Performing Arts
Includes theatrical productions, plays, performances, burlesque and opera.
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⊜ Imperial Hotel | Bourke Street - Imperial Hotel: 2-8 Bourke Street, Melbourne Melbourne
➲ When: 13th of April 2019 To 21st of April 2019
The Battle for Power Begins!
Tesla: Death Rays & Elephants is a family science show about Nikola Tesla and electricity.
Presented by Sean M. Elliott, it will be showing during the Melbourne I .. 
⊜ Playhouse Theatre - Southbank
➲ When: 27th of June 2019 To 6th of July 2019
Victorian Opera presents
A Little Night Music
Musical
By Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler
27 June - 6 July | Playhouse
The most musical of musicals.
If anyone can bridge the gap betwe .. 
⊜ Melbourne
⊜ The Butterfly Club - The Butterfly Club, 5 Carson Place (off Lt Collins St) Melbourne
➲ When: 13th of May 2019 To 18th of May 2019
In 1961, Hannah's mum, Angela, was in the Australian premiere production of The Sound of Music.
The expectations of her generation, including motherhood, stopped her following that career. Now Ang .. 
⊜ Playhouse Theatre - Southbank
➲ When: 14th of June 2019 To 17th of June 2019
Victorian Opera presents
Alice Through the Opera Glass
Family Opera
By Delibes, Bizet and Puccini
14 - 17 June | Playhouse
Peer into the magic looking glass and come on a fantastical journ .. 
⊜ Chinese Museum - Chinese Museum, 22 Cohen Pl Melbourne
➲ When: 28th of March 2019 To 21st of April 2019
As seen in The Age M Magazine and heard weekly on JOY94.9.
Annie Louey's second solo stand-up show is bursting with hilariously relatable true stories, games and never-before-seen photographs that .. 
⊜ Wonderland Spiegeltent Melbourne
➲ When: 26th of September 2019 To 28th of September 2019
Presented by Dolores Daiquiri (burlesque icon)
Celebrating 10 years!
26 September - New Follies
New Follies Burlesque is the 'Emerging Burlesque Performers Contest' event of 'The Australian B .. 
⊜ 24 Moons Club Bar - 24 Moons, 2 Arthurton Rd Northcote
➲ When: 17th of May 2019
Australia's only fire cabaret returns to Melbourne after a blazing debut in June last year, with more spellbinding fire fusion acts featuring the cream of Melbourne's fire performance crop!
Produce .. 
⊜ Comedy Theatre - 240 Exhibition Street Melbourne
➲ When: 27th of April 2019 To 8th of June 2019
STEP RIGHT UP, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN and suspend your disbelief at the door as we invite you to experience the greatest show on earth!
Based on the life of Phineas Taylor Barnum, BARNUM The Circus .. 
⊜ Regent Theatre - 219 Exhibition St Melbourne
⊜ Theatre Works - Theatre Works: 14 Acland Street St Kilda
➲ When: 8th of May 2019 To 19th of May 2019
Theatre Works and Leah Shelton present
Bitch on Heat
By Leah Shelton
Directed by Ursula Martinez
Welcome to the doghouse. Beware. This Bitch bites.
Love latex and hate the patriarchy? .. 
⊜ The Vault Melbourne - 518 Flinders St Melbourne
⊜ Abbotsford Convent - Abbotsford Convent, 1 St Heliers Street Abbotsford
➲ When: 2nd of May 2019 To 12th of May 2019
'The action of laughing is like the breaking of the stiff mask of ego. When we laugh, the authentic spirit jumps out from deep inside of us.' ' Keiichi Ueno
Immerse yourself in the powerful perform .. 
⊜ Her Majesty's Theatre - Melbourne
➲ When: 9th of August 2019 To 1st of September 2019
Experience the wonders of Wonka when Roald Dahl's spectacular new musical, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory opens its factory doors.
ROALD DAHL'S DELICIOUS TALE, CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, .. 
⊜ Suite 502 | The Nicholas Building - TIC Swanston, TIC Swanston, Room 502, 37 Swanston St (The Nicholas Building) Melbourne
➲ When: 11th of April 2019 To 21st of April 2019
Pocket rocket performer Clare Cavanagh makes her Melbourne International Comedy Festival debut with a brand-new, energetic hour of characters and improv comedy. Literally is about caring too much, inc .. 
⊜ Comedy Theatre - 240 Exhibition Street Melbourne
➲ When: 20th of July 2019
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 AWAY .. 
⊜ State Theatre - Melbourne
➲ When: 14th of May 2019 To 25th of May 2019
MOZART
COSÌ 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 don't .. 
⊜ Palais Theatre - Lower Esplanade St Kilda
➲ When: 29th of June 2019
Anything is Possible Tour
Palais Theatre
2 SHOWS - SATURDAY 29 JUNE, MATINEE 2.30PM & EVENING 7.30PM
COSENTINO - 'ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE TOUR' by Australia's own 'International Magician of the .. 
⊜ State Theatre - The Arts Centre Melbourne, 100 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne VIC 3004 Melbourne
➲ When: 14th of May 2019 To 25th of May 2019
Opera Australia presents
Così fan tutte
MOZART
NEW PRODUCTION
14 - 25 May 2019 | State Theatre
Sir David McVicar's production of Mozart's Così Fan Tutte has its highly anticipated Melb .. 
⊜ 24 Moons Club Bar - 24 moons, 2 arthurton road Northcote
➲ When: 21st of April 2019
After sold out and acclaimed shows in Canberra (bringing audiences of over 230 people), at the Adelaide Fringe Festival and in Batemans Bay, 'Decadence and Debauchery' is coming to Melbourne for the f .. 
⊜ Rod Laver Arena - Rod Laver Arena Melbourne
➲ When: 4th of July 2019 To 8th of July 2019
Disney On Ice Celebrates Mickey And Friends
Thursday 4, Friday 5, Saturday 6, Sunday 7, Monday 8 July 2019
Grab your mouse ears and get ready for the ultimate interactive event honoring the "Tru .. 
⊜ The Coopers Inn - Coopers Inn 282 Exhibition St Melbourne
➲ When: 11th of April 2019 To 21st of April 2019
After sell-out shows at last year's comedy festival with French Women Do Everything Better Fanny Bouffante is back in town but this time she is running for President of the French Republic.
Austra .. 
⊜ State Theatre - Melbourne
➲ When: 27th of November 2019 To 7th of December 2019
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 costs hi .. 
⊜ Globe Alley - globe alley, 1 globe alley, cbd Melbourne
➲ When: 9th of April 2019 To 21st of April 2019
How do you act? When someone puts a script in front of you what's the first step?
It's taken Fishlace, Melbourne's King of Independent Theatre, years to develop a system for the perfect performance. .. 
⊜ The Coopers Malthouse - The Coopers Malthouse, 113 Sturt St, Southbank VIC 3006 Southbank
➲ When: 28th of March 2019 To 21st of April 2019
Acting was invented by the ancient Greeks. Before that people were just pretending.
With the release of his new book Garry's Way: How to do Good Acting, Garry Starr gives rebirth to the ancient art .. 
⊜ The Coopers Malthouse - Melbourne
➲ When: 25th of September 2019 To 28th of September 2019
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 we .. 
⊜ Princess Theatre - Melbourne
➲ When: 23rd of February 2019 To 3rd of November 2019
Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is playing exclusively to Melbourne.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the most aw .. 
⊜ Hamer Hall - Southbank
➲ When: 14th of July 2019
Victorian Opera presents
Heroic Bel Canto
Opera
By Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini
Sunday 14 July | Hamer Hall
An evening of vocal prowess with famous mad scenes, great duets, ensembles and th .. 
⊜ State Theatre - Melbourne
➲ When: 24th of May 2019 To 1st of June 2019
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 s .. 
⊜ The Butterfly Club - 5 Carson Pl, Melbourne VIC 3000 Melbourne
➲ When: 29th of April 2019 To 4th of May 2019
An intimate evening of mind bending feats performed up close and personal where the audience's mind becomes the stage for Master Mentalist Dejai Phenix. Forget magic as you know it. your mind is the h .. 
⊜ Victorian Trades Hall - Trades Hall - 2 Lygon St Carlton
➲ When: 31st of March 2019 To 21st of April 2019
A completely improvised musical - every night. The audience shouts out a title, and seconds later the incredible cast of Impromptunes performs it for the first, last and only time.
Impromptunes ha .. 
⊜ The MC Showroom - Prahran
➲ When: 2nd of April 2019 To 21st of April 2019
2019 MICF - Keating's Republic April 2 - 21
Written by award winning playwright Neil Cole whose controversial play 'A Noble Cause' sold out at La Mama in 2018, brings you Keating's Republic. The .. 
⊜ The Butterfly Club - The Butterfly Club Melbourne
➲ When: 25th of April 2019 To 27th of April 2019
Larger-than-life secret agent Kirk Dangerous has been cast adrift from his native reality and stranded in 21st century Victoria. There's only one way to get home ' kill the prime minister.
So begi .. 
⊜ Flemington Racecourse - Flemington
➲ When: 12th of March 2020
Kurios by Cirque du Soleil
Flemington Racecourse
A World of Curiosities to Unravel
Step into the curio cabinet of an ambitious inventor who defies the laws of time, space and dimension in or .. 
⊜ The Palms at Crown - Level 3 Crown Casino - Clarendon Street Southbank
➲ When: 14th of June 2019 To 15th of June 2019
Friday 14 & Saturday 15 June 2019
The Palms at Crown
The ultimate night out and not only for the girls!
The story of four unemployed guys, motivated by 'The Chippendales' to form a male stri .. .jpg.aspx?width=974&height=676&ext=.jpg)
⊜ Plenary | Melbourne Convention Centre - 1 Convention Centre Place South Wharf
➲ When: 28th of June 2019
Last Podcast on the Left barrels headlong into all things horror - as Ben Kissel, Marcus Parks and Henry Zebrowski cover dark subjects spanning Jeffrey Dahmer, werewolves, Jonestown, iconic hauntings, .. 
⊜ The Melba Spiegeltent - Melba Studio Circus Oz Collingwood
➲ When: 28th of March 2019 To 21st of April 2019
28 MAR - 21 APRIL 2019
GROWING CONCERNS
Lawrence Leung
The Melba Spiegeltent
Presented by Australian Comedy Management
Part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Acclaimed come .. 
⊜ Playhouse Theatre - Melbourne
➲ When: 18th of May 2019 To 9th of June 2019
The Production Company presents
LAZARUS
By David Bowie and Enda Walsh
18 May - 9 June 2019 | Playhouse
The Production Company are thrilled to announce they are bringing the David Bowie and E .. 
⊜ Fortyfive Downstairs - fortyfivedownstairs | 45 Flinders Lane Melbourne
➲ When: 2nd of May 2019 To 19th of May 2019
The RETURN SEASON of Mr Burns, a post-electric play
After a completely sold-out season, Lightning Jar Theatre is thrilled to announce the return of Mr. Burns, a post-electric play for those who mi .. 
⊜ Her Majesty's Theatre - Melbourne
➲ When: 12th of March 2019 To 28th of April 2019
Her Majesty's Theatre
12 March 2019 - 28 April 2019
Undateable. Unemployable. Unstoppable.
Everybody is talking about Muriel!
Experience one of the most iconic and loved Australian films o .. 
⊜ The Butterfly Club - The Butterfly Club, 5 Carsons place Melbourne
➲ When: 6th of May 2019 To 11th of May 2019
Submit yourself to the guilty pleasures of the 1920s speakeasies and gin houses in Nocturnal Fever: Women of Sin, a stunning blues revue punctuated with exceptional burlesque performances. Relive a ti .. 
⊜ Level 3 Night Clubs At Crown - Level 3 Crown Melbourne 8 Whiteman St Southbank
⊜ The Palms at Crown - Level 3 Crown Casino - Clarendon Street Southbank
➲ When: 4th of July 2019
Thursday 4 July 2019
The Palms at Crown
Sally Morgan - An ordinary woman with an extraordinary gift!
Due to public demand, Britain's best-loved psychic, Sally Morgan, is bringing her success .. 
⊜ Athenaeum Theatre - Athenaeum Theatre 2 - 188 Collins Street Melbourne
➲ When: 15th of June 2019
Sat 15 June 2019 - Athenaeum Theatre
Dig out your sequins and slip into your dancing shoes. It's time to head back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Back by popular demand, following the huge suc .. 
⊜ Bunjil Place | Community Centre - Bunjil Place, 2 Patrick Northeast Drive, 3805 Narre Warren Narre Warren
➲ When: 12th of June 2019
Dig out your sequins, put on your glad rags and slip into your dancing shoes. It's time to head back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Following the huge success of their 2017 debut Australian tour, .. 
⊜ Deakin University, Geelong Waterfront Campus, 1 Gheringhap St, Geelong
➲ When: 7th of June 2019
Dig out your sequins, put on your glad rags and slip into your dancing shoes. It's time to head back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Following the huge success of their 2017 debut Australian tour, .. 
⊜ Frankston Arts Centre - Frankston Arts Centre, 27/37 Davey St, Frankston VIC 3199 Frankston
➲ When: 8th of June 2019
Dig out your sequins, put on your glad rags and slip into your dancing shoes. It's time to head back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Following the huge success of their 2017 debut Australian tour, .. 
⊜ The Wedge - Performing Arts Centre - The Wedge, 100 Foster Street, Sale
➲ When: 13th of June 2019
Dig out your sequins, put on your glad rags and slip into your dancing shoes. It's time to head back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Following the huge success of their 2017 debut Australian tour, .. 
⊜ Ulumbarra Theatre, 10 Gaol Rd, Bendigo
➲ When: 9th of June 2019
Dig out your sequins, put on your glad rags and slip into your dancing shoes. It's time to head back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Following the huge success of their 2017 debut Australian tour, .. 
⊜ Wendouree Centre for the Performing Arts - Wendouree Centre for Performing Arts, 1220 Howitt Street Wendouree, Ballarat 3355 Ballarat
➲ When: 11th of June 2019
Dig out your sequins, put on your glad rags and slip into your dancing shoes. It's time to head back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Following the huge success of their 2017 debut Australian tour, .. 
⊜ State Theatre - Arts Centre Melbourne, 100 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne VIC 3004 Melbourne
➲ When: 11th of May 2019 To 29th of May 2019
Opera Australia presents
Rigoletto
VERDI
11 - 29 May 2019 | State Theatre
From the moment he wrote it, Verdi knew he had a hit on his hands.
The story had everything: royalty, loyalty, d .. 
⊜ State Theatre - Melbourne
➲ When: 11th of May 2019 To 29th of May 2019
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 keep the .. 
⊜ Theatre Works - 14 Acland St St Kilda
➲ When: 24th of April 2019 To 5th of May 2019
MUST and TheatreWorks Present Slaughterhouse Five
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Presented by MUST & Theatre Works
Adapted and directed by Fleur Kilpatrick
Designed by Jason Lehane
Pr .. 
⊜ The Courthouse Hotel | North Melbourne - The Courthouse Hotel, 86-90 Errol Street North Melbourne
➲ When: 27th of April 2019
Smells Like A Song sees the multi-talented Impro Melbourne players pulling an entire musical out of thin air. And as with any Impro Melbourne show audience participation is an integral part of the fun .. 
⊜ The Coopers Malthouse - The Coopers Malthouse (The Tower) - 113 Sturt St Southbank
➲ When: 28th of March 2019 To 21st of April 2019
COMEDY FESTIVAL AT THE COOPERS MALTHOUSE
STARK AND DORMY
28 MAR - 21 APR 2019
BY BUNK PUPPETS
Bunk Puppets proudly presents, as a part of the 2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival,
.. 
⊜ Her Majesty's Theatre - Her Majesty's Theatre Melbourne
➲ When: 20th of June 2019 To 23rd of June 2019
Her Majesty's Theatre
20-23 Jun 2019
The pre-eminent leading man of Australian musical theatre, Anthony Warlow, will be joined by one of Australia's best-known stage and screen performers, the .. 
⊜ Victorian Trades Hall - Trades Hall - Music Room - 54 Victoria Street Carlton
➲ When: 28th of March 2019 To 21st of April 2019
If you've ever been engaged at 19 or racked up parking fines worth a house deposit, then like Tash York you've probably not mastered Adulting.
Known for her ballsy voice, witty repartee and wine-l .. 
⊜ Abbotsford Convent - Abbotsford Convent, 1 St Heliers Street Abbotsford
➲ When: 24th of May 2019
Experience the history of the Convent like never before at this world premiere performance of Andrew Aronowicz's 'The Abbotsford Mysteries', based on Patricia Sykes' evocative book of poetry of the sa .. 
⊜ Melbourne Recital Centre - Southbank
➲ When: 12th of December 2019 To 14th of December 2019
Victorian Opera presents
The Barber of Seville
Opera
By Gioachino Rossini
12 - 14 December 2019 | Melbourne Recital Centre
Rossini's most popular opera, which offers a delightful romp full .. 
⊜ The Butterfly Club - Melbourne
⊜ Fairfax Studio - Melbourne
➲ When: 25th of April 2019 To 12th of May 2019
Bell Shakespeare presents
The Miser
25 April - 12 May 2019 | Fairfax Studio
Me? Well off? Slander and lies!
Wealthy skinflint, Harpagon is so cheap he'd rather bury his money in the backya .. 
⊜ Alex Theatre St Kilda - Alex Theatre St Kilda 135 Fitzroy Street St Kilda
➲ When: 2nd of May 2019 To 11th of May 2019
THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT
Thursday 2nd - Saturday 11 May 2019
Presented by: Lab Theatre in association with Aleksander Vass and Vass Productions
Starring: Natalia Nespeca, Matt Trubiani, Rya .. 
⊜ Kilsyth Sports Centre - Kilsyth
⊜ Gasworks Arts Park - Albert Park
➲ When: 17th of October 2019 To 19th of October 2019
Victorian Opera presents
The Selfish Giant
Opera
By Simon Bruckard
17 - 19 October 1019 | Gasworks Theatre, Albert Park
A fairy tale by Oscar Wilde.
Best known for his witty comedy of .. 
⊜ The Butterfly Club - The Butterfly Club 5 Carson Place Melbourne
➲ When: 27th of May 2019 To 1st of June 2019
24 Carrot Productions presents The Sisters; or, Galileo's Penance, an original play based on the true story of Galileo's illegitimate daughters. Confined to a convent at a young age, their interest in .. 
⊜ Theatre Works - Theatre Works - 14 Acland St St Kilda
➲ When: 22nd of May 2019 To 2nd of June 2019
Theatre Works and The Anchor present
The Three Graces
By Laura Lethlean
Directed Katie Cawthorne
The Three Graces have a lot to say.
The daughters of Zeus are a legacy from a different tim .. 
⊜ Goldfields Theatre - 1 Convention Centre Place South Wharf
➲ When: 24th of May 2019
***This event is now sold out. Please see 2nd show for tickets. ***
Theo Von - creator of the Netflix Original comedy special No Offense and popular podcasts This Past Weekend & The King and The St .. 
⊜ Plenary | Melbourne Convention Centre - 1 Convention Centre Place South Wharf
➲ When: 31st of May 2019
Theo Von - creator of the Netflix Original comedy special No Offense and popular podcasts This Past Weekend & The King and The Sting - is bringing his live comedy show to Australia for the very first .. 
⊜ Melbourne
➲ When: 23rd of February 2019 To 3rd of November 2019
Every Friday, TodayTix release 40 tickets for some of the very best seats in the theatre at $40 ($80 for Part One and Part Two) for every performance for the following week.
Winners will be notifi .. 
⊜ The Arts Centre - Melbourne
➲ When: 1st of January 2019 To 1st of January 2020
Magnificent, memorable, 'Together Experiences' for just $30
When was the last time you did something completely off the cuff?
What happened to good ole spontaneity?!
Doesn't it seem someti .. 
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