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Sydney Opera House: Curious

Sydney Opera House Sydney
Curious unpacks the ideas shaping headlines, sparking debate and changing the way we see the world. Join leading thinkers, storytellers and more for conversations that will feed your curiosity. A culture-shaping intellect who makes us look anew at ourselves, one of Australia’s most-cherished comedic performers and an internationally celebrated chef…
Ongoing

Merrigong Theatre Company: The Choir of Man

Illawarra Performing Arts Centre 32 Burelli Street, Wollongong
The Choir of Man brings 90 minutes of high energy harmonies and foot-stomping choreography to Wollongong in a feel-good musical for all ages that will make you wish this pub was your local! Nine mates welcome you to The Jungle: beautifully old-fashioned and complete with real beer on tap! A…
Log Boy

State Theatre Company South Australia: Log Boy

Adelaide College of the Arts Light Square, Adelaide
A deliriously dark, heart-stabbing, and hilarious queer ghost story about love, grief, and the demons we can’t quite exorcise — especially the leather-clad ones. After the death of his fiancé, Anthony retreats to their country house to grieve, only to be haunted — literally and figuratively — by loss, lust,…
Log Boy

State Theatre Company South Australia: Log Boy

Adelaide College of the Arts Light Square, Adelaide
A deliriously dark, heart-stabbing, and hilarious queer ghost story about love, grief, and the demons we can’t quite exorcise — especially the leather-clad ones. After the death of his fiancé, Anthony retreats to their country house to grieve, only to be haunted — literally and figuratively — by loss, lust,…
Log Boy

State Theatre Company South Australia: Log Boy

Adelaide College of the Arts Light Square, Adelaide
A deliriously dark, heart-stabbing, and hilarious queer ghost story about love, grief, and the demons we can’t quite exorcise — especially the leather-clad ones. After the death of his fiancé, Anthony retreats to their country house to grieve, only to be haunted — literally and figuratively — by loss, lust,…

Brisbane Festival

: Make, Believe, Magic

QAGOMA
An unprecedented exhibition exploring the imaginative storytelling and world-building of The Jim Henson Company. Make, Believe, Magic: The Worlds of The Jim Henson Company is an immense and immersive journey through the creative process behind some of the most cherished characters and stories in screen history and popular culture. Highlights include, Fraggle Rock and Fraggle Rock:…

Blossom Festival

CherryHill Orchards: Blossom Festival

474 Queens Rd, Wandin East, VIC, 3139 474 Queens Rd, Wandin East, VIC, 3139, Melbourne
Every year, we open our cherry orchard when our trees are in full bloom, showcasing the stunning white blossoms.This popular annual event offers picture-perfect photo opportunities and a festive atmosphere, creating an idyllic day out in the countryside for family and friends. Bring a blanket, pack a picnic, and enjoy…
Mind Games: Art Alive

Baeu Medina: Mind Games: Art Alive

154 Broadway 154-160 Broadway, Chippendale
A new, woman-led, interactive, immersive and independent experiential playground has opened in Chippendale, in Sydney’s inner suburbs – at a scale and level of detail that has not been done in Australia. Comprising multisensory installations such as holographic moon rooms to upside-down trains, mirrored mazes, and perception puzzles, Mind Games:…

Monty Python’s Spamalot

Drew Anthony Creative: Monty Python’s Spamalot

Athenaeum Theatre 188 Collins Street, Melbourne
The legendary search for the Holy Grail is officially headed for Australia! After a spectacular season at Perth's Planet Royale in May, Drew Anthony Creative has announced that the Tony Award®–winning Best Musical, Monty Python's Spamalot, will gallop into Melbourne for a limited engagement during September and October. This riotous…

Hello Music and emusio: Sumi Jo Melbourne Masterclass

Sofitel Melbourne on Collins Collins Street, Melbourne
Experience a rare opportunity to observe one of the world's most celebrated sopranos as Grammy Award-winning Sumi Jo returns to Melbourne for an exclusive public masterclass. Renowned for her performances at the world's leading opera houses, Sumi Jo will mentor a select group of emerging vocalists, sharing insights into vocal…

Artsite Contemporary: Kerwayne Berry – TLC Texture | Light | Colour

Artsite Contemporary 165-167 Salisbury Road, Camperdown
TLC brings together a series of landscape paintings that explore the quiet intimacy between light, texture, and colour — the subtle forces that shape how we see and feel place. Each work begins with close observation: the shift of light across water, the texture of weathered surface, the momentary warmth…
‘Margaret Olley: Australian Intimiste’

National Art School: ‘Margaret Olley: Australian Intimiste’

National Art School Corner of Forbes and Burton Streets, Darlinghurst, Sydney
‘Margaret Olley: Australian Intimiste’ celebrates the legacy and significant achievements of Margaret Olley AC – National Art School alum and one of Australia’s most beloved painters – through the lens of the European artistic tradition intimisme, which honours the quiet poetry of domestic life and the interior world. Drawing from significant public and private…

Cirque Alice

Tim Lawson: Cirque Alice

Sydney Lyric Theatre 55 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont
Fall down the rabbit hole and into a spectacular new world… Step into magical ‘Wonderland’ as Cirque Alice reimagines Lewis Carroll’s classic adventures with breathtaking twists and astonishing, gravity-defying feats. Starring the greatest acrobatic performers from around the globe, this magnificent spectacle features stunning performances by mesmerising aerialists, mind-bending contortionists,…

Bach’s Trauerode BWV 198

Canberra Bach Ensemble: Bach’s Trauerode BWV 198

St Christopher's Cathedral, Forrest Corner of Canberra Avenue and, Furneaux St,, Forrest
Bach’s 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑢𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑒 BWV 198 is one of his most extraordinary creations: music of profound tenderness, solemnity and luminous beauty, written in memory of Christiane Eberhardine, Electress of Saxony. Its distinctive colours — including transverse flutes, oboes d’amore, violas da gamba and lutes — create a sound-world of elegance and spendour.
Brisbane Festival

Brisbane Festival: Fijian Flying Circus

South Bank Piazza 410 Stanley St, South Brisbane
Come fly with us! Get ready to be swept away by a spectacular island adventure like no other! The Fijian Flying Circus’ Australian premiere is a high-energy celebration of Spirit, Culture, and Joy. Created by the internationally renowned Fijian dance tribe VOU ('new’ in the iTaukei language), this dazzling production…
The Heroines

National Opera: The Heroines

The Street Theatre 15 Childers St, Canberra
National Opera’s Heroines is a bold new project celebrating the power and depth of opera’s most unforgettable women. Drawing on repertoire from across the operatic landscape, the production presents a carefully curated sequence of fully staged scenes that highlight the resilience, defiance, and sacrifice of these iconic characters. From queens…

Featured UKARIA Chamberfest

UKARIA: Concert Four | The Mighty and Mundane

Ukaria Cultural Centre 119 Williams Rd, Mt Barker Summit
'We celebrate a fresh song cycle by two Adelaide women: Anna Goldsworthy and Anne Cawrse. In Snapshots, Goldsworthy’s poetry reckons with love in a nontraditional way, observing how ‘failed’ relationships morph into new and different futures for families today. With splashes of humour and deep sincerity, this is like Schumann’s Frauenliebe und…
DuskLit

Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: DuskLit

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank
Known for her expressive depth and brilliant technique — as well as her warm presence on ABC’s The Piano — Andrea Lam brings Mozart’s beloved Piano Concerto No 21 to life with elegance and joy. Mendelssohn’s sun-drenched Italian Symphony also shines, along with the premiere of a moving new work by Miriama Young, created…

Sydney Opera House: Za Górami

Sydney Opera House - The Utzon Room
Connected to the jazz world but inhabiting her own distinctive realm, singer, violinist and composer Alice Zawadzki draws on an intricate tapestry of influences from ancient melodies, folk, chamber music and jazz in a stunning collaboration with Fred Thomas on piano and drums and Misha Mollov-Abbado on double bass. The trio’s…
Windfire Music Festival

Music at the Basilica: Legends, Lovers and Lieder

Keith Humble Auditorium, The Geelong College 85 Aphrasia St, Newtown
A luminous afternoon of song tracing the passion, poetry and power of the late romantic masters, Puccini, Strauss, Grainger and Wagner. Geelong soprano Lee Abrahmsen and pianist Kevin Tamanini bring these masterpieces to life at the Keith Humble Centre Auditorium, Geelong College.

Contra Concerts: Giles Henderson Wannan, Chamber Music for Flute Viola & Harp

Independent Theatre North Sydney 269 Miller Street, North Sydney
Harpist Alice Giles, flautist Jonathan Henderson and violist James Wannan join forces to present a programme centred around French music and contemporary living composers. Together, these three artists bring extensive international experience as soloists, chamber musicians and orchestral performers. The sonority of the flute, drawn from the human breath, the…
Editor's Choice Pride And Prejudice* (*sort of)

Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Pride And Prejudice* (*sort of)

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank
Audiences never seem to tire of Jane Austen’s classic novel, with umpteen adaptations over the years. Now comes a raucous stage production, complete with karaoke, in which five female servants take on all the roles, while offering biting insights. Written by Isobel McArthur, who co-directed the show with Simon Harvey, Pride &…
Editor's Choice  My Fair Lady

Opera Australia:  My Fair Lady

Sydney Opera House Sydney
Julie Andrews’ acclaimed recreation of the original 1956 Broadway blockbuster makes a welcome return to Sydney, under Karen Johnson Mortimer’s direction, followed by a run in Melbourne. George Bernard Shaw’s tale of a professor of linguistics who bets on his ability to make a Covent Garden flower girl pass as aristocracy has lost…

Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Studio Sessions: Chamber Players 3

Queensland Symphony Orchestra Studio Cnr Grey and Russell Streets, South Brisbane
Chamber Players is a wonderful opportunity to hear and get to know the members of the QSO on a more individual level. Enjoy hand-picked chamber repertoire by a small group of our musicians as they introduce and share personal connections to each piece while you relax into a delightful Sunday…
Death of A Salesman Adelaide

GWB Entertainment: Death of A Salesman Adelaide

Adelaide Festival Theatre King William Road, Adelaide
Emmy, Golden Globe and Tony Award-winning actor Anthony LaPaglia makes his Adelaide stage debut as Willy Loman in Neil Armfield’s acclaimed production of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. Following acclaimed seasons around Australia, the production arrives in Adelaide for its final 2026 season, with LaPaglia joined by Helpmann Award…

New Annual: Triceratop by Lingua Franca

New Annual: Triceratop by Lingua Franca

University House, University of Newcastle 300 King Street, Newcastle
Blending cabaret, sci‑fi, storytelling and unapologetic camp humour, it’s wild, witty and bittersweet – where love, survival bunkers and finding your true ‘Triceratop’ collide. A hilariously tender gay dinosaur parable – it’s RuPaul’s Drag Race meets Don’t Look Up. Can our prehistoric protagonist find love in time? Triceratop whisks you into…
Triceratop

New Annual: Triceratop

University House, University of Newcastle 300 King Street, Newcastle
Blending cabaret, sci‑fi, storytelling and unapologetic camp humour, it’s wild, witty and bittersweet – where love, survival bunkers and finding your true ‘Triceratop’ collide. A hilariously tender gay dinosaur parable – it’s ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ meets ‘Don’t Look Up’. Can our prehistoric protagonist find love in time? TRICERATOP whisks you…
Monty Python’s Spamalot

Drew Anthony Creative: Monty Python’s Spamalot

Athenaeum Theatre 188 Collins Street, Melbourne
The legendary search for the Holy Grail is officially headed for Australia! After a spectacular season at Perth's Planet Royale in May, Drew Anthony Creative has announced that the Tony Award®–winning Best Musical, Monty Python's Spamalot, will gallop into Melbourne for a limited engagement during September and October. This riotous…

Captain Corelli’s Mandolin

Genesian Theatre Company: Captain Corelli’s Mandolin

On a sun-drenched Greek island during World War II, the lives of villagers are forever altered by the arrival of occupying forces – and the unlikely romance that blossoms between a spirited local woman and an Italian officer. Sweeping, lyrical and achingly beautiful, this adaptation of Louis de Bernieres’ beloved…

West Australian Youth Orchestra: Pictures of WAYO

State Theatre Centre of WA Perth
An orchestral adventure where music brings vivid imagery to life, performed by some of WA's finest young musicians. Join the Western Australian Youth Orchestra (WAYO) and the inspirational Peter Moore OAM for a spectacular journey through Mussorgsky and Ravel’s Pictures at an Exhibition – one of the most imaginative and exhilarating works in…

Brisbane Festival

Brisbane Festival: Bright Nights By ANZ

Verso Projects. Festival Village, Southbank Cultural Forecourt and Village GreenSuburb: South Bank, Brisbane
Featuring an exclusive soundtrack from Brisbane music royalty The Veronicas. Bright Nights by ANZ transforms the Brisbane River into a dazzling, choreographed canvas of water, light, and sound. Floating fountains, waterscreens, amazing animated water features and water jets shooting up to 80 meters high, all pierced by a stunning laser…
Ode To A Grape

5 Foot Entertainment: Ode To A Grape

The Motley Bauhaus 118 Elgin St, Carlton
Prepare to be simultaneously charmed and berated by Tīrau’s resident self proclaimed artist, incompetent anarchist, and lover of grapes. Born in Limburg; Germany, Johann packed his quill and moved to the small town of Tīrau, (NZ) to free himself of his parental constraints and find himself as an artist. Now…

Castiglione Arts & Culture: Naruto: The Symphonic Experience

Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Plenary Theatre 1 Convention Centre Place, South Wharf
NARUTO: The Symphonic Experience makes its Australian premiere at the Darling Harbour Theatre in Sydney! This spectacular live concert brings the legendary anime to life on stage, combining a giant cinema screen with the power of Australia’s leading musicians performing live.
Featured UKARIA Chamberfest

UKARIA: Concert Five | Full Flight – One Destination

Ukaria Cultural Centre 119 Williams Rd, Mt Barker Summit
‘The Chamberfest team unites and expands into a mini orchestra for Strauss’ Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) and the exquisite Rosenkavalier trio (arranged especially for us by James Ledger). I’ve sung the part of Sophie in this opera on some of the great stages of Europe, but tonight I’ll debut the elegant Marschallin…
Brisbane Festival

Brisbane Festival: Bright Nights By ANZ

Verso Projects. Festival Village, Southbank Cultural Forecourt and Village GreenSuburb: South Bank, Brisbane
Featuring an exclusive soundtrack from Brisbane music royalty The Veronicas. Bright Nights by ANZ transforms the Brisbane River into a dazzling, choreographed canvas of water, light, and sound. Floating fountains, waterscreens, amazing animated water features and water jets shooting up to 80 meters high, all pierced by a stunning laser…
Cirque Alice

Tim Lawson: Cirque Alice

Sydney Lyric Theatre 55 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont
Fall down the rabbit hole and into a spectacular new world… Step into magical ‘Wonderland’ as Cirque Alice reimagines Lewis Carroll’s classic adventures with breathtaking twists and astonishing, gravity-defying feats. Starring the greatest acrobatic performers from around the globe, this magnificent spectacle features stunning performances by mesmerising aerialists, mind-bending contortionists,…

A Room with a View

Belvoir St Theatre: A Room with a View

Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney
E. M. Forster’s 1908 novel has been adapted for stage and screen many times over the years. Merchant Ivory famously turned it into a 1985 film starring Helena Bonham Carter. Now comes a new stage version by Grace Chapple. Lucy Honeychurch could follow the path set out for her. But…
Paul Lewis – Mozart+

Musica Viva Australia: Paul Lewis – Mozart+

Winthrop Hall Perth
Acclaimed British concert pianist Paul Lewis is celebrated for his interpretations of the great piano works of Beethoven and Schubert. He now turns his laser-like focus and insightful musicianship to Mozart. When Paul Lewis puts Mozart under the microscope he discovers within the details an expansive universe of wonders. Explore with…
Brisbane Festival

Brisbane Festival: Fijian Flying Circus

South Bank Piazza 410 Stanley St, South Brisbane
Come fly with us! Get ready to be swept away by a spectacular island adventure like no other! The Fijian Flying Circus’ Australian premiere is a high-energy celebration of Spirit, Culture, and Joy. Created by the internationally renowned Fijian dance tribe VOU ('new’ in the iTaukei language), this dazzling production…
Stocktake at Belvoir 25A

Belvoir St Theatre: Stocktake at Belvoir 25A

Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney
Every day is your first day. Every night is Stocktake. It’s Stocktake night at The Store, and Teamies Ash, Jess, Fin, and Heidi are just doing their best to complete the tasks, get customers like Karen out on time, and collect their paychecks. But as the night wears on and…

The Elevator

Ensemble Theatre: The Elevator

Ensemble Theatre Sydney
Ensemble Theatre presents the world premiere of ‘The Elevator’ by Eloise Snape, a sharp, funny and fearless new Australian comedy, from 18 September - 18 October 2026. Starring Leeanna Walsman making her Ensemble debut and directed by Anthea Williams, ‘The Elevator’ is a no-fluff office satire filled with a whirlwind…

Return of the Godz

Sydney Fringe Festival: Return of the Godz

Fools Paradise Victoria Square / Tarntanyangga, Victoria Square, Adelaide, Kaurna, Adelaide
Return of GODZ is landing in Sydney bigger and wilder than ever. Featuring a five-strong cast delivering brand new stunts and outrageous comedy straight from London’s West End, UK critics hailed it as gloriously silly and genuinely impressive. The godz are about to raise hell and drop jaws with an…

Twinky Twinky Little Star

Zak Vasiliou: Twinky Twinky Little Star

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Music Room Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton, VIC, 3053 Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton
Zak is gay. And that has been obvious since his childhood. Somehow, his parents missed every single sign, including: - belting out ABBA in the middle of the mall - asking Santa for the Hilary Duff album at five years old - single-handedly trying to cancel Crocs (before they got…