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Review: ‘Twelfth Night’ at Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne (2026)

Playing at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, Southern Cross Lawn until February 28. Tickets and more info at: shakespeareaustralia.com.au.

News: Michael Paynter to play John Farnham in ‘Whispering Jack’

Sydney Theatre Company, Michael Cassel and Gaynor Wheatley today announced Michael Paynter will play Australian music icon John Farnham in Whispering Jack: The John Farnham Musical in Sydney Theatre Company’s World Premiere season at Roslyn Packer Theatre this November.

News: ‘Beetlejuice The Musical’ to open in Perth

Western Australian theatre fans have chanted “Beetlejuice” three times and the most mischievous ghost in the history of musicals has responded.

Review: ‘Shakespeare’s Best Bits’ at Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens (2025-2026)

Riotous and ridiculous in equal measure, Shakespeare’s Best Bits is an anarchic comedic romp that gives its talented troupe of six actors a chance to show off their glorious comedy skills, in a phenomenally entertaining two hours of slapstick comedy inspired by the Bard’s great works.

Review: ‘Cats’ at Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne (2025-2026)

Celebrating forty years since its first staging in Australia, Cats the musical is currently playing at Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne until January 31 before moving to Brisbane in February.

Review: ‘Love Actually – The Musical Parody’ at Melbourne’s Athenaeum Theatre (2025)

Playing at Melbourne’s Athenaeum Theatre until December 23, Sydney’s Darling Quarter Theatre until December 23 and Brisbane’s Royal ICC Theatre until December 21.

Tickets and more information at loveactuallymusicalparody.com

News: Victorian Opera Announces The Full Cast For ‘The Pirates of Penzance’

Victorian Opera sets sail for a swashbuckling summer as Gilbert & Sullivan’s uproarious The Pirates of Penzance storms the Palais Theatre from 31 January to 6 February. Bursting with much-loved music, Gilbert and Sulivan’s operetta has long remained a crowd favourite with classics including I am the Very Model of a Modern Major General, Poor Wandering One and I am the Pirate King.

News: ‘SIX The Musical’ Will Reign Again Live On Stage In Australia!

After triumphantly taking the West End, Broadway, and stages across the globe by storm, the international smash-hit phenomenon SIX the Musical will make its royal return to Australia in 2026, with seasons confirmed at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre from July 2026, Theatre Royal Sydney from October 2026 and QPAC’s Playhouse Theatre in Brisbane from January 2027.

News: ‘Shakespeare’s Best Bits’ Returns to the Royal Botanic Gardens This Summer

Returning this summer, Peter Quince Presents: Shakespeare’s Best Bits is taking the Bard off the school syllabus and letting his funniest characters run loose in the Royal Botanic Gardens from 20 December 2025 – 17 January 2026.