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News'Love Actually? The Musical Parody' Has Revealed Three Casts for Stints in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane
A Christmas classic is getting parodied on stages across Australia this summer.
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NewsA Marvel Hero's Guide to the Harbour City
The definitive guide to Sydney's nightlife for fans of Iron Man, Captain America and Thor.
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NewsBroadway Hit 'Waitress' Is Making Its Australian Debut at Sydney Lyric Theatre in 2026
Pie tins at the ready for a Broadway classic finally ready to make its debut Down Under.
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News'The Book of Mormon' Is Making Its Long-Awaited Return to Melbourne and Brisbane in 2026
After its blockbuster Sydney season, 'The Book of Mormon' will return to Melbourne and Brisbane in 2026 with a new cast and the same irreverent humour that made it a hit.
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NewsThe 2025 AFL Grand Final Was Australia's Most-Watched Program of the Year So Far
The Brisbane Lions' Premiership win over Geelong drew more than 6.1 million viewers, cementing the AFL Grand Final as the year’s most-watched program.
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NewsLove Actually? The Musical Parody Is Coming Back — With Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane Dates
The cheeky stage send-up of the 2003 Christmas rom-com is returning to Australia this spring, with three city stops locked in.
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NewsTwenty-Five Exceptional Films by Indigenous Australian Filmmakers That You Can Stream Right Now
Celebrate Australia's First Nations filmmakers with these potent westerns, horror standouts, coming-of-age gems, Top End rom-coms, outback noirs, and expressive dance flicks.
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NewsA List of All of the Wes Anderson Films, Ranked
No one makes movies quite like Wes Anderson, so we've revisited and ranked them all — even though every single one is a gem.
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NewsIt's Eurovision Time: Here's When You Can Watch 2025's Song Contest (with Tony Armstrong and Courtney Act Hosting Australia's Coverage)
This year's Australian entry: Go-Jo with the song 'Milkshake Man', which is being performed with a four-metre-tall blender as part of the set.
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NewsHop to It: 16 Classic and Eclectic Films You Can Stream This Easter Long Weekend
Some feature bunnies. Some include eggs or chocolate. Some have provocative takes on religion.
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NewsTen 2025 Oscar-Winning Films That You Can and Should Watch Immediately
Your newly Oscars-approved viewing list includes movies about determined architects, whirlwind romances, catty cardinals, sandworms and more.
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NewsPredicting the Oscars: Who Should, Could and Will Win at the 2025 Academy Awards
From 'Anora' and 'A Real Pain' to 'I'm Still Here' and 'No Other Land', here's what's likely to emerge victorious at the 2025 Oscars.
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NewsHere's Where You Can Watch 33 of 2025's Oscar-Nominated Movies in Australia Right Now
Massive musicals, monumental dramas, stunning animated gems, heartbreaking documentaries, two Timothée Chalamet movies: they're all Oscar contenders, and you can watch them all.
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NewsEleven 2025 Golden Globe-Winning Films and TV Shows That You Can (and Should) Watch Right Now
Make a cinema or couch date with a freshly minted Golden Globe-winner — here's what you can watch right away, and where.
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NewsTwenty-Five Movies That You Can Stream This Christmas No Matter How You Feel About the Festive Season
Pour a glass of eggnog, find your comfiest spot on the couch, then enjoy everything from 'The Holdovers' and 'Die Hard' to 'Last Christmas' and 'Eyes Wide Shut'.
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NewsNine 2024 Emmy-Winning TV Shows That You Should Watch Immediately
Your new must-watch list of Emmy-winners includes 'Baby Reindeer' and its has-to-be-seen-to-be-believed tale, the history-making 'Shōgun' and, yes, 'The Bear'.
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NewsBrisbane Festival Has Launched: Over 1000 Performances Captivate the City Over the Next 23 Days
From colourful installation art to never-before-seen ballet performances, Brisbane Festival offers an unmatched adventure over the next four weeks.
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NewsPete Davidson Is Bringing His 2025 Stand-Up Tour to Australia
The former 'Saturday Night Live' cast member is hitting Perth, Melbourne and Sydney for one show in each city.
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News'The Phantom of the Opera' Is Celebrating 40 Years Onstage with a Spectacular 2026 Season on Sydney Harbour
This production graced the Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour stage in 2022 — and now it's heading back to the stunning setting to mark a milestone.
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NewsInternational Theatre Hit 'ECHO' Is Bringing Its Completely Unrehearsed and Unpredictable Solo Performances to Australia
The cast for this play's Australian-premiere season: Pia Miranda, Stan Grant, Jan Fran, David Campbell, Michelle Brasier, Nadine Garner and Ben Lawson.
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News'Cats' Has Added a 2026 Brisbane Season to the Australian Tour That's Celebrating Its 40th Anniversary Down Under
You can see why this feline-fancying musical has proven a huge theatre hit — even if it didn't translate to the big screen — in the Sunshine State from February.
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NewsA 'The Great Gatsby'-Inspired Cabaret and Pop-Up Club Is Taking Over Twelfth Night Theatre for Brisbane Festival 2025
Celebrate the 100th anniversary of F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic text with martinis, plus a show that gives the book the cabaret and variety treatment.
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NewsSarah Snook Just Added a Tony to Her Trophy Cabinet for the Broadway Season of Sydney Theatre Company's 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'
The Australian star won Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play — and the production also picked up Best Costume Design.
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NewsCirque du Soleil's Spectacular 'Corteo' Has Added More Shows to Its Upcoming 2025 Australian Season
You've now got more chances to see the acrobatic wonders of this beloved production when it heads Down Under from August.
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News'Dracula' Is the Next Sydney Theatre Company Production That's Heading to London's West End, This Time Starring Cynthia Erivo
Another Kip Williams adaptation of a gothic classic featuring one performer in every role is travelling from Australia to the UK.
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NewsGo on Country with Bangarra Dance Theatre, Without Leaving Your Home City
The performing arts company’s latest production, 'Illume', opens the door to Bard-Bardi Jawi culture and storytelling on stages across Australia.
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For Its Broadway Run, Sydney Theatre Company's Sarah Snook-Starring 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' Has Been Nominated for Six Tonys
The production's 'Succession'-alum star scored a nod, of course — and the show is now the most-nominated solo production in Tony history.
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NewsGiggles, Chuckles and Tickled Funny Bones Await: Brisbane Comedy Festival's Full 2025 Lineup Is Here
More than 135 acts are taking to the stage at four venues across five weeks, whether you're keen on stand-up sets from comic favourites, sketches, a 'Shrek' parody or something else.
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EventSouthwave: Summer Electronic Series
Fri, 2 Jan - Sat, 21 Feb 2026
Rainforest Green, Brisbane
Brisbane is getting a huge new summer experience with Southwave, a free two-month electronic music series bringing Maribou State, Folamour, Rose Gray and more to South Bank.
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EventArmand Van Helden at The Tivoli
Fri, 10 Apr, 2026
The Tivoli, Fortitude Valley
Groove to house music all night long, as one of the genre's pioneering stars makes a long-awaited return to Brisbane.
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EventNick Cave and The Bad Seeds: The 'Wild God' Tour
Tue, 27 Jan, 2026
Victoria Park / Barrambin, Herston
This iconic Australian band is bringing its latest tour Down Under to kick off 2026, playing two-and-a-half-hour shows.
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EventGood Things
Sun, 7 Dec, 2025
Brisbane Showgrounds, Bowen Hills
Tool headlining their first Australian festival in over a decade, Weezer, Garbage: they're all on the Good Things 2025 lineup.
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EventOprah in Conversation
Mon, 8 Dec, 2025
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall
Oprah Winfrey is getting chatting in Brisbane on her first Down Under tour in a decade.
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EventKesha: The Tits Out Tour
Thu, 19 Feb, 2026
Riverstage, Brisbane
Kesha is playing Brisbane in 2026 as part of the biggest headline tour of her career so far.
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EventG Flip: 'Dream Ride' Tour
Fri, 27 Feb, 2026
Riverstage, Brisbane
More than good enough: G Flip is playing Brisbane in February 2026 with The Beaches and Ayesha Madon in support.
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EventLorde: 'Ultrasound' World Tour
Mon, 16 Feb, 2026
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall
Green light: Lorde is bringing her latest world tour to Brisbane, with the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter playing at the Entertainment Centre.
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NewsAn Australian-Exclusive Performance by Broadway Icon Bernadette Peters Is the First Event on Melt Festival's 2025 Lineup
She originated the role of The Witch in 'Into the Woods' and starred in TV's 'Mozart in the Jungle', and now she's heading to Brisbane.
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NewsBroadway's Hit Screen-to-Stage 'Anastasia' Musical Is Finally Making Its Australian Premiere in 2025
First, Russian history inspired an animated 90s favourite — and now the stage production based on it has a date Down Under.
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NewsLaughs Incoming: Melbourne International Comedy Festival Is Back for 2025 with 1000-Plus Performers and 690 Shows
For a month each year, Melbourne becomes a haven for giggles, chuckles and hilarity — and that time for 2025 is now.
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NewsMelbourne's Malthouse Theatre Is Bringing 'The Birds' and Its Iconic Horror Tale to the Stage From the Page and Screen
To experience the story's full terrors — and every swoop and squawk — theatre attendees will don headphones at this world-premiere one-woman production that follows in Alfred Hitchcock's footsteps.
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NewsRhinestones at the Ready: Dolly Parton-Worshipping Musical 'Here You Come Again' Is Coming to Australia
'Jolene', '9 to 5', 'Islands in the Stream' and 'I Will Always Love You' are among the iconic songs featured in this stage production, which is heading Down Under in 2025.
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NewsYou Could Win an Exclusive MJ The Musical Experience in Sydney
A bucket list experience for any theatre lover.
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NewsLin-Manuel Miranda's Tony-Winning Hit Musical 'In the Heights' Is Playing Melbourne and Southeast Queensland in 2025
Comedy Theatre and HOTA, Home of the Arts will turn into Washington Heights to host seasons of this Broadway smash.
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News'Corteo' Is the Next Dazzling Cirque du Soleil Hit That's Bringing Its Acrobatic Wonders Down Under
A beloved part of the troupe's repertoire since 2005, this show takes place inside a carnival-like parade imagined by a clown.
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NewsThe 'Pretty Woman' Stage Musical Is Making Its Australian Debut in Brisbane in October 2025
Bryan Adams wrote the music and lyrics for the hit production, which premiered on Broadway in 2018.
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News'Titanique' Will Go On: This Céline Dion-Fuelled Stage Musical Is Extending Its Australian-Exclusive Sydney Season
You've now got until early June 2025 to see this off-Broadway hit filled with Dion's songs during its only Aussie berth.
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NewsIf You Just Can't Wait to See 'The Lion King' Onstage Again, the Tony-Winning Musical Is Returning to Australia in 2026
When it opens at Sydney's Capitol Theatre, this will be the third time that a local production of the film-to-theatre hit has been staged in Australia.
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NewsIt's Alive Again: Shake & Stir Theatre Co's Stage Production of 'Frankenstein' Is Returning to Brisbane in 2025
If you missed this stage adaptation of Mary Shelley's masterpiece a few years back, here's your next chance to see it in Brisbane.
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NewsGreat Scott!: 'Back to the Future: The Musical' Is Making Its Australian Premiere in Sydney in 2025
After hit seasons in West End and on Broadway, the award-winning stage version of everyone's favourite time-travelling 80s flick is zipping Down Under.
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NewsWhen a Delightfully Strange Screen-to-Stage Australian Musical Happens: Paul Hodge and Simon Phillips Chat 'Round the Twist'
Have you heard the word about Queensland Theatre and Queensland Performing Arts Centre's new adaptation of the beloved 90s series? We chatted to the composer/playwright and director behind it.
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Rhys Darby, Ross Noble, Boozy Shakespeare: Brisbane Comedy Festival Has Unveiled Its First 2025 Lineup
You'll also be able to chuckle at Nazeem Hussain, Melanie Bracewell, Jimeoin, Ray O’Leary, Luke Heggie, Becky Lucas, Bron Lewis and more.
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NewsTony- and Olivier-Winning Hit 'The Play That Goes Wrong' Is Making a Comeback on Australia's Stages in 2025
What happens when The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society tries to stage a murder-mystery? Chaos — and this onstage comedy.
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NewsPrecious News: 'The Lord of the Rings — A Musical Tale' Has Locked in a Southeast Queensland Season for 2025
You'll need to head to the Gold Coast to see this hit Middle-earth musical when it takes its hobbits to the Sunshine State.
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NewsThe Stage Version of Beloved Australian Classic 'Looking for Alibrandi' Is Coming to Southeast Queensland in 2025
Melina Marchetta's 1992 book first made the leap to the stage in 2022 — and now it's coming to the Sunshine State.
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NewsDo You Hear the People Sing?: The 'Les Misérables' Arena Spectacular Is Coming to Australia in 2025
The music of the people, plus the songs of angry men, will echo thanks to a stacked cast and a 65-plus-piece orchestra.
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'Cats' Is Returning to the Stage Down Under to Celebrate Its 40th Australian Anniversary
The movie mightn't have hit the mark, but you can see why this feline-fancying musical has been a huge theatre hit when it makes its Aussie stage comeback.
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'The Lord of the Rings — A Musical Tale' Has Added More Cities to Its Precious 2025 Australian Tour
This hit Middle-earth musical is not only taking the hobbits to Sydney, but to Melbourne and Perth as well.
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NewsSydney Theatre Company's Sarah Snook-Starring 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' Is Heading to Broadway
After wowing London's West End, the 'Succession' actor will make her Broadway debut playing 26 roles in the one-performer Aussie stage sensation.
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NewsNow Open: The West End Electric, Brisbane's New 400-Plus-Seat Theatre and Bar, Is Here to Get Sparks Flying
You can now enjoy drinks and a show on Boundary Street at production house Strut & Fret's permanent new Brisbane venue.
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NewsSplash-Hit Céline Dion-Fuelled Musical-Comedy 'Titanique' Is Making Its Australian Debut in Sydney This Month
The laughs will go on at this off-Broadway award-winner, which is told through Dion's songs — and is finally making its maiden voyage Down Under.
