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Ensemble Theatre will present True West, a wickedly funny and scorching tale of sibling rivalry by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Oscar-nominated actor Sam Shepard.

After sellout seasons in Melbourne and the Gold Coast this year the feathers, the sequins, the glamour of Cabaret De Paris is back for two shows only at Sydney's State Theatre.

The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of South Australia is bringing one of the world's most beloved musicals to the stage, when The Sound of Music opens at The Arts Theatre.

The inaugural musical at the newly revitalized Teatro at the Italian Forum will be The Addams Family, opening this October.

Patrick Barlow’s stage adaptation of Alred Hitchcock’s THE 39 STEPS is a madcap spoof of the black and white murder mystery movies featuring the clowning and comedy antics of the Umbilical Brothers.

Following a sell-out, critically acclaimed premiere season in 2023 and a smash-hit national tour in 2024, Joanna Murray Smith’s political drama Julia, comes to the Illawarra Performing Arts Centre stage.

Merrigong Theatre Company has been named Performing Arts Centre of the Year at the 2025 PAC Australia IMPACT Awards, announced during the Australian Performing Arts Exchange (APAX).

Phar Lap: The Electro-Swing Musical will have its world premiere at Hayes Theatre Co from October 17–November 22, 2025.

Sting will perform in his musical The Last Ship at Brisbane’s new Glasshouse Theatre from April 9–May 3, 2026, in an exclusive Australian season.

Audiences in Parramatta can join Juliet as she rewrites her story, supported by an eccentric cast of characters including her friends, a lovestruck new flame, and even a reimagined Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway.

Just For Laughs Sydney will return this November for its 13th edition, presenting a blockbuster lineup of international stars and Australian comedy favourites.

Legendary comedian, television host, and film star Rosie O’Donnell will make her highly anticipated Australian debut with her critically acclaimed one-woman show Common Knowledge.

Showcasing the diversity of talent in Sydney, Once On This Island is a poignant tale of love and sacrifice.

Following a sold-out debut at Brisbane Festival in 2024, the smash-hit stage adaptation of Trent Dalton’s best-selling book Love Stories will make its Sydney premiere at Riverside Theatres Parramatta from September 11–20, 2025.

Queensland Performing Arts Centre will host its free 40th Anniversary Open Day on August 31, 2025, with backstage tours, workshops, live performances, and special exhibitions offering a rare behind-the-scenes look at one of Australia’s leading cultural institutions.

The Sydney Opera House announced an all-star posse of performers for Calamity Jane, set to transform the Studio into a Wild West saloon for a strictly limited season.

The Playwrought Project will bring Shakespeare’s infamous battle of the sexes back to the stage in an electrifying, reimagined production of The Taming of the Shrew.

Queensland Performing Arts Centre will present The Drover's Wife – The Opera would have its world premiere in QPAC's new Glasshouse Theatre.

Celebrating 70 dazzling years since its debut, Lerner and Loewe’s iconic My Fair Lady returns to the Sydney Opera House guided by musical theatre and Hollywood royalty Julie Andrews and co-directed by Karen Johnson Mortimer from September 2026.

Sydney’s strangest real-life whodunnit comes roaring back to life in Shark Arm Case, a gripping new immersive theatre experience presented at the Justice & Police Museum from August 14 to 30.

Sydney’s Inner West will soon be home to a brand-new professional theatre, as Teatro at the Italian Forum opens its doors in Leichhardt this October.

The 28th South Australian Living Artists (SALA) Festival has begun, kicking off a month-long statewide celebration of visual art with over 11,000 artists exhibiting in more than 700 exhibitions.

Annie Baker’s (Playwright) 2009 Obie Award winning Off-Broadway play, CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION is presented with humour and heart by director Dean Bryant.

Sydney Dance Company and Carriageworks, in partnership with The Balnaves Foundation, will present the 2025 season of New Breed, featuring four bold world premieres by emerging choreographers Emma Fishwick, Ngaere Jenkins, Ryan Pearson, and Harrison Ritchie-Jones.

Artspace, in partnership with Create NSW, will present the 2025 NSW Visual Arts Fellowship (Emerging) exhibition from August 21 to October 19, 2025.