The Comedy Theatre

As is Melbourne tradition now, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is returning to the stage once again this festive season. Running until December 24, the smash-hit staging of the timeless holiday story will be playing at the Comedy Theatre.  A Christmas Carol was the most-awarded play of 2021, sweeping the Tonys with five wins. Two Tony Award winners themselves created the magical rendition: director Matthew Warchus (Matilda the Musical) and playwright Jack Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child). The production delivers striking staging, moving storytelling and 12 traditional Christmas carols, including ‘Joy to the World’ and ‘Silent Night’. The cast announced for 2025 includes Lachy Hulme as Ebenezer Scrooge, alongside an exceptional cast of talented performers including Stephanie Lambourn and Tony Cogin. 'A Christmas Carol' is showing at the Comedy Theatre until December 24, 2025. For more information and to book your tickets, head to the website. Read our four-star review of the 2023 production here: One of the defining aspects of Christmas that delights and frustrates, depending on your inclination, is its inexorability; it comes around again and again, like the white horse on a carousal. Maybe this will also be the case with the Old Vic production of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, which proved a great success last year and is back to spread its Yuletide cheer around the Comedy Theatre once more. The central change – in fact, the only significant change – is the...

When we say Art, this time we mean theatre. This is a chance for fans of Richard Roxburgh, Damon Herriman and Ryan Corr to see them on stage together, when this award-winning play comes to Melbourne's Comedy Theatre in April 2026. Yes, this trio of Aussie actors – Roxburgh (Rake, The Correspondent, Elvis), Herriman (Better Man, Mr Inbetween, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) and Corr (House of the Dragon, Holding the Man, Kangaroo) – will star in this internationally acclaimed comedy.   Originally a French play by Yasmina Reza, Art has been translated by Christopher Hampton. The plot goes a little something like this: When one friend buys an absurdly expensive painting, it sets off a hilarious and heartfelt examination of taste, ego and loyalty. Old tensions resurface and a long-standing friendship begins to unravel – all over a piece of modern art. Directed by Lee Lewis (Prima Facie, Gaslight, Mother Play), Art opens at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre on April 24, 2026 (with previews from April 22). The creative team includes Charles Davis (set and costume design), Paul Jackson (lighting design) and David Letch (sound design).  Winner of both the Tony Award for Best Play and the Olivier Award for Best Comedy, it's a sharp, 90-minute exploration of what we see in others – and what we’d rather not. Packed with biting humour and thought-provoking insights, Art is best enjoyed with family and friends, so round up your mates and catch a show. Find out more here.  Stay in the loop:...