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Canberra Choral Society: Dixit Dominus

St Paul's Anglican Church, Manuka 70 Canberra Avenue, Griffith, ACT, Australia
The Canberra Choral Society is excited to launch its 2025 concert program with Dixit Dominus, featuring two exquisite and contrasting choral gems, George Frideric Handel’s glorious Dixit Dominus (“The Lord Said”) and Arvo Pärt’s sonorous Berliner Messe (Berlin Mass). Directed by Dan Walker, CCS Music Director. Joining the CCS choir…
Living Poems of the Sea

Canberra International Music Festival: Living Poems of the Sea

National Film and Sound Archive Acton, ACT, Australia
Acclaimed flautist Sally Walker was inspired to create Living Poems  through her experiences of playing her flute to enraptured dolphins and her friendship with dolphin researcher Dr Olivia De Bergerac.  Sally plays music accompanying videos and images of human-dolphin interactions over decades, and narrates a story illustrating the importance of dolphins, whales…

Genesian Theatre: Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime

Genesian Theatre 420 Kent St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
A fortune-teller tells Lord Arthur Savile that he sees murder ahead! The only logical course of action for Arthur is to try get this dreadfully embarrassing act out of the way before his wedding in three weeks' time. But staging the perfect murder proves not nearly as easy as he…

Rubiks Collective: A Book of Hours

National Film and Sound Archive Acton, ACT, Australia
‘A Book of Hours’ is a revelatory screen-dance presentation featuring stop-motion film, on stage and filmed choreography with live classical contemporary soundtrack performed by Rubiks Collective, alongside stop-motion video works by visual artist Sal Cooper and choreographer Gerard Van Dyck. Inspired by the mysteries of time and different ideas of how we spend our…
St James International Organ Festival: Martin Baker

The Parish Church of St James’ King Street: Martin Baker

St James Church, Sydney 173 King St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Born in Manchester in 1967, Martin Baker studied at the Royal Northern College of Music Junior School, Chetham’s School of Music and Downing College, Cambridge, then held positions at London’s Westminster and St Paul’s Cathedrals and Westminster Abbey before returning to Westminster Cathedral in 2000 as Master of Music, where…

Queen Hades Productions: Posh

The Old Fitz Theatre 129 Dowling St, Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia
At an exclusive Oxford dining club, ten wealthy young men gather for a night of indulgence, revelry, and destruction. Fueled by privilege, arrogance, and an unwavering belief in their own power, they’re ready to take on the world—until the night spirals out of control. Laura Wade’s Posh is a razor-sharp,…

Hunters Hill Music: Strings Among the Vines

Ben Ean Winery 119 McDonalds Rd, Pokolbin, NSW, Australia
Strings Among the Vines is set to be an evening of unparalleled elegance celebrating the very best of Australian food, wine and classical music. This event is a unique collaboration between Boronia Kitchen, Petersons Wines and Savannah Estate and Hunters Hill Music. Boronia Kitchen, the creation of celebrated chef Simon…

: Maria the Musical

Emerge Church 1 Coorparoo Road, Warner, QLD, Australia
Experience the powerful debut of Maria the Musical in an exclusive Sneak Peek Concert on May 3rd at Emerge Church, Warner. Inspired by a true story, this original Latin-Australian musical follows Maria, a courageous immigrant mother from Chile, as she navigates domestic violence, cultural displacement, and personal transformation over the…
Sounds of Australia

Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Sounds of Australia

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Red earth, lush rainforests, unique animals and beautiful birdsong: the natural world has always provided a rich source of inspiration for Australian composers. In bringing together the sounds of this ancient land with the rich traditions of classical music, Brenda Gifford, Christopher Sainsbury, Nardi Simpson and Aaron Wyatt have created…
Phantom Femme Fatale

Horizon Festival: Phantom Femme Fatale

Black Box Theatre at The Old Ambulance Station 80 Howard Street, Nambour, QLD, Australia
Join us for the Queensland Premiere of Phantom Femme Fatale – a haunting performance-art-dance piece built around a hard-edged, and vampiric subversive, character who transgresses female subjugation with assassin-like stoicism. Choreographed and performed by Jenni Large, and defiantly exploiting physical prowess, this show pays homage to stigmatised displays of femininity…

Horizon Festival: BERSERK

Black Box Theatre at The Old Ambulance Station 80 Howard Street, Nambour, QLD, Australia
BERSERK is a movement-based performance inviting audiences to witness human bodies being pushed to the edge of transformation, shapeshifting and traversing surreal terrains, and embodying the primal and the absurd. Choreographed by Jag Popham, and brought to life by a dynamic ensemble, BERSERK delves deep into the mysterious forces that shape our shared…

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