• Skip to content
  • City of Melbourne
  • Create a listing
  • Subscribe
  • Favourites
  • What's on homepage
  • Favourites
    • Home
    • Things to do
    • Eat and drink
    • Shopping
    • Visitor info
    • Create a listing
    • Contact us
    • Subscribe

What are you looking for?

Primary category
Secondary categories for primary category Anything
Secondary categories for primary category Things to do
Secondary categories for primary category Eat and drink
Secondary categories for primary category Shopping
Secondary categories for primary category Hotels
Secondary categories for primary category Guides

When are you visiting?

Date shortcuts
Calendar

Where do you want to look?

Locations
What are you looking for?
Anything
Anytime Anywhere
  • Magician Tobias Dostal posing against a white wall with his shadow visible and forming a different pose.
  • Magician Tobias Dostal performing a trick with a necklace under torchlight.
  • The back of magician Tobias Dostal addressing a small group of men.
8 – 12 Jul

Tobias Dostal: The Bright Side of Light

  • Family and kids
  • Theatre

Tobias Dostal is an absolute superstar in the world of magic. He is a Berlin-based artist, magician and creator. Tobias has released several of his ingenious creations for his fellow magicians to use. His inventions are in demand from the biggest producers of magic apparatus in the world, and his original ideas have been praised by no less than Danny Garcia, Garrett Thomas and Cyril Takayama.

Family show suitable for all ages, but recommended for ages 10+

Hours

No upcoming dates

Location

Arrow On Swanston
488 Swanston St
Carlton 3053

Open in maps location for Arrow On Swanston

Price and bookings

From $18 to $26

Adult / general $35
Senior $28
Student / concession $28
Children $28

Free for children under 2

Book online for Tobias Dostal: The Bright Side of Light

Contact details

  • telephone number: 0408 862 442
  • email address: tim@magicunlimited.com
  • Visit website for Tobias Dostal: The Bright Side of Light

Also part of The Melbourne Magic Festival

Josh Staley: Up Late, Up Close
Until 16 Jul

Josh Staley: Up Late, Up Close

Join a multi-award-winning magician for a close-up magic experience.

  • Family and kids
  • Comedy
As Above; So Below
Until 13 Jul

As Above; So Below

Step into the shadows with Davide Kaufmann’s haunting new magic show.

  • Theatre
  • Entertainment
The Melbourne Magic Festival Close Up Magic Gala Show
14 Jul

The Melbourne Magic Festival Close Up Magic Gala Show

The annual celebration of the art of close-up magic returns.

  • Family and kids
  • Theatre

Only In The City

Only in this City of Ours See what's on
Burdi Burdi
21 – 31 Aug

Burdi Burdi

A sonic installation along Evan Walker Bridge.

  • Free
  • Family and kids
DELIRI
21 – 31 Aug

DELIRI

State Library Victoria morphs with an algorithm-driven audio-visual hallucination.

  • Free
  • Family and kids
MATRIA
21 – 24 Aug

MATRIA

Step inside a living, breathing pink bubble grown in the Royal Exhibition Building.

  • Free
  • Family and kids
See what's on

Discover more

Yong
30 Jul – 2 Aug

Yong

Mixing historical fact and narrative fiction, moving from China to the goldfields of Australia.

  • Family and kids
  • Theatre
Melbourne Magic Show
18 Jul – 19 Dec

Melbourne Magic Show

Enjoy a theatrical magic experience like no other.

  • Family and kids
  • Theatre
The Melbourne Magic Festival
Until 19 Jul

The Melbourne Magic Festival

Casting its spell with performances and workshops for all ages this winter.

  • Family and kids
  • Theatre
Dog Man: The Musical
30 Sep – 4 Oct

Dog Man: The Musical

When evil cats and cyborg fish threaten the city, it's time to call in the ultimate good boy!

  • Family and kids
  • Theatre
Envelope Icon

Subscribe to What’s On Melbourne

Sign up to receive updates on what to see and do in Melbourne.

Subscribe now
Australian Aboriginal Flag Torres Strait Islander Flag

The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land we govern, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong / Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin and pays respect to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and honour the unbroken spiritual, cultural and political connection they have maintained to this unique place for more than 2000 generations.

We accept the invitation in the Uluru Statement from the Heart and are committed to walking together to build a better future. For more information, visit Aboriginal Melbourne.

Create a listing
Contact What's On Melbourne
  • What's On Facebook page
  • What's On Instagram page
  • What's On TikTok page
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy
  • Accessibility
© 2025 City of Melbourne
City of Melbourne home page