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Gunawarra Re-Creation, Mozart, The Nutcrack and more take to the stage across Victoria this month

Classics to lore, orchestras and works galore!

There’s no better way to escape the winter sting by wearing your finest coat and heading to the theatre. Whether classical performance pieces take your fancy, or you’re interested in experiencing something a little bit more experimental, regional theatres have a smorgasbord of stage shows to witness.

Explore our stage guide below

Keep up to date with all things arts, exhibitions and stage here.

 

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Mozart’s Don Giovanni

When: 25 JUL

Where: Lighthouse Theatre, Warrnambool

It’s the last day of Don Giovanni’s life, though he does not know it. Mozart’s opera follows the infamous seducer as pleasure-seeking leads to violence and ultimately reckoning, underscored by an opening chord signalling fate. Opera Australia’s national tour returns to Warrnambool with a 1950s-inspired staging directed by Michael Gow, featuring leading singers and chamber orchestra and live chamber orchestra. 

Gunawarra Re-creation

When: 17 & 18 JUL

Where: Geelong Arts Centre

Directed by First Peoples leader in the arts Dr Rachael Maza AM and written by Isobel Morphy-Walsh, ILBIJERRI Theatre Company is one of Australia’s leading First Peoples theatre companies. Gunawarra Re-creation follows three generations of Taun Wurrung women as memory, place and story intersect. At a watering hole, Murrun meets Gunawarra, the Black Swan, exploring cultural continuation and Blak women’s healing. 

Under the Canopy

When: 10 JUL

Where: Her Majesty’s Theatre, Ballarat

A program of passion and flair featuring Melbourne Chamber Orchestra with accordionist James Crabb, showcasing the instrument’s expressive range. From Rameau and CPE Bach to Gubitsch’s tango pulse and Scottish tradition, the program spans eras of expressive, searching, alive music. Aaron Wyatt offers a moving portrait of Australian landscape exploring identity, Country and connection to nature, grounding the concert. 

 

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Orchestra Victoria: Firebird

When: 24 JUL

Where: Ulumbarra Theatre, Bendigo

Journey with Orchestra Victoria into myth, legend and magic at Ulumbarra Theatre, led by conductor Sam Weller. Mikhail Glinka’s Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture opens, followed by Debussy’s Petite Suite and Stravinsky’s Firebird, evoking folklore, aristocratic charm and supernatural spectacle in a program led by dynamic interpretation and vivid orchestral colour across Russian and French repertoire tradition and storytelling alive performance.

The Nutcracker Act II and Other Works

When: 29 JUL

Where: Horsham Town Hall Theatre

Presented by The Australian Ballet, this touring program blends classical favourites, signature works and contemporary innovation, in partnership with The Australian Ballet School. In Horsham, audiences will see highlights including Act II of The Nutcracker, capturing festive enchantment. Designed for lifelong ballet lovers and newcomers, the program showcases the company’s artistry and breadth of repertoire on tour across Victoria now.