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Editor's Choice

Festival of Voices: AVÉ – Australian Vocal Ensemble

Ian Potter Recital Hall 19-27 Campbell St, Hobart
The Tasmanian celebration of all things vocal returns with a host of performers from Australia and overseas. Traditional and contemporary works rub shoulders with cabaret and educational workshops, while headline acts include Hobart-based vocal ensemble JESSA performing contemporary classical repertoire at the Port Arthur Asylum, and vocal works setting words…
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Beasts of Burden & Other Party Guests

Miss Friby: Beasts of Burden & Other Party Guests

Bluestone Church Arts Space 8A Hyde St, Footscray
The world’s a heavy place. This is what happens next. Green Room Award–winning cabaret artist Miss Friby takes over a Footscray church and turns it into an immersive performance spectacle — lights, rhinestones, bar, and release. Set in a party that slips it's own logic - audiences can expect bold,…
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Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House: Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
The return of the hit stage show. This is Bluey’s Big Play, for real life! From New York’s Madison Square Garden to London’s Royal Festival Hall, Bluey’s Big Play has delighted fans across the globe - and now it returns home to Australia for an encore tour. Bluey’s Big Play…
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Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House: Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
The return of the hit stage show. This is Bluey’s Big Play, for real life! From New York’s Madison Square Garden to London’s Royal Festival Hall, Bluey’s Big Play has delighted fans across the globe - and now it returns home to Australia for an encore tour. Bluey’s Big Play…
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Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House: Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
The return of the hit stage show. This is Bluey’s Big Play, for real life! From New York’s Madison Square Garden to London’s Royal Festival Hall, Bluey’s Big Play has delighted fans across the globe - and now it returns home to Australia for an encore tour. Bluey’s Big Play…
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Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House: Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
The return of the hit stage show. This is Bluey’s Big Play, for real life! From New York’s Madison Square Garden to London’s Royal Festival Hall, Bluey’s Big Play has delighted fans across the globe - and now it returns home to Australia for an encore tour. Bluey’s Big Play…
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Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House: Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
The return of the hit stage show. This is Bluey’s Big Play, for real life! From New York’s Madison Square Garden to London’s Royal Festival Hall, Bluey’s Big Play has delighted fans across the globe - and now it returns home to Australia for an encore tour. Bluey’s Big Play…
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Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House: Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
The return of the hit stage show. This is Bluey’s Big Play, for real life! From New York’s Madison Square Garden to London’s Royal Festival Hall, Bluey’s Big Play has delighted fans across the globe - and now it returns home to Australia for an encore tour. Bluey’s Big Play…
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Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House: Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
The return of the hit stage show. This is Bluey’s Big Play, for real life! From New York’s Madison Square Garden to London’s Royal Festival Hall, Bluey’s Big Play has delighted fans across the globe - and now it returns home to Australia for an encore tour. Bluey’s Big Play…
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Editor's Choice STELLA – A New Australian Musical

Matthew Henderson: Stella – A New Australian Musical

Alexander Theatre, The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton
We have recently seen a brilliant stage musical based on Miles Franklin’s famous novel My Brilliant Career. Now comes a new Australian musical called Stella, exploring Franklin’s life, which was marked by poverty, entrenched sexism, personal loss and the upheaval of two world wars. Seven years in the making, Stella…
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Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House: Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
The return of the hit stage show. This is Bluey’s Big Play, for real life! From New York’s Madison Square Garden to London’s Royal Festival Hall, Bluey’s Big Play has delighted fans across the globe - and now it returns home to Australia for an encore tour. Bluey’s Big Play…
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Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House: Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
The return of the hit stage show. This is Bluey’s Big Play, for real life! From New York’s Madison Square Garden to London’s Royal Festival Hall, Bluey’s Big Play has delighted fans across the globe - and now it returns home to Australia for an encore tour. Bluey’s Big Play…
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Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House: Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
The return of the hit stage show. This is Bluey’s Big Play, for real life! From New York’s Madison Square Garden to London’s Royal Festival Hall, Bluey’s Big Play has delighted fans across the globe - and now it returns home to Australia for an encore tour. Bluey’s Big Play…
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Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House: Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
The return of the hit stage show. This is Bluey’s Big Play, for real life! From New York’s Madison Square Garden to London’s Royal Festival Hall, Bluey’s Big Play has delighted fans across the globe - and now it returns home to Australia for an encore tour. Bluey’s Big Play…
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Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House: Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
The return of the hit stage show. This is Bluey’s Big Play, for real life! From New York’s Madison Square Garden to London’s Royal Festival Hall, Bluey’s Big Play has delighted fans across the globe - and now it returns home to Australia for an encore tour. Bluey’s Big Play…
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Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House: Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
The return of the hit stage show. This is Bluey’s Big Play, for real life! From New York’s Madison Square Garden to London’s Royal Festival Hall, Bluey’s Big Play has delighted fans across the globe - and now it returns home to Australia for an encore tour. Bluey’s Big Play…
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Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House: Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
The return of the hit stage show. This is Bluey’s Big Play, for real life! From New York’s Madison Square Garden to London’s Royal Festival Hall, Bluey’s Big Play has delighted fans across the globe - and now it returns home to Australia for an encore tour. Bluey’s Big Play…
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Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House: Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
The return of the hit stage show. This is Bluey’s Big Play, for real life! From New York’s Madison Square Garden to London’s Royal Festival Hall, Bluey’s Big Play has delighted fans across the globe - and now it returns home to Australia for an encore tour. Bluey’s Big Play…
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Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House: Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
The return of the hit stage show. This is Bluey’s Big Play, for real life! From New York’s Madison Square Garden to London’s Royal Festival Hall, Bluey’s Big Play has delighted fans across the globe - and now it returns home to Australia for an encore tour. Bluey’s Big Play…
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Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House: Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
The return of the hit stage show. This is Bluey’s Big Play, for real life! From New York’s Madison Square Garden to London’s Royal Festival Hall, Bluey’s Big Play has delighted fans across the globe - and now it returns home to Australia for an encore tour. Bluey’s Big Play…
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Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House: Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
The return of the hit stage show. This is Bluey’s Big Play, for real life! From New York’s Madison Square Garden to London’s Royal Festival Hall, Bluey’s Big Play has delighted fans across the globe - and now it returns home to Australia for an encore tour. Bluey’s Big Play…
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Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House: Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
The return of the hit stage show. This is Bluey’s Big Play, for real life! From New York’s Madison Square Garden to London’s Royal Festival Hall, Bluey’s Big Play has delighted fans across the globe - and now it returns home to Australia for an encore tour. Bluey’s Big Play…
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Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House: Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
The return of the hit stage show. This is Bluey’s Big Play, for real life! From New York’s Madison Square Garden to London’s Royal Festival Hall, Bluey’s Big Play has delighted fans across the globe - and now it returns home to Australia for an encore tour. Bluey’s Big Play…
BlueysBigPlay_2SmallerImage
Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House: Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
The return of the hit stage show. This is Bluey’s Big Play, for real life! From New York’s Madison Square Garden to London’s Royal Festival Hall, Bluey’s Big Play has delighted fans across the globe - and now it returns home to Australia for an encore tour. Bluey’s Big Play…
BlueysBigPlay_2SmallerImage
Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House: Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
The return of the hit stage show. This is Bluey’s Big Play, for real life! From New York’s Madison Square Garden to London’s Royal Festival Hall, Bluey’s Big Play has delighted fans across the globe - and now it returns home to Australia for an encore tour. Bluey’s Big Play…
BlueysBigPlay_2SmallerImage
Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House: Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
The return of the hit stage show. This is Bluey’s Big Play, for real life! From New York’s Madison Square Garden to London’s Royal Festival Hall, Bluey’s Big Play has delighted fans across the globe - and now it returns home to Australia for an encore tour. Bluey’s Big Play…
BlueysBigPlay_2SmallerImage
Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House: Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
The return of the hit stage show. This is Bluey’s Big Play, for real life! From New York’s Madison Square Garden to London’s Royal Festival Hall, Bluey’s Big Play has delighted fans across the globe - and now it returns home to Australia for an encore tour. Bluey’s Big Play…
BlueysBigPlay_2SmallerImage
Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House: Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
The return of the hit stage show. This is Bluey’s Big Play, for real life! From New York’s Madison Square Garden to London’s Royal Festival Hall, Bluey’s Big Play has delighted fans across the globe - and now it returns home to Australia for an encore tour. Bluey’s Big Play…
BlueysBigPlay_2SmallerImage
Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House: Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
The return of the hit stage show. This is Bluey’s Big Play, for real life! From New York’s Madison Square Garden to London’s Royal Festival Hall, Bluey’s Big Play has delighted fans across the globe - and now it returns home to Australia for an encore tour. Bluey’s Big Play…
BlueysBigPlay_2SmallerImage
Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House: Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
The return of the hit stage show. This is Bluey’s Big Play, for real life! From New York’s Madison Square Garden to London’s Royal Festival Hall, Bluey’s Big Play has delighted fans across the globe - and now it returns home to Australia for an encore tour. Bluey’s Big Play…
BlueysBigPlay_2SmallerImage
Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House: Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
The return of the hit stage show. This is Bluey’s Big Play, for real life! From New York’s Madison Square Garden to London’s Royal Festival Hall, Bluey’s Big Play has delighted fans across the globe - and now it returns home to Australia for an encore tour. Bluey’s Big Play…

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Beasts of Burden & Other Party Guests

Miss Friby: Beasts of Burden & Other Party Guests

Bluestone Church Arts Space 8A Hyde St, Footscray
The world’s a heavy place. This is what happens next. Green Room Award–winning cabaret artist Miss Friby takes over a Footscray church and turns it into an immersive performance spectacle — lights, rhinestones, bar, and release. Set in a party that slips it's own logic - audiences can expect bold,…

limelight
Beasts of Burden & Other Party Guests

Miss Friby: Beasts of Burden & Other Party Guests

Bluestone Church Arts Space 8A Hyde St, Footscray
The world’s a heavy place. This is what happens next. Green Room Award–winning cabaret artist Miss Friby takes over a Footscray church and turns it into an immersive performance spectacle — lights, rhinestones, bar, and release. Set in a party that slips it's own logic - audiences can expect bold,…

limelight
Beasts of Burden & Other Party Guests

Miss Friby: Beasts of Burden & Other Party Guests

Bluestone Church Arts Space 8A Hyde St, Footscray
The world’s a heavy place. This is what happens next. Green Room Award–winning cabaret artist Miss Friby takes over a Footscray church and turns it into an immersive performance spectacle — lights, rhinestones, bar, and release. Set in a party that slips it's own logic - audiences can expect bold,…
limelight
Beasts of Burden & Other Party Guests

Miss Friby: Beasts of Burden & Other Party Guests

Bluestone Church Arts Space 8A Hyde St, Footscray
The world’s a heavy place. This is what happens next. Green Room Award–winning cabaret artist Miss Friby takes over a Footscray church and turns it into an immersive performance spectacle — lights, rhinestones, bar, and release. Set in a party that slips it's own logic - audiences can expect bold,…

limelight
Beasts of Burden & Other Party Guests

Miss Friby: Beasts of Burden & Other Party Guests

Bluestone Church Arts Space 8A Hyde St, Footscray
The world’s a heavy place. This is what happens next. Green Room Award–winning cabaret artist Miss Friby takes over a Footscray church and turns it into an immersive performance spectacle — lights, rhinestones, bar, and release. Set in a party that slips it's own logic - audiences can expect bold,…
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Editor's Choice STELLA – A New Australian Musical

Matthew Henderson: Stella – A New Australian Musical

Alexander Theatre, The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton
We have recently seen a brilliant stage musical based on Miles Franklin’s famous novel My Brilliant Career. Now comes a new Australian musical called Stella, exploring Franklin’s life, which was marked by poverty, entrenched sexism, personal loss and the upheaval of two world wars. Seven years in the making, Stella…

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Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House: Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
The return of the hit stage show. This is Bluey’s Big Play, for real life! From New York’s Madison Square Garden to London’s Royal Festival Hall, Bluey’s Big Play has delighted fans across the globe - and now it returns home to Australia for an encore tour. Bluey’s Big Play…

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Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House: Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
The return of the hit stage show. This is Bluey’s Big Play, for real life! From New York’s Madison Square Garden to London’s Royal Festival Hall, Bluey’s Big Play has delighted fans across the globe - and now it returns home to Australia for an encore tour. Bluey’s Big Play…

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Editor's Choice Festival Talks and Masterclasses

Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Festival Talks and Masterclasses

Quartet Bar by Corryton Burge
Reuben Kaye, the new Artistic Director of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, has chosen the theme of Delicious Revolution for his inaugural program. (Read our interview with him on page 65.) Speaking to Limelight, he says, “From Aussie icons and international acts of immense fame to basement-dwelling unknowns . . . this is a…
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Kingston Arts: Affinity Quartet and Friends

Kingston City Hall 979-985 Nepean Hwy, Moorabbin
The award-winning Affinity Quartet has been praised by critics for their 'emotional breadth' and 'flawless' approach to classical and contemporary chamber music. Entering their second decade in 2026, Affinity showcases some of today's most exciting musicians. For this special program at Kingston City Hall, Australian violist Isabella Bignasca, recently returned…
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The Southern Concert: Tweedle-dum & Tweedle-dee – Handel vs Bononcini

Sacred Heard Catholic Church Moruya 36 Queen Street, Moruya
Step into the coffee houses and concert halls of 1720s London where fashionable society argued passionately over two rival composers: Giovanni Bononcini and George Frideric Handel, inspiring the epigram that gave rise to the phrase ‘Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee’. Hear the music that captivated London and judge for yourself! Join us…

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Isles of Light

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Isles of Light

Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank
The British Isles boast a magnificent anthology of music grounded in lush, poetic landscapes and thriving cities. This concert will transport you there. British violin and viola virtuoso Lawrence Power makes his ACO debut directing music from Thomas Tallis’ evocative theme - made famous by Vaughan Williams - to the…
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UKARIA: Maximilian Hornung

Ukaria Cultural Centre 119 Williams Rd, Mt Barker Summit
German cellist Maximilian Hornung presents a program uniquely suited to our intimate space. Hornung’s sophisticated musicality and virtuosity have enabled him to forge a unique career path. Following his 2007 win of Germany’s prestigious ARD competition (with his Tecchler Piano Trio), Hornung served for four years as principal cellist of…
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Bach Akademie Australia: Collegium Musicum

Bowral Memorial Hall 16-24 Bendooley St,, Bowral
An atmosphere of musical and scientific enlightenment. In 1702 in Leipzig, Bach’s great friend and colleague Telemann recognised the need for an environment in which his students could perform in public and where musical and academic pursuits could be fostered. The Collegium Musicum was born. When Bach arrived in 1723,…
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Adelaide Baroque: Bach And Handel By The Waters Of Babylon

St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide 27 King William Rd, North Adelaide
A program of great masterworks, we open with Bach’s uplifting 1st Orchestral Suite, leading into Handel’s wonderful Ode for the birthday of Queen Anne of England. From 1713, it is subtitled ‘Ode for the Peace’ in reference to the Treaty of Utrecht which the monarch was about to sign, marking…

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Monash Peforming Arts Centres: Cave Song

The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton, Melbourne
Experience the immersive sound world of Cave Song, a new musical work by Karen Berger, Kate Neal and Anthony Lyons that journeys into the mysterious realms of caves, myth and deep time. Combining live and recorded voices, original texts and rare instruments including contraforte bassoon, Buchla synthesiser and resonant stalactites,…
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Editor's Choice Festival Talks and Masterclasses

Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Festival Talks and Masterclasses

Quartet Bar by Corryton Burge
Reuben Kaye, the new Artistic Director of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, has chosen the theme of Delicious Revolution for his inaugural program. (Read our interview with him on page 65.) Speaking to Limelight, he says, “From Aussie icons and international acts of immense fame to basement-dwelling unknowns . . . this is a…
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Editor's Choice

Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Mahalia Barnes 

Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre Festival Drive, Adelaide
Reuben Kaye, the new Artistic Director of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, has chosen the theme of Delicious Revolution for his inaugural program. (Read our interview with him on page 65.) Speaking to Limelight, he says, “From Aussie icons and international acts of immense fame to basement-dwelling unknowns . . . this is a…
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Southern Cross Soloists: Carnival of the Animals

QPAC - Concert Hall
Birds flock, a swan glides elegantly, a mob of kangaroos hops by. And in the distance, a dinosaur comes to life for the first time in 100 million years. Robert Davidson draws on groundbreaking research for his Carnival of the Extinct Animals, including the work of Anthony Romilio, named Australia’s…
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Glories of Baroque Opera

Arioso Chamber Ensemble: Glories of Baroque Opera

St Pauls' Anglican Church, East Brisbane 554 Vulture Street East, East Brisbane
From the heart-rending 'Lascia ch’io pianga'(Let me weep) from Handel’s opera Rinaldo to the dramatic Frost aria from Kind Arthur by Purcell, this program of quintessential Baroque arias is sure to transport and delight audiences. Dance music from Purcell’s The Fairy Queen and Rameau’s Danse des sauvages will have audiences…
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Bohemian Rhapsody

Salut! Baroque: Bohemian Rhapsody

Verbrugghen Hall Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Macquarie Street, Sydney
“If the Bohemians had the advantages enjoyed by the Italians they would surpass them. They are perhaps the most musical race in all Europe”. Charles Burney (1773) The celebrations for the crowning of Charles VI as King of Bohemia in Prague in 1723 included an opera performance by 200 musicians…
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Editor's Choice Ovation

Entertainment Consulting: Ovation

Civic Theatre Newcastle 375 Hunter Street, Newcastle
Four of Australia’s finest voices unite for a concert celebrating musical theatre and opera. Marina Prior and Michael Cormick, whose 2024 tour earned a rave review in Limelight for their star quality and “masterclass in capturing the moment”, join forces with musical theatre powerhouse Silvie Paladino and acclaimed tenor David Hobson.…

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Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House: Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show

Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
The return of the hit stage show. This is Bluey’s Big Play, for real life! From New York’s Madison Square Garden to London’s Royal Festival Hall, Bluey’s Big Play has delighted fans across the globe - and now it returns home to Australia for an encore tour. Bluey’s Big Play…

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Bell Shakespeare: Mackenzie

The Neilson Nutshell, Pier 2/3 13A Hickson Road, Dawes Point
Mackenzie is 13 and she’s booked her first-ever TV gig: a tiny part on a huge kids show. It’s a small start, but Mackenzie’s mum has always felt sure that her daughter was destined for superstardom. One day, Mackenzie and her best on-set friend Beau encounter a geriatric make-up artist…

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The Unbroken Thread

Arafura Music Collective: The Unbroken Thread

Darwin Supreme Court State Square, Darwin City
Follow the thread with us, as we enter a space of unfolding beauty and imagination in The Unbroken Thread: a musical labyrinth of Myth, Identity and Culture. This dynamic concert weaves music inspired by Greek heritage into a shimmering tapestry shaped by myth, history, philosophy and memory. Featuring works by…
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Michael Pignéguy: The Awakenings Ensemble – Tales From The Orient

Freo.Social Parry St, Fremantle
Fresh from a sell-out Asia tour, The Awakenings Ensemble returns to Perth for one night only at Freo.Social, Fremantle. The Asia tour delivered beyond expectations. Both Singapore nights sold out. Beijing and Shanghai were full houses. The ensemble performed at Blue Note Beijing, JZ Club Shanghai, Salon No.10 Hong Kong…

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Beasts of Burden & Other Party Guests

Miss Friby: Beasts of Burden & Other Party Guests

Bluestone Church Arts Space 8A Hyde St, Footscray
The world’s a heavy place. This is what happens next. Green Room Award–winning cabaret artist Miss Friby takes over a Footscray church and turns it into an immersive performance spectacle — lights, rhinestones, bar, and release. Set in a party that slips it's own logic - audiences can expect bold,…

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Armistice Flutes: Hope

Flute Tree & The Woodwind Group Suite 1, 111 Moore Street, Leichhardt
Armistice Flutes is a collective of leading flautists—Liz Cheung, Chloe Chung, Laura Chislett, Jessica Scott, and Keyna Wilkins—dedicated to promoting peace and hope through original compositions and improvisations against war. In December, they recorded their debut album at A Sharp Studios, featuring 45 minutes of music across seven works for…

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Editor's Choice

Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Tara Tiba - OMID

Banquet Room
Reuben Kaye, the new Artistic Director of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, has chosen the theme of Delicious Revolution for his inaugural program. (Read our interview with him on page 65.) Speaking to Limelight, he says, “From Aussie icons and international acts of immense fame to basement-dwelling unknowns . . . this is a…

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Isles of Light

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Isles of Light

Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank
The British Isles boast a magnificent anthology of music grounded in lush, poetic landscapes and thriving cities. This concert will transport you there. British violin and viola virtuoso Lawrence Power makes his ACO debut directing music from Thomas Tallis’ evocative theme - made famous by Vaughan Williams - to the…

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Editor's Choice STELLA – A New Australian Musical

Matthew Henderson: Stella – A New Australian Musical

Alexander Theatre, The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton
We have recently seen a brilliant stage musical based on Miles Franklin’s famous novel My Brilliant Career. Now comes a new Australian musical called Stella, exploring Franklin’s life, which was marked by poverty, entrenched sexism, personal loss and the upheaval of two world wars. Seven years in the making, Stella…

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Editor's Choice STELLA – A New Australian Musical

Matthew Henderson: Stella – A New Australian Musical

Alexander Theatre, The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton
We have recently seen a brilliant stage musical based on Miles Franklin’s famous novel My Brilliant Career. Now comes a new Australian musical called Stella, exploring Franklin’s life, which was marked by poverty, entrenched sexism, personal loss and the upheaval of two world wars. Seven years in the making, Stella…

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Beasts of Burden & Other Party Guests

Miss Friby: Beasts of Burden & Other Party Guests

Bluestone Church Arts Space 8A Hyde St, Footscray
The world’s a heavy place. This is what happens next. Green Room Award–winning cabaret artist Miss Friby takes over a Footscray church and turns it into an immersive performance spectacle — lights, rhinestones, bar, and release. Set in a party that slips it's own logic - audiences can expect bold,…
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Editor's Choice STELLA – A New Australian Musical

Matthew Henderson: Stella – A New Australian Musical

Alexander Theatre, The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton
We have recently seen a brilliant stage musical based on Miles Franklin’s famous novel My Brilliant Career. Now comes a new Australian musical called Stella, exploring Franklin’s life, which was marked by poverty, entrenched sexism, personal loss and the upheaval of two world wars. Seven years in the making, Stella…

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Editor's Choice STELLA – A New Australian Musical

Matthew Henderson: Stella – A New Australian Musical

Alexander Theatre, The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton
We have recently seen a brilliant stage musical based on Miles Franklin’s famous novel My Brilliant Career. Now comes a new Australian musical called Stella, exploring Franklin’s life, which was marked by poverty, entrenched sexism, personal loss and the upheaval of two world wars. Seven years in the making, Stella…

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Beasts of Burden & Other Party Guests

Miss Friby: Beasts of Burden & Other Party Guests

Bluestone Church Arts Space 8A Hyde St, Footscray
The world’s a heavy place. This is what happens next. Green Room Award–winning cabaret artist Miss Friby takes over a Footscray church and turns it into an immersive performance spectacle — lights, rhinestones, bar, and release. Set in a party that slips it's own logic - audiences can expect bold,…
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Editor's Choice STELLA – A New Australian Musical

Matthew Henderson: Stella – A New Australian Musical

Alexander Theatre, The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton
We have recently seen a brilliant stage musical based on Miles Franklin’s famous novel My Brilliant Career. Now comes a new Australian musical called Stella, exploring Franklin’s life, which was marked by poverty, entrenched sexism, personal loss and the upheaval of two world wars. Seven years in the making, Stella…

Mackenzie
Mackenzie

Bell Shakespeare: Mackenzie

The Neilson Nutshell, Pier 2/3 13A Hickson Road, Dawes Point
Mackenzie is 13 and she’s booked her first-ever TV gig: a tiny part on a huge kids show. It’s a small start, but Mackenzie’s mum has always felt sure that her daughter was destined for superstardom. One day, Mackenzie and her best on-set friend Beau encounter a geriatric make-up artist…

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Beasts of Burden & Other Party Guests

Miss Friby: Beasts of Burden & Other Party Guests

Bluestone Church Arts Space 8A Hyde St, Footscray
The world’s a heavy place. This is what happens next. Green Room Award–winning cabaret artist Miss Friby takes over a Footscray church and turns it into an immersive performance spectacle — lights, rhinestones, bar, and release. Set in a party that slips it's own logic - audiences can expect bold,…

Mackenzie
Mackenzie

Bell Shakespeare: Mackenzie

The Neilson Nutshell, Pier 2/3 13A Hickson Road, Dawes Point
Mackenzie is 13 and she’s booked her first-ever TV gig: a tiny part on a huge kids show. It’s a small start, but Mackenzie’s mum has always felt sure that her daughter was destined for superstardom. One day, Mackenzie and her best on-set friend Beau encounter a geriatric make-up artist…

Mackenzie
Mackenzie

Bell Shakespeare: Mackenzie

The Neilson Nutshell, Pier 2/3 13A Hickson Road, Dawes Point
Mackenzie is 13 and she’s booked her first-ever TV gig: a tiny part on a huge kids show. It’s a small start, but Mackenzie’s mum has always felt sure that her daughter was destined for superstardom. One day, Mackenzie and her best on-set friend Beau encounter a geriatric make-up artist…

Mackenzie
Mackenzie

Bell Shakespeare: Mackenzie

The Neilson Nutshell, Pier 2/3 13A Hickson Road, Dawes Point
Mackenzie is 13 and she’s booked her first-ever TV gig: a tiny part on a huge kids show. It’s a small start, but Mackenzie’s mum has always felt sure that her daughter was destined for superstardom. One day, Mackenzie and her best on-set friend Beau encounter a geriatric make-up artist…