Funny, moving, surprising and engaging, Queerstories has been selling out shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, bringing storytellers from all walks of life to the stage.

Carly Findlay and Lee Kofman are both authors of new memoirs that examine how our bodies shape who we become, and what it’s like to look different.

The Casey Kids Carnival is a free day of activities for children of all ages. The event will include live performers, rides, interactive games, roving entertainers, face painters, art and crafts and live animals

Includes a Q&A with film-maker Lynn-Maree Milburn and NGV curator Beckett Rozentals.

Join Melbourne’s Arts Industry at the iconic Comedy Theatre on the 1st of April as we celebrate and applaud the achievements of our talented peers.

As both an artist and activist, Julie McNamara (Artistic Director of Vital Xposure) has a unique voice in Disability Arts internationally.

Everyone assumes Joe’s money has bought him happiness, but what he really needs is a friend.

Alexander S. C. Rower is President of Calder Foundation and grandson of the artist.

In this conversation, presented in partnership with Human Rights Watch, we’ll focus on some key issues and priorities, especially relating to disability rights in the region and in conflict zones.

Everyone assumes Joe’s money has bought him happiness, but what he really needs is a friend.

Learn about the period of travel and the impact on Calder’s progression from a painter who made his living sketching and making toys to creating work that critics would describe as ‘drawing in space

Join one of the UK’s finest comedians for a show exploring the difficulty of finding out who you are in such a rapidly changing world.

This 1-day festival will raise funds used to help young Australians with disabilities fulfil their potential through their grant program.

Mark Watson – sporting a cupboard full of UK awards, a famously high joke-rate and a lightning-fast metabolism – returns to his adopted home with the show that stormed the Edinburgh Fringe.

Warning: Some of the advice contained in this show may jeopardise your future personal and financial security. Attendance is compulsory ?

Tommy Little is a genius. He has the nude bungee jumps, broken bones and shit tattoos to prove it.

Tom doesn’t have a real job any more. Please come and give him some of your hard-earned money in exchange for the product of laughter.

Claire’s favourite dinosaur is a Pterodactyl. Other favourite things include going to Aldi, her murderous goldfish Gavin, fighting the patriarchy, and cheese. 

Geraldine does things like mushroom hunting now, even though she doesn’t really like Mushrooms. Clearly things are going well.

A heartfelt-comedy about family, culture and the strength of women. “Joyful, and laugh-out-loud funny from start to end…” Suzy Wrong

A stand-up comedy night presenting Australia’s funniest young comedians.

In her brilliant debut hour, Sarah questions how this girl is being raised and reflects on her own upbringing, identity and sexuality.

Alice Tovey’s new show, Garbage Monster, explores the parts of ourselves and our society that we hide away. 

CRAIC-LING is a fast-paced sketch show featuring a tutorial in how to hold a baby, a Gregorian chant about drunken monks and a step by step guide in how to kill an actor.

Cal’s been at this whole life thing for a while now, but she still hasn’t quite nailed it. How can you reach your potential when someone left it on the top shelf?

Wil’s reputation for delivering an outstanding, brand-new hour of comedy every year speaks for itself. He has sold out Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre for the last 11 years which surely has to be some kind of record. 

The Storytime program is for children aged 3-5 years, their parents and carers.

Sketch comedy stalwarts Dr. Duck are back with a new show of all-new sketches. Clever, witty, sharp and satirical.

*SOLD OUT – TIM MINCHIN, internationally renowned award-winning musician, comedian, actor, writer and composer, will return to the Australian stage with his first national tour since 2012.

(SOLD OUT)TIM MINCHIN, internationally renowned award-winning musician, comedian, actor, writer and composer, will return to the Australian stage with his first national tour since 2012.

The F Word Address is our annual talk from an outstanding Australian woman on a pressing feminist issue.

(SOLD OUT)TIM MINCHIN, internationally renowned award-winning musician, comedian, actor, writer and composer, will return to the Australian stage with his first national tour since 2012.

But, so, there’s the plan, some idea, and then there’s nature, and you, everyone, you adjust. And your life, is the adjustment.

“Beg, borrow or steal tickets. Your kids will love you for it.” – Stage Whispers

The Storytime program is for children aged 3-5 years, their parents and carers.

Undateable. Unemployable. Unstoppable.

Haunted House, Monument of Love, Great Continent. Cloudstreet is all that and more! (Encounter the epic story of Cloudstreet in two parts).

Haunted House, Monument of Love, Great Continent. Cloudstreet is all that and more! (Encounter the epic story of Cloudstreet in two parts).

Grab your mouse ears and get ready for the ultimate interactive event at Disney On Ice celebrates Mickey and Friends.

This award winning script has been transformed by Lee Hall (Billy Elliot) into a side-splitting stage comedy with a stirring love story at its heart.

A BOGAN AND BOURGEOIS BATTLE FOR A SUBURBAN BACKYARD.

The world of Laser Beak Man is brought to life in puppet form by the creative minds of Dead Puppet Society.

Wodonga Brass presents this traditional Carols by Candlelight.

WITH: Carly Findlay, Rebecca Lim, Hope Muthambu, Danielle Binks. Anthologies can be a wonderful way of networking, increasing your literary footprint, contributing to causes you believe in, sharing your experiences, or even starting a writing career.

Hundreds of everyday guitarists from across Melbourne take over Hamer Hall in one epic free concert, playing alongside a line-up of Aussie music legends. 

Based on a true story, Picasso and His Dog tells the heart-warming tale of a man and his dog, and the art that their friendship inspired.

The Darebin Community & Kite Festival is an outdoor cultural and community celebration and perennial favourite.

Come celebrate this global day with words and wonder! There will also be a display of storytelling books and resources.

Fresh from London’s West End, the boys are back in town with a dazzling new show, featuring their trademark heart-stopping blend of insanely talented cabaret burlesque, comic capery and circus to die for – all with punkish swagger. 

This provocative, bold dance theatre work examines just what it is that makes us human in a desensitised age.

World Problems is a funny and poetic reflection of our monolithic, interconnected world

This a ticketed event that brings the entire community together to celebrate Ballarat’s wonderful diversity!

Based on a true story, Picasso and His Dog tells the heart-warming tale of a man and his dog, and the art that their friendship inspired.

Funny, moving, surprising and engaging, Queerstories has been selling out shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, bringing storytellers from all walks of life to the stage.

A sweeping, operatic dance of bodies, words and women.

The Storytime program is for children aged 3-5 years, their parents and carers.

Joel Bray is black. Well, he’s white, but black. Y’know? He’s trapped in a hotel room somewhere in Melbourne and you, the audience, are trapped with him.

Refik Anadol is world-renowned for exploring the relationship between art and machine intelligence.

At a time when the majority of the world’s population is urban, climate change presents grave new risks for the world’s cities and forces city folks to figure out how to survive.

Do you remember your first dance? From baby steps and blue-light discos to bridal waltzes and professional debuts, First Dance takes you back to that exhilarating, nerve-wracking or fun moment that you may not even recall.

Featuring diverse emerging and established local and international publishers, artists and writers.

Come to Banyule’s annual Kids Arts Festival where everyone gets to play, create, experiment and have fun!

Come and see the culturally vibrant and diverse community of Casey. 

Featuring diverse emerging and established local and international publishers, artists and writers.

As part of Melbourne Design Week, John Wardle introduces audiences to the development of the project and its re-creation at NGV Australia.

Four First Nation female artists, each from a different Country within Australia, invite you to share in a conversation that they have been yarning about for years.

Design and museum professionals discuss the opportunities that a collaborative approach to the presentation of art and design brings, reframing the past to connect to the future.

‘Don’t feed the trolls’ – it’s the conventional wisdom of the internet. But who are the trolls? What motivates them? And, beyond ignoring them, how do we limit the destruction they wreak on people’s lives?

ChillOut, Australia’s number one Queer Country Pride festival, ­is held in the gay capital of regional Victoria – Daylesford – in Hepburn Shire.

Trocadero Art Space and Loving Feminist Literature are excited to present an afternoon of feminist performance as part of Love Letters To Feminisms | International Women’s Day GCP and in celebration of International Women’s Day

Allan Campbell examines the significance of place in the life and work of Hans and Nora Heysen.

Opening of exhibition – “Becoming” – celebrating ageing and challenges ageism through creativity, community and connection.

Free and accessible, it’s an evening out for all with a perfect blend of celebration and revolution – because why shouldn’t they exist as one?

Learn Hip Hop with the young crew from Urban Youth in a 50 minute masterclass. Bring your friends or join complete strangers, and dance to you drop.

The Lady in the Van is a mostly true story of the fascinating relationship between the award-winning British writer and his long-term guest.

Woven’ is an interactive performance that links the audience, performers and the environment together to create a shared experience

Temporal Proximities features work by contemporary Australian artists

How much of our best writing, art and music do we owe to crushes, and the intensity they lend to our days and nights? And, actually, how much of our worst?

Meaningful relationships often begin with the sharing of food. During Refuge Lab 2019, take a seat at the table with INASI, an old Tongan festivity of the first harvest.

Join radio producers and presenters Areej Nur and Samira Farah to unpack the process of curation and the often inaccessible structures in programming within Melbourne artistic institutions.

The Fair Play Symposium focuses on tangible ways to improve equity and inclusive practice in the Victorian creative industries.

The Fair Play Symposium focuses on tangible ways to improve equity and inclusive practice in the Victorian creative industries.

Join SPARC Theatre on a journey of migration, shared culture, transformation and exploration of a dream spacial realm

This event is the launch of PHOTO 2020 International Festival of Photography.

Funny, moving, surprising and engaging, Queerstories has been selling out shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, bringing storytellers from all walks of life to the stage.

Invite your family and friends, set up your own picnic spot and enjoy this big day of Family friendly, rainbow fun and festivities. This is a free event for everyone.

Dan Giovannoni’s Green Room Award winning adaptation of Christos Tsiolkas’ Merciless Gods is a brutal and tender examination of queer immigrant experiences in Australia.

Meet the woman behind the cookbook in a brand new show.

After re-introducing the world to her music via recent singles “Tricks” and “Diptych” (both accompanied by highly entertaining music videos), Laura Imbruglia returns to launch AC/DC-esque new track, “The Creeps”.

Paint on those stripes, fluff up your feathers, and douse yourself in glitter to march through St Kilda in Melbourne’s iconic parade of rainbows and pride.

Think community meets high art meets LGBTIQ culture. Park Lounge will welcome you into Werribee’s heart and leave you wanting more

Is it possible to separate body from Country? What does this mean for First Nations trans and gender diverse people? And how does one negotiate the tensions of culture, racism and identity to live with authenticity?

M. C. Escher made some of the most iconic prints of the twentieth century. His tessellations, optical illusions and incredibly detailed prints have been admired by artists, designers, mathematicians and architects for decades.

A night of your funniest local queer comedians.

Welcome to Beast, a comedy show by the world-famous transgender performer, Krishna Istha. Just kidding, trans people don’t get to be world famous, that’s not how this works.

The history teachers at Hanover Middle School have an R-rated lesson in store. Take your seat. Today’s subject is race, with a little sex, history and power on the side.

In this mind-blowing theatrical trip, platinum-maned punk god/dess Silvia Calderoni uses her family’s home videos to blur fiction with her own life story.

“A striking sense of imagination” – The Times (UK), 2018

A dark, funny and high-energy klezmer-folk tale inspired by the real-life story of two Romanian Jews seeking refuge in Canada in 1908.

Witness the first staged readings of brand new queer focussed theatre works

Arts Centre Melbourne and Midsumma Festival bring you the cream of the queer comedy crop this year, with a star-studded night of camp LOLs and butch hysterics.

For one night only Switchboard will be teaming up with Midsumma 2019 to create a special night of thought provoking conversation and story telling.

Celebrate Australia Day with this wonderful night of entertainment and you can see the night go out with a bang with a stunning 10-minute fireworks finale.

Celebrate Australia Day with your family at our free outdoor concert on the lawn outside the Council Offices in South Morang

This all ages festival will feature two stages of live music, roving performers, community, food and market stalls, rides, family activities, backyard sports, workshops, games, storytelling, marshmallows, fireworks and more!

Goodbye gender dysphoria – hello Gender Euphoria.

Join us in The Performance Space at The Wheeler Centre to help launch ‘Say Hello’, which is both a moving memoir and a proud manifesto on disability and appearance diversity by former Write-ability Fellow and tutor Carly Findlay.

Funny, moving, surprising and engaging, Queerstories has been selling out shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, bringing storytellers from all walks of life to the stage.

The selection of queer artists from across the country showcase their potent personal and political perspectives of the world.

The most fabulous queer-day-out @midsumma

AUS vs INDIA ODI

QUEEN KONG, in a space-fiction rock-concert of meteoric proportions.

Specifically designed music making session for children who are deaf or hard of hearing

Melbourne Cricket Ground set to host the Boxing Day test, with Auslan access at the ceremonies.

It is a free community event and everyone is invited to attend this wonderful celebration!

Free community event presented by Ballarat Churches and supported by the City of Ballarat.

Celebrate the festive season with a free evening of carols and entertainment under the stars

Wodonga Brass presents this traditional Carols by Candlelight.

Get into the Christmas Spirit with this family friendly event for the whole family.

Pack a picnic rug and head to Ruffey Lake Park to celebrate the festive season with traditional carols and musical entertainment, a free family festival, and a spectacular evening fireworks display.

Tis the season for festive fun so bring the family along to share the spirit at the City of Whittlesea Carols by Candlelight.

Come and sing along at this free family event.  This year Carols in Harmony Square will include exciting performances and interactive activities.  Be ready for lots of fun and a visit from Santa!

Fresh Meet is the ultimate end of year party for the independent arts community. Bring your creative comrades and friends, raise a glass to 2018 and look forward to what’s next.

Pack a picnic rug and head down to Dendy Park to celebrate the festive season!

Malala will take audiences inside her remarkable story; “I had a choice: I could live a quiet life or I could make the most of this new life I had been given.”  Malala Yousafzai

This year the celebrations at our annual Monash Carols by Candlelight on Sunday 9 December will be bigger than ever

New time and format for this Sunday afternoon family twilight concert 2018 program currently in development.

Carols by Kingston is a great chance to get together with friends and family before the holidays and relax in the park and feel the Christmas cheer!

Join us for our FREE annual Community Christmas Festival

Bring a picnic to this FREE event and celebrate Christmas with your community!

The magical annual carols by candlelight event is on again in December with roaming performers, children activities and stage entertainment for the whole family.

A fun evening for all to celebrate Christmas, the festive season and the community.

When referring to William Wegman’s first muse, his dog Man Ray, critic Laurence Wieder asked ‘does Man Ray understand his place in art?’

Dance Massive is Australia’s largest celebration of contemporary dance.

A master of optical illusion, M. C. Escher combines different perspectives in his prints, presenting visual contradictions that have long intrigued audiences.

Blurring the roles of funeral director and theatre director, Thoms and Turnbull ask each other to perform tasks, share knowledge and give feedback on each other’s actions.

Our members have been working hard to put together a stellar line up of circus acts

One of the most-read and famous children’s books of all time, ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ emerges off the page in a masterful theatrical experience for the whole family.

Join us for a night of absurdity, wit, and behind-the-scenes stories, at the Athenaeum Theatre.

Usually you wouldn’t drop ‘the C-word’ into a nice dinner conversation, but at this Supper Club it will be on everyone’s lips: it’s time to talk about cancer.

Hear from ten brilliant writers – both established and emerging – who have made Melbourne home for either a short time or a lifetime

Funny, moving, surprising and engaging, Queerstories has been selling out shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, bringing storytellers from all walks of life to the stage.

Artist Ben Quilty and writer Richard Flanagan join The School of Life to talk about the meaning of home and the power of vulnerable voices.