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Gluck's 'Orpheus & Eurydice' will be staged in Melbourne in 2025. Pictured is the Opera Australia Chorus and Circa in Opera Australia's 2024 production of 'Orpheus & Eurydice'. Four male circus performers, shirtless and wearing vivid red skirts, swing and tumble on a stark white stage, as formally-clad opera chorus members sing behind them.
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ArtsHub’s 2025 season guide to the performing arts

Our rolling guide to the season announcements you may have missed.

An Indian man, Delhi Buoy, in a white T-shirt and a black cap is standing with his arms spread out.
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Comedy review: The Racist Immigrants, Sydney Fringe Festival

POC comedians indulge and take a swipe at ethnic stereotypes.

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Late bloomers: going from corporate to comedy

There are those who are 'born in a trunk' and there are those who spend time in the corporate world…

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Festival reviews: Susie McCabe, Todd Almond, James Barr, Stella Graham, Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Four diverse, but excellent comedy shows at this year's Edinburgh Fringe.

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Musical review: Murder for Two, Arts Centre Melbourne

Premiered in Australia in Sydney last year, this musical returns to bamboozle and amuse another round of crime mystery fans.

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Festival review: I Wish You Well – The Gwyneth Paltrow Ski-Trial Musical, Edinburgh Festival Fringe

A parody musical that takes delight in skewering all things Gwyneth Paltrow.

A woman wearing a fancy ruffly red dress and tiny matching hat is standing in front of a pop art sign that says 'Popera.' She has one arm stretched out.
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Performance review: Popera: Sex, Death & Politics, The Butterfly Club

Uma Dobia plays a feminist icon in 'Popera', ready to stamp out opera’s entrenched sexism in sparkly knee-high boots.

An Anglo-Australian man smiles affably at the camera. He has short dark hair, stubble, and wears a white t-shirt. He is standing in front of a light yellow backdrop. Andrew Hamilton.
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Prison really is a laughing matter for this stand-up comedian

Andrew Hamilton used stand-up comedy to rehabilitate himself after a stint in jail, and hopes to be able to do…

A woman with brown hair and a pink dress and an open book on her lap is sitting next to a man dressed up as a beast, with horns and facial hair. There is a backdrop of a library.
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Musical review: Beauty and the Beast the Musical, Her Majesty's Theatre

A fun night out for the whole family thanks to theatrical magic and big budget spectacle. 

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Performance review: The 2024 Variety Gala, Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Festival Theatre

A charcuterie plate of cabaret excellence!

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