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Sydney Opera House: Grug and the Rainbow

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
A magical adaptation of Ted Prior’s beloved picture books, Grug and the Rainbow sees our grassy little friend embark on an epic adventure to bask in the colours of the illusive rainbow. Featuring exquisite puppetry and heart-warming humour back to delight audiences, this smash hit is not one to miss…

Australian Musical Theatre Festival: In Conversation with Caroline O’Connor

Hotel Grand Chancellor, Launceston 29 Cameron St, Launceston, TAS, Australia
Take a front row seat, learn the tricks of the trade, and explore the journey of the biggest names in Australian musical theatre in our ‘In Conversation with’ series. International songstress Caroline O’Connor has played some of the greatest roles on some of the world’s biggest stages, from Velma Kelly…
Ratburger

CDP Kids: Ratburger

Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre Tarcutta Street, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia
A play by Maryam Master based on the bestselling book by David Walliams directed by Liesel Badorrek. From the creative mind of bestselling children’s author David Walliams, don’t miss the screamingly funny Ratburger when it comes to life on stage, with visually stunning sets and charming puppetry! Zoe lives with…

Australian Musical Theatre Festival: Ghostlight

Princess Theatre, Launceston (Theatre North) 55/57 Brisbane Street, Launceston, TAS, Australia
The story goes that if a theatre is ever left completely empty (or dark), a ghost will take up residence. And the only way to prevent this is to leave a single ghostlight burning on centre stage. In 2020, as the flashing lights of Broadway and the West End went…
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Sydney Theatre Company: Bloom

Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
This new Australian musical played to sold-out houses when it premiered at Melbourne Theatre Company in 2023. The fact that Tom Gleisner of Working Dog fame (The Castle, The Dish, Utopia, Have You Been Paying Attention?) wrote the book and lyrics was doubtless part of the appeal. Bloom (with music…
The Legacy

Eternal Performing Arts: The Legacy

Theatre Royal, Hobart 29 Campbell Street, Hobart, TAS, Australia
What do we carry from those who came before us, and what will we choose to pass on? The Legacy is a powerful dance and music production that explores the lessons, struggles, and love passed down through generations. Through the journey of a mother and daughter separated by war and reunited by…
Humans 2.0

Circa: Humans 2.0

Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Ten bodies appear in a flash of light. They move in harmony for a fleeting moment and then descend into a trance. Towers grow and decay, bodies leap and are caught, as physical limits are pushed to their extreme. Can we ever find a perfect balance or is adapting to…
Heaven

Bitchen Wolf: Heaven

Qtopia Sydney 301 Forbes St, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
Bitchen Wolf presents the Australian premiere of Irish playwright Eugene O’Brien’s Heaven at Qtopia Sydney’s Loading Dock Theatre from 14 to 31 May. 'Heaven' is a hilarious yet heart-wrenching examination of identity, regret, and the lives we secretly long for. On the weekend of a wedding in rural Ireland, Mal and…
Fair Punishment

Brown’s Mart Theatre: Fair Punishment

Browns Mart 12 Smith Street, Darwin, NT, Australia
Based on the translation of the novel La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes by Gaëtan Soucy 1998 Éditions du Boréal. Adapted by Nicky Fearn and Gail Evans Directed by Susie Dee Presented by Brown’s Mart and Business Unusual. A Gothic tale of intrigue, revelation, survival and hope.
Featured Editor's Choice Rapture

Australian String Quartet: Rapture

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
ASQ lifts the lid on our deepest fears and desires, from the unrequited love expressed in Janáček’s Intimate Letters to Osvaldo Golijov’s juxtaposition of pain and beauty in Tenebrae and Beethoven’s triumph over adversity in Serioso. The program also includes the world premiere of Vanessa Perica’s No Feeling is Final, which…
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Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Stirring Strings in the City

City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
Concertmaster Andrew Haveron directs Grażyna Bacewicz’s Concerto for String Orchestra, written in 1948 and premiered at a General Assembly of the Polish Composers’ Union two years later. Hailed as “a modern Brandenburg Concerto” by critic Stefan Kisielewski, it drew praise from Lutosławski, who appreciated its “bitter” harmonies and considered it…
Beauty and the Beast

Disney: Beauty and the Beast

Adelaide Festival Centre Adelaide, SA, Australia
We proudly invite you to 'Be Our Guest' as Disney’s new production of Beauty and the Beast comes to Adelaide for the very first time, arriving at Adelaide Festival Centre in May 2025. This enchanting and timeless tale has been brought to life in a ‘★★★★★ remarkable reimagination’ (Daily Telegraph)…

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