Check out what’s on in May at Her Majesty’s Theatre Ballarat
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07.05.2025

Check out what’s on in May at Her Majesty’s Theatre Ballarat

Her Majesty's Theatre Ballarat. Photo: Adam Trafford
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From comedy to live theatre, opera, 70s rock and...frogs?! Her Majesty's Theatre Ballarat truly has something for everyone.

The team at Her Maj have packed in a variety of incredible shows for the May schedule – check it out here!

What’s on – May

Fanning Dempsey National Park 

10 May

Get ready for a musical revolution!
Bernard Fanning and Paul Dempsey, two of Australia’s most revered artists of the past 30 years, have joined forces to create the groundbreaking project Fanning Dempsey National Park. Their debut album, ‘The Deluge’, has taken the music world by storm, culminating in a sold-out headline tour.

Tickets here!

Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow 

16 May

Australia’s most iconic comedy road trip is back on tour, home delivering laughs from coast to coast and everywhere in between! Featuring top-tier talent from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, this year’s comedy extravaganza is packed with big-name headliners, beloved comedy legends and the hottest new stars on the scene. The Roadshow welcomes Fadzri Rashid (Singapore) as host, Brett BlakeJude PerlMatt Stewart and Rohan Thambar to Ballarat!

Tickets here!

Scenes from the Climate Era

20 May 

A frog, the last of its species, starts calling for a mate, but there’s no-one to hear.
A group of friends reminisce about the last time they took a flight, before all that came to an end.
Landowners in Borneo confront Western environmentalists over who owns the forest.
A scientist is coached on how to speak to the media in digestible soundbites.
A family takes to the water, needing a new home, a new hope. . .

A remarkable, illuminating, shocking, wry, and sometimes inspiring piece of theatre, Scenes From The Climate Era is exactly what it says – over fifty small plays that catch the exhilaration, frustration and fascination of living in interesting times.

Tickets here!

An Evening with the ACO Collective Quartet

21 May 

Treat yourself to an evening of classical music with the ACO Collective Quartet. This engaging and intimate performance will feature classical masterworks by BachBeethoven and Dvořák, alongside contemporary works by Philip Glass and Caroline Shaw, interspersed with delightfully informative introductions to the music. Acclaimed for the energy and dynamism of their performances, the ACO Collective Quartet is made up of graduates from the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s renowned Emerging Artist Program

Tickets here!

Vandemonian Lags

24 May 

For only the fourth time in twelve years have this stellar cast been gathered together to perform the acclaimed theatrical piece that presents an extraordinary musical journey based on dramatic true stories from Tasmania’s convict past.

Starring Brian Nankervis, Mick Thomas, Tim Rogers, Jeff Lang, Ben Salter, Sal Kimber, Darren Hanlon, Shelley Short, Van Walker and introducing Claire Anne Taylor backed by an all-star band featuring Weddings Parties Anything’s Jen Anderson, Mark Wallace, and Michael Barclay with Craig Pilkington.

Tickets here!

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