• Schubert’s Fantasy & Octet

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: Schubert’s Fantasy & Octet

    Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Schubert composed like an oil painter, drawing from a rich palette of melodic and harmonic colours. With a divine lyricism at its heart, his music is imbued with an intimacy and intensity that taps into the full range of human emotion. Richard Tognetti’s affinity for Schubert is evident in every…

    UKARIA: Alexander Gavrylyuk

    Ukaria Cultural Centre 119 Williams Rd, Mt Barker Summit, SA, Australia
    Ukrainian-Australian pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk returns with a characterful and dramatic program that showcases his ‘revelatory’ and ‘electrifying’ artistry. Each half opens with a distinctive evocation of childhood: Robert Schumann’s Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood) offers an adult’s perspective, in a series of reminiscences of childhood experience. By contrast, Tchaikovsky’s Children’s Album…
    DRACULA

    West Australian Ballet: Dracula

    His Majesty's Theatre, Perth Perth, WA, Australia
    BLOOD DRIES FASTER IN THIS AIR. He’s waited centuries for this moment. Dracula rises again, in the return of this multi award-winning, audience favourite. Prepare to be consumed in the seductive storyline, magnificent score and breathtaking set and costume design again – or for the very first time. Based on…
    Editor's Choice Steel Magnolias

    Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Steel Magnolias

    Theatre Royal, Sydney 108 King St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Robert Harling wrote his 1987 play Steel Magnolias after his sister died from complications relating to diabetes following the birth of her son. The tragicomedy is set in Truvy’s beauty parlour in a small Southern town in Louisiana, where a group of women support each other through life’s ups and downs. The…

    The Clocktower Centre: Casey Donovan This Is Me

    The Clocktower Centre 750 Mount Alexander Road, Moonee Ponds, VIC, Australia
    Australia’s powerhouse vocalist, and proud Gumbaynggirr and Dunghutti woman, Casey Donovan is set to embark on her biggest national tour yet in 2026 with THIS IS ME. Stealing hearts and minds across the country with her showstopping performances, the THIS IS MEtour will feature Casey’s most iconic performances. Fans can…
    The Pirates of Penzance.

    Hayes Theatre Co: The Pirates of Penzance.

    Foundry Theatre 55 Pirrama Rd,, Pyrmont, NSW, Australia
    For the first time ever, Hayes Theatre Co brings one of its landmark productions to the Foundry Theatre stage. Five actors. Every role. After a sold-out extended season at Hayes, plus stops in Wyong, Wollongong and Canberra, this acclaimed, irreverent adaptation of The Pirates of Penzance returns — madcap, hilarious,…
    Steel Magnolias

    Theatre Royal, Sydney: Steel Magnolias

    Theatre Royal, Sydney 108 King St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Written by Robert Harling, the timeless tale of Steel Magnolias comes alive under the direction of Lee Lewis (Shirley Valentine) and a cast of six powerhouse actors. Step inside Truvy’s beauty salon, the heart of a small Southern town, where local women share their joys, struggles and a little neighbourly gossip. From weddings and…
    Dancing Shadows

    Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Dancing Shadows

    75 Reid Street, Fitzroy North 75 Reid St, Fitzroy North, VIC, Australia
    In this dynamic concert, much-loved MCO core members take centre stage in a program three centuries in the making. Mozart’s Divertimento brims with youthful charm and elegance, while Andrew Ford’s Sad Jigs offers a poignant, whimsical take on dance forms through a contemporary Australian lens. The program culminates in Dvořák’s…
    Editor's Choice The First Murder

    Pinchgut Opera: The First Murder

    Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    The First Murder (Il primo omicidio) was composed in 1707 by the then hugely successful Alessandro Scarlatti. The narrative in this two-part oratorio finds compassion and hope amid the jealousy and violence of the biblical story of Cain and Abel. Dean Bryant aims to bring a newfound urgency to Scarlatti’s…