Past Events
Season 2024
Gather round and we'll retell it...
More infoThe Hate Race
23 FEB – 17 MARMalthouse Outdoor Stage 2024
Presented by Not A Real Media Company
More infoA Rational Fear
THU 1 FEBPresented by Press Play
More infoSnarskiCircusLindyBand
FRI 2 FEBJoin Kate Jinx & Brodie Lancaster at this live recording of their hit pop culture podcast, See Also.
More infoSee Also Al Fresco
SAT 3 FEBSex, dating, and relationships from the other side of 40.
More infoDear Nelly Live
THU 8 FEBPresented by Idiomatic Arts
More infoUnderscore
SAT 10 FEBA night celebrating bodies, dating, love and sex, beyond cancer.
More infoOne Night Stand
WED 14 FEBPresented by Century Artists
More infoRhys & Friends
FRI 16 FEBPresented by Century Artists
More infoReuben Kaye's Come to Daddy (Live Podcast)
SAT 17 FEBPresented by Century Artists
More infoMichelle Brasier Songs With My Friends
SAT 17 FEBPresented by Down the Hill Studios
More infoEmsolation Live 2024
15 & 21 FEBPresented by Collective Artists
More infoEliza Hull: Here They Come
FRI 23 FEBPresented by Ang Fang Industries
More infoPresented by Unapologetically Asian Podcast
More infoUnder The Stars with Unapologetically Asian
THU 29 FEBPresented by Birdsnake
More infoBirdsnake Live
FRI 1 MARPresented by Story Baker
More infoLove Sermon
SAT 2 MARSeason 2023
This duo is serving the tea hot ☕🔥and keeping receipts. PERIODT.
More infoseven methods of killing kylie jenner
18 – 29 JAN 2023Up close and personal with one of China's most provocative exports.
More infoMade In China 2.0
28 FEB – 19 MAR 2023Falling apart can bring you together.
More infoThis Is Living
7 – 30 JUL 2023Turns out a rare degenerative disease is just what you need to live a little #itsgivingblessed
More infoTelethon Kid
28 Jul – 13 AugWhose Gonna Love 'Em? I am that i AM
22 Nov – 3 DecAn immersive theatre mystery
More infoHour of the Wolf
19 OCT – 17 DECComedy Fest 2023
A one-human hootenanny about cow folk and cow things by one of Australia’s finest slingers of stupidity.
More infoClara Cupcakes: Yee Howdy Rides Again
30 MAR – 9 APRLike a walking tour... If it was led by someone broke – bored – and a comedian.
More infoTaylor Griffiths: No Thoughts
30 MAR – 9 APRJoin host Maeve Marsden and some of the festival's best comedians in celebrating the culture & creativity of the LGBTQI+ community one true story at a time.
More infoQueerstories
1 APRRoger has has written a play, and Victoria is to be the leading lady. They must now cast the remaining 72 roles.
More infoThe Beryls: Cattle Call
30 MAR – 9 APRA one-woman cabaret experience that’s part dinner theatre, part Fright Night spectacular.
More infoAlice Tovey: Not Like the Other Ghouls
30 MAR – 9 APRReal Stories, Fake News.
More infoNight Time News Network National News with Osher Günsberg
30 MAR – 9 APRA rambunctious match made on eggshells.
More infoGrey Arias (UK/USA)
30 MAR – 16 APRTaste award-winning Scotchmans Hill wines with Chief Winemaker Robin Brockett
More infoA night of psychedelics, nuclear meltdowns, and forensic mishaps
More infoDr Karl: The STEAM Room
18 & 19 APR★★★★★ ‘This may be the best performance seen on Australian stages this year’ —The Age
More infoLiz Kingsman: One Woman Show (AUS/UK)
11 – 23 APRIt shouldn’t be awful, is priced accordingly and will be finished by 7.30pm
More info★★★★★ 'A one-hour tour de force performance from the master comedian.' —Broadway Baby (UK)
More infoEd Byrne: If I'm Honest (UK)
18 – 23 APR★★★★ 'Louder than the White Stripes, more dysfunctional than Metallica and funnier than Flight of the Conchords.' —Irish Times
More infoOtto & Astrid's Joint Solo Project
11 – 23 APRThe discovery of his mother’s 1946 diary leads Damian to recast his parents in a double feature of love and loss set in post-war Melbourne.
More infoDamian Callinan: Double Feature
11 – 23 APRMaybe funny, maybe not. Maybe haha, maybe hoho.
More infoDr. Brown Beturns (USA)
30 MAR – 23 APRIf two girls one cup was a musical, then that would be great, but for now, there’s WET HEAT.
More infoHOT DEPARTMENT: WET HEAT
30 MAR – 23 APRA genre-bending concoction of cabaret, cinema, and keytar solos with a Gen-Z twist.
More infoAlex Lowes: Triple Butter Popcorn
11 – 23 APRTony Lyall's in Australia for the first time with a hand picked selection of the finest jokes ever written! (by him)
More infoTony Lyall: What A Time To Be A Lyall (NZ)
11 – 22 APRAn adventure story unlike any other and a one-woman show that pushes the boundaries of multi-character performance.
More infoRama Nicholas: Evidence
11 – 23 APRMalthouse Outdoor Stage 2023
A celebration of indigenous cultures survival, creativity and strength.
More infoRECKŌNING in concert
9 FEBHappy hour just got happier, your Thursday night is on us.
More infoThursdays at MOS
16 FEB – 20 APRCelebrate the skin you’re in in a body positive festival that's taking up space.
More infoBig Thick Energy: TAKING UP SPACE
10 – 11 FEBPOOKIE
18 FEBPresented by Premier Artists
More infoElla Hooper
19 FEBPresented by Press Play
More infoBones and Jones
17 FEBPresented by Press Play
More infoPresented by Press Play
More infoMick Harvey & J.P. Shilo
25 FEBPresented by Premier Artists
More infoClare Bowditch
3 MAROn Malthouse Outdoor Stage
More infoPresented by The Ang Fang Quartet
More infoPerformance cancelled and moved to The Corner Hotel
More infoWomen of Soul
8 MARPresented by Beautiful Dark: The Music of Twin Peaks
More infoA Night at The Roadhouse
11 MARPerformance cancelled. Ticket buyers please check your email for more information.
More infoThink Little Mermaid meets JAWS... an absolute massacre!
More infoLe Gateau Chocolat & Jonny Woo
24 – 25 MARA series of bold and irreverent conversations: no recordings, no do-overs, no holds barred
More infoLibbi Gorr’s Bold Conversations
14 FEB – 28 MARHirer Events 2023
A story of order and disorder, reality and appearance, and love and marriage.
More infoA VCE Season of Excellence Event
More infoTop Class Drama and Theatre Studies 2023
15 – 17 MARThese three unique women will stop at nothing to right wrongs done and pave a new path in this farce dramatic comedy.
More infoINSIDE OUT
5 – 7 MAYThe cult of the male genius gets a thirsty-wigged skewering.
More infoMasterclass
15 – 17 JUNSeason 2022
A new play by Vidya Rajan, based on the book by Melina Marchetta
More infoLooking for Alibrandi
9 – 31 JULA panel discussion in partnership with the Wheeler Centre
More infoAdapting Alibrandi
18 JULAn epic, 250-year story to return home the captive bodily remains of First Peoples.
More infoThe Return
13 MAY – 4 JUNMalthouse Outdoor Stage 2022
Presented by Token Events
More infoDave Hughes—Live
11 & 12 MARPresented by Mistletone
More infoA Night with Uncle Jack
6 MARPresented by Mistletone
More infoPresented by Token Events
More infoSam Simmons—Be a Verb
22 – 27 FEBPresented by Token Events
More infoGeraldine Hickey & a Bunch of Funny Mates
18 – 20 FEBPresented by Supersonic events
More infoPresented by Midsumma and Rawcus.
More infoPresented on Malthouse Outdoor Stage
More infoMeow Sings
4 FEBOn Malthouse Outdoor Stage
More infoPresented by Mistletone
More infoPresented by RAZ Music
More infoComedy Fest 2022
Presented by Live Nation
More infoJason Leong: Heaty
31 MAR – 10 APRPresented by Pietagogetter
More infoBunny—Barnie Duncan
31 MAR – 10 APRPresented by Fish and Twiner's Bait Shop. Performed by Lily Fish. Directed by Kimberley Twiner.
More infoJofus and the Plank—Lily Fish
31 MAR – 10 APRPresented by Michael Griffiths
More infoSteven Oliver: Bigger and Blacker
31 MAR – 10 APRMILKE Presents
More infoSo Brave— Madeleine Stewart
31 MAR – 10 APRComedy Festival at Malthouse
More infoThe Anniversary
31 MAR – 17 APRPresented by Kimmie Lovegrove
More infoKungari Comedy
31 MAR – 24 APRComedy Festival at Malthouse
More infoReuben Kaye: The Butch is Back
31 MAR – 24 APRMILKE Presents
More infoPoncho: Keep it Up!—Dani Cabs
12 – 24 APRPresented by Maria Angelico
More infoThe Disappearing Act—By Maria Angelico
12 APR – 24 APRPresented by Pietagogetter
More infoStories About My Body—Morgana O'Reilly
13 APR – 24 APRMILKE presents
More infoThy – Thus – 'Twas
12 APR – 24 APRPresented as part of Melbourne International Comedy Festival
More infoDom Chambers: A Boy and His Deck
19 APR – 24 APREducation 2022
Malthouse Education 2022
More infoVCE PLAYLIST 2022 / Looking for Alibrandi
21 & 28 JULMalthouse Education 2022
More infoVCE PLAYLIST 2022 / The Return
26 MAY & 2 JUNMalthouse Education 2022
More infoRevisit the Play 2022 / Looking For Alibrandi
FROM 12 SEPMalthouse Education 2022
More infoRevisit the Play 2022 / The Return
FROM 12 SEPRISING 2022
Presented by RISING
More infoMaureen: Harbinger of Death
1 – 12 JUNHirer Events 2022
Presented by Just for Laughs Australia: Live
More infoJust for Laughs Australia: Live
23 – 25 JUNPresented by Wesley College Glen Waverley
More infoPresented by Emsolation with Em Rusciano & Michael Lucas
More infoEmsolation turns 2 – LIVE
12 APRPresented by Australian Art Orchestra
More infoPresented by Melbourne Grammar School
More infoLord of the Flies
11 & 12 NOVSeason 2021
We're all in this together.
More infoS.S. Metaphor
5 – 19 DECA conversation about storytelling. Presented in partnership with SAARI Collective.
More infoHow do I tell my story?
20 OCTAn immersive theatre adventure by Malthouse Theatre
More infoBecause The Night
23 MAR – 26 SEPMalthouse Outdoor Stage 2021
On Malthouse Outdoor Stage
More infoYacht Rock Revival
18 DECPresented by Quiet RIOT and House of Valerie Joan
More infoWomen of Soul
26 & 27 NOVPresented by Mistletone
More infoA Night with Uncle Jack
21 NOVPresented by Malthouse
More infoEmma Donovan & The Putbacks
SAT 20 NOVPresented by YIRRAMBOI
More infoPresented by YIRRAMBOI
More infoDeadly Funny Showcase
14 MAYPresented by YIRRAMBOI Festival
More infoYIRRAMBOI After Dark
8 MAYPresented by YIRRAMBOI
More infoYIRRAMBOI Opening Night
6 MAYPresented by Party Passport, Midsumma & YIRRAMBOI Festival
More infoMiss First Nation 2021
4 – 7 MAYPresented by Midsumma Festival
More infoSunday Sessions
2 MAYPresented by the Wheeler Centre
More infoPresented by Archer Magazine, The Wheeler Centre, and Midsumma Festival.
More infoPresented by The People of Cabaret and Midsumma Festival
More infoPresented by the Wheeler Centre
More infoPresented by the Wheeler Centre
More infoPresented by the Wheeler Centre
More infoPresented by 5AM Physical Theatre
More infoThe March Finale
17 APRPresented by Rhinestone Rebel Presents
More infoPaul McDermott – Plus One
15 – 18 APROn Malthouse Outdoor Stage
More infoMOS Comedy Gala
10 APROn Malthouse Outdoor Stage
More infoPresented by the Wheeler Centre
More infoPresented by Token Events
More infoPresented by Chunky Move
More infoPresented by Token Events
More infoLano & Woodley
23 FEB – 7 MARPresented by Token Events
More infoJudith Lucy & Denise Scott – All New Disappointments
21 FEB – 14 MARPresented by Chunky Move
More infoPresented by Token Events
More infoEddie Perfect – Introspective
18 – 21 FEBPresented by Chunky Move
More infoPresented by Chunky Move
More infoPresented by Penny Drop
More infoSurprise Chef
30 JANPresented by Penny Drop
More infoEmma Donovan & The Putbacks
29 JANPresented by Penny Drop
More infoGood Morning
28 JANPresented by Penny Drop
More infoSarah Mary Chadwick
27 JANPresented by Penny Drop
More infoSweet Whirl
27 JANPresented by Schwartz Media
More infoPresented by Penny Drop
More infoNai Palm (Hiatus Kaiyote)
22 JANPresented by Penny Drop
More infoGordon Koang
22 JANHirer Events 2021
It's like Book Club but funny
More infoPresented by RISING
More infoHeart Is a Wasteland
2 – 5 JUNEducation 2021
Hello, World! 2021
18 – 29 OCT 2021Malthouse Prompt Youth & Education 2021
More infoVCE Playlist 2021 / Because The Night
22 APR – 16 SEPSeason 2020
Nine ordinary people's lives in lockdown are anything but ordinary
More infoThe Lockdown Monologues
3 JUN – 3 JULA rambunctious match made on eggshells
More infoShakespeare’s tragedy has never been more relevant than in This Ignorant Present
More info‘Damn, the real world is a hell of a writer' — Artforum
More info‘Truly captivating’ — The Age
More info‘A searing indictment of the law's treatment of women' — Sydney Morning Herald
More infoIf trouble and mischief is all you live for...
More info'Exceptionally funny…Glorious absurdity… Makes you hear every line afresh' — The Guardian
More infoThe Importance of Being Earnest
14 FEB – 8 MARAsia TOPA 2020
A new adaptation of Hao Jingfang's Hugo Award-winning novelette Folding Beijing
More infoFolding Beijing (A Reading)
29 FEB★★★★ 'Chong [is] an immensely sensitive and supple theatre-maker' — Time Out (for Little Emperors)
More infoMade in China 2.0
27 – 29 FEBEducation 2020
Hello, World!
23 OCT 2020VCE Playlist 2020 / Playlisted Productions
14 FEB – 8 MARSeason 2019
★★★★½ 'Genius' — Theatre People
More infoAPOCALYPSE MEOW: CRISIS IS BORN
7 NOV – 1 DEC 2019★★★★★ 'Hilariously intelligent...damn good comedy' — The Music
More infoAustralian Realness
16 AUG – 8 SEP 2019★★★★ 'Ambitious and often strangely beautiful' — Time Out
More infoMy Dearworthy Darling
2 – 18 AUG 2019★★★★½ 'Brilliant, Bold and deeply unnerving theatre' — The Age
More infoWake in Fright
21 JUN – 14 JUL 2019Haunted house. Monument of love. Great continent. Cloudstreet is all that and more.
More infoCloudstreet
6 MAY – 16 JUN 2019Be someone else. Join The Temple.
More infoThe Temple
3 – 26 MAY 2019★★★★½ 'A show that takes the ground from under you, even as it entertains the hell out of you' — The Age
More infoBarbara and the Camp Dogs
7 FEB – 3 MAR 2019★★★★★ 'A show I'll be thinking about for years to come' — The Age
More infoThe Ars Nova Production of Underground Railroad Game
30 JAN – 17 FEB 2019Special Events 2019
★★★★★ 'Fast-paced adventure' — ArtsHub
More infoBlackie Blackie Brown: The Traditional Owner of Death
29 AUG – 14 SEP 2019The power and ecstasy of grief
More infoSkeleton Tree
16 – 23 MAR 2019Control. Co-ordinate. Collide. Checkmate.
More infoCommon Ground
13 – 17 MAR 2019Education 2019
VCE Playlist / Cloudstreet
6 MAY – 16 JUN 2019The Suitcase Series / Atomic
23 – 31 OCT 2019Season 2018
★★★★ 'Brilliant, irreverent, autobiographical theatre' — The Age
More infoIch Nibber Dibber
5 – 23 SEP 2018★★★★ 'Accomplished, evocative stage debut' — The Guardian
More infoMelancholia
13 JUL – 12 AUG 2018★★★★★ 'Fast-paced adventure that brings the house down' — ArtsHub
More infoBlackie Blackie Brown: The Traditional Owner of Death
5 JUL – 3 AUG 2018★★★★½ 'Guttingly powerful' — The Music
More infoBrothers Wreck
8 – 23 JUN 2018★★★★ 'Bursts off the stage' — Time Out
More infoGoing Down
10 MAY – 3 JUN 2018★★★★ 'A vital confrontation, extraordinary' — The Observer
More infoA Pacifist's Guide to the War on Cancer
7 – 18 MAR 2018★★★★½ 'A brilliantly constructed production and compellingly performed' — ArtsHub
More infoGood Muslim Boy
9 FEB – 11 MAR 2018★★★★★ 'An experience designed to beguile' — Herald Scotland
More infoPicnic at Hanging Rock
6 – 14 FEB 2018Special Events 2018
'A bittersweet, heartwarming coming of age story laced with humour and irony' — American Theatre
More infoGeneration Jeans
9 – 18 AUG 2018Education 2018
VCE Playlist / 2018 Playlisted Productions
6 FEB – 11 MAR 2018Season 2017
★★★★ 'Pamela Rabe shines in chiselled, authoritative performance' — The Age
More infoThe Testament of Mary
3 – 26 NOV 2017★★★★½ 'Stylish and soulful, wild and disturbing and darkly funny' — The Age
More infoBlack Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets
15 SEP – 8 OCT 2017★★★★ 'A challenging, moving play about spectacle, difference and identity' — Limelight Magazine
More infoThe Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man
4 – 27 AUG 2017★★★★ 'Repulsive, inappropriate and often brilliant' — The Age
More infoYou're Not Alone
1 – 13 AUG 2017★★★★ 'A moving road trip through Australia's desert centre' — The Age
More infoHeart is a Wasteland
29 JUN – 16 JUL 2017★★★★ 'A play as energised by hilarity as ferocity, by anger as anguish' — The Age
More infoRevolt. She Said. Revolt Again.
16 JUN – 9 JUL 2017★★★★ 'Tantalising, entertaining, ridiculous' — Herald Sun
More infoPiece For Person and Ghetto Blaster
15 – 26 MAR 2017★★★★ 'A refreshingly urgent piece of new Australian writing' — Time Out
More infoThe Homosexuals, or 'Faggots'
17 FEB – 12 MAR 2017★★★★ 'Heightened, visually striking domestic melodrama' — The Age
More infoLittle Emperors
9 – 26 FEB 2017★★★★★ 'An hallucinatory, tech-augmented tour de force' — The Age
More infoThe Encounter by Complicite
2 – 10 FEB 2017Special Events 2017
★★★★ 'Fearlessly complex and visually arresting' — The Music
More infoANTI—GRAVITY
17 – 26 MAR 2017Season 2016
// Strips Australia bare
More infoBlaque Showgirls
11 NOV – 4 DEC 2016// Is a feast of contradictions
More infoWar and Peace
18 – 30 OCT 2016// Unites two iridescent artists—musician Tim Finn and poet Dorothy Porter
More infoThe Fiery Maze
18 AUG – 4 SEP 2016// And peer over the edge
More infoCome Away with Me to the End of the World
5 – 24 JUL 2016// That are unthinkable, are the hardest to put behind us
More infoThe Events
21 JUN – 10 JUL 2016Curated by THE RABBLE
More infoIn the Bleak Midwinter
16 – 18 JUN 2016Curated by Felix Ching Ching Ho
More infoApproximate Translation
28 MAY 2016// Is a stone's throw away from collapse
More infoThe Glass Menagerie
18 MAY – 5 JUN 2016// Worth living for
More infoEvery Brilliant Thing
8 – 20 MAR 2016// Proves that horror is a warm, sunny day
More infoPicnic at Hanging Rock
26 FEB – 20 MAR 2016// A fairytale gone rogue
More infoMeow Meow's Little Mermaid
28 JAN – 14 FEB 2016Education 2023
VCE Drama / Unit 3
More infoVCE PLAYLIST 2023 / Nosferatu
22 FEB – 2 MAR 2023Malthouse Education 2023
More info