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MILF and Cookies

MILF and Cookies

Oct 14 – Oct 15, 2026 · Melbourne Trades Hall Festival Hub, Carlton

‘MILF and Cookies’, written and performed by Marilyn Leder, is a comedy and song smackdown of marriage, divorce, dating, antisemitism and smashing through the comedy boys club. As part of Melbourne Fringe Festival, the show is the much anticipated follow-up to Marilyn's smash...

The Wagner Gala

The Wagner Gala

Oct 16 · 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...

Country House: An Improvised Comedy of Manners

Country House: An Improvised Comedy of Manners

Oct 13 – Oct 17, 2026 · Meat Market, Melbourne

You’re cordially invited to Country House, the 1920s comedy that’s oh-so chic, oh-so witty and oh-so improvised. The team behind Murder Village: An Improvised Whodunnit brings the charm of countryside England to Melbourne Fringe for five off-the-cuff sojourns inspired by Downton...

CREEPY BOYS: SLUGS

Oct 1 – Oct 17, 2026 · Meat Market - The Stables

Part electro-punk concert, part play, part clown show, and part basement puppet nightmare, SLUGS is a technicolour acid trip created by real-life partners S.E. Grummett and Sam Kruger. It features puppet Joni Mitchell, a two-person horse and just about every body part they have...

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)...

The Manager Is Me

The Manager Is Me

Oct 8 – Oct 17, 2026 · Little Train Creative, South Yarra

A hilarious meltdown about invisible labour and losing your shit in a really organised way Blood type: CBF. Sex life: On Afterpay. The Situation: Three kids, one husband, minutes before school drop-off, and a woman in absolute command of her own collapse. The Manager Is Me is a...

The Manager Is Me

Oct 8 – Oct 17, 2026 · The Motley Wherehaus

A 55-minute solo collision of comedy, spoken word and theatre about the impossible job of holding everything together. Written and performed by Dayna Fallon, 2025 Victorian State Champion of the Australian Poetry Slam and National Finalist at the Sydney Opera House, and directed...

An Evening Without Kate Bush

Oct 13 – Oct 18, 2026 · Fairfax Studio, Arts Centre Melbourne

An Evening Without Kate Bush, starring Sarah-Louise Young, is a cult cabaret that pays tribute to the music, fans and mythology of Kate Bush. The show features classic hits including Running Up That Hill, Cloudbusting and The Man With The Child In His Eyes, alongside unique...

Piss Be With You

Piss Be With You

Oct 12 – Oct 18, 2026 · Grouse, Melbourne

A side-splitting sapphic splash-tacular; dive into the soul-bearing space betwixt pleasure and p*ss! “Cleo had the entire audience eating (or sipping?) out of the palm of her hand.” - Stage Door Podcast “If the nightclub is a queer church, then Rapture is like a lesbian Jesus”...

PLACE DANCES

Oct 15 – Oct 18, 2026 · Buxton Contemporary

A new solo work by acclaimed Australian dancer and choreographer Lucy Guerin, marking her first performance in thirteen years. Place Dances is a live reckoning with sixty years of dance thinking, beginning in lecture form and moving into physical expression through her body. It...

Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)

Sep 30 – Oct 18, 2026 · Queensland Performing Arts 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...

Sink or SING! A Sing-Along Cabaret

Sink or SING! A Sing-Along Cabaret

Oct 14 – Oct 18, 2026 · Trades Hall - ETU Ballroom, Carlton

Attention all bathroom belters and car karaoke kings and queens! After a smash-hit seasons at Adelaide Fringe Festival and Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Sink or SING! A Sing-Along Cabaret arrives at Melbourne Fringe Festival from 14 to 18 October 2026. Hosted by award-winning...

Sink or SING! A Sing-Along Cabaret

Oct 14 – Oct 18, 2026 · Festival Hub: Trades Hall - ETU Ballroom

This interactive singing party is hosted by award-winning vocalist and international vocal coach Amelie Peters, featuring a live six-piece band called The Hot Mess Orchestra. With a fully stocked bar offering plenty of liquid courage, the show turns a night at the cabaret with...

La Ronde

Oct 21 · Spiegel Haus Melbourne

From the creators of Blanc de Blanc and Late Night Vice, La Ronde makes its Melbourne debut showcasing the very best circus performers from around the world. The whirlwind show glitters, spins and leaves audiences wanting more, taking up residency in the Spiegeltent as the...

MSO In Your Neighbourhood: Glenroy

Oct 22 · Glenroy Secondary College

World premiere of a new MSO commission from 2026 Composer in Residence Joe Chindamo, led by Concertmaster Natalie Chee. The program opens with Chindamo's Fantasie auf Nachtmusik, a reimagining of Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik, followed by the premiere of Chindamo's Flute...

MSO In Your Neighbourhood: Wyndham

Oct 23 · Wyndham Cultural Centre

A cultural collaboration bringing together Wyndham-based Māori performing arts group Ngā Mātai Pūrua and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Ngā Mātai Pūrua opens the night with haka and song before the MSO performs works by Joe Chindamo. The evening closes with MSO musicians and...

A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical

Aug 5 – Oct 25, 2026 · Princess Theatre

A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical is the uplifting true story of how a kid from Brooklyn became a chartbusting, show-stopping American rock icon, created in collaboration with Neil Diamond himself. The Australian cast is led by Broadway star Will Swenson as Neil...

Edward Scissorhands in Concert Live to Film

Oct 30 – Oct 31, 2026 · Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra presents the Australian premiere of Edward Scissorhands in Concert Live to Film at Hamer Hall, featuring Tim Burton's 1990 modern fairytale with GRAMMY-winning composer Danny Elfman's score performed live by the MSO. Conducted by Nicholas Buc...

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