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2:20AM
⊜ Richmond Theatrette - 415 Church Street Richmond
Anvil Productions, in partnership with Jesuit Social Services and Support After Suicide, proudly present the Australian premiere of 2:20AM By Rebecca Lister Directed by Hallie Shellam I jo ..

A Close Call
⊜ Club Voltaire, 14 Raglan Street North Melbourne
A Close Call is a unique, comic and experimental blend of live theatre and film. Tackling the common and sometimes tricky themes of love and sex and all the bits in between. The show creates a perpetu ..

A Doll's House, Part 2
⊜ Southbank Theatre, The Sumner, 140 Southbank Boulevard Southbank
In 1879, Nora Helmer handed her husband her keys and left home, slamming the door behind her. But whatever happened to this famous literary figure from Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House? A Doll's ..

A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
⊜ Melbourne
The Production Company presents A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder 27 October - 11 November 2018 | Playhouse $48 - $143 Don't miss the Australian premiere of the Tony Award winning drop- ..

A Mysterious Illness
⊜ North Melbourne
A Mysterious Illness by Daniel Jenatsch Free Arts House | North Melbourne Town Hall On 21 February 2005 at Melbourne Airport, 57 people were affected by a mysterious illness and hospitalise ..

A New Brain
⊜ Melbourne
HELP US BRING A NEW BRAIN HOPPING INTO 2019! The Popular Mechanicals and CGTC, creators behind 2016 production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at MTC's Lawler Theatre present A New B ..

Agatha Christie Radio Mysteries
⊜ Kingston City Hall Moorabbin
Dangerously entertaining... Lux Radio Theatre presents the Agatha Christie Radio Mysteries Engaging showmanship, from well before and beyond the box. Let your imagination run wild as a group of ..

Australian Burlesque Festival 2018
⊜ Melbourne
'The Australian Burlesque Festival celebrating 9 years in 2018' Australia are you ready for ‘The Australian Burlesque Festival' 2018. We have shows in Alice Springs, Adelaide, Toowoomba, Br ..

Big World, Up Close
⊜ Southbank
Arts Centre Melbourne A powerhouse performance series showcasing the most compelling new works from across the globe. In 2017, the series gripped audiences with intimate theatre full of emotion ..

BLASTED
⊜ Malthouse Theatre 113 Sturt Street Southbank
SEASON 2018 BLASTED 24 AUG - 16 SEP 2018 BY SARAH KANE A gin-swigging journalist and his young lover check into an anonymous hotel room. When a soldier and a war zone explode through the bathroo ..

Burlesque Saturday's | The Vault
⊜ 518 Flinders St Melbourne
Varietease - Vaudeville & Burlesque Varietease is the hottest show in town, including circus, cabaret, stand-up comedy & a smokin hot Burlesque performances. Presented in what was once an 1850 ..

Bushland
⊜ North Melbourne
Bushland by French & Mottershead Presented by Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria in association with Arts House 50 mins Lie beneath the trees and fade into the leaf litter of the forest floor. A ..

Cage Match | Improv Comedy Show
⊜ Level 1 / 19 Meyers Place Melbourne CBD Melbourne
No holds barred, no beg your pardons - it's the wildest improvised fight Melbourne has to offer! The Improv Conspiracy presents - CAGE MATCH! Each week two teams go head-to-head at The Improv Consp ..

Chemistry
⊜ Alex Theatre St Kilda 135 Fitzroy Street St Kilda
Wed 29 Aug - Fri 14 Sep Steph is a 20 something, working in a bar, trying to get a handle on life. She struggles with chronic depression. Jamie works for government and is a high achiever, he just ..

Colin Friels In Scaramouche Jones
⊜ Melbourne
Arts Centre Melbourne and Wander Productions present Colin Friels In Scaramouche Jones 15 - 25 August 2018 | Fairfax Studio Acclaimed theatre, film and television actor Colin Friels stars in B ..

Come From Away | A New Musical
⊜ 240 Exhibition Street Melbourne
WINNER! BEST MUSICAL ALL ACROSS NORTH AMERICA AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE • MELBOURNE OPENS JULY 20 2019 • COMEDY THEATRE Because we come from everywhere we all come from away. COME FROM ..

Così Fan Tutte | Opera Australia
⊜ Melbourne
MOZART COSÃŒ FAN TUTTE ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE, STATE THEATRE MAY 14 – 25, 2019 NEW PRODUCTION Laugh at love, old man, for you and I both know that women are all the same. But donâ ..

Cult Burlesque
⊜ 24 Moon - 2 Arthurton Rd Northcote
Cult Burlesque - Sinful, strange & straight from hell! Following a back to back sold out season in Brisbane they decided it was time to expand the cult. Join us at 24 Moons Melbourne for the ritua ..

Dance Hall
⊜ Shirley Burke Theatre Parkdale
Kingston Arts presents Dance Hall PRODUCED BY FINUCANE & SMITH Dance Hall is a wild dance spectacular and a cabaret to die for, starring the whole community! World-famous for their intoxic ..

David Baddiel - My Family: Not The Sitcom
⊜ Alex Theatre St Kilda 135 Fitzroy Street St Kilda
DAVID BADDIEL - MY FAMILY: NOT THE SITCOM 21 - 22 SEPTEMBER Presented by: Frontier Comedy by arrangement with Avalon Accomplished comedian, author, screenwriter and television presenter David Bad ..

Deyunshe
⊜ Melbourne
Friday 5 October 2018 Deyunshe (Deyun Club), is arguably the most popular and well-known Chinese Traditional Cross-Talk (a form of comedy performance from China) group in China. The Traditional Cr ..

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg | Opera Australia
⊜ Arts Centre Melbourne 100 St Kilda Road Melbourne
WAGNER DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE, STATE THEATRE NOVEMBER 13 – 22, 2018 NEW PRODUCTION Wagner’s beloved comedy takes a joyful look at the art of mus ..

Die! Die! Die! Old People Die!
⊜ North Melbourne
Die! Die! Die! Old People Die! by Ridiculusmus Flagship UK theatre company, Ridiculusmus (The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland; Give Me Your Love), returns to Arts House to reclaim ..

Disenchanted | Hilarious Hit Musical
⊜ Athenaeum Theatre 188 Collins Street Melbourne
Disenchanted Australian Premiere Athenaeum Theatre | 6 - 8 September 2018 The world of fairytales will never be the same! Following multiple sold-out seasons across America and around the ..

Dybbuks
⊜ 14 Acland Street St Kilda East
THEATRE WORKS AND CHAMBER MADE PRESENT DYBBUKS A CHAMBER MADE WORK CONCEIVED AND DIRECTED BY SAMARA HERSCH 16th AUGUST - 26th AUGUST 2018 In Yiddish mythology, dybbuks are the unresolved sou ..

Electro Girl
⊜ St Kilda
Electro Girl is an original, educational and humorous look at our brains and the havoc it can cause us when we don't know how to treat it properly because we don't know how it works. The story nav ..

End Transmission
⊜ MUST space, Campus centre 21 Chancellors Walk, Monash University Clayton
Monash Uni Student Theatre presents... End Transmission In this immersive performance experience, audiences will move through a spaceship, interacting with cutting-edge technology to piece the ..

Evita
⊜ Melbourne
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER EVITA ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE, STATE THEATRE DECEMBER 5 2018 – JANUARY 6 2019 With more than 20 major awards to its credit, the original Broadway and West End produ ..

F*ckboys The Musical
⊜ Lithuanian Club, 44 Errol St. North Melbourne
Fresh off a sold-out run and Critics' Choice Award winner at the Orlando Fringe Festival in 2018, F*ckboys the Musical will make its international debut at this year's Melbourne Fringe Festival 18-23 ..

Fallen
⊜ fortyfivedownstairs - 45 Flinders Lane Melbourne
She Said Theatre presents the Melbourne premiere of Fallen Written by Seanna van Helten Directed by Penny Harpham All locked away... no one can hold it against you once it's all locked awa ..

Faulty Towers | The Dining Experience @ Stamford Plaza Melbourne
⊜ Stamford Plaza Melbourne, 111 Little Collins Street Melbourne
Fully immersive, highly interactive and acclaimed internationally, this is the 5-star show where Basil, Sybil and Manuel serve a 3-course meal alongside a good, strong dollop of mayhem. And it's 7 ..

Faust | Opera Australia
⊜ Melbourne
GOUNOD FAUST ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE, STATE THEATRE NOVEMBER 27 – DECEMBER 7, 2019 What would you give up your soul for? Faust intends to win his heart’s desires, even if it cost ..

Festival Club: Drag Queen Bingo
⊜ North Melbourne
What do you get when you give a drag queen a bag of bingo balls? Puns, probably. Heaps of them. And to be honest that’s what there is to say about drag queen bingo (it’s exactly what it says o ..

Ghost Sonata | Opera Australia
⊜ Melbourne
REIMANN GHOST SONATA THE COOPERS MALTHOUSE, MERLYN THEATRE SEPTEMBER 25 – 28, 2019 NEW PRODUCTION Our crimes bind us, our secrets, our guilt. We have tried to break away… But w ..

Grand Exotic Budapescht Hotel
⊜ David Williamson Theatre Prahran
The Grand Exotic Budapescht Hotel is an intoxicating, improvised soap opera created by the multi-talented Impro Melbourne players. The Grand Exotic Budapescht Hotel is a sophisticated, luxurious h ..

Grand Final Footy Show 2018
⊜ Melbourne
2018 Grand Final Footy Show Thursday 27 September Channel 9 | The Grand Final Footy Show, bigger than ever, will again be broadcast LIVE from Rod Laver Arena on Thursday September 27. Eddie M ..

Grand Theft Impro
⊜ The Courthouse Hotel, 86-90 Errol Street North Melbourne
The sell-out show of 2018 is back ! Victoria's internationally known, award-winning professional improvisation company brings you their dynamic 55 minute unscripted rollercoaster ride of "off the ..

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
⊜ Melbourne
Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is coming exclusively to Melbourne. Melbourne is the third city to welcome the critic ..

Hell Ship - The Journey of the Ticonderoga
⊜ Shirley Burke Theatre Parkdale
Ticonderoga limped through the heads into Port Phillip. Her horrific voyage at an end, she appeared as a ghost ship... On the back of his successful tour of 'Flak,' Michael Veitch has put together ..

Hell Ship - The Journey of the Ticonderoga
⊜ Clocktower Centre Moonee Ponds
Author, actor and comedian Michael Veitch tells the tale of one of the most tragic true stories of out maritime history. In 1852, the emigrant ship Ticonderoga struggled into Port Melbourne after ..

ICH NIBBER DIBBER
⊜ Malthouse Theatre 113 Sturt Street Southbank
SEASON 2018 ICH NIBBER DIBBER 5 - 23 SEP 2018 BY POST Natalie Rose, Mish Grigor and Zoë Coombs Marr sure talk a lot of shit. First loves, bowel movements, birthing moans and the global financial ..

Il Viaggio a Reims | Opera Australia
⊜ Melbourne
ROSSINI IL VIAGGIO A REIMS ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE, STATE THEATRE MAY 24 – JUNE 1, 2019 NEW PRODUCTION A Magritte, a van Gogh and a Goya walk into a gallery… If Rossini made a ..

It's Talkie Time with Jackie Lime
⊜ The Improv Conspiracy - Level 1 / 19 Meyers Place Melbourne
It's Talkie Time with Jackie Lime is a late-night style variety talk show starring Tom Burton as chaotic crooner Jackie Lime and Indiana Kiely as the contractually obligated HR manager that holds the ..

Jeff Dunham
⊜ Melbourne
Monday 24 September 2018 Venue Change - Margaret Court Arena Dunham released his latest standup special Jeff Dunham: Relative Disaster on Netflix this year. The special features Dunham along wi ..

Jersey Boys
⊜ Melbourne
JERSEY BOYS is the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi. This is the story of how a group of blue-collar boys from the wrong side of ..

Jurassica
⊜ Frankston Arts Centre, 27-37 Davey Street Frankston
Set in Moorabbin, Jurassica explores what it is to migrate, to be displaced and to spend the rest of your life searching for home. Ralph and Sara migrated from Italy in the 1950s to their concrete- ..

Jurassica
⊜ Clocktower Centre Moonee Ponds
Jurassica is a story about family, growing old and spending your life searching for home. Ralph and Sara migrated from Italy in the 1950s to their concrete front-yard house in suburban Moorabbin. ..

La Bohème | Opera Australia
⊜ Arts Centre Melbourne 100 St Kilda Road Melbourne
PUCCINI LA BOHÈME ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE, STATE THEATRE NOVEMBER 7 – 24, 2018 With the flickering of a candle, love sparks. Two hands meet in the dark and four friends' lives are chang ..

Lamb (A New Play with Songs)
⊜ Red Stitch Actors Theatre rear 2 Chapel St St Kilda East
by Jane Bodie, music and lyrics by Mark Seymour World Premiere In association with Playwriting Australia 13 November - 13 December (Previews 13 - 20 November) Q&A Session following performan ..

Lottie in the Late Afternoon
⊜ 76/234 Flinders Lane Melbourne
In a tiny house on the edge of a cliff, two couples try to have a relaxing weekend away because EVERYTHING IS AMAZING AND UNDER CONTROL ISN'T IT? Comedy legend, Marg Downey (Fast Forward, Kath ..

Lovesong
⊜ Red Stitch Actors Theatre rear 2 Chapel St St Kilda East
21 August - 23 September (Previews 21 - 24 August) Q&A Session following performance on Thursday 6 September Duration: TBA 'There's still so much I have to say. Maggie -' A love affair tol ..

Madiba The Musical
⊜ Melbourne
International critics have hailed it as ‘a story that touches our hearts', ‘magnificent', ‘breathtaking' and ‘fascinating'. The powerful and uplifting Madiba the Musical is a soul-stirring ..

MAMMA MIA!
⊜ Melbourne
The party of the year has arrived in Melbourne! Over 60 million people all around the globe have fallen in love with the story and the music that makes MAMMA MIA! the ultimate feel-good musical. ..

Markiplier's You're Welcome Tour
⊜ Melbourne
Markiplier's You're Welcome Tour Features Popular YouTube Personalities for an Irreverent Evening of Improv, Sketches and Audience Challenges TEG DAINTY & Nice Events are excited to announce that ..

May Contain Traces of Reading
⊜ The Butterfly Club, 5 Carson Place (Off little collins st) Melbourne
It's comedy like you've never heard it before. In his debut solo show, Mitchell E Roberts introduces you to his alter ego, Robert Mitchell, a man bound by his circumstances (as ridiculous as they a ..

Melbourne Fringe Festival 2018
⊜ Melbourne
2018 MELBOURNE FRINGE FESTIVAL: 13 - 30 September The Melbourne Fringe Festival is Victoria's most vibrant independent arts showcase, developing, championing and celebrating the independent arts. ..

Menopause The Musical
⊜ Melbourne
20 - 25 November 2018 The Palms at Crown Inspired by a hot flush and a bottle of wine, Jeanie Linders created Menopause the Musical as a celebration of women who are on the brink of, in the midd ..

Metamorphosis | Opera Australia
⊜ Arts Centre Melbourne 100 St Kilda Road Melbourne
BRIAN HOWARD METAMORPHOSIS Opera Australia THE COOPERS MALTHOUSE, MERLYN THEATRE OCTOBER 25 – 27, 2018 NEW PRODUCTION But what if all the quiet, the comfort, the contentment were t ..

Nightsongs
⊜ Carlton
What do you think about when you're alone... at night in the dark? Enter the world of Nightsongs, a song-cycle of beautifully evocative and lyrical jazz-based songs that explore the stories creat ..

Pawn Again Christian
⊜ The Butterfly Club Melbourne
Acclaimed actress Annie Lee (The Kransky Sisters) premieres her one-woman comedy, inspired by her life growing up in a fundamentalist religion. It's a topsy-turvy ride on the merry-go-round of faith, ..

PJ Masks LIVE!
⊜ Melbourne
PJ Masks LIVE! Saturday 13 October & Sunday 14 October Top-rated animated TV series, PJ Masks, will come to life at Margaret Court Arena in October 2018 in PJ Masks LIVE! Time to Be a Hero. Th ..

PLAYlist 2018
⊜ Red Stitch Actors Theatre rear 2 Chapel St St Kilda East
For One Night Only.. Saturday 15 December Join us on an intrepid, site-specific adventure! Traverse worlds from room to room where each writer's selected song comes to life as a play - that' ..

Prada's Priscillas – An all-male revue
⊜ Alex Theatre St Kilda 135 Fitzroy Street St Kilda
Sat 08 Sep 2018 Flanked by gorgeous men, lead singer Prada Clutch & her ‘girls', take you on a journey from where it all began with Les Girls in the 60's, across the Aussie outback with Priscilla ..

Princes of the Night
⊜ Level 3 Crown Melbourne 8 Whiteman St Southbank
Live Saturday Night's @ Crown Melbourne A masterfully choreographed full spectrum male cabaret show with spectacular performances led by the irresistibly hot and deliciously charming Princes, guara ..

Public Cooling House
⊜ North Melbourne
Public Cooling House by Punctum Free Arts House | North Melbourne Town Hall Presented by Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria in association with Arts House Allow 30 mins What if mortality ..

Rigoletto | Opera Australia
⊜ Melbourne
VERDI RIGOLETTO ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE, STATE THEATRE MAY 11 – 29, 2019 He’s hideous. He’s hated. He’s untouchable. But in this shimmering world of secrets and seduction, can he k ..

Rocky Horror Show
⊜ Melbourne
RICHARD O'BRIEN'S THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW The World's Favourite Rock N Roll Musical opens at Her Majesty's Theatre from 12 July starring Todd McKenney as Frank N Furter and Shane Jacobson a ..

Séance at Queen Victoria Market
⊜ Melbourne
Wednesday & Saturday | JULY 11 - AUG 29 2018 | QUEEN VIC MARKET ​ A spine-tingling theatre experience popping up at Queen Victoria Market. Step inside, take a seat but don't get comfortable ..

School Of Rock
⊜ Melbourne
SCHOOL OF ROCK THE MUSICAL ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER'S HIT BROADWAY MUSICAL COMES TO MELBOURNE! Based on the hit movie, this ass-kicking new musical follows dropout Dewey Finn, a failed rock star for ..

Soft-Butch Show Queen
⊜ 5 Carson Place, off Lt Collins Street Melbourne
Mark J Wilson appears in this new performance art work, that fuses musical parody, hyper-masculinity and Krispy Kreme doughnuts. "He delivers, and his commitment is staggering" Theatre Press "W ..

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