Theatre, dance and circus highlights 2023 part 4: Victoria

More dates for your performing arts diary.

Where has the time gone? It feels like only a couple of weeks ago that I set out to document the potential performing arts highlights of 2023 – and yet now we’re already in the dying days of February and autumn is (hopefully) just around the corner.

All that said, here are some of the most promising productions coming up in Victoria to consider for your 2023 arts diary. A caveat: the likes of Malthouse Theatre Company, Darebin Arts Speakeasy and many others have not yet announced their full programs for 2023; nor have festivals such as RISING and Melbourne Fringe revealed their 2023 programs, and numerous indie productions later in the year have yet to be announced.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's former National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts