• Dark Mofo: The Horrors

    Odeon Theatre, Hobart 167 Liverpool Street, Hobart, TAS, Australia
    Industrial electropunk mantras from the zeitgeist-shaking garage goths.
    La Danse Macabre

    Dark Mofo: La Danse Macabre

    Dark Park 41 Evans St, Hobart, TAS
    A blistering allegory of capitalist apathy: Comte’s video work depicts two pianists performing Saint-Saëns’ symphonic meditation on death, while a wooden sculpture is consumed by flames and a motocross rider jumps through the inferno.

    Brown’s Mart Theatre: Londi

    Brown's Mart Theatre Festival Park, Corner Smith St & Harry Chan Ave, Darwin, NT, Australia
    Transporting you through timeless classics and smooth melodies, with a soulful twist, The Singer brings you a beautiful ambiance for your night out or special occasion. Relax to a mix of Soul, Blues, Jazz, Swing and Jazz Funk.

    Dark Mofo: Berlin Atonal – Nox Omnia I

    The Playhouse Theatre 106 Bathurst Street, Hobart, TAS, Australia
    A sit-down journey of hypnagogic, experimental soundscapes curated by the German capital’s venerated music festival.
    An Evening with Vika & Linda

    Adelaide Cabaret Festival: An Evening with Vika & Linda

    Adelaide Festival Centre Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Australian musical legends Vika & Linda are one of the most beloved vocal duos of their generation; harmonising effortlessly with the electric and deeply charming connection that only sisters can create. They’ve toured the globe, released multiple chart-topping albums, and have performed with the likes of Paul Kelly, Kasey Chambers,…

    Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Bernadette Robinson

    Adelaide Festival Centre Adelaide, SA, Australia
    A singular star in the Australian theatrical sky, Bernadette Robinson astonishes audiences with her seamless ability to transform into musical icons. Each song is a celebration and a moving homage to some of the most iconic voices of our time, including Edith Piaf, Amy Winehouse, Shirley Bassey, Barbara Streisand, Dolly…
    The Selkie Project

    Liminal Theatre: The Selkie Project

    Theatre Works St Kilda, VIC, Australia
    The Selkie: creature of myth; a seal who removes her sealskin to enjoy the pleasures of the human body for a night. But when the man she meets steals her sealskin, she is imprisoned on land. Grotesquely animal, bewildered by the human world, she is trapped in the wrong skins…

    Salamanca Arts Centre: Global Sounds Salamanca

    Salamanca Arts Centre 77 Salamanca Pl, Battery Point, TAS, Australia
    XIXA was born out of the ashes of a pandemic. Cumbia is their rhythmic pulse, made for dancing, but they’ll throw in a power ballad for a quick breather. Xixa’s horn section will get you moving, guitar and bass will set your soul ablaze, keys will transport you to the…
    Editor's Choice To The Silent Earth, I Flow

    Dark Mofo: To The Silent Earth, I Flow

    Odeon Theatre, Hobart 167 Liverpool Street, Hobart, TAS, Australia
    Robert Ames, Co-Artistic Director and conductor of the London Contemporary Orchestra, curates this symphony of abstract waterscapes, prefaced by the final stanza of Rainer Maria Rilke’s Let This Darkness Be a Bell Tower: “And if the world has ceased to hear you, / say to the silent earth: I flow. /…

    Dark Mofo: Show Me The Body

    Odeon Theatre, Hobart 167 Liverpool Street, Hobart, TAS, Australia
    Ceremonial hardcore trio from NYC.

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