• News

    'The Wedding Singer' Musical Is Bringing Its Big 80s Hair and Toe-Tapping Tunes to Australia in 2021

    A singing, dancing stage adaptation of Adam Sandler's classic flick is heading Down Under.

  • News

    The 'Magic Mike Live' Stage Show Is Still Coming to Australia So You Can Relive the Movie IRL

    After being delayed due to COVID-19, it'll premiere in Sydney in December — before heading to Melbourne in June 2021, with Brisbane and Perth to follow.

  • Guide

    Ten Brisbane Festival Experiences You Can Have For Less Than $30

    Brissy's most anticipated arts festival has nearly 500 performances in its program — most of which are free.

  • News

    Tony Award-Winning Musical 'Hamilton' Is Still On Track to Open in Sydney Next March

    Tickets will go on sale in just few a weeks — with some available for only $10.

  • News

    'Friends! The Musical Parody' Will Be There for You When Australia's Theatres Start to Reopen

    The comedic stage production turns the beloved 90s sitcom into a song-filled satire — and it's touring the country.

Latest Guides
  • News

    The Australian Lockdown Comedy Festival Is the New Streaming-Only Laughfest Heading to Stan

    See Wil Anderson, Cal Wilson, Nazeem Hussain, Dave Hughes and Zoe Coombs Marr share material from their cancelled 2020 gigs, as recorded at home.

  • News

    Stand-Up Specials From Ten MICF Stars Will Hit Amazon Prime Next Month

    The physical festival has been cancelled, but you can still laugh along to Judith Lucy, Zoë Coombs Marr and Tom Gleeson from the comfort of your bed.

  • News

    Acclaimed West End Musical 'Everybody's Talking About Jamie' Is Coming to Australia

    Based on a true story, this feel-good hit will premiere at the Sydney Opera House before touring the rest of the country.

  • News

    'The Wedding Singer' Musical Is Bringing Its Big 80s Hair and Toe-Tapping Tunes to Melbourne

    A singing, dancing stage adaptation of Adam Sandler's classic flick is showing this June.

  • News

    'The Nanny' Is Being Turned Into a Broadway Musical

    The hit 90s sitcom is being adapted for the stage by original star Fran Drescher, co-creator Peter Marc Jacobson and 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' talent Rachel Bloom.

  • News

    Channing Tatum's 'Magic Mike Live' Show Is Coming to Australia So You Can Relive the Movie IRL

    The Hollywood star won't be on stage — but a troupe of other male dancers will be stripping up a storm in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth

  • News

    The 'Mrs Doubtfire' Stage Musical Is Finally Happening (And It'll Hit Broadway in 2020)

    Say "helloooo" to the latest 90s film to make the leap to the theatre.

  • News

    Dolly Parton's Smash-Hit '9 to 5' Musical Is Coming to Australia

    Pour yourself a cup of ambition and buy tickets to this.

  • News

    Marvel Is Bringing Its Live Arena Shows to Australia for the First Time

    Watch your favourite spandex-clad superheroes try to save the world — on stage instead of in a cinema.

  • News

    Queer Eye's Jonathan Van Ness Is Bringing His Live Comedy Show to Australia and New Zealand

    The 'Road to Beijing' stand-up show is inspired by the star's lifelong attempt to become a figure-skating prodigy

  • News

    'Moulin Rouge! The Musical' Is Heading to Australia

    The Broadway hit is heading to Melbourne's newly renovated Regent Theatre in 2021.

  • News

    Five Internationally Acclaimed Theatre Shows Worth an Interstate Trip to See in 2020

    Book flights to see Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'Hamilton', an opera on a floating stage and a nostalgia-heavy musical take on 'Shrek'.

Latest Events
  • Event

    ¡Viva Agave!

    Friday, May 17, 2024

    Cloudland, Fortitude Valley

    Tequila and mezcal are battling for margarita supremacy at Cloudland for one night only.

  • Event

    Winter Chalet at Customs House

    Tuesday, May 14 - Saturday, August 31, 2024

    Customs House Brisbane, Brisbane

    Spend winter sipping champagne while eating Moreton Bay bug croissants and baked whole brie in igloos by the river.

  • Event

    Milton by Moonlight

    Saturday, June 15, 2024

    Milton Markets, Milton

    Milton's weekly market is hosting a moonlit Saturday-night session in mid-June to embrace winter.

  • Event

    Mad Science

    Friday, May 3 - Sunday, June 23, 2024

    GOMA, South Brisbane

    From 'Frankenstein' to 'Poor Things', GOMA's latest film program is alive with tales of madcap creators experimenting across cinema history.

  • Event

    Brunswick Street Live

    Saturday, May 11, 2024

    Brunswick Street Mall, Fortitude Valley

    This free day-long music festival is bringing its live tunes back to the Brunswick Street Mall for a second year.

  • Event

    Roller Rave 02

    Saturday, May 25, 2024

    Superordinary, Hamilton

    Get your skates on rave-style at Northshore Brisbane's Superordinary, with DJ Phil Smart and Jen-E spinning tunes while you roll.

  • Event

    Dine BNE City

    Friday, May 31 - Sunday, June 30, 2024

    Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane

    This month-long food and drink festival is filling the Brisbane CBD with culinary specials and events all throughout June.

  • Event

    Boy Kills World

    Thursday, May 2 - Wednesday, May 22, 2024

    Various cinemas in Brisbane

    Bill Skarsgård makes a mesmerising action star in this cartoonishly OTT revenge flick that's produced by iconic 'Evil Dead' filmmaker Sam Raimi.

  • Event

    Dogs Day Out at Gasworks

    Saturday, June 8, 2024

    Gasworks Precinct, Newstead

    Take your canine to pooch-friendly markets this winter — there'll be stalls slinging treats, clothing and bedding to browse.

  • Event

    Portside Wharf Art Month

    Wednesday, May 1 - Friday, May 31, 2024

    Portside Wharf Hamilton, Brisbane

    Portside Wharf is dedicating all of May to a month-long art celebration, which features a paint splatter room, plus a street party with pet portraits. 

  • News

    Fred Armisen Is Bringing His Live Comedy Show to Australia for the First Time

    The prolific comedian has been in everything from 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' to 'Portlandia', and now he's bringing his new show Down Under.

  • News

    Tony Award-Winning Play 'War Horse' Is Returning to Australia in 2020

    A boy, a horse and the Great War charge into Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.

  • News

    Broadway Hit 'Shrek the Musical' Is Bringing Its Green-Hued Nostalgia to Australia

    The production, which originally opened on Broadway in 2008, and will make its Australian premiere in 2020.

  • News

    The 'Charlie And the Chocolate Factory' Musical Is Coming to Brisbane

    The hit Broadway show made its Australian premiere in Sydney earlier in the year, and will now make its way to Brisbane in March 2020.

  • News

    King of Hard-Hitting Docos Louis Theroux Is Bringing His New Live Show to Australia

    The fearless filmmaker will take the stage this summer to share his latest and greatest stories.

  • News

    Tony Award-Winning Musical 'Hamilton' Is Finally Coming to Australia

    Lin-Manuel Miranda's game-changing musical will hit Sydney in 2021.

  • News

    This Is What South Bank's New $150 Million Performing Arts Theatre Will Look Like in 2022

    It'll become QPAC's fifth theatre, seating at least 1500 people and hosting around 260 extra performances each year.

  • News

    Dylan Moran Is Bringing His New Comedy Show to Australia

    The 'Black Books' star is touring the country for two months between October and December.

  • News

    'Magic Mike' Is Being Turned Into a Stage Musical

    It's due to premiere in the US in November, and is eyeing off a Broadway run.

  • News

    Pioneering Indigenous Musical 'Bran Nue Dae' Will Return to the Australian Stage in 2020

    Next year will mark the 30th anniversary of the original production.

  • News

    Sydney's Sell-Out Musical Version of 'Muriel's Wedding' Is Coming to Brisbane

    The award-winning musical adaptation will play a limited season at QPAC later this year.

  • News

    Smash-Hit Musical 'Chicago' Is Bringing its 20s Razzle-Dazzle to Australia

    The famed production hits Aussie stages from August, with a local cast headlined by Natalie Bassingthwaighte.

  • News

    'The Book of Mormon' Is Coming Back to Brisbane in 2020

    It's Brisbane's time to get in on the crass magnum opus from 'South Park' creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone — again.

  • News

    Nick Offerman Is Bringing His Latest Live Show to Australia in 2019

    The 'Parks and Recreation' star heads Down Under for the first time since 2016.

  • News

    'The Notebook' Is Being Turned Into a Stage Musical

    Nicholas Sparks' famous romantic drama is headed to Broadway — and they should probably just hand out tissues with every ticket.

  • News

    David Bowie's 'Lazarus' Musical Is Coming to Australia

    It was one of the music icon's final projects, as inspired by 'The Man Who Fell to Earth' — and it's heading to Melbourne.

  • News

    The Lavish 'Moulin Rouge!' Stage Musical Will Hit Broadway in 2019

    Here's hoping that an Australian season is next.

  • News

    This OTT Burlesque Is the All-Singing All-Stripping Star Wars Show You Never Knew You Needed

    'The Empire Strips Back' is bringing its dancing stormtroopers and erotic wookiees back to Australia in 2019.

  • News

    Much-Loved Classic Australian Film 'Starstruck' Is Being Turned Into a Stage Musical

    It follows in the footsteps of everything from 'Priscilla, Queen of the Desert' to 'Muriel's Wedding' to 'Moulin Rouge!'

  • News

    'Mrs Doubtfire' Is Being Turned Into a Stage Musical

    Hello, the latest 90s film to make the leap to the theatre.

  • News

    'The Book of Mormon' Is Coming to Brisbane

    It's Brisbane's time to get in on the crass magnum opus from 'South Park' creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone.

  • News

    It Looks Like 'The Book of Mormon' Is Finally Coming to Brisbane

    A series of vague posters saying 'the mormons are coming' have popped up on bus shelters around the city.

  • News

    'The Betoota Advocate' Is Heading On a 13-City Tour of Australia

    Clancy Overall and Errol Parker, founders of the "newspaper", will perform a satirical show responding to a recent media merger.

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