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⊜ CopaCabana International - 139 Smith street Fitzroy
➲ When: 29th of June 2019
An authentic Cuban night in the heart of Melbourne
The main dish of the night is HAVANA to RIO, the new show production under the artistic direction of well-known King of Cuban dance: Eric Turro M .. 
⊜ 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 .. 
⊜ 222 Macaulay Rd, North Melbourne
➲ When: 30th of July 2019 To 15th of September 2019
Be seduced by your imagination with the award-winning immersive theatre experience, A Midnight Visit!
"Is all that we see or seem,
But a dream within a dream?"
- Edgar Allan Poe
JOURNEY TO TH .. 
⊜ Melbourne
⊜ Fortyfive Downstairs - fortyfivedownstairs, 45 Flinders Lane Melbourne
➲ When: 17th of July 2019 To 28th of July 2019
fortyfivedownstairs and La Mama present
Sentient Theatre's production of
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
Adapted for the stage and Directed by Peta Hanrahan
Following a sold-out p .. 
⊜ Chapel Off Chapel - Chapel off Chapel, 12 Little Chapel Street Prahran
➲ When: 20th of June 2019 To 23rd of June 2019
John Peter Farnham is one of Australia's most skilled, successful and adored male singers of all time. Stephen Valeri... is definitely not.
But he's here to convince you that he and Farnsey share .. 
⊜ Fab Nobs Theatre - Fab Nobs Theatre Bayswater
➲ When: 5th of July 2019 To 14th of July 2019
Fab Nobs Theatre is staging the all time Disney Favourite - Aladdin Jnr this July School Holidays.
Aladdin Junior is an all new junior show, based on the recent hit Broadway adaptation of the Disn .. 
⊜ Sovereign Hill | Ballarat - Sovereign Hill 3 Bradshaw Street Ballarat
➲ Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
G O L D C H A N G E S E V E R Y T H I N G
EXPLORE SPACE, DELVE INTO THE DREAMTIME,
AND RE-LIVE AUSTRALIA'S MOST IMPORTANT REBELLION
ALL WHILE TRAVELLING UNDER THE NIGHT SKY. SUITABLE FOR .. 
⊜ 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 .. 
⊜ Theatre Works - Theatre Works - 14 Acland St St Kilda
➲ When: 10th of July 2019 To 21st of July 2019
Theatre Works and Oozing Future present the premiere season of
AutoCannibal
Created and Performed by Mitch Jones
In the aftermath of an apocalyptic social collapse, one person survives. But he' .. 
⊜ Regent Theatre - 219 Exhibition St Melbourne
⊜ The Butterfly Club - The Butterfly Club, 5 Carson Place (off Little Collins St) Melbourne
➲ When: 28th of June 2019 To 6th of July 2019
A singer, a contemporary dancer and a burlesque artist walk into a room. The director has escaped from the circus. The MC is nowhere to be seen. It's cabaret...kind of. With donuts.
Cheeky, quirky .. 
⊜ The Butterfly Club - Carson Place, off Little Collins St Melbourne Vic 3000 Melbourne
➲ When: 5th of July 2019 To 6th of July 2019
Born Again is a cabaret from that kid who always missed the child birth video at school and would like it to stay that way.
In this quirky and warm-hearted show, Siobhan Judge explores the concept .. 
⊜ Athenaeum Theatre - 188 Collins Street Melbourne
➲ When: 11th of July 2019 To 27th of July 2019
Thu 11 July- Saturday 27 July 2019
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL returns to Melbourne for strictly 3 weeks only.
Following sold out performances, and a recent nomination f .. 
⊜ The Vault Melbourne - 518 Flinders St Melbourne
⊜ Club Voltaire - 14 Raglan St North Melbourne
➲ When: 18th of July 2019
Candlelight Nights brings you 2 exciting floors of entertainment every month, showcasing local talent in burlesque, circus, music and more!
Tickets - $15 online/$20 on the door
Location
Club Vo .. 
⊜ Her Majesty's Theatre - Melbourne
➲ When: 9th of August 2019 To 22nd 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, .. 
⊜ 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 .. 
⊜ 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 - Melbourne
➲ When: 23rd of October 2019 To 27th of October 2019
Dame Edna Announces 'My Gorgeous Life' Tour
The grand dame of world theatre, Dame Edna Everage, has been forced out of retirement by the demands of her adoring "Precious Possums", announcing a sur .. 
⊜ 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 .. 
⊜ National Circus Centre | NICA - NICA National Circus Centre, 39-59 Green Street Prahran
➲ When: 18th of June 2019 To 22nd of June 2019
2nd Year Ensemble
Presented by the National Institute of Circus Arts
Directed by Zebastian Hunter and Meredith Kitchen
The National Institute of Circus Arts presents Dispersion - a contemporary, .. 
⊜ The Toff in Town - The Toff in Town, 252 Swanston St Melbourne
➲ When: 19th of July 2019
Dust off that top hat and slip on those silken gloves. The Big HOO-HAA! Melbourne is dressing to the nines for their ninth birthday show!
You are cordially invited to attend the comedy event of the .. 
⊜ Stamford Plaza Melbourne - Stamford Plaza Melbourne, 111 Little Collins Street Melbourne
➲ When: 26th of July 2019
Officially the world's longest running and most successful show of its kind, Faulty Towers The Dining Experience is continuing to make its international mark as a 'outrageously funny' night out (Broad .. 
⊜ 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 .. 
⊜ 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 22nd of March 2020
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 .. 
⊜ Fab Nobs Theatre - Fab Nobs Theatre Bayswater
➲ When: 25th of October 2019 To 9th of November 2019
Fab Nobs' final show for 2019 is HEATHERS - a dark musical comedy based on the cult classic 1980s movie of the same name starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater.
Heathers is the darkly delicious .. 
⊜ Fairfax Studio - Fairfax Studio Southbank
➲ When: 17th of May 2019 To 6th of July 2019
HEISENBERG
by Simon Stephens
17 MAY - 6 JULY 2019
Arts Centre Melbourne, Fairfax Studio
At a bustling London train station, 42-year-old American, Georgie, kisses the neck of a much older Iri .. 
⊜ 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 .. 
⊜ The Butterfly Club - The Butterfly Club (Carson Place, off Little Collins St) Melbourne
➲ When: 8th of July 2019 To 13th of July 2019
'Two people, trapped in a room. One is almost finished but the other is not yet ready. The other will be ready, but just not yet.'
In June/July this year, a team of young artists will be touring fr .. 
⊜ David Williamson Theatre - David Williamson Theatre, 35 St John Street. Prahran
➲ When: 30th of June 2019 To 11th of August 2019
Nothing Toulouse is an improvised soap opera set in 19th century Paris.
Drawing inspiration from the famous Moulin Rouge and the characters who flocked there, Impro Melbourne invites you to an eve .. 
⊜ Southbank Theatre - Southbank Theatre Southbank
➲ When: 18th of November 2019 To 28th of December 2019
KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
Book by Terrence McNally, Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb, Based on the novel by Manuel Puig
18 NOVEMBER - 28 DECEMBER 2019
Southbank Theatre, The Sumner
From .. 
⊜ Fortyfive Downstairs - fortyfivedownstairs, 45 Flinders Lane Melbourne
➲ When: 2nd of July 2019 To 14th of July 2019
Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett
Fortyfive Downstairs
Following a highly acclaimed, sold-out season in 2018, Australian satirist and theatre icon, Max Gillies, returns to fortyfivedownstairs .. 
⊜ 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 .. 
⊜ 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, .. 
⊜ Theatre Works - Theatre Works - 14 Acland St St Kilda
➲ When: 14th of August 2019 To 25th of August 2019
The Danger Ensemble and Theatre Works present the premiere season of
Let Men Tremble
Get whet.
Contemporary and experimental theatre company The Danger Ensemble return to Theatre Works thi .. 
⊜ La Mama Courthouse - La Mama Courthouse - 349 Drummond St Carlton
➲ When: 25th of July 2019 To 4th of August 2019
La Mama proudly presents the premiere season of
Make Me A Houri
Written by Emina Ashman
Directed by Stephanie Ghajar
Two women meet in the afterlife. After experiencing grave punishment, .. 
⊜ Athenaeum Theatre - Athenaeum Theatre 2 188 Collins St Melbourne
➲ When: 10th of September 2019 To 21st of September 2019
MAROONED by Michael Gray Griffith
presented by The Wolves Theatre Company
Athenaeum Theatre
There are not many good news stories about suicide, but this project is one of them.
Opening on .. 
⊜ Prahran
➲ When: 19th of June 2019 To 30th of June 2019
Melbourne Cabaret Festival
19 June - 30 June 2019
The Melbourne Cabaret Festival is one of Melbourne's major winter arts events.
Over the past 10 years, the Festival has evolved into one whi .. 
⊜ The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts - Clayton
➲ When: 5th of July 2019 To 25th of July 2019
MLIVE AT MONASH CLAYTON
The new home of performing arts.
Created to bring performing arts to Melbourne's diverse communities, the MLIVE program covers ideas, music, theatre and dance.
MLIVE .. 
⊜ Hardimans Hotel - Hardimans Hotel 521 Macaulay Rd, Kensington Melbourne 3031 Kensington
➲ When: 21st of June 2019
Bar'd Work - The Shakesbeer Sessions: Much Ado About Nothing at Hardimans Hotel
Shakespeare as he intended... drunk.
Fast, funny and irreverent Shakespeare performed in your local pub. This trou .. 
⊜ 64A Tennyson St, Elwood
➲ When: 29th of June 2019
Bar'd Work - The Shakesbeer Sessions: Much Ado About Nothing at The King of Tonga
Shakespeare as he intended, drunk.
Following on from Sydney's sold out season, Bar'd Work are now in Melbourne.
.. 
⊜ 85 Peel St, West Melbourne
➲ When: 27th of June 2019
Bar'd Work - The Shakesbeer Sessions: Much Ado About Nothing at Hello Jose
Shakespeare as he intended, drunk.
Following on from Sydney's sold out season, Bar'd Work are now in Melbourne.
Fas .. 
⊜ Rochester Hotel - Rochester Hotel, 202 Johnston St, Fitzroy VIC 3065, Australia Fitzroy
➲ When: 29th of June 2019
Bar'd Work - The Shakesbeer Sessions: Much Ado About Nothing at The Rochey
Shakespeare as he intended, drunk.
Following on from Sydney's sold out season, Bar'd Work are now in Melbourne.
Fast .. 
⊜ Athenaeum Theatre - 188 Collins Street Melbourne
➲ When: 17th of September 2019 To 24th of September 2019
Melbourne Opera is pleased to present Bellini's Norma
Tuesday 17, 19, 21, 24 September 2019
Athenaeum Theatre
Following its triumphant production of Wagner's The Flying Dutchman, Melbourne .. 
⊜ The Melba Spiegeltent - The Melba Spiegeltent, 35 Johnston Street, Collingwood, Victoria Collingwood
➲ When: 7th of July 2019
Enter the Paris Underground and journey through the dark delights of the city of light. Witness astounding acts of magic and illusion, spectacular tap dancing, brilliant burlesque, breath taking aeria .. 
⊜ 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 .. 
⊜ Frankston Arts Centre - Davey Street Frankston
➲ When: 22nd of August 2019
Think you know the story of The Three Little Pigs, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White, Goldilocks and Jack and the Beanstalk? Think again.
Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes & Dirty Beasts b .. 
⊜ Drum Theatre - Drum Theatre, Cnr Lonsdale and Walker Streets Dandenong
➲ When: 29th of June 2019
When eleven-year-old Juniper May receives a petition signed by her entire class stating that she is 'the most hated person in the school' her life is thrown into complete meltdown.
Juniper stops e .. 
⊜ The Butterfly Club - The Butterfly Club - Carson St Melbourne
➲ When: 15th of July 2019 To 20th of July 2019
Actor/comedian Ross Daniels returns to The Butterfly Club with a brand-new show!
A cut-rate Australian space agency has decided to return us to the moon. Thing is- they're only sending people they .. 
⊜ Southbank Theatre - Southbank Theatre, The Lawler: 140 Southbank Boulevard 3006 Melbourne
➲ When: 12th of June 2019 To 22nd of June 2019
Rudy & Cuthbert are two absurdist clowns readying to bump in their courtroom drama production version of 12 Angry Men.
Surprised to already find an audience, they soon discover what they thought w .. 
⊜ Playhouse Theatre - Playhouse Southbank
➲ When: 15th of July 2019 To 14th of August 2019
15 JULY - 14 AUGUST 2019
Arts Centre Melbourne, Playhouse
The Oscar-winning film comes to the stage in a boisterous romantic comedy directed by the illustrious Simon Phillips (Muriel’s Wedding .. 
⊜ Melbourne Recital Centre - Melbourne Recital Centre Southbank
➲ When: 31st of August 2019
Shoso's Ikebana Performance with the Grigoryan Brothers
Melbourne Recital Centre
Wa: Melbourne Ikebana Festival presents Ikebana artist Shoso Shimbo in concert with the Grigoryan Brothers.
An .. 
⊜ Her Majesty's Theatre - Melbourne
⊜ Chapel Off Chapel - Chapel Off Chapel Prahran
➲ When: 18th of October 2019 To 19th of October 2019
After selling out all Sydney shows at The Hayes Theatre Co in three days, almost a year ahead of their season, Siblingship will be premiering in Melbourne at Chapel Off Chapel on the 18th and 19th of .. 
⊜ Speakeasy HQ - Speakeasy HQ Apollo Theatre 522 Flinders St Melbourne Melbourne
➲ Every Friday, Saturday
Experience the only authentic 20-act Vaudeville & Burlesque show in the Southern Hemisphere today!
An amazingly unique entertainment experience in the only purpose built vaudeville theatre in Aust .. 
⊜ Southbank Theatre - The Sumner Southbank
➲ When: 17th of June 2019 To 20th of July 2019
by Colin Thiele, adapted for the stage by Tom Holloway
17 JUNE - 20 JULY 2019
Southbank Theatre, The Sumner
The team behind Jasper Jones return for this exquisite new stage adaptation of the m .. 
⊜ 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 .. 
⊜ Drum Theatre - Drum Theatre, Cnr Lonsdale and Walker Streets Dandenong
➲ When: 27th of June 2019
The Sound of Music swings at last! There's a bossa nova in Brigadoon, a mambo in Mamma Mia and Hello Dolly will definitely be heavy on the hi-hat!
Swinging on Broadway takes us back to an era when .. 
⊜ Athenaeum Theatre - Athenaeum Theatre 188 Collins St. Melbourne, VIC 3000 Melbourne
➲ When: 2nd of August 2019 To 16th of August 2019
PPIA Victoria Presents "Temu Lawak 2019".
We commemorate the Independence Day of Republic of Indonesia annually on the 17th of August.
As Indonesians, we are obliged to carry the spirit of Inde .. 
⊜ 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
⊜ Northcote Town Hall - Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre Northcote
➲ When: 3rd of July 2019 To 13th of July 2019
Performed by two straight-laced adults, five demonic children and a disgruntled teen guitarist providing a live soundtrack.
Do you have what it takes to survive?
MELBOURNE, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE .. 
⊜ Fortyfive Downstairs - fortyfivedownstairs, 45 flinders lane Melbourne
➲ When: 1st of August 2019 To 18th of August 2019
Any night could be their last performance. Danger, disease and betrayal surround the Jewish musicians, singers, dancers, acrobats, opera and theatre performers thrown together and trapped in the Ghett .. 
⊜ Frankston Arts Centre - 27-37 Davey Street Frankston
➲ When: 26th of July 2019
'Flawless...Cleverly constructed, full of melodramatic twists and humourous asides.'
Sydney Morning Herald
The contradictions of modern India with its iPhones and ancient gods come alive in this .. 
⊜ The Butterfly Club - Carson Place, off Little Collins St. Melbourne
➲ When: 25th of July 2019
This monologue explores the existential anguish of the life of many women living in a world dominated by patriarchy society.
The 'madwoman', in this conflicted and painful existential process whic .. 
⊜ 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 .. 
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