Theatre Shows & Musicals for Kids, Teens & Adults to See In Australia 2025–2026
We love theatre shows & musicals, immersing ourselves in the dialogue and music. While our What’s On guides cover events across Australia, we’ve compiled this list to track these great shows in one post - hope you like it! We will update this listing regularly - so keep checking!
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TINA - THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL
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Synopsis: Experience the inspiring life story of Tina Turner, the Queen of Rock n’ Roll, who didn’t just break the rules – she rewrote them.
Age Recommendation: Recommended for ages 14 and up.
Duration: 2 hours and 45 minutes, including a 20-minute interval.
Warnings: Contains scenes of domestic violence, sexual abuse, firearms, drug use, coarse and racial language, strobe lighting, loud music, theatrical haze, and the simulated smoking of cigarettes.
Showing in the following cities:
Sydney - 4th May 2023 to 28th January 2024
Melbourne - 21st September 2024 to 2nd March 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
DISNEY BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - THE MUSICAL
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Synopsis: The enchanting and timeless tale of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast has been brought to life in a reimagined production boasting all the spectacle and grandeur audiences know and love.
Age Recommendation: Recommended for ages 6 and up due to full length musical.
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes, including a 20-minute interval.
Warnings: Contains theatrical smoke, fog effects, gunshots, violence and strobe lighting.
Showing in the following cities:
Sydney - 23rd June 2023 to 28th January 2024 - Our Info Post
Melbourne - 27th June 2024 to 20th April 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
Adelaide - 8th May to 22nd June 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
Perth - 24th July to 12th October 2025 - Buy Tickets
SISTER ACT THE MUSICAL
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Synopsis: Praise be! The habit is coming to Australia. The global smash hit musical sent from above, is now touring Australia. Sister Act is without doubt, the must-see new musical of the year!
Age Recommendation: Recommended for ages 10 and up.
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes, including a 20-minute interval.
Warnings: Contain some moderate language, gunshot effects, depictions of smoking, drinking and mild adult sexual and violence references as well as strobe lighting and smoke haze.
Showing in the following cities:
Sydney - 6th August to 6th October 2024 - Our Info Post
Melbourne - 3rd November to 26th January 2025 - Our Info Post
Brisbane - 15th Feb to 15th March 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
Adelaide - 22nd March to 19 April 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
Perth - 26th April to 25th May 2025 - Buy Tickets
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FRANKENSTEIN
Synopsis: Victor Frankenstein, a grieving but brilliantly ambitious young scientist, pushes the boundaries of theory and morality to create a living being from the remains of the dead. But playing God has its consequences… Shunned by society and plagued by an inherited sense of confusion and rage, Victor’s miracle of science becomes a monster that threatens to destroy everything his creator holds dear.
Age Recommendation: Recommended for ages 14 and up.
Duration: 2 hours 5 minutes including interval.
Warnings: Contains: adult themes, simulated violence, suicide ideation, death and gore, as well as use of stage blood, smoke effects, strobe lighting and loud sound effects / music. It has depictions of murders, a death by hanging/execution, and of a house fire.
Showing in the following cities:
Melbourne - 23rd August to 1st September 2024 - Our Info Post
Sydney - 28th September to 13th October 2024 - Our Info Post
Brisbane - 24th May to 8 Jun 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
TITANIQUE
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Synopsis: All aboard NYC’s must-sea musical comedy! When the music of Céline Dion makes sweet Canadian love with the eleven-time Oscar®-winning blockbuster film Titanic, you get Titanique, off-Broadway’s most award-winning splash hit, which turns one of the greatest love stories of all time into a hysterical musical fantasia.
Age Recommendation: Recommended for ages 16 and up.
Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes, with no interval.
Warnings: Contains some strong language and is appropriate for ages 16+. Younger passengers are welcome at your discretion. Stage smoke, strobe lighting and strong language.
Showing in the following cities:
Sydney - 12th September 2024 to 1st June 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
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Synopsis: The iconic global phenomenon which will star one of Australia’s most respected musicians, Michael Paynter, musical theatre star Javon King and soul & blues powerhouse Mahalia Barnes. Don’t miss this Tim Rice and Andrew Llyod Webber rock masterpiece!
Age Recommendation: Recommended for ages 10 and up.
Duration: 1 hour and 50 minutes, including a 20-minute interval.
Warnings: Contains adult themes.
Showing in the following cities:
Sydney - 6th November 2024 to 26th January 2025 - Our Info Post
Perth - 13th Feb to 8th March 2025 - Buy Tickets
Melbourne - 16th March to 22nd June 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
Brisbane - 29th June to 27th July 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
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Synopsis: Before Wendy, her mother Molly. Before Peter, a nameless orphan. Reimagined by Australia’s Dead Puppet Society, acclaimed for creating visually astounding worlds, this highly anticipated version of Peter and the Starcatcher blurs the lines between reality and fantasy, traversing oceans of mystical mermaids, and lands of curious creatures.
Age Recommendation: Recommended for ages 10+.
Duration: 2 hours including 20-minute interval.
Warnings: Contains loud noises, flashing lights, smoke effects and strobe lighting.
Showing in the following cities:
Melbourne - 8th to 20th November 2024 - Our Info Post
Canberra - 15th to 27th October 2024 - Our Info Post
Sydney - 31st January to 9th February 2025 - Our Info Post
Brisbane - 14th March to 6th April 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
Adelaide - Cancelled
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS - THE TWENTY-SIDED TAVERN
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Synopsis: Come celebrate the 50th anniversary of the world’s greatest roleplaying game in the most epic way imaginable.
Age Recommendation: Recommended for ages 12 and up.
Duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes including a 20 minute interval.
Warnings: Contains flashing lights, strobe effects and haze. This performance may contain coarse language and sexual references.
Showing in the following cities:
Sydney - 15th December 2024 to 8th March 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
CINDERELLA (CENDRILLON
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Synopsis: Massenet’s classic opera is full of sumptuous music, and this production adds humour with playful choreography and extravagant costumes. Barbara de Limburg’s extraordinary set is inspired by an original illustrated edition of the fairy tale, complete with fold-out balcony and paper-cut carriage.
Age Recommendation: N/A
Duration: 1 hour and 50 minutes, including one interval.
Warnings: N/A
Showing in the following cities:
Sydney - 2nd January to 28th March 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
THE LORD OF THE RINGS - A MUSICAL TALE
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Synopsis: Tolkien's masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, returns home to Middle-earth™.
Age Recommendation: Recommended for ages 8 years and up.
Duration: 2 hours and 50 minutes including a 20-minute interval.
Warnings: Contains strobe lighting, haze and theatrical blackouts.
Showing in the following cities:
Sydney - 7th January to 1st February 2025 - Our Info Post
Perth - 19th March to 6th April 2025 - Buy Tickets
Melbourne - 26th April to 8th June 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
Gold Coast - 4th to 20th July 2025 Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
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Synopsis: Enter the friendly neighbourhood barber with wits and tricks as sharp as his razors. He sets to work to unite the young lovers in an evening of disguises and duplicity. This rollicking, laugh-out-loud comedy took a young Rossini just 13 days to write. Playful energy sparkles through as many famous tunes as you can pack into two-and-a-half hours.
Age Recommendation: N/A
Duration: 2 hours and 45 minutes, with an interval.
Warnings: N/A
Notes: Performed in Italian with English surtitles.
Showing in the following cities:
Sydney - 18th January to 28th February 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
Melbourne - 31st October to 5th November 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
LA TRAVIATA
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Synopsis: Violetta is a coveted courtesan, the toast of Paris, desired by many. When she meets the ardent Alfredo, her life changes forever and she longs to break free of her past. But can she? Who is this woman beyond the sparkling salon? This fresh production of a classic invites new questions. From the vivacious chorus of the famous ‘Brindisi’ to Violetta’s soaring ‘Sempre libera’ and the breathless notes at the opera’s tragic end, Verdi’s music for La Traviata is a thrilling, emotional experience.
Age Recommendation: Recommended for mature audiences due to content.
Duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes, including one interval.
Warnings: Contains adult content including sexual themes and implied violence.
Notes: Sung in Italian with English surtitles.
Showing in the following cities:
Sydney - 23rd January to 27th March 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
HADESTOWN
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Synopsis: HADESTOWN is a defiantly hopeful theatrical experience that will take you on a journey to the underworld and back, intertwining two mythic love stories – that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone.
Age Recommendation: Recommended for ages 8 years and up.
Duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes, including a 20-minute interval.
Warnings: Contains strobe lighting, theatrical haze and references to alcohol & adult themes.
Showing in the following cities:
Sydney - 10th February to 19th April 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
Melbourne - 8th May to 29th June 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE OR THE SLAVE OF DUTY
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Synopsis: (Swash) buckle up for an epic voyage… Hayes Artistic Directors Richard Carroll and Victoria Falconer harness the irreverent, genre-busting spirit of a sprawling, satirical, musical masterwork, and bring it to raucous new life for a 21st-century audience. This brand-new, boisterously joyful adaptation is brought to life by just four bold performers.
Age Recommendation: Recommended for ages 12 years and up.
Duration: Approximately 2 hours 30 minutes, including interval.
Warnings: Some mildly salty language, comically inept stage combat, and risk of spontaneous harmonica. Also, theatrical haze and flashing lights.
Showing in the following cities:
Sydney - 14 February to 16th March 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE
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Synopsis: From the producers of the hugely successful Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap comes a brand-new production of the best-selling crime novel of all time. Ten strangers are lured to a solitary mansion on an island off the English coast. When a storm cuts them off from the mainland, the true reason for their presence on the island becomes horribly clear.
Age Recommendation: Recommended for ages 15 years and up.
Duration: 2 hours and 35 minutes, including a 20-minute interval.
Warnings: Contains references to, and depictions of, murder, manslaughter and suicide. Please also note that recorded gun shots and brief flashing lights form part of the production.
Showing in the following cities:
Melbourne - 16th February 2025 to 23rd March 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
Sydney - 3rd May to Sunday 1st June 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
Perth - 8th to 22 June 2025 - Buy Tickets
Adelaide - 2nd to 10th August 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK
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Synopsis: Five modern teenage girls recount a story burnt into the Australian psyche. In Tom Wright’s lyrical and daring adaptation, Joan Lindsay’s hypnotic classic becomes a form-shattering mix of storytelling, gossip, and reenactment. Seen through the eyes of STC Resident Director Ian Michael (Stolen, Constellations), “the most exciting new director of this generation” (Limelight), Picnic at Hanging Rock promises an inventive and dreamlike theatre experience like no other.
Age Recommendation: Adults and mature audiences due to the nature of the play.
Duration: 85 mins (no interval).
Warnings: Theatrical haze and complete black outs.
Showing in the following cities:
Sydney - 17th February to 5th April 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH
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Synopsis: Enter Hedwig’s world, where love is a weapon and means of escape, and the only way out is through the fire. They are pure electricity — dangerous, seductive, sassy and outrageously funny. A fever dream of lost love and self-discovery, Hedwig is torn between an idealistic vision of love and tolerance and a relentless desire to burn the house down. Rebellion wrapped in fishnets and fury.
Age Recommendation: Recommended for ages 15 years and up.
Duration: 1 hour 35 mins, no interval.
Warnings: TBA
Showing in the following cities:
Adelaide - 18th February to 15th March 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
CANDIDE
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Synopsis: Life is happiness, indeed. Or so believes Candide at the start of his great adventure through a world gone mad. By the end? Just wait and see. Candide is a brilliant satire about humankind’s capacity for mindless optimism, set to a remarkable score by famed West Side Story composer Leonard Bernstein.
Age Recommendation: Recommended for mature audiences due to content.
Duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes, with one interval.
Warnings: Contains mature content, depictions of hanging and flogging, atmospheric haze, strobe lightning effects, loud thunder, and simulated explosion sounds.
Notes: Performed in English.
Showing in the following cities:
Sydney - 20th February to 14th March 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
MJ THE MUSICAL
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Synopsis: He is one of the greatest entertainers of all time. Now, Michael Jackson’s unique and unparalleled artistry is heading to Australia in the multiple Tony Award®-winning musical MJ. Centred around the making of his 1992 Dangerous World Tour, MJ goes beyond the singular moves and signature sound of the star, offering a rare look at the creative mind and collaborative spirit that catapulted Jackson into legendary status.
Age Recommendation: Recommended for ages 8 years and up.
Duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes, including 20-minute interval.
Warnings: TBA
Showing in the following cities:
Sydney - 26th Feb to 22nd June 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
NO LOVE SONGS
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Synopsis: No Love Songs is a powerful and uplifting modern love story featuring heart-felt songs by Kyle Falconer, lead singer of the Scottish band The View, and starring Keegan Joyce (Rake, Please Like Me) and Lucy Maunder (Chicago, Mary Poppins). The highly acclaimed new musical will tour Australia in 2025.
Age Recommendation: Recommended for ages 13 years and up.
Duration: 80 minutes, no interval.
Warnings: N/A
Showing in the following cities:
Sydney - 7th March – 13th April 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
Parramatta - 13th to 18th May 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
Adelaide - 21st May – 1st June 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
Brisbane - 4th to 15th June 2025 - Our Info Post - Waitlist Now
Wyong - 17th to 19th June 2025 - Waitlist Now
Newcastle - 20th to 22nd June 2025 - Waitlist Now
Melbourne - 22nd July to 10th August 2025 - Our Info Post - Waitlist Now
Canberra - 13th to 17th August 2025 - Our Info Post - Waitlist Now
Wollongong - 20th to 24th August 2025 - Waitlist Now
Geelong - 27th to 31st August 2025 - Waitlist Now
COME FROM AWAY
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Synopsis: Winner of four Olivier Awards including Best New Musical in London and the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical on Broadway, this smash hit show shares the incredible real-life story of the 7,000 air passengers from all over the world who were grounded in Canada during the wake of 9/11, and the small Newfoundland community that invited these ‘come from aways’ into their lives with open hearts.
Age Recommendation: Recommended for ages 12 years and up.
Duration: 140 minutes with no interval.
Warnings: Contains strobe effects and smoke as well as adult themes and sensitive content & references to 9/11.
Showing in the following cities:
Geelong - 7th to 22nd March 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
Hobart - 2nd to 12th April 2025 - Buy Tickets
Orange - 9th to 17th May 2025 - Buy Tickets
DIDO & AENEAS
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Synopsis: A passionate love story. A hero bound by fate. A lover left behind. Dido and Aeneas is a love story for the ages. Combining exhilarating acrobatics and extraordinary music, this production is an opera for today.
Age Recommendation: N/A
Duration: 70 minutes, with no interval.
Warnings: N/A
Notes: Performed in English with English surtitles.
Showing in the following cities:
Sydney - 13th to 29th March 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
GUYS & DOLLS
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Synopsis: One of the finest Broadway musicals ever written explodes to life in a brand-new production! Escape to Manhattan in the 1950s: a colourful, larger-than life world of showgirls and gangsters, set against the backdrop of Sydney’s glittering harbour.
Age Recommendation: All ages.
Duration: 2 hours and 50 minutes, including one interval.
Warnings: Contains use of strobe lighting and smoke machines
Showing in the following cities:
Sydney - 22nd March to 20 April 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
ANNIE THE MUSICAL
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Synopsis: The beloved tale of Annie has been capturing the hearts of theatregoers around the globe for generations. And now the legendary, joyous and inspiring production returns to Australian stages. The ever-popular Broadway musical Annie will light up Sydney’s Capitol Theatre from March next year in an exciting new production directed by Karen Johnson Mortimer and produced by John Frost for Crossroads Live.
Age Recommendation: Recommended for ages 6 years and up.
Duration: 2hrs 30 minutes, including 20-minute interval.
Warnings: May contain loud noises, flashing lights, smoke effects, and strobe lighting.
Showing in the following cities:
Sydney - 25th March to 1st June 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
Melbourne - 10th July to 31st August 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
THE PRODUCERS
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Synopsis: They picked the wrong play; the wrong director; the wrong cast… Where did they go right? Bialystock and Bloom! Those names strike terror and hysteria into anyone familiar with Mel Brooks’ classic cult-comedy film, or the smash-hit, record-breaking Broadway musical it inspired. Blazing the trail for a new kind of modern, outrageous, in-your-face musical comedy, The Producers won a record 12 Tony Awards. Now, the show comes to the Hayes in an all-new production!
Age Recommendation: Adults and mature audiences.
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes – including interval.
Warnings: Mel Brooks. But if that doesn’t explain it, then: Adult language and themes, so much innuendo, nazis, ribald humour that may be offensive to some viewers. Viewer discretion strongly advised…
Showing in the following cities:
Sydney - 29th March to 27th April 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
MISÉRABLES THE ARENA SPECTACULAR
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Synopsis: As the world's longest-running musical enters its 40th revolutionary year in London, this spectacular production features an extraordinary and exciting new design specifically created for larger venues with a cast and orchestra of over 65. Seen by over 130 million people worldwide in 53 countries and in 22 languages, Les Misérables is undisputedly one of the world's most popular musicals.
Age Recommendation: Recommended for ages 7 and up.
Duration: 2 hours and 45 minutes with a 20-minute interval.
Warnings: Contains gunfire, smoke and flashing light effects.
Showing in the following cities:
Sydney - 30th April to 9th May 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
Melbourne - 14th to 23rd May 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
Brisbane - 28th May to 1st June 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
BEETLEJUICE THE MUSICAL
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Synopsis: The brilliantly-bonkers and genius mind behind the cult-sensation soundtrack to Beetlejuice The Musical, is about to bring his own creation to life in a way you’ve never seen before. This is no ordinary casting news – this is a World Premiere with a man born for the bizarre, taking centre stage in the role he helped bring (back) to life!
Age Recommendation: Recommended for ages 13 and up.
Duration: 2 hours 30min, including 20-minute interval.
Warnings: Parental discretion advised. Contains strong language, mature subject matter, and a lot of the crazy, inappropriate stuff you would expect from a deranged demon. Show also includes substantial haze and fog, sudden loud noises, pyrotechnic and strobe lighting effects.
Showing in the following cities:
Melbourne - 7th May to 3rd August 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
PIAF! THE SHOW
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Synopsis: Experience the mesmerising journey of the iconic French chanteuse, Edith Piaf, in PIAF! THE SHOW.
Age Recommendation: N/A
Duration: N/A
Warnings: N/A
Showing in the following cities:
Sydney - 15th May 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
Melbourne - 16th to 17th May 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
Burswood - 29th May 2025 - Buy Tickets
Adelaide - 31st May 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
CATS THE MUSICAL
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Synopsis: On 27 July 1985, a ground-breaking musical production had its Australian Premiere at Theatre Royal Sydney, heralding an era of the British “mega-musical” in Australia. Now, 40 years later, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking musical CATS returns to Theatre Royal Sydney to celebrate it’s 40th anniversary, opening in June 2025.
Age Recommendation: Recommended for ages 5 and up.
Duration: 2 hours and 20 minutes, including a 20-minute interval.
Warnings: TBA
Showing in the following cities:
Sydney - 17th June to 10th August 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
Melbourne - Waitlist
Adelaide - Waitlist
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
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Synopsis: Enjoy a side-splitting night out with the longest running comedy in the West End. This Olivier and Tony Award-winning theatre has been entertaining audiences worldwide for over a decade. You all know the classic whodunnit story, there has been a murder at a country manor and an inspector is set on the case to find who the culprit is. However, when this plot is given to the accident-prone thespians at The Cornley Drama Society, everything that can go wrong... does!
Age Recommendation: Recommended for ages 8 and up.
Duration: 2 hours and 5 minutes, including a 20 minute interval.
Warnings: N/A
Showing in the following cities:
Sydney - 19th June to 3rd August 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
Melbourne - 3rd to 21st September 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
STRICTLY BAZ LUHRMANN
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Synopsis: Strictly Baz Luhrmann is a celebration of the music from the iconic Australian director’s career alongside his longtime Oscar-winning collaborator Catherine Martin. Join musical theatre stars Alinta Chidzey, Tim Draxl, Ryan Gonzalez and Phoebe Panaretos under the sails of the Sydney Opera House, with the full force of the Opera Australia Orchestra conducted by Vanessa Scammell.
Age Recommendation: Recommended for ages 15 and up.
Duration: N/A
Warnings: N/A
Showing in the following cities:
Sydney - 23rd and 24th June 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
CARMEN
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Synopsis: When Carmen meets Don José, sparks fly. She won’t give up her freedom, and Don José won’t give up his girl. Their smouldering passion sets the stage for tragedy. This visceral opera is thrilling from the moment the curtain rises and the orchestra races away with the overture. It features the famous Toreador song, the Habanera and moving Flower song.
Age Recommendation: Recommended for mature audiences due to content.
Duration: 2 hours and 50 minutes, with an interval.
Warnings: Contains adult themes, including sexual references and violence against women.
Notes: Performed in French with English surtitles
Showing in the following cities:
Sydney - 10th July to 19th September 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
Melbourne - 15th to 25th November 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
THE BOOK OF MORMON
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Synopsis: The New York Times calls it "the best musical of this century." The Washington Post says, "It is the kind of evening that restores your faith in musicals." And Entertainment Weekly says, "Grade A: the funniest musical of all time." It's THE BOOK OF MORMON, the nine-time Tony Award®-winning Best Musical.
Age Recommendation: TBA. Parental Discretion advised.
Duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes, including a 20 minute interval.
Warnings: Contains explicit language, strobe lighting, flashing lights, smoke, haze, gunshots and effects.
Showing in the following cities:
Sydney - 15th July to 26th October 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
KIMBERLY AKIMBO: A MUSICAL
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Synopsis: The new girl in town is making heads spin. You’ve got to move fast when you’re 16 going on 70. Meet your new favourite musical. It took Broadway by storm and won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Brimming with tunes that soar, this Australian production stars Marina Prior, Casey Donovan and Christie Whelan Browne.
Age Recommendation: Adults and mature audiences.
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes, including 20 minute interval.
Warnings: Contains occasional coarse language and mature themes.
Showing in the following cities:
Melbourne - 26th July to 30th August 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
RUSALKA
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Synopsis: Strange magic ripples under the water. And stranger magic in her heart. Rusalka longs for light, love and life on the surface. She’ll sacrifice anything to get it. But the water nymph can’t imagine what she’s giving up … or if the man she loves is worth it.
Age Recommendation: N/A
Duration: 3 hours and 5 minutes, including two intervals.
Warnings: N/A
Notes: Performed in Czech with English surtitles.
Showing in the following cities:
Sydney - 31st July to 27th August 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
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Synopsis: With a witty, fast-moving libretto and hum-along melodies, Mozart’s classic is a lesson in hilarity. It’s Figaro and Susanna’s wedding day, but Count Almaviva is determined to win Susanna for himself. In one crazy day of disguises, duplicity, desire and utter madness, the fiancés must foil the philandering noble’s seductive advances.
Age Recommendation: Recommended for mature audiences due to content.
Duration: 3 hours and 30 minutes, with an interval.
Warnings: N/A
Notes: Performed in Italian with English surtitles.
Showing in the following cities:
Sydney - 31st July to 27 August 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
CIRQUE DU SOLEIL - CORTEO
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Synopsis: Cirque du Soleil returns to Australia with its most unique production CORTEO, set to charm audiences for the very first time. Corteo, which means cortege in Italian, is a joyous procession, a festive parade imagined by a clown. The show brings together the passion of the artist with the grace and power of the acrobat to plunge the audience into a theatrical world of fun, comedy and spontaneity situated in a mysterious space between heaven and earth.
Age Recommendation: N/A
Duration: N/A
Warnings: N/A
Showing in the following cities:
Perth - 8th to 10th August 2025 - Buy Tickets
Melbourne - 22nd to 24th August 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
Sydney - 4th to 7th September 202 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
Brisbane - 18th to 21st September 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
Adelaide - 2nd to 5th October 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
LA BOHÈME
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Synopsis: The way first love grabs hold and floods you with something you’ve never felt before. The fire that burns you the first time jealousy flares. The growing up you do in the instant you realise love can’t last forever. Some emotions are too big for words alone, and for that, we have music. La Bohème is the original bohemian love story – the opera that inspired RENT and Moulin Rouge.
Age Recommendation: Recommended for mature audiences due to content.
Duration: 2 hours and 15 minutes, with an interval.
Warnings: This production contains partial nudity.
Notes: Performed in Italian with English surtitles.
Showing in the following cities:
Sydney - 23rd August to 20th September 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
RENT THE MUSICAL
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Synopsis: Experience Jonathan Larson’s electrifying, multi-Tony® Award winning musical, in this electrifying, critically-acclaimed new production. Step into the vibrant streets of New York City’s East Village, where dreams are born, friendships are tested, and the power of love prevails against all odds.
Age Recommendation: Recommended for ages 13 and up.
Duration: 2 hours and 35 minutes, with an interval.
Warnings: Contains mature content, including coarse language, partial nudity, depiction of death and references to drug addiction and self-harm. It also makes use of strobe lighting.
Showing in the following cities:
Sydney - 27th September to 1st November 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL
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Synopsis: Theatre-lovers, film buffs, DeLorean enthusiasts and time travellers alike are invited to come back in time with Marty McFly and Dr. Emmett Brown.
Age Recommendation: Recommended for ages 6 and up.
Duration: 2 hours and 35 minutes, including a 20 minute interval.
Warnings: Contains flashing lights, strobe effects, smoke/haze and pyrotechnics.
Showing in the following cities:
Sydney - 26th September to 16th November 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL
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Synopsis: Head to Hollywood with the dazzling stage adaptation of one of the most beloved romantic comedies of all time – Pretty Woman: The Musical. Bursting with glamour, charm and all the iconic moments you know and love, this joyous musical hit will premiere at QPAC’s Lyric Theatre this October.
Age Recommendation: TBC - mature audiences due to nature of the play.
Duration: TBC
Warnings: TBC
Showing in the following cities:
Brisbane - From October 2025 - Our Info Post - Waitlist here
DISNEY’S THE LION KING MUSICAL
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Synopsis: Disney Theatrical Group today announced Disney’s The Lion King the world’s #1 musical will return to Australia, premiering in Sydney in April 2026.
Age Recommendation: TBA
Duration: TBA
Warnings: TBA
Showing in the following cities:
Sydney - From April 2026 - Our Info Post - Waitlist
PAST SHOWS
SHIRLEY VALENTINE
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Synopsis: An unforgettable, heartwarming journey of self-discovery that has captivated audiences worldwide. Don’t miss this chance to fall in love with Shirley’s wit, wisdom and wild spirit in a story that reminds us that it’s never too late to chase your dreams.
Age Recommendation: Recommended for ages 12 and up.
Duration: 2 hrs and 10 minutes, including a 20 minute interval.
Warnings: N/A
Showing in the following cities:
Melbourne - 30th January to 16th February 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
DEAR EVAN HANSEN
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Synopsis: Intimate and deeply personal, this multi-award winning coming of age tale carries a reputation as one of the most profound stories in contemporary musical theatre, and brilliantly illustrates our desire for authentic human connection in a hyper-connected, digital world.
Age Recommendation: Recommended for ages 12 and up.
Duration: 2 hrs 30 mins, including a 20-minute interval.
Warnings: Contains references to suicide and strong language.
Showing in the following cities:
Sydney - 12th October to 1st December 2024 - Our Info Post
Melbourne - 14th December 2024 to 16th February 2025 - Our Info Post - Buy Tickets
Adelaide - Cancelled
Canberra - Cancelled