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Arts Centre Melbourne

100 St Kilda Rd
Southbank, vic 3004

Arts Centre Melbourne is a theatre in Melbourne, Australia.

Upcoming Shows

Spire Alight

Oct 9 – Oct 10, 2026

A dazzling laser light show projected on the iconic Theatres Building Spire, using cutting-edge laser-light technology to trace the architectural details including the ballerina steel skirt. The spire is transformed from a static metallic tower into a breathtaking animated...

The Wagner Gala

The Wagner Gala

Oct 16

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...

Watershed: The Death of Dr Duncan

Watershed: The Death of Dr Duncan

Nov 21 – Nov 28, 2026

The moment and the movement that changed Australia. As his body hit the water, few heard the impact. But the ripple effect of the murderous act defied natural law and swelled to seismic scale. It’s half a century since the infamous drowning of Dr George Ian Ogilvie Duncan; a...

Melbourne, Australia Critics Wanted

BWW is always seeking talented theater enthusiasts to head up feature coverage our over 130 regional areas. As a Contributing Editor, you will have the opportunity to review the shows of your choice, conduct interviews with local and touring talent, design features of your own choosing for publishing, and work/network with your local theater press reps to bring exposure to the theatrical offerings in your area.

All applicants should have excellent writing skills and an interest for giving local theaters and productions some prominence on BroadwayWorld.com.

Your compensation as a featured writer with us not only includes exclusive press seats to all of the shows you cover (as is standard in your area and arranged between you and the theater) but also the opportunity to be published under your own byline and publishing profile on both the local and main pages of the site for maximum exposure to our 5M+ monthly visitors.

If this sounds like you, please send a resume and one writing sample to social@broadwayworld.com.

Past Shows

37 total · showing 21–30

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Oct 5 – Oct 9, 2021

Shakespeares classic comedy, A Midsummer Nights Dream, is reawakened in this breathless production brimming with magic, mirth and mayhem. Love is in the air in Athens and its contagious. Besides the royal wedding, which is just days away, there are young lovers dreaming of...

Hamlet

Hamlet

Sep 9 – Sep 19, 2021

Originally programmed for Bell Shakespeares 30th anniversary season in 2020, Peter Evans critically acclaimed production of one of Shakespeares most iconic and tragic works returns in 2021. Inside the glamorous court of Denmark in the 1960s, a family is torn apart by murder and...

The Father

The Father

Nov 2 – Dec 16, 2017

You can’t fool Andre. But there’s definitely something fishy going on. And while he may be eighty years old and apt to forget things, they are only ever small things. Like where he’s put his watch. It doesn’t explain why people are messing around with things in his flat. Or why...

Noises Off

Noises Off

Jul 8 – Aug 12, 2017

A clumsy bombshell; a despotic director; a stuttering actor. It was never going to be easy staging a bedroom farce on tour, with a mediocre cast, but this is complete pandemonium! On stage, it’s a whirl of slamming doors, missed cues, dropped lines and dropped trousers...

Theo and the Lion

Sep 7

Theo, Angelie, a toy Lion and an imagined bird take us on a dreamscape adventure of discovery where stories emerge from a nostalgic world of burnished household objects. These delightful visual narratives set within a beautiful live score invite young audiences to share Theo’s...

Miss Ophelia

Aug 3 – Aug 4, 2013

Ophelia is going to be a great actress who will travel the world, or at least that is what her parents want for her. When her tiny voice derails the dream, Ophelia stumbles upon a shadow that belongs to no one, and takes the solitary silhouette under her wing. When more shadows...

Sunday in the Park With George

Jul 20 – Jul 27, 2013

Sunday in the Park with George is a joyous musical theatre retelling of a visionary artist’s creative process. In Stephen Sondheim’s arguably greatest work, Seurat’s much-loved painting comes to life, revealing the lives and loves of its subjects, and exploring the ‘art of...

One Man, Two Guvnors

May 17 – Jun 22, 2013

It was one of Broadway’s hottest tickets and the darling of the West End. Now, after a sold out, five-star, award-winning season in the West End, Arts Centre Melbourne and MTC are bringing the National Theatre of Great Britain’s smash hit comedy, One Man, Two Guvnors, to...

Puss in Boots

Jun 1

From chasing rabbits to challenging a powerful ogre, this cat’s crafty ways soon earn his master the celebrated title of Marquis of Carabas, the admiration of the King and the attentions of the beautiful Princess. For this hunter, trickster and fast talker, nothing is...

Last Man Standing

May 9 – May 19, 2013

Last Man Standing, a Gospel Rock Opera Concert is two hours of hit songs and fun, telling the story of the birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll and its origins in the gospel music of the Deep South. Jenelle Randall is a gospel singer from the USA and has made her name both on and off Broadway...

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