Editor's Choice Mimi’s Symphony

Canberra Theatre Centre: Mimi’s Symphony

Canberra Theatre Centre Canberra, ACT, Australia
Join Justine Clarke (Julia, Girls & Boys) on a musical journey in which the young magpie Mimi is blown from her nest and must find her place in the world. Along the way, she meets dogs playing brass, possums in the string section, magpies among the woodwinds and insects on…
Ian Moss & Trio

Melbourne Recital Centre: Ian Moss & Trio

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Iconic guitarist and singer Ian Moss brings his One Guitar One Night Only Tour in 2025. Over two sets and presented in a way you have never seen Mossy before, the performance will combine the very best of Ian's vast musical catalogue, including 'Bow River' and 'Georgia On My Mind',…

Artists For Peace: The Art of Tango

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Indulge your senses in the mesmerising world of Argentine Tango, Milonga, and a few delightful surprises—featuring, of course, the legendary music of Gardel and Piazzolla. The history of Tango is incomplete without its wonderfully diverse styles of music and dance. A fusion of indigenous melodies, African rhythms, and Spanish and…

Darwin Entertainment Centre: Marcia Hines – Still Shining

AANT Centre Darwin, NT, Australia
Australia’s legendary musical treasure, with a career spanning five amazing decades, has announced that she will tour Australia in 2025 performing her Still Shining concert repertoire. This two and a half hour musical extravaganza is a celebration of Marcia’s career and features every hit record from ‘Fire and Rain’ through…

The Street Theatre: Lior

The Street Theatre 15 Childers St, Canberra, ACT, Australia
This performance sees one of Australia’s most successful and respected singer/ songwriters performing an intimate concert of songs drawn from his vast back catalogue of recordings. Performing in stripped-back trio mode with bass and piano, this performance will also include a selection of songs from Lior’s latest release The Blue…

Four Winds: Lior in Concert

Four Winds Barragga Bay, NSW, Australia
Experience singer-songwriter Lior solo within the intimacy of the Windsong Pavillion. Enjoy a performance of heartfelt repertoire, resonant with truth and beauty from across his decade long career. Lior’s musical journey is characterised by his genuine curiosity and compelling storytelling. Collaborations include renowned Australian composers Nigel Westlake and Paul Grabowsky,…
Ian Moss & Trio

Melbourne Recital Centre: Ian Moss & Trio

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Iconic guitarist and singer Ian Moss brings his One Guitar One Night Only Tour in 2025. Over two sets and presented in a way you have never seen Mossy before, the performance will combine the very best of Ian's vast musical catalogue, including 'Bow River' and 'Georgia On My Mind',…

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone™ in Concert

Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Relive the magic of the film in high-definition while hearing the MSO perform John Williams’ unforgettable score live. In Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Harry Potter learns on his 11th birthday that he is the orphaned son of two wizards and possesses magical powers of his own. At Hogwarts School of Witchcraft…

Promac Productions: Both Sides – Rachael Beck

Princess Theatre, Launceston (Theatre North) 55/57 Brisbane Street, Launceston, TAS, Australia
Starring Rachael Beck with David Cameron on piano and guitar, this show is a true celebration of all things musical Theatre. Both Sides features a collection of hit songs from shows that Rachael starred in the premiere seasons of including Beauty and the Beast. One of Australia's leading performers, Rachael…
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.
Beth Gibbons

Dark Mofo: Beth Gibbons

Odeon Theatre, Hobart 167 Liverpool Street, Hobart, TAS, Australia
The haunting voice of Portishead emerges from a sixteen year silence with her reflective solo debut—songs filled with goodbyes.
Editor's Choice Fat Pig

Forest Collective: Fat Pig

fortyfivedownstairs 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
How many insults must you endure before you stand up for the woman you love? American composer Matt Boehler and Australian librettist Miriam Gordon-Stewart’s adaptation turns Neil LaBute’s 2004 play from workplace rom-com into a black comedy of operatic proportions. When Tom falls for Helen, an intelligent and attractive woman…

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