MPAC launches 2025 program full of stunning artistic experiences
Monash University Performing Arts Centres (MPAC) has unveiled its 2025 program, filled with stunning music performances, captivating theatre and dance, thought-provoking family fun and a brand-new one-day jazz festival. The Count’s Jazz Club also returns with critically acclaimed acts, and will now feature Blakout Month in the weeks between National Reconciliation Week and NAIDOC week, putting First Nations artists in the spotlight. Following an unforgettable year of shows across multiple state-of-the-art venues, audiences can look forward to more stellar events in 2025.
Executive Director MPAC, Paul Grabowsky AO said: 2025 will comprise our most dynamic, diverse and exciting season to date, building on years of successful commissioning partnerships, and programs that have seen strong audience loyalty and growth. MPAC prides itself on sustained commitment to First Nations performance of all kinds, and in 2025 we will welcome ‘The Wet’ from Circa Cairns and the legendary Australian Dance Theatre’s ‘Marrow’. Next year will see the return of the ever-popular Family Fiesta, our children’s festival, which will venture to Antarctica and beyond, and our first Big Jazz Day Out, with many fine artists including Emma Donovan and Ngaiire. Our perennial favourites, the Monash Academy Orchestra and Live at the Count’s have proven that our audiences expect the best, and they will not be disappointed.
- Big Jazz Day Out – An epic jazz party hosted by Monash University on 3 May
- THE WET – by First Nations-led circus ensemble Circa Cairns in the Alexander Theatre on 21 – 22 March
- Night Night –  The Last Great Hunt presents this brand-new show in the Alexander Theatre on 23 – 24 May
- Monash Academy Orchestra (MAO) return with concerts in the Robert Blackwood Hall, running February – August
- Marrow – An Australian Dance Theatre performance taking place in the Alexander Theatre on 4 – 6 June
- Family Fiesta – MPAC’s annual school holiday festival, bursting with fun and educational shows on 7 – 12 July
- Sundays in The Sound Gallery chamber music concert series continues in the David Li Sound Gallery, April – August
- Arcadia Wind with Paavali Jumppanen on 6 April
- Slava and Sharon Grygorian on 18 May
- Fred Leone on 1 June
- Allara Briggs Patterson on 6 July
- Kate Milligan on 27 July
- Annie Hsieh’s Swell on 17 August
- Sayes Arares – A poetic multichannel visual and sonic documentary by renowned musician and songwriter David Bridie in collaboration with artists from the Wantok community, showing in the David Li Sound Gallery on 16 – 20 September
- Romeo and Juliet – by Bell Shakespeare in the Alexander Theatre on 23 October
2025 promises to be another year jam-packed with shows, events and festivals, presenting spectacular experiences for all. Tickets are on sale now at monash.edu/mpac
