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.
There Is Nothing Like A Game!

Adelaide Cabaret Festival: There Is Nothing Like A Game!

Adelaide Festival Centre Adelaide, SA, Australia
Beloved cabaret star and musical comedian Gillian Cosgriff (Thank God You’re Here, Spicks and Specks) brings you a late-night show like no other. Sure, there’ll be killer music and special guests, but finally you, the audience, will have a chance to be part of the late night chaos. Quizzes, games,…
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.

Dark Mofo: Alabaster DePlume

Odeon Theatre, Hobart 167 Liverpool Street, Hobart, TAS, Australia
The Mancunian saxophonist and poet transmits sonorous gems in warm waves.

Dark Mofo: Berlin Atonal – Nox Omnia II

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.

Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Jessica Mauboy

Adelaide Festival Centre Adelaide, SA, Australia
Get ready for an intimate night with Jessica Mauboy in The Story of Me. From Darwin girl to Australian icon, Jessica shares her extraordinary journey through music and stories, spanning her rise to fame, career challenges, and personal triumphs. Experience heartfelt ballads, reimagined classics, and powerhouse anthems as she opens…

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