Month: August 2026
Win Tickets To Coyote vs. Acme In Cinemas 17 September
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COYOTE VS. ACME stars your favourite Looney Tunes characters on screen in a hilarious and action packed adventure……only in cinemas from 17 September 2026. After enduring years of catastrophic product failures at the hands of ACME, Inc., Wile E. Coyote (Genius) finally fights back! Teaming up with billboard accident lawyer…
Announcing Full Cast For Elf The Musical
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With tickets for the final performances going on sale this Friday, Elf The Musical today reveals the full Australian cast who will bring the beloved Christmas film to life at CROWN LIVE from 27 November 2026. Tickets for new performances across the festive season from 15 – 27 December go…
Review: Death Of A Salesman Asks Whether The Life We Are Chasing Is Actually Worth Having
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★★★★½ There are some theatre experiences that demand a drink afterwards. Death of a Salesman opened at the Lyric Theatre, QPAC, on a Sunday afternoon, which turned out to be the perfect time to see it. The performance runs for around three hours, giving you just enough time to find somewhere…
Review: GRIMM Is A Dazzling Display Of Pure Pandemonium
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★★★★½ Occupying the sinister space between Disney sunshine and scandalous Sondheim, GRIMM drags us into a dark, desolate forest, where familiar faces lurk in the shadows. The classic, enduring fairytales popularised by the Brothers Grimm are retold, with a terrible twist. It all starts innocently enough: we meet the little…
Review: The Book Of Everything Reminds Us That Life Doesn’t Need To Be Complicated
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★★★★☆ Neil Armfield’s revival of The Book of Everything at Belvoir St Theatre is a joyous, playful delight. It’s a totally refreshing production in a world full of endless digital noise, and a constant push for faster is better. Richard Tulloch’s adaptation of Guus Kuijer’s 2004 Dutch novel premiered on…
Ian Potter State Theatre To Reopen With Free Program Housewarming
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To celebrate the reopening of the Ian Potter State Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne have announced that Victorians are invited to Housewarming (9 – 12 October), a series of spectacular free performances putting the spotlight on some of the state’s best performing artists. 18,000 free tickets will be available to the fast-paced high-energy theatre experience, specially commissioned…
Win Tickets To De Gaulle: Résistance In Cinemas 3 September
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France collapses and signs the Armistice. In the midst of the chaos, one man, Charles de Gaulle, refuses to give up. Taking the ultimate gamble he flees to London and seeks to convince the world that the battle for France is neither over or lost. What follows next is a…
Announcing An Iliad Starring David Wenham For Melbourne 2027
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Sydney Theatre Company’s 2026 hit An Iliad starring David Wenham will run at the Playhouse at Arts Centre Melbourne for a strictly limited season from 18 March 2027. This gripping, new production of Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare’s adaptation of Homer’s Ancient Greek saga mesmerised Sydney audiences with an astounding,…
Announcing Sherlock Holmes To Return To The QPAC Stage
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Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC), in association with Woodward Productions and Neil Gooding Productions, have announced that the case has been reopened, with a homegrown whodunnit, Sherlock Holmes – The Mystery of the Valkyrie returning to QPAC’s Playhouse from 14 to 29 November 2026. Following its world premiere at QPAC in 2023, Sherlock Holmes – The Mystery…
Review: Commentary Asks Who Gets The Tell The Story When Everyone Is Watching
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★★★★★ Five windowpanes divide a large blue box. Tall screens shaped like smartphones stand on either side. The stage is empty, but Nick Atkinson’s voice is already filling it, delivering the director’s commentary for his film Low. Matilda Woodroffe’s set establishes the visual grammar of Ash Flanders’ Commentary: windows, mirrors,…
Announcing Moulin Rouge! The Musical First Cast
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Global Creatures have today revealed the first artists who will bring the world of Moulin Rouge! The Musical to life when the internationally acclaimed production returns to Sydney in March 2027. Leading the announcement is Ben Hall as The Duke of Monroth. Tim Omaji returns as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Tyler…
Announcing Full Cast For Whispering Jack: The John Farnham Musical
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Sydney Theatre Company, Michael Cassel and Gaynor Wheatley today revealed the full cast for Sydney Theatre Company‘s world premiere season of Whispering Jack: The John Farnham Musical, playing Roslyn Packer Theatre from 15 November. Under the direction of STC Artistic Director Mitchell Butel and written by Jack Yabsley, Whispering Jack: The John Farnham Musical will bring to life the extraordinary story…
Win Tickets To See Hadestown At Dendy Cinemas
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All Aboard….go way down to Hadestown because the international hit HADESTOWN: THE MUSICAL is coming to the big screen! Winner of eight Tony Awards and a Grammy Award, Hadestown: The Musical is the genre-defying musical blending modern American folk music with New Orleans-inspired jazz to reimagine a sweeping ancient tale of…
Review: Cleopatra & Antony Brings New Perspectives To An Old Tragedy
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★★★★☆ Melbourne Shakespeare Company returns to fortyfivedownstairs with Cleopatra & Antony, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s historical tragedy by Sonya Suares. Serving as an abridged retelling of the original, Cleopatra & Antony explores the roles the title characters play in both the text and in history. But viewers might find it doesn’t go far enough…
Scenes With Girls Returns With Guts, Chaos, Laughter & Heartbreak
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After a sold-out 2024 season that sparked rave reviews – and prompted at least one audience member to break up with her boyfriend – Matilda Award-winning independent theatre company Salad Days Collective brings Scenes With Girls back to Brisbane this September for a bold new season filled with guts, chaos,…
Drac Is Back: BIG Live Brings Dracula Ballet To Melbourne & Sydney In 2026
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Following sold-out seasons in London’s West End and the United States, and a record-breaking tour across Australia and New Zealand in 2025, BIG Live’s critically acclaimed Dracula: Ballet at its Darkest will return home for 65 performances across Melbourne and Sydney. The Australian-born production will play 35 performances at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne,…
Announcing A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical For Brisbane
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In news set to send Queenslanders into a Sweet Caroline singalong for the ages, the smash-hit Broadway musical A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL is headed to Brisbane, following its blockbuster Australian premiere and extraordinary audience response in Melbourne. The spectacular production will open at the Lyric Theatre QPAC on 20 March 2027 bringing…
Review: State Opera Takes A Magical Journey Into The Woods
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★★★★★ A man stands before the red velvet curtain. Not the narrator, but Artistic Director Dane Lam himself. Presenting with casual charm, Lam offers three things to celebrate: last night marked the premiere of one of five new productions created in South Australia. Into The Woods features an entirely South Australian cast.…
Review: She Loves Me Brings Letters, Love & Lots Of Laughter
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There is something rather delightful about discovering a musical with no preconceived expectations. Before heading to review Phoenix Ensemble’s production of She Loves Me, I knew virtually nothing about the show, not its story, its musical style or even the era in which it was written. By the time the…
Review: VISTA Is A Powerful Reframing Of Reality
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★★★★☆ As one enters any dimly lit theatre for a contemporary dance performance, there is a sense of intrigue and anticipation. At Stephanie Lake Company’s VISTA, it is sustained throughout its distinct two-act production. While Night Feast colours the Brisbane Powerhouse’s forecourt outside, the audience inside remains on the edge…
Review: Hansel & Gretel Is A Dollhouse Nightmare With A Lullaby At Its Heart
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★★★★★ Fog drifts between towering pine trees on a circular green stage. Sunlight falls from the left. Then the platform begins to rotate, as though the world itself has started turning, and Jonathon Oxlade’s set delivers its first surprise: a weathered dollhouse flashes into view. Its front has been lifted…
Review: Ride The Cyclone Is Alive With Dark Humour
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Since its premiere in 2009, Ride The Cyclone has slowly garnered a cult following. The show was written by Canadian playwright Jacob Richmond, with music by Brooke Maxwell. It’s now seen various versions pop up around Australia, but this production finds its home in Marrickville’s quaint Flight Path Theatre. Produced…
Announcing 2026 ST. ALi Italian Film Festival Full Program
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Palace is thrilled to announce the full line up of the 2026 ST. ALi Italian Film Festival, the largest festival of Italian cinema in the world. Showcasing an incredible selection of new Italian cinema celebrating the country’s language stories and culture, the festival includes works from contemporary Italian auteurs, documentaries,…
Review: The Gospel According To Paul Has Plenty To Preach About
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★★★½ There’s a very specific problem with reviewing a show about Paul Keating when you were just a kid when the man left office. You understand enough to know why everyone’s laughing, but every now and then a joke sails straight over your head and lands somewhere around 1993. That…
Ruby Day: A New Sensation In Queensland Ballet’s Elegantly Wasted
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When Queensland Ballet’s Elegantly Wasted opens at HOTA, Home of the Arts on the Gold Coast next month, it will mark the world premiere of a bold new contemporary ballet set to the music of Australian rock icons INXS. For Ruby Day, one of the company’s youngest artists, it is…
Review: The Jungle and The Sea Is A Sweeping Story Of Family, War & Survival
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★★★★☆ We see theatre to be transported to different worlds, to understand neglected stories, to connect with character and taste the gamut of emotion. It’s a big ask, and it’s rare that a single work can deliver on all fronts. But Belvoir St Theatre and Melbourne Theatre Company’s ambitious new…
Announcing Matilda The Musical For Melbourne In October 2027
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Marking over a decade since Australian audiences first fell in love with the remarkable production, the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Matilda The Musical, based on Roald Dahl’s beloved book, will open at the Princess Theatre in Melbourne from October 2027, before travelling to the Sydney Lyric and QPAC’s Lyric Theatre in Brisbane. For more than 15 years, this revolutionary production, about a strong and determined…
From Glinda to Miranda: Suzie Mathers Enters A New Chapter With Mrs. Doubtfire
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It was announced today that Suzie Mathers will return to the main stage as Miranda Hillard in the Australian premiere tour of Mrs. Doubtfire, the hit musical based on the beloved Robin Williams film. For Mathers, this return marks a new chapter, in a career that has taken her from…
Paramount Distributes ‘The F Ward’ To 100 Markets: Fastest-Selling Australian Drama Ever
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Paramount Global Content Distribution has secured licensing deals in 100 key international territories for THE F WARD, which was commissioned by Stan, making it the fastest-selling Australian drama ever pre-launch. Co-produced by Roadshow Rough Diamond and CBS Studios, the buzzy new six-part medical drama stars Anna Friel and follows a group of…
Film Review: Digby & Camille 2026 Melbourne International Film Festival
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★★★½ Full of energy, affection and personality, Digby & Camille is a sweet slice-of-life documentary about a couple living with Down syndrome, making its world premiere at Melbourne International Film Festival. Tender, funny and unabashedly affectionate, Digby & Camille captures an intimate portrait of a relationship that has spanned eight…
