Melbourne Theatre Company: The Robot Dog

Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
Bark meets byte in this thrilling tale exploring technology, language and culture in a fast-evolving world. It’s 2042 and Australia is more automated than ever before. Janelle, a woman of Cantonese heritage, and her partner Harry, a First Nations man, move back into Janelle’s family home after the death of…

Ensemble Theatre: ARIA

Ensemble Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
A symphony of discord unfolds at Monique’s annual family gathering, celebrating her three beloved sons’ birthdays. While Monique’s adoration for her boys knows no bounds, disdain for their wives is palpable. Festivities crescendo and Monique takes the spotlight with a performance of a renowned opera aria, a poignant reminder of…

Sydney Symphony Orchestra: James Ehnes performs Brahms’ Violin Concerto

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
The Times (London) declares Ehnes as being ‘in a class of his own.’ He’s one of the greatest violinists in the world, his performances praised for their astounding lyricism and beauty. Rising star Finnegan Downie Dear, a protégé of Simone Young, conducts Ehnes in this concert of evocative works by master…

Sydney Opera House: Grug and the Rainbow

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
A magical adaptation of Ted Prior’s beloved picture books, Grug and the Rainbow sees our grassy little friend embark on an epic adventure to bask in the colours of the illusive rainbow. Featuring exquisite puppetry and heart-warming humour back to delight audiences, this smash hit is not one to miss…
Daylight Express

Adelaide Festival: Robert Dessaix: Music in my Life and Work

Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Music and literature have deep and entwining roots. This new format brings two of our foremost cultural minds together to explore those connections on a personal basis. Robert Dessaix is one of Australia’s most intriguing authors, with an abiding love of music. Professor Anna Goldsworthy is a concert pianist, author…
Echoes

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Echoes

Grainger Studio Adelaide, SA, Australia
Relax, take a deep breath and listen as the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra guides you on a peaceful musical journey performed in near darkness. This unique concert experience will reveal every detail of the music with unparalleled clarity and depth. Sit or recline on a yoga mat and enter a world…

Adelaide Fringe: A Room of One’s Own

Adelaide College of the Arts Light Square, Adelaide, SA, Australia
The award-winning Dyad Productions (I, Elizabeth and Austen’s Women) return to the Fringe with their renowned production of Virginia Woolf’s blisteringly brilliant pre-TED talk. Take a wry, amusing, and incisive trip through the history of literature, feminism, and gender. Meet Charlotte Brontë, Jane Austen, Aphra Behn, and Shakespeare’s sister –…
Editor's Choice The Pirates of Penzance

Hayes Theatre Co: The Pirates of Penzance

Hayes Theatre Co 19 Greenknowe Avenue, Elizabeth Bay, NSW, Australia
Stuart Maunder’s rollicking production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic operetta comes to Perth. When Frederic turns 21, he thinks he will be free at last from the band of pirates to whom he was bound as an apprentice. A numerological paradox, however, has other thoughts. Hits include Poor Wandering One and A…

Sydney Theatre Company: Picnic at Hanging Rock

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Five modern teenage girls recount a story burnt into the Australian psyche. In Tom Wright’s lyrical and daring adaptation, Joan Lindsay’s hypnotic classic becomes a form-shattering mix of storytelling, gossip, and reenactment. Seen through the eyes of STC Resident Director Ian Michael (Stolen, Constellations), “the most exciting new director of…
Jesus Christ Superstar

John Frost for Crossroads Live Australia: Jesus Christ Superstar

Crown Perth Great Eastern Hwy, Burswood, WA, Australia
The iconic global phenomenon, Jesus Christ Superstar is coming to Australia in 2024 with a mesmerising new production that has garnered unprecedented reviews and accolades as it has toured US and UK, including winning an Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival. Featuring lyrics and music by Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and…

Melbourne Theatre Company: Never Have I Ever

Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Simon Gleeson (Les Misérables), Chika Ikogwe (Heartbreak High), Katie Robertson (Five Bedrooms) and Sunny S Walia (Shantaram) star as two couples sharing one last meal in honour of their doomed restaurant venture. As the wine is uncorked, secrets flow. Fuelled by simmering tensions and top shelf booze, things boil over when a drinking game uncovers the real…

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