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The diamonds are sparkling, the bohemians are assembled and the Moulin Rouge is counting down the days to open its doors, as Global Creatures today reveals the three stars of the spectacular new Australian company of Moulin Rouge! The Musical, opening at the Sydney Lyric in March 2027. Leading the…

Cape Ballet arrives in Australia this April 2027 with the world’s most loved ballet, SWAN LAKE. The company will perform strictly limited one-week seasons in Perth, Adelaide and Melbourne. A defining icon of classical ballet, SWAN LAKE has captivated audiences for generations with its timeless story brought to life through…

Opera Australia today announced that it is bringing one of the world’s most legendary musicals to one of the world’s most recognisable stages, with Les Misérables set to storm the Sydney Opera House in 2027. This is the first time the celebrated fully-staged production has played in Australia in over…

Jason Robert Brown’s generation defining musical The Last Five Years, starring two of Australia’s most loved musical theatre performers, Mackenzie Dunn and Javon King, will premiere in Sydney and Melbourne from January 2027.  Celebrating its recent 25th anniversary with two productions that ran for limited sold out seasons on Broadway (Hudson Theatre) and the…

It was all just a matter of time. A year and a day after The Curious Case of Benjamin Button took its final bow in London’s West End, the clock starts again. For the very first time outside of the London and New York, the three-time Olivier Award-winning musical will…

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra (ASO) has unveiled its 2027 Season, featuring a bold program bringing together the great symphonic repertoire, international artists, world premieres, as well as film and gaming inspired performances. Major events include a Beethoven symphony cycle, Ben Folds with the ASO, a musical celebration of Vienna, film concerts…

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC), in association with Woodward Productions, today announced a new revival of the eight-time Tony Award-winning musical, Once, will make its Brisbane debut in the Cremorne Theatre from 2 January 2027. What began as Irish filmmaker John Carney’s beloved indie film has since evolved into one of the most celebrated musicals…

Announced today is the spectacular programme of thirty-six films, including five retrospectives featuring in the 2026 Russell Hobbs British Film Festival. This year’s unmissable line up will screen from 28 October to 6 December at Palace Cinemas, Palace Nova and Luna Palace Cinemas across the country. Audiences can look forward to…

From a mischievous reimagining of a literary classic to world-premiere Australian works, an acclaimed theatrical masterpiece and a riotous Hitchcock-inspired comedy, Black Swan State Theatre Company is thrilled to announce its 2027 Season that celebrates the breadth of storytelling and creative talent shaping Western Australian theatre. Black Swan State Theatre…

In 2027 Queensland Theatre Company (QTC) again presents an iconic season of unmissable theatre: still All Feeling but now at Full Volume.  From David Wenham on the frontline of every war ever fought to the stage debut of Australia’s most beloved sleuth Miss Fisher – alongside a cutthroat Sondheim classic,…

Double Olivier Award® and Tony Award® winning hit musical OPERATION MINCEMEAT will premiere at the Comedy Theatre, Melbourne in September 2027, before continuing its Australian Tour, with further cities to be announced. The waitlist is now open at operationmincemeat.com/tour/aus for those who want to be first in line for tickets…

West Australian Ballet, Australia’s oldest continuously performing ballet company, will mark its 75th anniversary in 2027 with a season spanning the company’s beginnings under founder Madame Kira Bousloff OAM to the artists and ideas shaping its future.  West Australian Ballet Artistic Director, Leanne Stojmenov said Season 2027 reflects the significance…

One of the world’s biggest rock bands is coming to Crown Melbourne’s newest entertainment venue. For one unforgettable evening, Foo Fighters will play an exclusive and intimate show at Crown LIVE on 16 November, bringing their stadium-filling sound and energy to a venue designed for unforgettable up-close moments. Known for…

Packed with mischief, bad behaviour, political incorrectness and songs you probably shouldn’t sing at work, the Tony Award winning musical Avenue Q is returning to Australia from May 2027.  Created by Jeff Marx and Robert Lopez, co-creator of The Book of Mormon and Disney’s Frozen, Avenue Q is an irresistibly…

Queensland Ballet has unveiled its ambitious 2027 Season as the Company marks its annual Giving Day with a major fundraising drive to support its artists, productions and programs across Queensland.  For the first time, Queensland Ballet’s Annual Season Launch and Annual Giving Day will come together on the same day – Queensland Ballet Day, celebrating both the Company’s artistic…

After premiering in Brisbane this year to unanimous rave reviews, the sold-out, smash hit production of Little Shop of Horrors left theatre fans desperate for more. Today, Woodward Productions confirms that the much-loved production is finally on the move, set to play strictly limited seasons in Hobart, Melbourne and Wollongong,…

Malthouse Theatre has launched its 2027 season, the first full program from Artistic Director and Co-CEO Dean Bryant – featuring eight electric productions, all new Australian works and seven of them world premieres – spanning outrageous comedy, moving drama, chilling horror, fierce cabaret and an irreverent shakeup of the classics.…

Wild Abandon is a bold, sensual, multi-narrative drama coming to MELT Festival in 2026. A daring new work by Seán Dowling, Ian Lawson, and Merlynn Tong, it’s a funny, messy, and unexpectedly tender play about sex, intimacy, and the rules we make to feel safe. Set across a single night…

Local stories take the spotlight in State Theatre Company South Australia’s 2027 season, with a strong focus on stories from Australian writers and most of those productions making their world premieres.  Announced tonight at Her Majesty’s Theatre by State Theatre Company South Australia’s Artistic Director Petra Kalive, the season is…

The stars of Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul, are heading to Australia and New Zealand in January 2027. For five years Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul lived inside them: the chemistry teacher, cooking his way to ruin. The aimless kid, struggling to find his identity. They filmed in the desert, drove home in…

The Sydney Theatre Company global Olivier and Tony Award-winning hit, Kip Williams’ cine-theatre adaptation of The Picture of Dorian Gray returns to Australia in 2027 to play strictly limited seasons at the Ian Potter Theatre at Arts Centre Melbourne, Sydney Theatre Company’s Roslyn Packer Theatre and Queensland Performing Arts Centre…

This week, Queensland Ballet opens its annual Bespoke season at the Talbot Theatre, Thomas Dixon Centre, presenting three new contemporary works by internationally experienced choreographers Where the Water Once Was by Claire Voss, Between the Lines by Paul Knobloch and What Remains by Victor Zarallo. In 2026, Bespoke takes a…

NIDA, the National Institute of Dramatic Art, has announced its 2026 Spring Season, featuring four landmark works helmed by acclaimed female directors Rachael Maza AM, Zindzi Okenyo, Margaret Thanos and Claudia Osborne and celebrate imagination, innovation and the next generation of creative talent. NIDA’s annual production seasons offer audiences a first look at the performers…

Last week, the Seaborn, Broughton & Walford Foundation, a charity established in 1986 to assist the performing arts in Australia, celebrated its 40th Anniversary year by announcing $400,000 in Grants awarded to successful applicants for 19 projects scheduled for 2027. In presenting the awards, S,B&W Foundation’s President Peter Lowry AM,…

Queensland Symphony Orchestra (QSO) celebrates its 80th anniversary in 2027, inviting audiences to revel in a monumental program of beloved classics, world-leading musicians and works by some of Australia’s most exciting contemporary voices.  The anniversary season highlights several significant cultural milestones, from a complete Beethoven cycle commemorating 200 years since…

The Australian Museum of Performing Arts’ (AMPA) new exhibition, ENCORE! 50 Objects. 50 Years. One Collection., officially opened in Melbourne last week, bringing 50 extraordinary pieces of Australian performing arts history to Melbourne. Running exclusively at Arts Centre Melbourne until May next year, ENCORE! offers a fascinating glimpse into a…

Bell Shakespeare has announced its 2027 Season, with three productions to be presented around the country. A contemporary staging of As You Like It will start the year, followed by a dark and dangerous production of Measure for Measure, and an extensive national tour of Yve Blake’s critically acclaimed play…

Melbourne Theatre Company Artistic Director & CEO Anne-Louise Sarks today reveals the Company’s ambitious 2027 Season – eleven productions spanning bold new Australian work, sharp provocations on classics, compelling dramas and international hits. Anne-Louise Sarks, Artistic Director & CEO of Melbourne Theatre Company, said: “Season 2027 invites audiences to join…