Concerts for All: Young Maestros Encore

Master Music Studio Unit 6, 80 Wentworth Park Rd, Glebe, NSW, Australia
Exceptional young musicians join music educators from Concerts for All in this encore presentation of their captivating storytelling concert for children. Audiences journey through an enchanted forest where classical music mystically restores wildlife voices. Returning by popular demand after a sold-out debut, this concert features carefully selected classical pieces that…
Editor's Choice Abel Selaocoe

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Abel Selaocoe

Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Making his Australian debut, South African cellist Abel Selaocoe directs the world premiere of Nigel Westlake’s Ascension, commissioned by the ACO, and the Australian premiere of Giovanni Sollima’s When We Were Trees, for which he is joined by Timo-Veikko Valve. The program also includes Platti’s Cello Concerto in D major,…

Beecroft Orchestra: The Magic Garden

Cheltenham Girls High School The Promenade, Cheltenham, NSW, Australia
Join The Vegetable Plot and The Beecroft Orchestra, along with talented young musicians from Denistone East and Eastwood Public Schools, for an unforgettable children’s concert! Expect a fun-filled, interactive, and musical adventure where creativity and imagination come to life! Come sing, dance, and grow with us in this magical musical…
Eastertide

Adelaide Baroque: Eastertide: Passions and Sorrows

Coriole Vineyards Chaffeys Road, McLaren Vale, SA, Australia
Adelaide Baroque visit again the rich collection of music inspired by the Passion of Christ as a start to our 2025 Orchestral series. This time with the powerful artistry of U.S. Tenor Kyle Stegall and music by Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Biber & Buxtehude.
Baroque Spirit

Salut! Baroque: Baroque Spirit

Sydney Conservatorium of Music 1 Conservatorium Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Baroque music encapsulates the dynamic spirit of the 17th and 18th centuries that goes beyond listening pleasure to reflect the social, cultural and political upheavals of the period. Drawing inspiration from Ottoman, Romani and Celtic influences, Baroque Spirit explores the rich weave of styles as nations looked beyond their European…

The Art House, Wyong: Katie Noonan & Karin Schaupp: Songs of the Southern Skies Volume 2

The Art House 19-21 Margaret Street, Wyong, NSW, Australia
Katie Noonan and Karin Schaupp perform a nostalgic and much-loved set list of songs by some of Australia’s most successful female artists. Hear Katie’s unique vocals combine with Karin’s guitar mastery to create new arrangements of your favourite songs by Aunty Ruby Hunter, Missy Higgins, Sia, Kate Ceberano, Sarah Blasko…
Lumen Machine

Ensemble Offspring: Lumen Machine

Newcastle Conservatorium of Music Cnr Laman Street, Auckland St, Newcastle, NSW
Lumen Machine will take you to the bleeding edge of musical technology. In a thrilling collaboration with London based ‘cyborg pianist’ Zubin Kanga, we’ve commissioned four new chamber concertos that combine musical analogues with a microtonal keyboard, motion-sensor ring, voice-controlled electronics and an old-school synthesizer. This virtuoso dance with the…
Henry 5

Bell Shakespeare: Henry 5

Canberra Theatre Centre Canberra, ACT, Australia
Young Prince Hal has left his wayward adolescence behind and assumed the mantle of kingship. Following a humiliating insult by the French prince, King Henry launches England into a war with France to claim the throne he believes is rightfully his. Against all odds, he leads his troops from despair…

Music at the Basilica: Easter Concert

Basilca of St Mary and all the Angels 136-148 Yarra St, Geelong, VIC, Australia
The Windfire Choir and Orchestra conducted by Joseph Hie will perform a program of music for Easter including Mozart's Laudate Dominum, Rheinberger's Stabat Mater, Mendelssohn's Salve Regina, Allegri - Miserere Mei and Stephanie Martin's God so loved the world.

Live Nation: Ray O’Leary: Laughter? I Hardly Know Her!

The Victoria Hotel, Melbourne 215 Lt Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Ray O’Leary (Taskmaster, Have You Been Paying Attention?) pulled a man from a wrecked car and as the man lay dying, he used his last ounce of strength to ask Ray (Nominee 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award for Most Outstanding Show) to tell his children that he loved them.…

BLINKING LIGHT: These Youths Be Protesting

KXT on Broadway Cnr Broadway & Bay St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ meets ‘Don’t Look Up’ in this comedy about climate change. The students of Sunlake Downs High School’s Recycling club hold a cake stall to raise money for one of those cool machines that turns cans and bottles into money. When a local politician donates to their…

Belvoir St Theatre: Big Girls Don’t Cry

Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Redfern 1966. Cheryl, Lulu and Queenie are young and life is glorious, full of hilarity and joy, even if jobs are precarious, the police harass them, and racism seeps into everything. But as they gear up for the biggest night of the year – the Deb Ball – their lives,…

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