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Adelaide Festival 2025 Reviews

Image: Seann Miley Moore - Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Photo by Shane Reid

Our reviewers are out and about at this year's Adelaide Festival. Check out individual reviews by clicking on the show title links below.

 

Big Name, No Blankets

 

Trent Dalton's Love Stories

 

Adelaide Fringe 2025 Reviews.

Image: Dear Diary,

 

The 2025 Adelaide Fringe is now well underway, and Stage Whispers reviewers are out and around. Click on the production name links below to read individual show reviews.

 

Image: Oh My Heart, Oh My Home

Adelaide Fringe Kids Show a Sensory Playground for Neurodiverse Audiences

Premiering at Adelaide Fringe 2025, Press Play is an autistic led, sensory friendly interactive live music concert for kids aged 0-7 years. Featuring all original music, this brand new show is designed to offer “a sensory playground for kids of all abilities”, says the show’s creator Adelaide musician and Music Therapist, Alice Orchard.

Matilda Awards Nominations

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The Matilda Awards, Queensland’s celebration of performing arts excellence, returns to Brisbane Powerhouse on Monday 24 February 2025 for its 37th year.

The Awards spotlight nominees across a list of 20 categories in live theatre and this year marks the debut of a new partnership with the Actors’ & Entertainers’ Benevolent Fund (ABF Qld).

Fringe World Festival 2025 Reviews

Image: All The Times I Could Have

Perth's Fringe World Festival is in full swing. Stage Whispers' Kimberley Shaw has been very busy reviewing many of the productions.

Click the titles below to read the review of your choice

Murder on the Magic School Bus

I Can Still See All The Stars

Seasons 2025

Check out details of various seasons across Australia in 2025 by clicking on the company or theatre venue names below.   Sydney Theatre Company 2025 Season

Beetlejuice Announced for Perth, Starring Andy Karl

Western Australian theatre fans have chanted “Beetlejuice” three times and the most mischievous ghost in the history of musicals has responded.

Michael Cassel Group, Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures and Langley Park Productions announced today that the eight-time Tony Award-nominated  BEETLEJUICE THE MUSICAL will play Perth in 2026.

BEETLEJUICE THE MUSICAL will play the Crown Theatre, Perth, from 16 August 2026. Fans are encouraged to sign up for the waitlist at

In The Upside Down, No-One Can Hear You Sing

Hey fans of Stranger Things! Get ready to flip your flicks and turn your world Upside Down as the cult TV phenomenon Stranger Things gets a gloriously camp makeover and brings 14 original songs and your favourite 80s characters to the stage for the Sydney premiere of the hit Off-Broadway musical Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical.