Damian Callinan returns to the character narrative genre that has earned him three nominations for the Most Outstanding Show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. 'Spoons' blends Callinan’s skilled character work, with dark humour and pathos in a moving portrait of an octogenarian’s fight to save his dead wife’s souvenir teaspoon collection. This one-man play with cutlery is playing at Arts Centre Melbourne, from March 26th - April 5th. Dur 1hr. No show Monday.
Tess & Curtis. Bonnie & Annie. They’ve done life together for 20 years. They know each other's quirks, finish each other's wine, and can navigate a dinner party like a well-rehearsed dance. Their friendship is the anchor – until the night it all unravels with three little words.
Joanna Murray-Smith's wickedly smart comedy peels back the surface of modern relationships to reveal what happens when one person's freedom becomes someone else's crisis. Filled with uncomfortable truths and moments of hilarity, Three Little Words is about friendship, marriage, and the terrifying possibility that the life you've built might not be the life you want.
Stage Noise readers get a discount - just use the code NOISE at the checkout!
Bold & Blunt Creative presents: Ordinary Days
Music & Lyrics by Adam Gwon
Heartfelt, witty and beautifully layered, Ordinary Days follows four New Yorkers - Deb, Warren, Jason and Claire, as their ordinary lives collide in extraordinary ways. This must-see contemporary musical will make you smile, cry and even recognise yourself along the way, shining a light on the moments we rush past and revealing how purpose, love and connection are hiding in plain sight.
Because the smallest moments matter. And so do we.
Strictly limited season — book now before it’s gone.
Aidan O’Donnell: Co-Director, Producer
Jacob Macri: Co-Director
Chantal Elyse: Actor, Co-Producer
Jordan Berry: Actor, Associate Producer
Joseph O’Reilly: Musical Director
Cast: Jordan Berry, Ethan Bourke, Chantal Elyse, Lachlan Ceravolo
An approx running time: 90 Mins, without interval.
Mild adult themes, mild course language, reference to loss. Age advice 14+
Step into the theatre – and into uncertainty. Six Characters in Search of an Author begins as an ordinary rehearsal, until six silhouetted figures emerge from the shadows, demanding their story be told. Unfinished, abandoned, and insistent, they carry a truth too unsettling to be contained. Haunting, provocative, and unlike anything else in modern theatre, Pirandello’s masterpiece invites audiences into a world where ideas collide, certainty dissolves, and the stage becomes a space for questions that cannot be ignored.
Stage Noise readers get a discount - just use the code NOISE at the checkout!
SPOONS
SouthbankTheatre | March 26 - April 5, 2026
Damian Callinan returns to the character narrative genre that has earned him three nominations for the Most Outstanding Show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. 'Spoons' blends Callinan’s skilled character work, with dark humour and pathos in a moving portrait of an octogenarian’s fight to save his dead wife’s souvenir teaspoon collection. This one-man play with cutlery is playing at Arts Centre Melbourne, from March 26th - April 5th. Dur 1hr. No show Monday.
Three Little Words by Joanna Murray-Smith
BrisbaneTheatre | April 16 - May 9, 2026
Tess & Curtis. Bonnie & Annie. They’ve done life together for 20 years. They know each other's quirks, finish each other's wine, and can navigate a dinner party like a well-rehearsed dance. Their friendship is the anchor – until the night it all unravels with three little words.
Joanna Murray-Smith's wickedly smart comedy peels back the surface of modern relationships to reveal what happens when one person's freedom becomes someone else's crisis. Filled with uncomfortable truths and moments of hilarity, Three Little Words is about friendship, marriage, and the terrifying possibility that the life you've built might not be the life you want.
Stage Noise readers get a discount - just use the code NOISE at the checkout!
Ordinary Days Musical
SydneyTheatre | May 5 - 9, 2026
Bold & Blunt Creative presents: Ordinary Days
Music & Lyrics by Adam Gwon
Heartfelt, witty and beautifully layered, Ordinary Days follows four New Yorkers - Deb, Warren, Jason and Claire, as their ordinary lives collide in extraordinary ways. This must-see contemporary musical will make you smile, cry and even recognise yourself along the way, shining a light on the moments we rush past and revealing how purpose, love and connection are hiding in plain sight.
Because the smallest moments matter. And so do we.
Strictly limited season — book now before it’s gone.
Aidan O’Donnell: Co-Director, Producer
Jacob Macri: Co-Director
Chantal Elyse: Actor, Co-Producer
Jordan Berry: Actor, Associate Producer
Joseph O’Reilly: Musical Director
Cast: Jordan Berry, Ethan Bourke, Chantal Elyse, Lachlan Ceravolo
An approx running time: 90 Mins, without interval.
Mild adult themes, mild course language, reference to loss. Age advice 14+
Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello
BrisbaneTheatre | May 14 - June 6, 2026
Step into the theatre – and into uncertainty. Six Characters in Search of an Author begins as an ordinary rehearsal, until six silhouetted figures emerge from the shadows, demanding their story be told. Unfinished, abandoned, and insistent, they carry a truth too unsettling to be contained. Haunting, provocative, and unlike anything else in modern theatre, Pirandello’s masterpiece invites audiences into a world where ideas collide, certainty dissolves, and the stage becomes a space for questions that cannot be ignored.
Stage Noise readers get a discount - just use the code NOISE at the checkout!
Rat Klub Comedy
NewtownTheatre | May 5 - 4, 2026
Anastasia
PyrmontTheatre | April 7 - May 10, 2026
Anastasia
PyrmontTheatre | April 7 - July 19, 2026
Anastasia
PyrmontTheatre | April 7 - June 7, 2026
Anastasia
PyrmontTheatre | April 7 - June 7, 2026
Anastasia
PyrmontTheatre | April 7 - July 19, 2026
Anastasia
PyrmontTheatre | April 8 - July 5, 2026
SISTREN
SydneyTheatre | April 10 - May 4, 2026
Gutenberg! The Musical!
Potts PointTheatre | April 10 - May 10, 2026
The Red Shoes
SydneyTheatre | April 15 - 25, 2026
The Red Shoes
SydneyTheatre | April 15 - 25, 2026
Steel Magnolias
South BrisbaneTheatre | April 30 - May 10, 2026
Waitress
MelbourneTheatre | May 1 - 31, 2026
Waitress
MelbourneTheatre | May 1 - June 21, 2026
Waitress
MelbourneTheatre | May 1 - July 12, 2026
The Pirates of Penzance
PyrmontTheatre | May 12 - June 7, 2026
Steel Magnolias
SydneyTheatre | May 13 - 30, 2026
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Potts PointTheatre | May 22 - June 21, 2026
Tootsie
LeichhardtTheatre | May 22 - June 21, 2026
Steel Magnoliasa
CanberraTheatre | June 17 - 21, 2026
Pride And Prejudice* (*sort of)
MelbourneTheatre | June 18 - July 18, 2026
Pride And Prejudice* (*sort of)
MelbourneTheatre | June 18 - July 18, 2026
Steel Magnoliasa
PerthTheatre | July 7 - 18, 2026
Pride And Prejudice* (*sort of)
SydneyTheatre | July 16 - August 30, 2026
Steel Magnoliasa
MelbourneTheatre | July 23 - August 9, 2026
Waitress
PyrmontTheatre | August 1 - 30, 2026
Waitress
PyrmontTheatre | August 1 - September 20, 2026
Waitress
PyrmontTheatre | August 1 - September 20, 2026