November 2023: It’s lights, camera, and action for November, and you can expect a scintillating program of theatre productions and musicals. It's time...
Theatre & Dance
Latest Melbourne theatre and dance reviews and previews
New and upcoming musicals in Melbourne
New York has Broadway, London has the West End, and here in Melbourne, it's all about the East End. We're an all-singing, all-dancing city which means we...
The best theatre shows at Melbourne Fringe Festival 2023
A fictional interview with Harry Potter author JK Rowling. An invitation to a Middle Eastern wedding party featuring pop and techno. A play that unravels from...
How to get cheap theatre tickets in Melbourne
The venerable American theatre critic Jonathan Kalb once remarked that the only way to really enjoy theatre was in large doses. The playwright Terrence McNally...
Where to sit in Melbourne's theatres
Most experiences in the theatre can be augmented by the best seats in the house. And occasionally ruined by the worst.
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The Rocky Horror Show
The legendary rock 'n' roll musical will return in 2024 starring Jason Donovan as Frank-N-Furter
Melbourne
Hour of the Wolf
Are you hungry for choose-your-own-adventure theatre in the poisoned vein of David Lynch’s nightmares by way of Ingmar Bergman?
Southbank
Love Lust Lost
Sink into this immersive theatre experience that plunges you into a chaotic submarine thousands of leagues deep
Collingwood
A Christmas Carol
The Dickensian classic is returning to Melbourne to light up Christmas and uplift the most disgruntled of Scrooges
Melbourne
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The Rocky Horror Show
The legendary rock 'n' roll musical will return in 2024 starring Jason Donovan as Frank-N-Furter
Melbourne
The Dictionary of Lost Words
This award-winning New York Times bestseller will spring to life in this new stage adaptation
Southbank
Groundhog Day the Musical
Prepare for a serious case of déjà vu when Tim Minchin’s musical adaptation of the cult classic flick hits Melbourne
Melbourne
Hour of the Wolf
Are you hungry for choose-your-own-adventure theatre in the poisoned vein of David Lynch’s nightmares by way of Ingmar Bergman?
Southbank
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Love Lust Lost
Sink into this immersive theatre experience that plunges you into a chaotic submarine thousands of leagues deep
Collingwood
Elvis: A Musical Revolution
Ladies and gentlemen, Elvis is in the building – this jukebox musical charts the King's astonishing rise to fame and glory
Melbourne
Sink into this immersive theatre experience that plunges you into a chaotic submarine thousands of leagues deep
Collingwood
Love Lust Lost
Sink into this immersive theatre experience that plunges you into a chaotic submarine thousands of leagues deep
Collingwood
Elvis: A Musical Revolution
Ladies and gentlemen, Elvis is in the building – this jukebox musical charts the King's astonishing rise to fame and glory
Melbourne
Mamma Mia! The Musical
This theatrical mainstay is a sunny, sparkly spectacle that will have you dancing in your seat
Melbourne
Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Can can can they capture the Absinthe fairy magic as the Luhrmann-inspired jukebox musical returns to Melbourne?
Melbourne
Miss Saigon
This award-winning production in partnership with Opera Australia is pure melodrama: emotionally manipulative but also hard to resist
Melbourne
