Macro Music: Good Day Sunshine Festival

Gloucester Park 33 Wallcliffe Rd, Margaret River, WA, Australia
Mark your calendars for Saturday 29th November because Good Day Sunshine is back, bigger and better than ever! You may be thinking that's not possible after 2024's mammoth sold-out event, but just look at this line-up: The Teskey Brothers, Boy & Bear, Meg Mac, The Beautiful Girls, Charlie Collins, Dear…
The Seven

Merrigong Theatre Company: The Seven

Wollongong Town Hall Crown St &, Kembla St,, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
In 1964, a group of seven friends are on their way home from seeing The Beatles concert in Sydney, when an incident on the train forces them to get off at Helensburgh station. Missing the last train, they decide to try and hitch a ride. In the morning light, it…

Sydney Theatre Company: Congratulations, Get Rich! (恭喜发财, 人日快乐)

Wharf 1 Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
Penned and performed by Merlynn Tong, this larger-than-life musical comedy celebrates the richness of Singaporean culture, while asking universal questions about the complexity of mother-daughter relationships and the healing power of vulnerability. It’s a big night for Mandy (Tong), her last ever at the helm of her beloved karaoke bar.…
The Sleeping Beauty

The Australian Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Ten years since its spectacular premiere, David McAllister’s opulent production, The Sleeping Beauty, returns to whisk you away into a magical realm of fairies and spells, good versus evil and a royal romance. Accompanied by Tchaikovsky’s enchanting score, The Sleeping Beauty is a dreamlike vision, evoking ballet’s golden era with traditional choreography and…
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Sydney Theatre Company: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Logie Award-winner Kat Stewart makes her Sydney Theatre Company debut with wit, authenticity, and unbridled fire in this celebrated production of the twentieth century’s most ferocious comedy of manners. A leading figure in American theatre and winner of three Pulitzer Prizes, Edward Albee’s most famous play is a wild, brainy…
Rare Sugar

Omega Ensemble: Rare Sugar

The Neilson, Pier 2/3 13A Hickson Road, Dawes Point, NSW, Australia
Drawing inspiration from a childhood obsession listening to the improvisations of legendary clarinettist Benny Goodman, Nigel Westlake’s Rare Sugar unleashes the clarinet’s joyful quality, with whimsical character, surprising virtuosity and a delightful blend of classical and jazz influences. This foot-tapping season finale also includes Béla Bartók’s Contrasts for clarinet, violin and piano…
Editor's Choice The Glass Menagerie

State Theatre Company South Australia: The Glass Menagerie

Adelaide Festival Centre Adelaide, SA, Australia
Tennessee Williams’ 1944 “memory play” The Glass Menagerie draws on his own unhappy childhood and guilt about abandoning his sister Rose to an asylum. Set in St Louis in the 1930s, it tells of Amanda Wingfield, a neurotic, fading Southern belle, fallen on hard times, who longs for better things for her…
Dying: A Memoir

Melbourne Theatre Company: Dying: A Memoir

Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
When the acclaimed author Cory Taylor was diagnosed with a terminal illness, what followed was an astonishing creative surge that resulted in a memoir Barack Obama named as one of his favourite books of 2017. Taylor’s wry insights into the rituals, language and taboos surrounding mortality can be witty, provocative or eye-opening…
Editor's Choice Much Ado About Nothing

Melbourne Theatre Company: Much Ado About Nothing

Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
Talk about a battle of the sexes! Beatrice and Benedick are Shakespeare’s most modern couple. They love to hate each other, yet everyone knows they’re perfect for one another. For the first time in 30 years, MTC presents a brand-new production of The Bard’s razor-sharp comedy, directed by Associate Artist…

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: New Worlds: Jaime conducts Cheetham Fraillon and Dvořák

Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
One of classical music’s most popular works, Dvořák’s Ninth Symphony never fails to entrance, with its soulful melodies inspired by African American spirituals. The Orchestra also performs a new work by Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO, which features the extraordinary yidaki (didgeridoo) virtuoso William Barton.
Cinderella

West Australian Ballet: Cinderella

His Majesty's Theatre, Perth Perth, WA, Australia
This quintessential fairytale, Cinderella, is sure to delight people of all ages with its magic and whimsy. Let us grant your wish for a wonderful family outing this holiday season.
Meow Meow’s The Red Shoes

Malthouse Theatre: Meow Meow’s The Red Shoes

Malthouse Theatre 113 Sturt St, Southbank, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
From a chorus of hairy fawns to singing swans and showgirl stars, experience an unforgettable, frenetic song-and-dance into meaning. Having wowed New York's Carnegie Hall, the world-renowned performer behind Meow Meow’s Little Match Girl and Meow Meow’s Little Mermaid now urgently remedies ‘The Red Shoes’. This fairytale by Hans Christian…

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