helen Svoboda feels torn between the many options they have as a vocalist, bassist and ...

The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave


Explore techno and rave culture, witness the destruction of 3 humans. Experience a 3-day rave condensed into an hour with this spectacle of pure endurance.  ...

DisGraceland by The Huxleys at Abbotsford Convent


DisGraceland sees The Huxleys on a wild road trip across rural Victoria for a lurid fever dream capturing the story of two queer alien Elvis’s ...

ESCALATOR by Stephanie Lake Company at Abbotsford Convent


The award-winning Stephanie Lake Company will premiere an exciting season of brand-new dance works by five of Melbourne/Naarm’s freshest choreographic talents for ESCALATOR , taking ...

Archiving The Ephemeral
Archiving The Ephemeral
4/14 - 4/22/2023


Archiving The Ephemeral, by performance artist Leisa Shelton, will, for the first time, bring together for the completed bodies of work spanning over 30 years ...

Archiving The Ephemeral
Archiving The Ephemeral
4/14 - 4/22/2023


Archiving The Ephemeral, by performance artist Leisa Shelton, will, for the first time, bring together for the completed bodies of work spanning over 30 years ...

Music in the Round


Discover fresh faces and new perspectives as the Abbotsford Convents historic spaces come to life at Music in the RoundThis years program delivers a fresh ...

Videos


Play In A Day: Volpone, Or, The Fox in Australia - Melbourne Play In A Day: Volpone, Or, The Fox
The University of Melbourne (11/18 - 11/18)
Steel Magnolias in Australia - Melbourne Steel Magnolias
Athenaeum Theatre (7/23 - 8/9)
MJ The Musical in Australia - Melbourne MJ The Musical
Her Majesty's Theatre (9/9 - 3/1)
BMW Opera for All in Australia - Melbourne BMW Opera for All
Federation Square, CBD (3/14 - 3/14)
Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour - Phantom of the Opera in Australia - Melbourne Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour - Phantom of the Opera
Mrs Macquaries Point (3/27 - 5/3)
Saturday Night Fever in Australia - Melbourne Saturday Night Fever
Athenaeum Theatre (1/8 - 1/25)
VIDEOS
The Placeholder in Australia - Melbourne The Placeholder
fortyfivedownstairs (2/27 - 2/8)
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