Adaptations are a-plenty on stages across Victoria this month

From classics to reimagined, plays, performances and literary original take centre stage this month.

Commentary on culture, romantic stories retold, and a reality TV show focused on a funeral; this month theatres and arts spaces across Victoria are taking audiences on a journey. From the Geelong arts precinct into central Victoria, and around the coast line, there is something for everyone in every regional centre this month.

Here’s a spotlight on some of the best stage shows happening this September in Victoria.

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Yaron Lifschitz & The Circa Ensemble – Duck Pond

 

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Part of Geelong Art Centre’s epic 2025 Season, Duck Pond is an exuberant take on ballet classic Swan Lake. Reimagined as a circus spectacular as delivered by the physically forward foundations of The Circa Ensemble, this performance is full of a contemporary energy, cheeky humour and breath-taking movements. Through aerials, jaw-dropping acrobatics and lots of feathers, relive this romantic tale where sequinned flipper-wearing swans, a burlesque black swan and a hapless prince come together. 

WHEN: FRI 12 & SAT 13 SEP

WHERE: GEELONG ARTS CENTRE, GEELONG

Looking for Alibrandi

 

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Following a sold-out run in Geelong, Looking For Alibrandi heads to Ballarat to charm audiences. This Vidya Rajan adaptation is a passionate rendering of the Australian classic which sees Josie Alibrandi navigate her final year of high school, boys, and the claustrophobia of an overbearing Nonna and saintly mother, Josie’s life becomes tangled in the webs of class, identity, and family history as she finds her place in a changing world. 

WHEN: WED 17 & THU 18 SEP 

WHERE: HER MAJESTY’S THEATRE, BALLARAT

The 60 Four – Hits of the 60’s and 70’s

 

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Hailed as “Australia’s leading tribute act,” The 60 Four are set to deliver an unforgettable experience, recreating the biggest hits of the ’60s and ’70s in a spectacular, Vegas-style production. Twisting you back in time, the songs of The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Frankie Valli, The Bee Gees, Johnny O’Keefe, Elvis Presley, Stevie Wonder, Tom Jones, and more pack this 2 hour stage show. With a live band bringing them to life, The 60 Four blend nostalgia with brilliant live presence.

WHEN: TUE 16 SEP

WHERE: RIVERLINKS EASTBANK, SHEPPARTON

The Librarian by Le Gros Orteil

 

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A September school holiday spectacular, The Librarian is a culmination of clowning, physical theatre and the circus arts perfect for the whole family. At first glance, Paul-Émile Dumoulin seems like just a regular librarian. He is serious, proud and very orderly. Every book is in its place on his impeccable shelves. The only problem? As soon as Paul-Émile gets his nose in a book, reality disappears, giving way to the slightly crazy worlds he discovers between the pages. Join him on his outrageous adventure.

WHEN: SUN 28 SEP

WHERE: COPACC, COLAC

Death Warmed Up

 

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Alongside the Villain Edit exhibition, Georgia Banks will debut her first theatrical live work, Death Warmed Up, an immersive dinner theatre event that places audiences on the set of a fictitious, live-taped reality television show. Death Warmed Up imagines a world where amateur chefs vie for the opportunity to cater the funerals of public figures. Audiences are invited to join Banks for dinner and a show and to cross the threshold into the world of Reality TV.

WHEN: FRI 19 & SAT 20 SEP

WHERE: PLATFORM ARTS, GEELONG

My Brilliant Career

 

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Warrnambool Theatre Company take on the story of Sybylla Melvyn for this fast-paced and punchy new adaptation of Miles Franklin’s classic Australian novel written by Kendall Feaver. My Brilliant Career takes you to rural New South Wales in 1899 as Melvyn mulls over her destiny, and her distaste for the life laid out for her. Determined to outrun the odds, Sybylla must contend with the expectations of society, the disappointments of family, and the beating of her own heart.

WHEN: WED 10 – SUN 14 SEP

WHERE: LIGHTHOUSE THEATRE, WARRNAMBOOL

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