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Michael Cassel and Gaynor Wheatley, together with Sydney Theatre Company Artistic Director, Mitchell Butel, today announced that the world premiere of WHISPERING JACK: THE JOHN FARNHAM MUSICAL will debut at Sydney Theatre Company in November 2026, as part of the Company’s landmark 2026 Season. Timed to coincide…

Artistic Directors of Hayes Theatre Co, Richard Carroll and Victoria Falconer, this evening unveiled an exciting line up of productions for their 2026 Season celebrating the best of musical theatre and cabaret. Featuring a mix of classic and new Broadway…

Fall in love with timeless hits, sensational performances and the promise of “hopefully ever after!” Prospero Arts and QPAC are set to present Sweet Charity in Brisbane from 11 to 14 December 2025. A fitting finale to Prospero Arts’ 2025…

More than two decades since Melbourne last experienced the tribal love-rock musical phenomenon HAIR, a brand-new production of the Grammy and Tony Award-winning hit comes to the Athenaeum Theatre from 25 October 2025 for a strictly limited season. When HAIR…

The cabaret event of the year, the inaugural season of Cabaret at TEATRO, Sydney’s newest theatre, is set to take over the Italian Forum theatre this November in one of the biggest star-studded line-ups across a limited three-week season. Presented…

The first cast members have been revealed today for the Australian premiere of Cluedo. The world’s favourite murder mystery board game is coming to life on Australian stages from January 2026. The cast for the game of whodunnit that’s gripped generations will…

The teasing is finally over as the world’s largest short film festival Tropfest is set to return to Centennial Park, Sydney on Sunday 22 February, 2026. Filmmaker submissions open from 1 December, 2025.  Presented by CommBank and powered by YouTube, Tropfest 2026 introduces a reimagined festival…

Following sell-out seasons in Brisbane and Singapore, Adelaide Festival Centre has announced the Adelaide premiere season of Cirque Alice, an epic new show from the creators of the global smash hit The Illusionists that will transform Her Majesty’s Theatre into…

Today marks the spectacular opening of Brisbane Festival 2025, launching 23 glorious days of performance, public art and participation across the city. Running until 27 September, the festival features 106 productions, 1,069 performances and 2,260 artists – with 21 world…

Circa has today announced the Melbourne season of its genre-defying Duck Pond, following a sold-out season at London’s Royal Festival Hall and a recently announced season at the Sydney Opera House. Playing at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre from 14 January 2026,…

Queensland Ballet is calling on bold, boundary-pushing creatives from around the world to submit Expressions of Interest (EOIs) for its highly anticipated Bespoke 2026 season. Taking place from 4 August – 26 September 2025, the EOI Program invites creatives across…

Dear Diary… September 1st, the day it all begins! In celebration of Heathers Day, the global phenomenon Heathers the Musical is confirmed as coming to Australia. Following record-breaking seasons in London and New York, the award-winning production opens April 2026.…

One of Australia’s most prestigious theatre awards is preparing to unearth bold and captivating new work with submissions now open for the Queensland Premier’s Drama Award 2026 (QPDA). The biennial award program returns for its 13th iteration with an ambitious…

Perth is set to experience an orchestra like no other when SYNTHONY No.5 lights up RAC Arena on Friday 19 September. The groundbreaking live music experience, presented by Volvo, is back with a brand-new show that fuses the world’s biggest…

Spiegel Haus Melbourne, a spectacular new two-level entertainment precinct in the heart of the city with multiple performance venues and a rooftop bar and lounge, will premiere in October with five-star, champagne-soaked spectacle Blanc de Blanc Encore. Golden Square car park…

Western Sydney is set to reclaim its place at the forefront of actor training with the return of the prestigious Bachelor of Performing Arts (Acting), delivered by Western Sydney University and Actors Centre Australia (ACA) – part of the MindChamps…

Strap yourselves in and set your flux capacitors to 88mph, because BACK TO THE FUTURE: The Musical is landing in Sydney with three electrifying fan events that’ll take guests on a journey through time, music, and movie magic! Fans can…

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) will throw open its doors on Sunday 31 August 2025, continuing its 40th anniversary celebrations with free backstage tours, workshops and entertainment for all ages.  The QPAC 40 Open Day marks a unique moment in QPAC’s packed calendar, when…

Brisbane Festival 2025 proudly centres First Nations voices in a diverse and moving program of works that honour connection to Country, ancestral knowledge, cultural pride, and resilience. From bold dance theatre to intimate storytelling, community festivals to dazzling sky displays,…

They’re creepy, they’re kooky and they’re moving in! The frightfully talented cast of the inaugural musical at the Teatro at the Italian Forum, The Addams Family, has been announced today. This Tony Award® nominated, global smash-hit musical opens this October at…

Hayes Theatre Co is thrilled to announce a herd of purebred talent for the upcoming world premiere of Phar Lap: The Electro-Swing Musical, with book, music and lyrics by Steven Kramer and directed by Sheridan Harbridge. This brand-new Australian musical with the biggest heart comes to…

Ensemble Theatre is thrilled to present another outstanding season of unforgettable theatre in 2026, featuring fresh Australian voices, the best of international playwriting and new and returning Ensemble faces across 10 captivating plays and one specialevent, marking this season a…

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC), in association with Opera Australia and Oombarra Productions, have announced that The Drover’s Wife – The Opera will make its world premiere in QPAC’s new Glasshouse Theatre from 13 to 22 May 2026. Co-commissioned by QPAC and Opera Australia, The Drover’s Wife – The Opera is…

The world’s favourite murder mystery board game now a new stage play! Cluedo, the game of whodunnit that’s gripped generations is stepping off the board and onto the stage! Premiering at QPAC in Brisbane in January 2026, the much-loved murder…

Producers have today confirmed that rising star of stage and screen Georgina Hopson (Titanique, Phantom of the Opera) will lead the cast of ANASTASIA. The musical will have its Australian premiere at the Regent Theatre in Melbourne in December 2025 before…

Michelle Brasier and Tim Omaji will be joining Samantha Jade and Ben Hall in the cast of the upcoming Broadway and West End smash hit musical PRETTY WOMAN: The Musical, which makes its debut at Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) in Brisbane in October before debuting at Theatre…

Brisbane’s most beloved night of the year is back, bigger and brighter than ever. On Saturday 6 September, Brisbane Festival 2025 will kick off with an explosive celebration of creativity and community as Riverfire by Australian Retirement Trust lights up…

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

A brand-new professional theatre is opening in the heart of Sydney’s Inner West. Teatro, a 300-seat venue in the historic Italian Forum at Leichhardt was announced Friday, offering world-class, fully staged musicals and professional productions. Led by internationally acclaimed theatre creatives Nathan…

The Perth International Jazz Festival (PIJF) is turning up the volume for its 2025 program finale with the launch of a brand-new flagship event: PIJF Block Party. Set to transform the Urban Orchard on 1 November into a vibrant, open-air…

After wowing audiences last year in its MERRIGONGX debut, local theatre-maker and singer-songwriterJoshua Hinton’s A Place in the Sultan’s Kitchen (or How to Make the Perfect One-Pot Chicken Curry) makes its highly anticipated main stage premiere at the Illawarra Performing…

In the midst of Australia’s growing mental health crisis, a bold new theatre work is set to challenge the silence and stigma surrounding schizophrenia and psychosis. The Construct, a world premiere production by No Strings Attached Theatre of Disability, brings…

Australian producer Michael Cassel, alongside original Broadway producers Lia Vollack, John Branca, and John McClain, is thrilled to announce that Broadway star Ilario Grant will lead the Melbourne season of the Olivier and Tony Award-winning MJ THE MUSICAL. A powerhouse performer, Grant takes on the iconic role…

Opera Australia today announced the return season of one of the world’s most successful musicals, The Phantom of the Opera, to the Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour stage in 2026. The production will kick off the iconic show’s global 40th…

Star of stage and screen Ben Hall will be joining Samantha Jade in the cast of the upcoming Broadway and West End smash hit musical PRETTY WOMAN: The Musical. The production will make its debut at Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) in Brisbane in October…

Queensland Ballet’s electrifying contemporary series Bespoke storms back onto the Brisbane stage from 31 July to 9 August 2025 with a program that’s bolder, braver, and more boundary-pushing than ever. Now in its eighth exhilarating year, the mixed bill ballet…

Ballet Theatre Queensland (BTQ) is delighted to bring the timeless fairytale Cinderella to the Gold Coast these school holidays. Running from 11 to 13 July at The Star Theatre, Cinderella is perfect for the whole family and marks BTQ’s exciting…

Perth Symphony Orchestra continues its evocative WA Stories chamber music series with a powerful tribute to a true pioneer: Edith Dircksey Cowan from 25-26 July 2025. Far more than a history lesson, WA Stories Chapter II, Story 4: Edith Dircksey…

Get ready, Perth! Plied and Prejudice, the wildly unhinged, liquor-soaked adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel, is heading west this July with a brand-new cast for Perth. Elizabeth Bennet and Mister Darcy still dance around love and class. But this…

Following the live announcement last week, TARZAN – The Stage Musical has revealed its cast. The new Australian staging comes to the National Theatre St Kilda from 29 August – 7 September 2025. Based on the hit Disney animated film,…