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Hakima – Bukjeh

Melbourne Recital Centre: Hakima – Bukjeh

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Hakima, meaning Wise Women in Arabic, is a deeply moving performance that tells the untold stories of home, loss, and exile by women who have lived through war. Rooted in African and Middle Eastern traditions, this intimate work brings together poetry, music, and storytelling in a powerful, sensory experience that pays tribute to…
Pursuing Pleasure

Piera Dennerstein: Pursuing Pleasure

The Old Fitz Theatre 129 Dowling St, Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia
“Welcome to all my secrets.” Opera singer turned curvaceous cabaret cantatrice Piera Dennerstein (Finucane & Smith, ‘Blue is the Colour’ Midsumma 2022, 'Call the Doctor!' Melbourne Cabaret Festival 2024) shares the intimate truths of her body and mind in this sexy, silly and deeply human show for soprano and piano.
Editor's Choice Dear Son

Queensland Theatre: Dear Son

Bille Brown Theatre 78 Montague Rd, South Brisbane, QLD
Author Thomas Mayo, a proud Torres Strait Islander man, invited 12 Indigenous men, including Troy Cassar-Daly, Blak Douglas, Stan Grant and Johnny Liddle, to write a letter to their son, father or nephew. The heartfelt reflections were published in Mayo’s 2021 book Dear Son, which has now been adapted for…
Pursuing Pleasure

Piera Dennerstein: Pursuing Pleasure

The Old Fitz Theatre 129 Dowling St, Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia
“Welcome to all my secrets.” Opera singer turned curvaceous cabaret cantatrice Piera Dennerstein (Finucane & Smith, ‘Blue is the Colour’ Midsumma 2022, 'Call the Doctor!' Melbourne Cabaret Festival 2024) shares the intimate truths of her body and mind in this sexy, silly and deeply human show for soprano and piano.

Melbourne Recital Centre: Laurel Halo live with Leila Bordreuil

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Boundary breaking composer, producer and DJ, Laurel Halo brings her unmistakable sonic signature sound to the stage for a rare live performance of new works. Globally recognised for defying genres, Halo is a bona-fide shapeshifter of sound. Halo's oeuvre – dancing between ambient, jazz, experimental, left-field club and avant-pop defies…
Featured Beethoven & Strauss

Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven & Strauss

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
You may recognise it as the theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey, but Richard Strauss wrote Also Sprach Zarathustra long before that film hit the cinemas. It was his response to a philosophical novel by Nietzsche, so feel free to contemplate the meaning of life when you listen to these…
10 Minute Dance Parties

Illuminate Adelaide: 10 Minute Dance Parties

Base Camp Lot Fourteen, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Welcome to the fastest dance session of your life where your time starts…NOW! Enjoy a celebration of art, colour, costume, and community in this all-ages party with only one catch: you only have 10 minutes to dance! There will be world record attempts, move competitions, dedications, interpretations, and ventures into the unknown.…

Boroondara Arts: Zevron Lee

Kew Court House 188 High Street, Kew, VIC, Australia
Emerging from the heart of Melbourne’s dynamic music scene, Zevon Lee is a rising force in blues, soul​ and pop. Seamlessly blending soulful vocals, electrifying blues guitar​ and sharp pop sensibilities, Zevon’s sound defies easy categorization—offering audiences a distinctive and captivating musical experience. With original arrangements powered by top-tier musicianship…
Editor's Choice Dear Son

Queensland Theatre: Dear Son

Bille Brown Theatre 78 Montague Rd, South Brisbane, QLD
Author Thomas Mayo, a proud Torres Strait Islander man, invited 12 Indigenous men, including Troy Cassar-Daly, Blak Douglas, Stan Grant and Johnny Liddle, to write a letter to their son, father or nephew. The heartfelt reflections were published in Mayo’s 2021 book Dear Son, which has now been adapted for…

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Yinya dana: lighting the path

Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
To mark this year’s 50th anniversary of NAIDOC week, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra celebrates the Strength, Vision and Legacy of Yorta Yorta / Yuin composer and soprano Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO with a powerful concert of works by this much loved and acclaimed national treasure. Conducted by Aaron Wyatt and Nicolette…
Pursuing Pleasure

Piera Dennerstein: Pursuing Pleasure

The Old Fitz Theatre 129 Dowling St, Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia
“Welcome to all my secrets.” Opera singer turned curvaceous cabaret cantatrice Piera Dennerstein (Finucane & Smith, ‘Blue is the Colour’ Midsumma 2022, 'Call the Doctor!' Melbourne Cabaret Festival 2024) shares the intimate truths of her body and mind in this sexy, silly and deeply human show for soprano and piano.

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