• Editor's Choice The River

    Sydney Theatre Company: The River

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Miranda Otto, Ewen Leslie and Andrea Demetriades star in The River, a haunting three-hander by UK playwright Jez Butterworth (Jerusalem). The mysterious, 80-minute play is set in a remote wooden cabin where a lovesick fisherman is playing host to a woman. It should be a weekend full of romance, but all is…
    Flora

    The Australian Ballet: Flora

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Beneath the cracked clay, a seed unfurls. Leaf. Bloom. Life. Promise. Crossing time and space. The Australian Ballet and Bangarra Dance Theatre present Flora by Frances Rings, an exciting and bold new dance collaboration. Flora marks the fourth time the companies have joined forces, and in this first full-length collaboration, Bangarra’s signature storytelling…
    Theatrical Symphony

    Theatrical Inc: Theatrical Symphony

    The National Theatre, St Kilda 20 Carlisle Street, St Kilda, VIC, Australia
    Melbourne’s leading independent theatre group, Theatrical Inc, is set to present Theatrical Symphony, a special three-night event at the National Theatre in St Kilda this April. This extraordinary celebration will feature an exceptional cast of the group's strongest up-and-coming musical theatre stars, who will perform timeless hits from blockbuster musicals…
    My Brilliant Career

    Sydney Theatre Company: My Brilliant Career

    Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    “The holy grail of Australian musical theatre” The Age Miles Franklin’s classic novel as you’ve never seen it before, with a live soundtrack that’s equal parts contemporary pop, folksy bush band and barnstorming pub rock. Beloved by audiences and showered with five-star reviews, My Brilliant Career was Melbourne’s most in-demand ticket in 2024.…
    Editor's Choice Here, There and Everywhere!

    Circus Oz: Here, There and Everywhere!

    Melbourne Town Hall 90-130 Swanston St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Recently returned from a season in New York, the ever-popular Circus Oz presents its latest show as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Directed by Nicci Wilks, who co-devised the production with the multigenerational performing ensemble, the wonderfully silly but skilful display of madcap, joyous acrobatics is backed by a…

    Australian Youth Orchestra: AYO Symphonists: Voyage of Discovery

    Snow Concert Hall 40 Monaro Crescent, Red Hill, Canberra, ACT, Australia
    Assembled from across Australia, this special concert showcases the emotional and orchestral brilliance of Australia’s finest high-school classical stars.  Under the baton of Singapore’s Chan Tze Law, this talented young orchestra will travel on a journey of discovery, with works that trace a path of emotional depth from romantic awakening…
    Evil Dead The Musical

    Stoddart Entertainment Group: Evil Dead The Musical

    Chapel off Chapel 12 Little Chapel Street, Prahran, VIC, Australia
    This hilariously gory, blood-soaked rock musical based on the iconic '80s Evil Dead cult film franchise, will be unleashed this March. When five college students venture to an abandoned cabin in the woods, they accidentally unleash an evil force that turns them all into demons. It's up to Ash, a housewares clerk…

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Donald Runnicles conducts Mahler’s Sixth Symphony

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Mahler’s Sixth Symphony charts a turbulent emotional course. Across four searing movements he wrestles with hope and futility, conjuring moments of delicate beauty and pounding dread. From an innocent lullaby to an unforgiving military march, this symphony spans the full spectrum of feeling. It all culminates in the final movement…
    Editor's Choice Choral Splendour

    Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Choral Splendour

    City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Concertmaster Shaun Lee-Chen and Ben Dollman perform Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, alongside excerpts from the composer’s cantatas Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben and Wir Danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir. The program also includes Telemann’s Overture in D major and Handel’s Coronation Anthems, Zadok the…
    Stage Kiss

    New Theatre: Stage Kiss

    New Theatre 542 King St, Newtown, NSW
    “When I kissed you just now, did it feel like an actor kissing an actor or a person kissing a person…?” Two actors, and former lovers, unexpectedly reunite when cast opposite each other in a forgotten 1930s melodrama. As rehearsals progress and onstage romance echoes their past, the lines between…
    The Great Gatsby

    BIG Live Pty Ltd: The Great Gatsby

    Canberra Theatre Centre Canberra, ACT, Australia
    BIG Live proudly presents the world premiere of The Great Gatsby: A Jazz Ballet Odyssey, coming to Canberra Theatre Centre. This dazzling world premiere reimagines F. Scott Fitzgerald’s timeless classic with full theatrical spectacle. Directed and choreographed by Joel Burke, with narration arranged by James Millar, Gatsby’s story is brought to life…
    Editor's Choice West Gate

    Melbourne Theatre Company: West Gate

    Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Dennis McIntosh was 12 when Melbourne’s West Gate Bridge collapsed on 15 October, 1970. He and his friends heard the terrible thud from their school – something he has never forgotten. Thirty-five men died in what remains Australia’s deadliest industrial accident. For the past decade, McIntosh has been working on a play…