Dance we will and dance we must. From a chorus of hairy fawns to singing swans and showgirl stars, experience an unforgettable, frenetic song-and-dance into meaning. A musical celebration that will shock you out of stagnancy and into ecstatic oblivion from “the queen of chanson” (Berliner Zeitung) with “devilish funny bones and heavenly vocal chords”… Read More »Meow Meow’s The Red Shoes
Australia’s most dramatic exhibition space is completely transformed, as artist Mike Hewson brings his unique and boundary-testing brand of social sculpture to the Nelson Packer Tank. Renowned for award-winning public projects that are at once artworks, play areas, and places to be, Hewson is reimagining the Tank as a combined park, playground, construction site, and… Read More »Mike Hewson: The Key’s Under the Mat
A love song to the open road The Australian epic The Shiralee comes to the stage for the first time, adapted by Kate Mulvany, in a ranging and poetic story of life and love on the margins. Macauley is a rugged swagman who roams the highways and byways of mid-century Australia, while Macauley’s young daughter… Read More »The Shiralee
At the turn of the 20th century, an unprecedented wave of women artists prevailed against social constraints and left Australia to pursue international professional careers. This is the first major exhibition to focus on the vital role of these Australian women in the emergence of international modernism. Featuring celebrated and rediscovered paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture… Read More »Dangerously Modern: Australian Women Artists in Europe 1890–1940
Virginia Gay returns as the legendary frontierswoman in this stripped-back, rough-and-ready reimagining of the classic musical. Grab a drink and prepare to be immersed in the world of the Golden Garter Saloon.
Inspired by a true story, FLY GIRL embarks on Deborah Lawrie’s turbulent journey to becoming Australia’s first female commercial airline pilot. It’s the late 70’s and the Australian Aviation Industry is a boy’s club. The only job women are allowed involves wearing heels, lighting smokes and serving nuts. Deborah Lawrie’s got the chops to fly… Read More »Fly Girl
The musical that stops the nation Not just another absurdist, electro-swing musical comedy about a thoroughbred racehorse, Phar Lap is a rags-to-riches story with a big heart. If you’re thinking elaborate life-size puppetry and dazzling special effects, you couldn’t be more wrong (we don’t have the budget). Suspend your disbelief as an actor swaps his… Read More »Phar Lap
Shirley is an unassuming housewife with a dream—and a passport. Talking to her kitchen wall, she dreams of escape and wonders what happened to the adventurous girl she once was. When a friend invites her on a spontaneous holiday to Greece, Shirley takes a bold leap into the unknown. With humour, charm and grit, she… Read More »Shirley Valentine
For centuries, Oberon and Puck have been the ultimate matchmakers, crafting perfect love stories. But in a world where romance is a chaotic mix of swipes, situationships, and ghosting – Oberon worries that true love is becoming extinct. Just when all hope seems lost, four young lovers cross their path – ready for a night… Read More »The Lovers
An earth-shattering experience from three of the world’s most inspired choreographers, Prism will leave you breathless with its raw intensity and revolutionary design. Inspired by the three sides of a prism, each work is a reflection of the visionary choreographer behind it.
After a university faculty party, Martha and George, lure an unwitting younger couple, Nick and Honey, into their bitter and frustrated relationship. Their marriage has been defined by the accumulation of small disappointments, and tonight they’re all coming out with a vengeance.
With a name taken from Maya Angelou’s famous book of poems, this timely exhibition focuses on a culturally diverse group of women artists living in Australia, many of whom are internationally recognised, if less familiar at home. A celebration of women’s art practice, the exhibition foregrounds materiality through a wide variety of media, including textiles,… Read More »And Still I Rise
It's a Wonderful Life is a heartwarming classic about family, friendship, and the impact of a single life. Adapted for the stage by Mary Elliott Nelson Webb, this beloved story follows George Bailey, a man questioning his worth, who is shown by an angel how different the world would be if he had never been… Read More »It’s A Wonderful Life
Shakespeare’s greatest play, in an energised, classic Belvoir production, featuring the grit and power of Colin Friels. It’s time to retire. Lear has a plan – he’ll divide the kingdom between his three daughters, they’ll work in harmony with each other, he’ll live with them, there will be a seamless transition of power, and all… Read More »The True History of the Life and Death of King Lear & His Three Daughters