Event Series Autumn Piano School

Piano+: Autumn Piano School

New England Conservatorium of Music Faulkner St, Armidale, NSW, Australia
Piano+ and the New England Conservatorium of Music invite piano lovers nationally to participate in the inaugural Autumn Piano School. The new five-day program will be held at the prestigious New England Conservatorium of Music in Armidale 17-21 April. Enrolments are now open until 31 March or until courses reach…
Event Series Symphony of Stuff

Darwin Symphony Orchestra: Symphony of Stuff

Charles Darwin University Theatre Ellengowan Dr, Casuarina, NT, Australia
There's  a  wondrous world of music created from ordinary objects found in our homes! DSO Musicians will transform everyday items such as pots, pans, buckets, and brooms into extraordinary instruments, producing household beats that will have you dancing along. Be inspired to unleash your creativity and make music anywhere and anytime – in the kitchen, bathroom, living room, and even in…
Editor's Choice Event Series Margaret and the Grey Mare

Sydney Festival: Margaret and the Grey Mare

Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre 1 Powerhouse Rd, Casula, NSW, Australia
Looking for something different? Try this one-hour immersive video opera created by visual artist Katy B Plummer and composer Sally Whitwell, with a little help from artificial intelligence programmed to speak in verse like an oracular Celtic spirit. The story, with video by filmmaker Kuba Dorabialski, evokes 17th-century European witch…

Sydney Opera House: Polar Bear & Penguin

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Direct from Ireland, Polar Bear & Penguin is a charming play for young audiences written and performed by John Currivan & Paul Curley. The tale of an unlikely encounter between a Polar Bear and a Penguin. This is the story of polar opposite characters meeting for the first time, getting to…
Event Series Ratburger

CDP Kids: Ratburger

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Things are not looking good for Zoe. Her stepmother Sheila is so lazy she gets Zoe to pick her nose for her. The school bully Tina Trotts makes her life a misery – mainly by spitting on her head. And now the evil Burt from Burt’s Burgers is after her…
Event Series Symphony of Stuff

Darwin Symphony Orchestra: Symphony of Stuff

Charles Darwin University Theatre Ellengowan Dr, Casuarina, NT, Australia
There's  a  wondrous world of music created from ordinary objects found in our homes! DSO Musicians will transform everyday items such as pots, pans, buckets, and brooms into extraordinary instruments, producing household beats that will have you dancing along. Be inspired to unleash your creativity and make music anywhere and anytime – in the kitchen, bathroom, living room, and even in…
Event Series 360 ALLSTARS

Riverside Theatres: 360 ALLSTARS

Riverside Theatres, Parramatta Parramatta, NSW, Australia
Riverside Theatres welcomes back the phenomenal physical performance 360 ALLSTARS at the Riverside Theatres in Parramatta from 19 to 22 April this Autumn School Holidays. Exploring all forms of rotation, 360 ALLSTARS connects the street with the elite in a supercharged urban circus. Featuring World Champion and World Record-holding athletes…
Event Series Alice In Wonderland

The Australian Shakespeare Company: Alice In Wonderland

The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney Mrs Macquaries Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Join Alice on her amazing journey through Wonderland and experience an adventure like no other. This summer holidays, tumble down the rabbit hole as the Australian Shakespeare Company presents Lewis Carroll's absurd & wickedly clever classic - Alice in Wonderland. Brought to life beautifully in Glenn Elstons highly acclaimed production.…
Event Series A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Bell Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

State Theatre Centre of WA Perth, WA, Australia
Love is in the air in Athens – and it’s contagious. Besides the royal wedding, which is just days away, there are young lovers dreaming of enchanted futures together. Hermia and Lysander are besotted with one another, while Helena adores Demetrius. The only snag is that Demetrius loves Hermia –…
Editor's Choice Event Series Blackheath Chamber Music Festival 2024

Blackheath Chamber Music Festival: Pietro Locatto and Martina Biondi

Phillips Hall, Blackheath Blackheath, NSW, Australia
Now in its fourth year, the Blackheath Chamber Music Festival returns with a rich program including Ensemble Offspring and Eliza Shephard’s world premiere performance of a newly commissioned quartet by Harry Sdraulig; the NSW premiere of Elena Kats-Chernin’s For Theodora by Orava Quartet; harpist Louise Johnson’s journey through the history of music;…

North Adelaide Baroque Hall: Ravel & Lehmann

North Adelaide Baroque Hall 104 Tynte St, North Adelaide, SA, Australia
Katelyn Crawford, mezzo soprano/soprano Sachiko Hidaka, piano Programme: Maurice Ravel - Histoire Naturelles Liza Lehmann - Bird Songs
Editor's Choice Event Series The Lewis Trilogy

Griffin Theatre Company: Summer of the Aliens

SBW Stables Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
The SBW Stables Theatre in Sydney’s Kings Cross, home to Griffin Theatre Company, is about to close for a major renovation. By way of a farewell, Griffin is staging one of its most ambitious projects – a triple bill of Louis Nowra’s semi-autobiographical plays that can be viewed individually or in one…

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