Theatre

Urzila Carlson

Friday 13 September-

Friday, Saturday

Urzila is now a three-time winner of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s People’s Choice Award for most tickets sold at the Festival.

Three shows:
FRI 13 & SAT 14 SEPTEMBER
6.30 pm
SAT 14 SEPTMBER
8.30 pm

 

$71

Palais, Lower Esplanade

Luke & Sassy Scott

Sunday 15 September

Luke and Sassy Scott Live is a nostalgic deep dive into Luke and Scott’s journey from humble beginnings to social media stardom, taking audiences through their youth as two rapscallion brothers hooning around the streets of Mill Park in Melbourne’s north-east, all the way to the manicured streets of the upper-class suburb of Brighton.

$79.90

Palais, Lower Esplanade

Peace Festival

Sunday 15 September

2024 Peace Festival.- ‘Healing the Community’, celebrating International Day of Peace. This event will showcase digital community art installations, performances, presentations and workshops aimed at promoting world peace and community healing.

Including ….

Building on last year’s Award Nominated Synth-pop shows as presented at Newcastle, Sydney, Melbourne & Adelaide Fringes, Melbourne-based award-winning(1) fringe performer Madam Nightingale (lyricist/vocalist Phaedra Gunn) – with special guest Aj’Zho – is delighted to be bringing her soulful Synth-pop sounds to Peace Festival 2024.

Presented as a music & interpretive dance performance that will include upcoming single ‘Into The Dark’ and prize winning(2) 2023 debut single ‘Dance With Me’. A not to be missed cameo perfectly peaceful experience.

Free

Victorian Pride Centre, 79-81 Fitzroy Street | Monday to Friday – 9am to 6pm | Saturday & Sunday – 10am to 6pm

My Brother, My Brother, My Brother

Wednesday 18 September-

Michael Gray Griffith, the Writer of the play Marooned and The Magnolia Tree has a new play, aimed at young men.

The play is very funny, tense, and full of colourful language, but it is also full of courage and mateship, as these three young men work together to celebrate the forgotten beauty of masculinity.

$50.10

Alex Theatre, 1/135 Fitzroy Street

Garry Sandhu & Pranjal Dhaiya

Sunday 22 September

Gurmukh Singh “Garry” Sandhu, is an Indian singer, songwriter and actor known for his work in Punjabi music.

Pranjal Dahiya is an Indian actress/model coming along with Garry Sandhu to perform live.

$65

Palais, Lower Esplanade

Comedy Gold

Friday 27 September

Rove Mcmanus, Ivan Aristeguieta and Kelsey De Alemeida performing “Up Close and Personal”
in their intimate 50-seat black box theatre.

$20+

National, 20 Carlisle Street

Come From Away

Friday 11 October-

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

7,000 Stranded Passengers. One Small Town. A Remarkable True Story.
CLOC Musical Theatre is thrilled to present the Australian Non-Professional Premiere Production.

The show that has captured hearts world-wide shares the ‘other story’ of 9/11 following the 7,000 air passengers from all over the world grounded and cared for by a small Newfoundland community, who took these ‘come from aways’ into their homes and their lives.

Some weekend matinees

$62/$57

National, 20 Carlisle Street

Iphigenia in Splott

Tuesday 3 September-

“She’s BACK. After winning THREE Green Room awards in 2022 for Outstanding Production, Outstanding Direction, and Outstanding Performance, our incendiary production of Iphigenia in Splott by Gary Owen roars back onto the Red Stitch stage.”

“Starring the incredible Jessica Clarke and directed by Gary Abrahams, don’t miss our remount of what Timeout called “an unmissable moment of Melbourne theatre”.

Performance starting times vary – Wed – 6.30pm
Thur – Sat 7.30pm
Sun – 6.30pm
Sat Matinee 14th Sept – 2pm

$68/$48

Red Stitch, Rear 2 Chapel Street (opposite the Astor)

Theatrical presents A Chorus Line

Saturday 7 September-

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

The Tony Award & Pulitzer Prize winning musical capturing the spirit and tension of Broadway.

Memorable musical numbers include What I Did for Love, One, I Can Do That, At the Ballet, The Music and the Mirror, and I Hope I Get It. A brilliantly complex fusion of song, dance, and compellingly authentic drama.

Some matinees 1.30 pm

$79

National, 20 Carlisle Street