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Sydney Opera House: Polar Bear & Penguin

Sydney Opera House Sydney
Direct from Ireland, Polar Bear & Penguin is a charming play for young audiences written and performed by John Currivan & Paul Curley. The tale of an unlikely encounter between a Polar Bear and a Penguin. This is the story of polar opposite characters meeting for the first time, getting to…
Event Series Alice In Wonderland

The Australian Shakespeare Company: Alice In Wonderland

The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney Mrs Macquaries Rd, Sydney
Join Alice on her amazing journey through Wonderland and experience an adventure like no other. This summer holidays, tumble down the rabbit hole as the Australian Shakespeare Company presents Lewis Carroll's absurd & wickedly clever classic - Alice in Wonderland. Brought to life beautifully in Glenn Elstons highly acclaimed production.…
Editor's Choice Event Series Margaret and the Grey Mare

Sydney Festival: Margaret and the Grey Mare

Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre 1 Powerhouse Rd, Casula
Looking for something different? Try this one-hour immersive video opera created by visual artist Katy B Plummer and composer Sally Whitwell, with a little help from artificial intelligence programmed to speak in verse like an oracular Celtic spirit. The story, with video by filmmaker Kuba Dorabialski, evokes 17th-century European witch…
Event Series Tell Me On A Sunday

Hayes Theatre Co: Tell Me On A Sunday

Hayes Theatre Co 19 Greenknowe Avenue, Elizabeth Bay
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black’s classic Tell Me On A Sunday is a one-woman show that charts the course of a young English girl newly arrived in New York. Brimming with optimism, she sets out to seek success, companionship and, of course, love. But as she weaves her way through…
Editor's Choice Event Series Into The Shimmering World

Sydney Theatre Company: Into The Shimmering World

Wharf 1 Theatre Sydney
Angus Cerini’s new play follows in the footsteps of his gothic dramas The Bleeding Tree and Wonnangatta, both of which used a visceral, poetic language, while plugging into Australia’s complex relationship with the bush. Into the Shimmering World is a quieter, more contemplative piece. Colin Friels and Kerry Armstrong give moving…
Event Series Grease Sydney

John Frost for Crossroads Live Australia: Grease

Capitol Theatre, Sydney 13 Campbell St, Haymarket
It’s the one that you want, Sydney! Grease is back, in an all-new production, and it promises to be slicker, sexier, and more electrifying than ever before. It’s one of the world’s most iconic and loved musicals and nothing beats the feeling you get, going back to Rydell High. Danny,…
Event Series The Rocky Horror Show

Crossroads Live Australia: The Rocky Horror Show

Theatre Royal, Sydney 108 King St, Sydney
Back by phenomenal demand, the iconic Rock ‘N’ Roll musical The Rocky Horror Show is back in 2024 starring Australian superstar Jason Donovan as Frank N Furter. Written and created by Richard O’Brien, The Rocky Horror Show has become one of the world’s favourite musicals and returns after enjoying sell out performances and rave reviews during…
Event Series No Pay? No Way!

Sydney Theatre Company: No Pay? No Way!

Sydney Opera House Sydney
When No Pay? No Way! opened in 2020 it was instantly met with standing ovations and glowing reviews. Now, one of Sydney Theatre Company’s funniest and most beloved productions in recent years returns to the Drama Theatre and to a world more in need of its wild, farcical wisdom than…
Event Series The President

Sydney Theatre Company: The President

Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney
Hugo Weaving returns to the stage, joined by one of Ireland’s greatest actors, Olwen Fouéré. In a first-time co-production, Sydney Theatre Company will join forces with the renowned Gate Theatre, Dublin to mount this genius piece of twentieth century playwriting. For this rare and remarkable international collaboration, the cast and…
Editor's Choice Event Series 37

Queensland Theatre: 37

Bille Brown Theatre 78 Montague Rd, South Brisbane
The Cutting Cove Currawongs have spent so long at the bottom of the footy ladder, they are the laughing stock of their small coastal town. But with the arrival of two talented Marngrook cousins, things might just turn around. But not everyone’s happy. Named after the number Adam Goodes wore…
Queensland Ballet A Midsummer Night's Dream
Featured Featured Event Series A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Queensland Ballet: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank
Experience the wonder of Shakespeare in the whimsical A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Liam Scarlett. Brimming with mischief and mayhem, Shakespeare’s fantastical masterpiece interweaves the realm of fairies and woodland characters with the mortal world of unrequited lovers. The tale takes place in a moonlit forest, where Fairy King Oberon…
Editor's Choice Event Series The Almighty Sometimes

Melbourne Theatre Company: The Almighty Sometimes

Southbank Theatre Southbank
Kendall Feaver’s knotty drama takes an unflinching look at mental illness and medication among young people. Anna threw herself out of a window when she was seven. The following year, having read her somewhat macabre stories, her worried mother Renée took her to see a child psychiatrist, who prescribed a…
Event Series I Wish…

Patch Theatre: I Wish…

Theatre Royal, Hobart 29 Campbell Street, Hobart
People have secret ingredients – what could your secret ingredient be? Enter a world of colour and creativity as performers imagine all the things they could be – from an astronaut to a unicorn, and everything in between. While exploring their feelings and differences on stage, they reveal the magic…
Event Series 360 AllStars

Onyx Productions: 360 AllStars

The Concourse, Chatswood 409 Victoria Av, Chatswood
Experience a phenomenal physical performance for the whole family to enjoy. Exploring all forms of rotation, 360 ALLSTARS connects the street with elite to deliver a supercharged urban circus. Boasting a stellar cast of World Champion & World Record holding artists & athletes,  
& Juliet
Event Series & Juliet

Michael Cassel Group: & Juliet

Sydney Lyric Theatre 55 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont
Read the Limelight review. In this pop-driven, girl-power romp, Juliet is given a second chance at life when Shakespeare’s wife, Anne Hathaway, persuades him to change the ending of Romeo and Juliet. The show features songs by Swedish hitmaker Max Martin, made famous by the likes of Britney Spears, Ariana Grande…
Event Series I Wish…

Patch Theatre: I Wish…

Theatre Royal, Hobart 29 Campbell Street, Hobart
People have secret ingredients – what could your secret ingredient be? Enter a world of colour and creativity as performers imagine all the things they could be – from an astronaut to a unicorn, and everything in between. While exploring their feelings and differences on stage, they reveal the magic…
Event Series 360 AllStars

Onyx Productions: 360 AllStars

The Concourse, Chatswood 409 Victoria Av, Chatswood
Experience a phenomenal physical performance for the whole family to enjoy. Exploring all forms of rotation, 360 ALLSTARS connects the street with elite to deliver a supercharged urban circus. Boasting a stellar cast of World Champion & World Record holding artists & athletes,  
Event Series Gal Pals

Scarlet Rose Producer: Gal Pals

The Blue Room Theatre 53 James St, Perth
Two weeks in conversion therapy. Kat wants to be there, Hez thought it was a leadership camp, and Sloane’s brought care packages. In a whirlwind of smuggled phones, attempted escapes, punishment essays and betrayals, five queer kids find their own. It’s self-hatred and its religious trauma, but in a fun…
Event Series Peacemongers by The People

Darebin Arts: Peacemongers by The People

Darebin Arts Centre Cnr Bell St & St Georges Rd, Preston
You’re invited to dinner and a show. The show is about bigotry and polarisation. It’s also a musical to lighten the mood. Dinner will be hearty and simple, served by our good friends at Moon Rabbit. Peacemongers is a real-life attempt at utopia. It’s documentary theatre at its most absurd, and…
Event Series A Midsummer Night’s Dream

The Australian Shakespeare Company: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Belvedere Amphitheatre Broome Ave, Centennial Park
There's magic afoot in the Park as The Australian Shakespeare Company makes its long awaited return to Sydney in celebration of its 35th anniversary with Glenn Elston’s acclaimed flagship production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Bound to dazzle and delight audiences of all ages, this is an experience not to…

RAZ Music: Lior – A Preview of The Blue Parade

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank
In an exclusive performance, witness Lior up close and personal as he previews a selection of songs from his highly anticipated forthcoming album, The Blue Parade. In an exclusive performance, witness Lior up close and personal as he previews a selection of songs from his highly anticipated forthcoming album, The…
Event Series Uncle Vanya

Her Productions: Uncle Vanya

Flow Studios 57 Denison St, Camperdown, Sydney
HER Productions makes their Sydney premiere of Annie Baker's adaptation of Anton Chekhov's iconic Uncle Vanya. Set on a remote rural estate, tensions run high for a family trying to survive isolation, lost opportunities, and fading youth. Chekhov's play dazzles us with an acute representation of timeless human contradictions, as…
Editor's Choice Event Series Brisbane Bel Canto

Opera Queensland: Jessica Pratt in Concert

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank
The centrepiece of this bel canto festival is Patrick Nolan’s costumed concert staging of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor with star soprano Jessica Pratt. Richard Mills conducts the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, and the cast includes Carlos Bárcenas as Lucia’s lover Edgardo and Sam Dundas as her brother Enrico. Pratt, a world-famous advocate for…
Event Series Grease Sydney

John Frost for Crossroads Live Australia: Grease

Capitol Theatre, Sydney 13 Campbell St, Haymarket
It’s the one that you want, Sydney! Grease is back, in an all-new production, and it promises to be slicker, sexier, and more electrifying than ever before. It’s one of the world’s most iconic and loved musicals and nothing beats the feeling you get, going back to Rydell High. Danny,…
Event Series Acacia Quartet and International Guests

Music in the Regions: Acacia Quartet and International Guests

St Alban's Cathedral Griffith 107 Binya St,, Griffith
Australia’s finest string ensemble, Acacia Quartet, paired with phenomenal international guests, Emile Cantor and Laurentiu Sbarcea, form an incomparable string sextet touring the Riverina and South-West NSW this April. Performing two of the most beautiful and well-loved string sextets, Dvorak’s Op. 48 and Brahms’ Op. 36, this tour also includes the world…
Event Series Tell Me On A Sunday

Hayes Theatre Co: Tell Me On A Sunday

Hayes Theatre Co 19 Greenknowe Avenue, Elizabeth Bay
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black’s classic Tell Me On A Sunday is a one-woman show that charts the course of a young English girl newly arrived in New York. Brimming with optimism, she sets out to seek success, companionship and, of course, love. But as she weaves her way through…
Editor's Choice Event Series Into The Shimmering World

Sydney Theatre Company: Into The Shimmering World

Wharf 1 Theatre Sydney
Angus Cerini’s new play follows in the footsteps of his gothic dramas The Bleeding Tree and Wonnangatta, both of which used a visceral, poetic language, while plugging into Australia’s complex relationship with the bush. Into the Shimmering World is a quieter, more contemplative piece. Colin Friels and Kerry Armstrong give moving…
Editor's Choice Event Series Barracking for the Umpire

Black Swan Theatre Company of WA: Barracking for the Umpire

Subiaco Arts Centre 180 Hamersley Rd, Subiaco
Andrea Gibbs’ debut play was a big hit when it premiered at Black Swan in 2022. In a four-and-a-half-star review, Limelight described it as “hilarious and heartbreaking”. Doug Williams is the greatest footballer Donnybrook has ever seen. His wife Delveen has been by his side through head knock after head…
Event Series Spellbound

Base Entertainment: Spellbound

Riverlinks Eastbank, Shepparton 70 Welsford St, Shepparton
Get ready for a spectacular night of Magic and Grand Illusion with one of Australia’s leading Illusionists, Anthony Street. The Star and producer of the stage phenomenon Celtic Illusion will be touring his Grand Illusion show this school holidays. Witness levitations, impossible vanishes, mentalism and a death-defying escape as Anthony…

Base Entertainment: Spellbound

Riverlinks Eastbank, Shepparton 70 Welsford St, Shepparton
Get ready for a spectacular night of Magic and Grand Illusion with one of Australia’s leading Illusionists, Anthony Street. The Star and producer of the stage phenomenon Celtic Illusion will be touring his Grand Illusion show this school holidays. Witness levitations, impossible vanishes, mentalism and a death-defying escape as Anthony…
Editor's Choice Event Series Carmen

The Australian Ballet: Carmen

Sydney Opera House Sydney
For those of us lucky enough to have caught the one-off Sydney performance of Johan Inger’s I New Then in 2022, this is the moment we’ve all been waiting for: another work showcasing the Swedish choreographer’s unique contemporary voice. Set to Rodion Shchedrin’s brilliant arrangement of Bizet’s score, Inger’s retelling…
Editor's Choice Event Series The Almighty Sometimes

Melbourne Theatre Company: The Almighty Sometimes

Southbank Theatre Southbank
Kendall Feaver’s knotty drama takes an unflinching look at mental illness and medication among young people. Anna threw herself out of a window when she was seven. The following year, having read her somewhat macabre stories, her worried mother Renée took her to see a child psychiatrist, who prescribed a…
Editor's Choice Event Series The Great Divide

Ensemble Theatre: The Great Divide

Ensemble Theatre Sydney
David Williamson may not always please the critics, but he has a hugely loyal audience. His latest comedy, The Great Divide, now playing at Sydney’s Ensemble Theatre, addresses wealth inequality and human greed. Penny Poulter lives in the delightful, quiet town of Wallis Heads. But when the ruthless, obscenely wealthy…

Darebin Arts: Music for the Stages: Rully Shabara’s XhabaraBot AI Voice Machine

Darebin Arts Centre Cnr Bell St & St Georges Rd, Preston
Liquid Architecture presents Indonesian artist Rully Shabara (Senyawa) in collaboration with a special lineup of Melbourne/Naarm based musicians and vocal artists (TBA) for an evening of sound experiments and presentations with and against Rully’s Artificial Intelligence XhabaraBot Voice Machine. ‘The exploration of human voice in terms of singing and vocalisation,…
Event Series The Front Page

New Theatre: The Front Page

New Theatre 542 King St, Newtown
Late at night, in the crowded press room at Chicago’s Criminal Courts, a group of reporters is waiting to cover a controversial execution the next morning. Then an unexpected event breaks through the banter and bravura, the cynicism and ennui, and suddenly a scoop is on the cards. This landmark…
Queensland Ballet A Midsummer Night's Dream
Featured Featured Event Series A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Queensland Ballet: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank
Experience the wonder of Shakespeare in the whimsical A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Liam Scarlett. Brimming with mischief and mayhem, Shakespeare’s fantastical masterpiece interweaves the realm of fairies and woodland characters with the mortal world of unrequited lovers. The tale takes place in a moonlit forest, where Fairy King Oberon…
Editor's Choice Event Series 37

Queensland Theatre: 37

Bille Brown Theatre 78 Montague Rd, South Brisbane
The Cutting Cove Currawongs have spent so long at the bottom of the footy ladder, they are the laughing stock of their small coastal town. But with the arrival of two talented Marngrook cousins, things might just turn around. But not everyone’s happy. Named after the number Adam Goodes wore…
Event Series Humans 2.0

Circa Contemporary Circus: Humans 2.0

Geelong Arts Centre 81 Ryrie Street, Geelong
A symphony of acrobatics, sound and light, this is next level circus by Circa. Ten bodies appear in a flash of light. They move in harmony for a fleeting moment and then descend into a sinuous trance. Towers grow and decay, bodies leap and are caught, as physical limits are pushed…
Event Series The Pillowman

Launceston Players: The Pillowman

Earl Arts Centre 10 Earl Street, Launceston
In a totalitarian state, a writer is questioned about a spate of murders that bear similarities to his short stories. Is this life imitating art or something more sinister? This black comedy, widely regarded as one of the greatest plays of the past 25 years, examines the role of the…
Event Series The Rocky Horror Show

Crossroads Live Australia: The Rocky Horror Show

Theatre Royal, Sydney 108 King St, Sydney
Back by phenomenal demand, the iconic Rock ‘N’ Roll musical The Rocky Horror Show is back in 2024 starring Australian superstar Jason Donovan as Frank N Furter. Written and created by Richard O’Brien, The Rocky Horror Show has become one of the world’s favourite musicals and returns after enjoying sell out performances and rave reviews during…
Event Series No Pay? No Way!

Sydney Theatre Company: No Pay? No Way!

Sydney Opera House Sydney
When No Pay? No Way! opened in 2020 it was instantly met with standing ovations and glowing reviews. Now, one of Sydney Theatre Company’s funniest and most beloved productions in recent years returns to the Drama Theatre and to a world more in need of its wild, farcical wisdom than…
Event Series The President

Sydney Theatre Company: The President

Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney
Hugo Weaving returns to the stage, joined by one of Ireland’s greatest actors, Olwen Fouéré. In a first-time co-production, Sydney Theatre Company will join forces with the renowned Gate Theatre, Dublin to mount this genius piece of twentieth century playwriting. For this rare and remarkable international collaboration, the cast and…
Billy Elliot
Event Series Billy Elliot The Musical

Free-Rain Theatre Company: Billy Elliot The Musical

The Q - Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre 253 Crawford Street, Queanbeyan
Billy Elliot the Musical is a breathtaking production that tells the story of a young boy who finds his passion for dance in the midst of the 1984 miners’ strike in northern England. With music by Elton John and book and lyrics by Lee Hall, this musical is a must-see…
Event Series The King’s Player

Victorian Theatre Company: The King’s Player

Alex Theatre 135 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda
For every great tragic hero, there is an equally great, tragic, bit part. Some nights, breaking a leg really is your best option. Okay – Let’s get this out of the way… This is not Hamlet’s story. Hamlet, the young barely post pubescent prince of Denmark. His dear Dad (the…
Editor's Choice Event Series Osmo Vänskä conducts the music of Sibelius

Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Osmo Vänskä conducts the music of Sibelius

Sydney Opera House Sydney
Dubbed “our greatest living Sibelian” by The Sunday Times, Finnish maestro Osmo Vänskä is joined by soprano Helena Juntunen for this showcase of Sibelius’s folkloric tone poems. They include the myth Luonnotar, in which the daughter of Air drops a seabird’s eggs and thereby creates the sun, the stars, the moon and sky;…

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