Month: June 2026
Review: 360 Allstars Celebrates The Joy Of Mastering A Skill
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★★★★☆ BMX, basketball, breakdancing, acrobatics and drumming come together in 360 ALLSTARS, a high-energy urban circus that celebrates the artistry of street culture through an impressive display of athleticism and skill. Directed by Gene Peterson and presented by Onyx Productions, 360 ALLSTARS features an international cast of world champions and…
Announcing Full Cast For Death Of A Salesman
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An outstanding cast comprising some of Australia’s finest actors is set to take the stage in GWB Entertainment and Andrew Henry Presents’ widely acclaimed production of Arthur Miller’s timeless Pulitzer Prize-winning classic Death of a Salesman for strictly limited seasons in Melbourne from 11 August and Brisbane from 28 August 2026. Already announced is the return of Emmy®, Golden…
Win Tickets To See The Invite At Dendy Cinemas
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Your presence is formally requested at our special RSVPreview screening of THE INVITE. Join the fun at Dendy Cinemas Coorparoo or Dendy Cinemas Portside on Saturday, 4 July at 6:30pm for a dramedy filled with sharp wit and unexpected twists that turn a simple dinner party into beautiful chaos. Joe and Angela’s marriage…
Review: Bradley McCaw The Music Of Billy Joel 2026 Wynnum Fringe
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★★★★½ The music of Billy Joel has a funny way of making you feel like you’ve lived several lives you absolutely haven’t. Suddenly you’re heartbroken in New York, drunk in an Italian restaurant, yelling about history, or convinced you could play piano in a smoky bar despite having the musical…
Review: First, Do No Harm Puts Ethics Under The Microscope
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★★★☆☆ First, Do No Harm is an original play by AACTA-nominated and award-winning playwright Grace Malouf. It is one of three plays produced by NIDA in association with bAKEHOUSE Theatre (and Talia M-K presents) as part of the NIDA KXT New Writers, New Works Festival. The show surrounds a couple’s…
Announcing Stephen Curry As King Arthur For Spamalot
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Drew Anthony Creative is thrilled to reveal the sensational new cast for the upcoming east coast season of MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT. Legendary Australian actor and comedian Stephen Curry will make his musical theatre debut, stepping into the regal shoes of King Arthur. Sharing the spotlight with Stephen will be powerhouse vocalist and theatre performer Jaz…
Review: Losing Face Is Theatre Worth Your Time
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★★★★★ It is unusually easy to write about new Australian work, Losing Face. Melbourne Theatre Company has produced a comedy so expertly tuned and consistently funny that the review feels almost incidental beside the experience itself. The only responsible response is not to over-explain it, but to insist upon it:…
Review: Adults Only Magic Show 2026 Wynnum Fringe
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★★★½ About fifteen minutes into the opening night of the Adults Only Magic Show, a man named David was holding a sex doll like a wounded lover, shortly followed by Justin Williams staring lovingly into his soul with the intensity of a man trying to reverse-mortgage his dignity. Somewhere nearby,…
Review: Lose To Win Finds Strength In Survival
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★★★★★ “In this country, you think it’s your right to have three meals a day. Me, where I came from? I think it’s a miracle.” – Mandela Mathia, Performer / Writer A curved backdrop overlooks several forlorn-looking suitcases of various sizes. Dotted alongside these are crates filled with items. A lone…
Review: Highway To Hell 2026 Wynnum Fringe
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★★★★½ There are festival openings, and then there are festival openings that make you wonder whether the roof of the Augathella Spiegeltent has its own insurance policy. Highway to Hell: The Rock ‘N’ Roll Circus, which opened the 7th annual Wynnum Fringe Festival last night, belongs firmly in the second…
Announcing Elegantly Wasted By Queensland Ballet & HOTA With Music Of INXS
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Queensland Ballet in partnership with HOTA, Home of the Arts, Gold Coast, have announced the world premiere of Elegantly Wasted, a bold new contemporary ballet set to the songs of INXS, opening at HOTA from 10 – 12 September, 2026. The new 65-minute commission, Elegantly Wasted, brings together an acclaimed team of Australian…
Review: Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) Brings New Twist To Old Classic
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★★★★☆ How do you reinvent one of the most beloved novels ever written? If you’re Isobel McArthur, the answer is simple: hand the microphone to the servants and let chaos reign. Direct from its Olivier Award-winning West End run, Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) arrives at Athenaeum Theatre Melbourne with all the…
Review: The Roommate Is Funny, Chaotic & Unexpectedly Heartfelt
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★★★★ What does one do when they are in their fifties and possibly (most definitely) going through an identity crisis? Find a roommate who is also in their fifties and possibly (most definitely) going through an identity crisis. The Australian premiere of Jen Silverman’s The Roommate has just kicked off…
Review: The Almighty Sometimes Sees Art, Illness & Identity Collide
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★★★★☆ When it comes to mental illness, does creativity belong to the illness, the medication, or the person themselves? Black Swan State Theatre Company’s production of The Almighty Sometimes tackles this question head-on in a gripping and emotionally charged drama. Eighteen-year-old Anna is an aspiring writer who has been on…
Announcing Cast For Strong Is The New Pretty
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Brisbane Festival, Sydney Theatre Company and Trish Wadley Productions today announced the full cast for the world premiere of Strong is the New Pretty, a landmark new play written by celebrated Australian playwright Suzie Miller (Prima Facie; RBG: Of Many, One) and directed by Sarah Giles (Opera Queensland’s Rusalka; Sydney Theatre Company’s No Pay? No Way!) Charting the trailblazing formation of the…
Win A Double Pass To Dendy Cinemas Brisbane
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Set sail for an adventure of mythic proportions because tickets for Christopher Nolan’s epic, THE ODYSSEY are now on sale at Dendy Cinemas Coorparoo and Dendy Cinemas Portside. See Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson and Lupita Nyong’o, with Zendaya and Charlize Theron on the big screen from 16 July,…
Review: Postmodern Jukebox 2026 Adelaide Cabaret Festival
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★★★★★ Before Postmodern Jukebox’s Adelaide Cabaret Festival set, a voice from the crowd yelled out: “Willie!” It was not a random heckle. It was a greeting. Willie Jay Moore Jr had not yet been handed his big solo moment. He was behind the kit, holding down the show with the…
Review: Mackenzie Brings Pop Energy To The Scottish Play
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★★★★★ Bell Shakespeare’s Mackenzie is an exemplar of not only adaptation, but also theatre. The new play, created by Yve Blake, brings Macbeth to the early 2000s. This sees the titular role reimagined as a Hannah Montana-inspired child star. Logie award-winning actress, Virginia Gay, steps into the director’s seat for this…
Film Review: Brian Cox’s Glenrothan Is Beautiful Yet Elusive
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★★★☆☆ There is something undeniably appealing about Glenrothan. Set against the breathtaking landscapes of Scotland, it centres around family, regret, forgiveness, and identity. Directed by Brian Cox in his feature directorial debut and starring Cox alongside Alan Cumming and Shirley Henderson, the film has all the ingredients for an emotional crowd-pleaser.…
Hello! Catching Up With The Stars Of The Book Of Mormon
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The Mormons are coming! After a highly successful 2025 season in Sydney, The Book of Mormon is touring the country this year, with a current season in Melbourne and upcoming seasons in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. Leading the cast is Sean Johnston as Elder Price and Nick Cox as Elder…
Review: Sweet Charity Shimmies With Renewed Buoyancy
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★★★½ As we stand centre stage in the theatre of life, facing its fickle finger of fate – could hope be our boldest, most courageous performance, and love the seductive encore we keep returning to, no matter how turbulent the reviews? Sweet Charity brilliantly shimmies into Melbourne’s Chapel Off Chapel with…
Announcing Cast For Mamma Mia! At The Star Gold Coast
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The world’s favourite feel good musical Mamma Mia! is coming to The Star Gold Coast for a limited season from 4 September 2026. The Very Popular Theatre Company is thrilled to announce a dynamite cast of 31 stage performers from across the country, with five Gold Coast and Brisbane cast…
Review: Hamlet By Queensland Ballet Is Shakespeare At Its Most Beautiful
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★★★★☆ There’s Netflix, and then there’s live Shakespeare. Choose any feeling: love, madness, vengeance, and you’ll experience it in Queensland Ballet’s stunning reimagined Hamlet, currently at the Thomas Dixon Centre. Brisbane’s mild winter evening was a stark contrast to the beautifully gothic Denmark audiences witnessed within the Company’s home theatre in…
Review: Casey Donovan This Is Me 2026 Adelaide Cabaret Festival
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★★★★★ Casey Donovan became a household name when she won Australian Idol in 2004 as its youngest-ever champion. Now, twenty-two years later, she arrives for one night only to a packed Festival Theatre for the Adelaide Cabaret Festival. Despite its title, This Is Me – The Amy Winehouse Special is not about Winehouse. The…
Review: Toy Symphony Returns To The Scene Of The Crime
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★★★½ Originally performed on the Belvoir stage with a stellar cast, Michael Gow’s Toy Symphony won multiple Sydney Theatre awards. Twenty years later, it returns to the locale that inspired it, the Sutherland Shire, headlining celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the former Sutherland Entertainment Centre – rebuilt as the Sutherland Pavilion. It’s…
Review: Meet Me At Intermission, A New Bar By Strut & Fret
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Intermission is exactly the kind of bar Brisbane’s theatre scene has been waiting for. Sitting right out the front of The West End Electric in Brisbane’s ever-colourful West End, the brand-new venue from Strut & Fret doesn’t just feel like a handy spot for a pre-show drink. It feels like…
Review: Echo by Australasian Dance Collective Takes Joyful Flight
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Dance is often described as a universal language, and in Echo, that language is spoken with remarkable energy, curiosity and conviction. Now in its eighth year, Australasian Dance Collective’s Youth Ensemble celebrates movement as a conversation between artists, generations and communities. Featuring performers aged 14 to 19, the Ensemble brings…
Announcing 2026 Hurtigruten Nordic Film Festival Full Program
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Palace Cinemas is delighted to announce the full programme of the 2026 Hurtigruten Nordic Film Festival, screening nationally through the wintry months of July and August at Palace, Palace Nova and Luna Palace Cinemas. Featuring the best new cinema from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, this year’s formidable line-up…
Review: Stella Sheds New Light On A Classic Australian Figure
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★★★½ Tucked away in the expansive Monash Clayton Campus is a portal to late 1800s Australia: Stella, performed in the Alexander Theatre. Stella is a new Australian musical with book, music and lyrics by Monique diMattina, showing us Australia’s future by digging into its past. Directed by Julia Robertson with…
Announcing Monty Python’s Spamalot For Melbourne & Sydney
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The legendary search for the Holy Grail is officially headed for Australia! After a spectacular season at Perth’s Planet Royale in May, Drew Anthony Creative has announced that the Tony Award®–winning Best Musical, MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT, will gallop into Melbourne and Sydney. The show will run for a limited engagement during September and October this…
