Her Majesty's Theatre Ballarat has unveiled its 2026 program.
The historic venue’s new season spans theatre, dance, music, opera and family programming, with a stack of regional exclusives and acclaimed touring productions making the trip to Ballarat. Her Majesty’s Theatre Ballarat has positioned itself as a serious destination for arts lovers willing to venture beyond Melbourne.
Highlights include a Chrissy Amphlett tribute cabaret Amplified: The Exquisite Rock and Rage of Chrissy Amphlett, starring Sheridan Harbridge and co-created with director Sarah Goodes. Melbourne supergroup Bleak Squad — featuring Mick Turner, Mick Harvey, Adalita and Marty Brown — bring their Australian Music Prize-shortlisted debut to the venue in February.
Her Majesty’s Theatre Ballarat
- Her Majesty’s Theatre Ballarat
- January to December 2026
- More info here
Full lineup
- Digital Echoes, 31 January (regional exclusive)
- Amplified: The Exquisite Rock and Rage of Chrissy Amphlett, 11 February
- Bleak Squad, 12 February
- Lighting the Dark, 14 March
- Reg Livermore’s Ned Kelly The Musical, 28 March (exclusive to Her Maj)
- Play Date, 15 April
- Trophy Boys, 24 April
- Where Is The Green Sheep?, 1 May
- AUTO-TUNE, 9 May (regional exclusive)
- The Doll Trilogy: The Complete Series, 20 June (regional exclusive)
- Robot Song, 8 July
- Under the Canopy, 10 July
- Wurtoo: The Wombat Who Fell in Love with the Sky, 10 July
- The Nervous Atmosphere, 1 August (regional exclusive)
- Heartbreak Hotel, 8 August (regional exclusive)
- Unwoman (The Protest), 22 August
- Into the Woods, 4–5 September (regional exclusive)
- Untrained, 5 December (regional exclusive)
Stay up to date with what’s happening in and around Melbourne here.
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Theatre fans can catch Ray Lawler’s The Doll Trilogy performed back-to-back in a single day by Red Stitch — the first time in 40 years the complete series has been staged this way. Victorian Opera presents Reg Livermore’s Ned Kelly The Musical with Livermore himself making a cameo appearance.
The dance program features Dancenorth Australia’s Lighting the Dark, a work by Kaurna-based choreographer Chris Dyke who lives with Down syndrome, plus Lucy Guerin Inc’s Untrained, which pairs professional dancers with two untrained Ballarat locals.
Families are well catered for with Monkey Baa’s adaptation of Where Is The Green Sheep?, the LGBTIQA+ disco Play Date, and Robot Song — a show about a giant singing robot helping an isolated child.
The season also includes award-winning New Zealand production Heartbreak Hotel, Sondheim’s Into the Woods in concert with a full orchestra, the satirical Trophy Boys examining toxic masculinity in elite private schools, and Chamber Made’s The Nervous Atmosphere — a solo cello performance exploring three personal encounters with lightning.
For more information, head here.
