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Welcome to FUSE. The flicker of a light. An almost touch. Held eye contact. Someplace where light is the connector of souls, and bodies and minds merge together into one. 

Hot Girls Don’t Poo! These bowel-busting beauties are breaking boundaries and blowing asspirations sky-high! Get a wiff of our absurd world where Hot Girls Don’t Poo is law!

Part political thriller, part ghostly haunting, Horse Play tells the tale of the Melbourne Cup gone horribly wrong. 

Immerse yourself in a vibrant constellation of live performances and connect with fellow creatives at Backbone’s free Opening Night party.

BIOS - INFERA (Life Below) is a meditative performance, journeying into the unseen worlds below. Residing from the Seven Hills Bushland’s tangled root systems, we connect to the memory, spirit and life held within the layers of Earth.

Looking for a day of free, exciting activities for the whole family? Bring the kids, and come along to our Family Fun Day! We've got a fantastic lineup that’s sure to delight the young and the young at heart.

Join us for the exciting launch of Backbone’s 2026 Education Program and the world premiere of a new Australian Gothic work for classrooms, Rate of Decay by Xanthe Jones. 

Rate of Decay is an original Australian Gothic play for youth performers, told through a tapestry of haunting vignettes. Set against dry riverbeds, abandoned towns, and scorched earth, it traces the unraveling of people, places, and systems—and what lingers when everything breaks down.

In this immersive, multi-sensory performance, each dancer moves to a different soundtrack, and audience members select which dancer’s music to follow, shaping a unique, personal experience.

Katie’s on track to dux - until she starts selling glow-in-the-dark Sharpies out of her locker. What begins as a low-stakes side hustle at an all-girls Catholic school spirals into a full-blown empire. The deeper she goes, the blurrier the lines get between ambition and obsession, friends and enemies, reality and Florence Nightingale.

Bella, Laura, and Tyla have been housemates for years, navigating the highs and lows of their twenties. But when a lease renewal comes up, it unravels that maybe there are more issues than just the dirty dishes.

Our friends at Digi Youth Arts are taking over the Seven Hills hub for a full day of Backbone Festival.

MAKE ME BETTER MA is a one-woman autobiographical coming-of-age that encapsulates the struggle of Chinese children growing up with overbearing Tiger Mothers.  Written by a powerful new Asian-Australian voice, MAKE ME BETTER MA is the culmination of 13 years of secret scribbling by Jazz Zhao.

Following an unplanned crash landing into an earthling’s apartment, a stranded and incompetent interstellar traveller must carefully plan their first steps into the outside world. Their only points of reference are an unresponsive human body and a collection of sci-fi movies. 

Instructions Enclosed: A Life in Memoriam is an anthology of stories exploring the legacy we leave behind once we’re no longer there to shape how we’re remembered. Join a cast of eclectic misfits as they try to unravel the eccentric Kal by tugging on the loose threads he left behind.

Bee-Bee’s Fantasies is a comedy, cabaret/ burlesque show of self-discovery and queer celebration. Follow BEE-BEE RIOT as they embark on a thrilling and hilarious journey through their wildest fantasies. Struggling to face their true feelings and heal from heartbreak, BEE-BEE’S “very healthy” coping strategy is to simply distract themselves. But as their distractions come to life, they encounter a colourful cast of pop culture characters - each one embodying their deepest desires and dreams. With live vocals from Bee-Bee Riot, variety acts throughout and references to your favourite movies, comic book characters and cartoon villains, BEE-BEE’S Fantasies is your sexiest daydream.