Belvoir St Theatre: The Edit

Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
“We can control what happens to you in here. But we have no control out there” Nia and Jess want the same thing. Influencer Nia, wants to find her match and win the primetime reality dating hit, Match or Snatch. Producer Jess, wants to orchestrate Nia’s every move to secure…
The Edit

Legit Theatre Co.: The Edit

Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
“We can control what happens to you in here. But we have no control out there” Nia and Jess want the same thing. Influencer Nia, wants to find her match and win the primetime reality dating hit, Match or Snatch. Producer Jess, wants to orchestrate Nia’s every move to secure…
Skank Sinatra

Jens Radda: Skank Sinatra

Qtopia Sydney 301 Forbes St, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
Twice crowned Best Cabaret at Adelaide Fringe, nominated for Best Musical Theatre and Cabaret at Sydney Fringe, and with sold-out award-winning performances spanning Australia and Europe, the unstoppable Skank Sinatra storms into Qtopia Sydney from the 14th to 22nd of June, armed with powerhouse live vocals, sky-high glamour and a…
Reflections on Gubaidulina

Ronan Apcar: Reflections on Gubaidulina

Church Street Studios, Camperdown 62-68 Church St,, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
Sofia Gubaidulina (1931-2025) emerged from the Soviet Union as an innovative composer to keep an eye on. She proved herself to be one of the most foremost composers not just from Russia but internationally. Gubaidulina was a composer who fully committed herself to music of emotional intensity. To step into…
Pursuing Pleasure

Melbourne Fringe: Pursuing Pleasure

Chapel off Chapel 12 Little Chapel Street, Prahran, Victoria, Australia
Opera singer turned cabaret cantatrice Piera Dennerstein shares the intimate truths of her body and mind in this sexy, silly and deeply human solo show - winner of the Fringe World Weekly Award 2025. Using the exceptional versatility of her voice in everything from Puccini to Cardi B, Piera tells…

Tempo Rubato: Daniel Herscovitch – Brahms: Before and After

Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
This program highlights one of Brahms's youthful masterpieces, together with a work by a composer who had a major influence on him, and then a work from a composer upon whom Brahms himself had a major influence.
Domesticity

The Round: Domesticity

The Round 379 - 399 Whitehorse Road,, Nunawading, VIC
Domesticity is a beautiful, heartwarming show that will touch you where you live: at home! It is built around a stunning cycle of deeply personal songs about marriage, babies, love, tolerance, decency and the complexity of modern life. A sublime study in tenderness and vulnerability. Backed by some of Australia’s most…
Wet Hard Long

The Australian Ballet: Wet Hard Long

Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Bending innuendo and oozing feminine resilience atop 8-inch heels, Wet Hard Long exhibits the enduring femme body under scrutiny of a patriarchal society. Edging the audience towards the promise of relief, two dancers undertake exacting physical feats. Their bodies contend with obstacles, objects and elements – each, more impossible than the last.…

The Wedge: Inventi’s Cinderella

The Wedge 100 Foster Street, Sale, VIC, Australia
Step into a magical realm where Prokofiev’s Cinderella dances with new life. Let Inventi Ensemble sweep you off your feet with their enchanting performance, weaving together the timeless tale with Sally Whitwell’s captivating composition. Like Cinderella’s transformation at the stroke of midnight, experience a symphonic metamorphosis that transports you through every…
The Cardinal Rules

Sydney Fringe Festival: The Cardinal Rules

PACT 107 Railway Parade, Erskineville, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Thoroughly relatable humour, staggering humanity...and pushy Aunties from the ancestral plane! Engulfed by nostalgia, a woman stands at the funeral of a primary school friend that she hasn’t seen in years. As she remembers her 90’s childhood in a close-knit suburban Catholic community, she questions how their lives diverged. When…
Editor's Choice

Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Angels & Devils

Reardon Theatre 35 Bank St, Port Fairy, VIC, Australia
Curators Monica Curro and Stefan Cassomenos have set out to examine our heritage and bloodlines, and to rejoice in “the miracle of how millions of notes in the hands of master musicians are crafted into stunning sonic stories,” all the while paying homage to the Ancient Greek mosaic and the…
Editor's Choice

Port Fairy Spring Music Festival: Lior + Eclective

St John's Anglican Church, Port Fairy 21 Regent St, Port Fairy, VIC, Australia
Curators Monica Curro and Stefan Cassomenos have set out to examine our heritage and bloodlines, and to rejoice in “the miracle of how millions of notes in the hands of master musicians are crafted into stunning sonic stories,” all the while paying homage to the Ancient Greek mosaic and the…

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