Month: November 2025
Review: The Glass Menagerie Still Cuts Like Shards
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Tennessee Williams wrote The Glass Menagerie in 1944. It was his breakout play, a memory-story that still cuts like shards eighty years later. Its themes never date. Hope, failure, guilt, fantasy, and the fragility of family bonds. State Theatre Company South Australia leans into that fragility with a production directed by Shannon…
Film Review: Christmas Karma Is Messy, Musical & Surprisingly Moving
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Gurinder Chadha has never been shy about mixing tones, cultures, or politics, and Christmas Karma may be her most full-throated collision yet: Dickens by way of Bollywood, pantomime, pop musical, and Brexit-era satire. The result is uneven, bold and occasionally baffling. But if you’re willing to surrender to its maximalism, it’s far…
Film Review: The North 2025 Russell Hobbs British Film Festival
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The North is a meditation on how nature shakes us awake, forces truth, and reconnects us. Showing now at the Russell Hobbs British Film Festival, it’s a film of surprising power that lets the vast Scottish Highlands take the lead. With subtle, unobtrusive direction, director Bart Schrijver invites us into…
Gasp Inducing Orpheus & Eurydice Set To Be A Thrilling Night Out
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A thrilling production of Gluck’s Orpheus & Eurydice will stun audiences in Melbourne from 2-5 December, when the acclaimed production arrives at the Regent Theatre following critical acclaim and sold-out shows at Edinburgh International Festival earlier this year. Opera Australia and Edinburgh International Festival present Opera Queensland’s five star production…
Wynnum Wonderland Promises Pure Joy Wrapped Up With A Big Bayside Bow
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Brisbane’s bayside is set to sparkle a little brighter this Christmas with the arrival of Wynnum Wonderland. A brand-new celebration of music, comedy, cabaret and circus will transform Bay Terrace into a joyful hub of festive entertainment from 28 November to 22 December 2025. From Tom Oliver Productions, founder of…
Afterglow To Receive Its Australian Premiere In Melbourne & Sydney
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S. Asher Gelman’s international hit play AFTERGLOW is heading down under for its highly anticipated Australian premiere! AFTERGLOW will play at Melbourne’s Chapel off Chapel from 30 January and at the Eternity Playhouse, Sydney from 26 February 2026. The stellar cast of three comprises Julian Curtis (Gaslight, Cock, Dance Academy),…
Review: A Night At The Musicals Brisbane Presents Disney: In Concert
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A Night at the Musicals Brisbane enchanted audiences over the weekend with their magical production of Disney: In Concert. For three shows only, this epic showcase of Disney’s classic melodies ran at the incredible Thomas Dixon Centre. After a spectacular year with three amazing productions including a tour, Disney: In…
Announcing Come Alive! The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular Tour 2026
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COME ALIVE! The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular will make its Australian debut in 2026, opening under the Big Top at the Entertainment Quarter in Sydney from 26 May 2026, before touring nationally. Fresh off a wildly successful debut in the UK, where the production has been extended multiple times due to…
Review: So Young Takes A Riveting Look At Starting Over
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So Young starts with the strange shock of seeing old friends reunite after a tough year. It then drops you straight into the tension of a man trying to rebuild a life that has broken in too many places. The play arrives in Sydney at the Old Fitz Theatre with an…
The Wind In The Willows Returns To The Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
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This summer, Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens will once again host families at its riverside setting when The Australian Shakespeare Company presents Glenn Elston’s production of The Wind in the Willows. Now in its 39th consecutive year, the beloved outdoor theatre tradition runs from 19 December 2025 to 25 January 2026.…
Announcing 2026 Season For Australasian Dance Collective
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Australasian Dance Collective (ADC) has announced an exciting 2026 Season featuring world premieres, an international tour, and the highly anticipated return of two beloved programs. At the heart of the season, THREE is back for its fourth iteration, showing at Brisbane Powerhouse in July. The triple bill will feature two…
Review: Stewart Dominates In A Ferocious Virginia Woolf That Refuses To Let You Breathe
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Edward Albee’s most famous and notorious play, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, has opened at the Sydney Theatre Company, and it hits you like a drink thrown in your face. Kat Stewart (Underbelly, Offspring), making her debut on the Roslyn Packer stage, unfalteringly leads the cast of four in this…
Review: Cats Pounces On Perth With Pure Purr-fection
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If you like your cast cat-like, your kicks high, and your fourth wall broken, you won’t want to miss CATS. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s beloved musical has been seen by 81 million people since it opened in 1981. Now, its 40th Anniversary Australian tour – starring Gabriyel Thomas, Todd McKenney, Mark…
Review: Present Laughter Delivers Ego, Elegance & Excess
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‘Poppycock,’ ‘timorous,’ and ‘dead as a doornail.’ Who wouldn’t relish saying such phrases? Even better to hear them delivered by an uber-talented cast in Pleasant Laughter for the final season of 2025 at the New Theatre. A classic from the multi-talented, cultural icon Noël Coward, Present Laughter was written in…
Announcing Cast For Barbra: The Greatest Star At Hayes Theatre Co
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Hello, gorgeous – the cast of Barbra: The Greatest Star is assembled! Kicking off the much-anticipated 2026 season at Hayes Theatre Co is this dazzling concert event, a heartfelt tribute to the incomparable Barbra Streisand. With lush arrangements, bold voices and new perspectives on the songs you know and love, four remarkable…
Hamlet Camp Returns To Carriageworks This January
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Get thee to a funnery! After a sold-out world premiere, Hamlet Camp, written by and starring Brendan Cowell, Ewen Leslie and Toby Schmitz, returns to Carriageworks for a strictly limited season from 7 – 25 January 2026. A darkly comic fever dream, Hamlet Camp unites three (former) Princes of Australian theatre in a genre-defying mashup of Shakespeare, satire and…
Review: Adrift In New York Brings Turn Of The Century To Life
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It’s been more than a century since melodrama ruled the stage, but there’s still something satisfying about seeing good triumph over evil while the audience boos lustily from the stalls. Adrift in New York (or Her First False Step), written by Addison Aulger and directed by Rose Vallen for the…
Review: Crows Takes Flight Through The Darkness
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Local hotbed for independent theatre, The Motley Bauhaus, this week brings us Crows from The Persona Collective. Written by Robert Lewis and Ryan Enniss, and directed by Callum Bodman, Crows presents a tale of eight Melbournians whose lives interweave with each other in unexpected ways. Entering the theatre at the back of the Motely…
Review: Gaslight Sonata Burns Bright & Plays Loud In The Theatre Of The Absurd
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Illawara-based Theatre Visage’s Gaslight Sonata originated as a 15-minute play called Sedition. This was inspired by the Australian liberal government’s introduction of sedition laws. Since then, the play has evolved into an absolutely eccentric commentary on our contemporary world. The absurdist dark comedy is directed and written by Steen. It follows an accumulating…
Film Review: Diabolic Turns Faith Into Fear In A Haunting Baptism of Shadows
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When a group of young seekers sets up camp outside a derelict ‘baptism house’ deep in the Utah woods, you already feel the chill. Diabolic isn’t a baptism of fire. With slow early stages, it soon becomes a hallucinatory descent where faith, trauma, and possession blur until they are indistinguishable.…
Film Review: The Glendronach Whisky Meets Film Experience
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Elegance, glamour, and class are the first things that come to mind when stepping into the Palace Cinema at the Como for an exclusive whisky pairing evening. Bringing whisky and cinema together is genius and makes for an elevated evening that steps you out of the ordinary movie night slump.…
La Boite Theatre Launches Its Fiery And Funny 2026 Season
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La Boite Theatre takes a stand in 2026, unveiling a compelling program of mainstage works that promise resistance, rebirth and belonging. Australia’s oldest and boldest theatre company turned 100 in 2025. It strides confidently into its next century with a 2026 Season grounded in big ideas and dreams, fuelled by…
Film Review: Two Prosecutors Chases The Truth In The Stalinist Shadows
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To the slightly absurd and melancholic soundtrack of trombone and trumpet (from composer Christiaan Verbeek), another day of endless days begins as the latest work gang of prisoners shuffle into a courtyard. Clutching their belts in a forlorn effort to keep their pants hitched on bent, emaciated bodies, they are…
Win Movie Tickets To See John Cleese Packs It In Opening This Month
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Legendary British comedian John Cleese, one of the minds behind celebrated works such as Monty Python and Fawlty Towers, is inviting audiences to take a behind-the-scenes look at life on the road as an 85-year-old touring comedian, as he visits 16 European cities and performs 23 shows across 6 weeks.…
Moonlight Cinema Celebrates 30 Years With People’s Program
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Moonlight Cinema, Australia’s favourite outdoor cinema, celebrates its 30th birthday season with The People’s Program; a nationwide vote to shape this season’s line-up. The cinema returns from 21 November for a summer of new releases, family favourites and Christmas classics under the starry night sky. Tickets for the November and…
Announcing Cirque du Soleil Kooza For Australia 2026
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The thrilling, internationally acclaimed Cirque du Soleil production KOOZA is coming exclusively to Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in 2026 under the much-loved iconic Big Top. From 20 May 2026, Australian fans are invited under the Big Top to be swept away by the sheer artistry and daredevil performances of KOOZA. …
Review: Urinetown The Musical Is Smart, Silly & Subversive
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Twenty-six years after its debut at the New York International Fringe Festival, the hilarious and irreverent musical with the world’s worst title is taking to the stage in Perth. Urinetown, brought to us by Western Sky Projects, is a brilliant production, replete with excellent performances, tight direction, polished choreography and…
Review: Peter Goers Leads A Gentle Triumph With Harvey
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Mary Chase’s Harvey first charmed Broadway in 1944, winning the Pulitzer Prize and inspiring a beloved 1950 film starring James Stewart. Holden Street Theatres’ new staging, directed by Rosie Aust, revives that magic without dusting off its warmth. It proves that kindness and imagination are still quietly revolutionary. At the centre is…
Announcing Child Cast For Annie Musical Brisbane
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Producer John Frost for Crossroads Live today revealed the young actors who will be playing the roles of Annie and her orphan friends in the upcoming Brisbane season of the ever-popular Broadway musical Annie, which opens at the Lyric Theatre, QPAC next month. Three gifted young performers will share the titular role of…
Review: Tivoli Lovely Sees WAAPA Shine In New Eddie Perfect Musical
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The world premiere of Tivoli Lovely, Eddie Perfect’s latest creation, was held at the Heath Ledger Theatre last night; a dazzling nod to Australia’s theatrical golden age. This new work has everything one looks for in a musical: immersive storytelling, unlikely friendships…and murder. Directed by Dean Bryant and performed by…
