Man in Chair

Tense, funny, insightful, and terrifically entertaining, The Shark is Broken takes the audience behind the scenes on the fraught filming of cinema’s original US summer blockbuster, Jaws.

Capturing the zany Mel Brooks sensibility, StageBugs Productions earn abundant laughs with their deliciously daffy production of Young Frankenstein.

While The Australian Ballet tours to the USA, guest company The Stuttgart Ballet treats Melbourne to the dreamy dance delights of their pristine classical production of The Sleeping Beauty.

Artfully created with tender care and expertly performed with empathetic insight, world premiere opera The Spare Room is an engrossing and affecting work.

Daffy comedy is at a premium in this delightful, long overdue local revival of hit Broadway musical Spamalot.

Soundworks Productions combines an intriguing concept with a “killer” cast to breathe fresh life into grand guignol classic Sweeney Todd.

Melbourne Opera is at the height of their powers as they deliver a truly thrilling new production of Verdi classic Il Trovatore.

Anchored by the extraordinary star turn of visiting Broadway performer Will Swenson, A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical provides Diamond’s legion Melbourne fans the chance to revisit and revel in his prolific catalogue of highly personal hits. 20…

With a regally splendid all new cast, Six the Musical kicks off its third Australian Tour in peak form, with comedy, choreography, and killer vocals all at a premium.

Now with the added charm of being a pretty period piece, characterful classic Steel Magnolias returns to share laughter and love with a new generation of theatregoers.

Ever intriguing boutique musical Grey Gardens makes a very welcome Melbourne return in this insightfully directed, splendidly cast new production. 2006 Broadway musical Grey Gardens had its memorable Melbourne premiere from The Production Company in 2011.

Bright and breezy, Pretty Woman the Musical is bolstered by a terrific Australian cast, working at the height of the powers on this final leg of the Australian tour.

An ideal winter warmer, hit UK comedy Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) makes its Australian premiere in sturdy form, with a terrific triple-threat local cast earning a cavalcade of laughs.

The world premiere of Stella, a new Australian musical, tells the stirring and affecting life story of literary great Stella Miles Franklin with fitting confidence and winning style.

Making a welcome return to the Melbourne stage after only four years, John Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet consolidates its position as a treasured favourite of dancers and audiences alike.

“I dreamed last night I got on the boat to heaven.”