• Ensemble Theatre: Fly Girl

    Ensemble Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
    It’s the late 70’s and the Australian Aviation Industry is a boy’s club. The only job women are allowed involves wearing heels, lighting smokes and serving nuts. Deborah Lawrie’s got the chops to fly the big jets, but Reg Ansett won’t let her. Genevieve Hegney and Catherine Moore use their…
    Present Laughter by Noel Coward

    New Theatre: Present Laughter by Noel Coward

    New Theatre 542 King St, Newtown, NSW
    “Everybody worships me. It’s nauseating.” Actor Garry Essendine is possibly the most desired man in the world. He is handsome, charming, self-deprecating, self-obsessed, and in the midst of a mid-life crisis. Over the course of a few days, on the eve of an overseas tour, he finds his life bombarded…
    Phar Lap The Musical

    Hayes Theatre Co: Phar Lap The Musical

    Hayes Theatre Co 19 Greenknowe Avenue, Elizabeth Bay, NSW, Australia
    Not just another absurdist, electro-swing musical comedy about a thoroughbred racehorse, Phar Lap is a rags-to-riches story with a big heart. If you’re thinking elaborate life-size puppetry and dazzling special effects, you couldn’t be more wrong (we don’t have the budget). Suspend your disbelief as an actor swaps his horseshoes…

    The Australian Shakespeare Company:

    Athenaeum Theatre 188 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Identity, community, global responsibility and peace, HAIR remains relevant as ever as it examines what it means to be a young person in a changing world. The tribal love rock musical, HAIR celebrates the sixties counterculture in all its barefoot, long-haired, bell-bottomed, beaded and fringed glory. To an infectiously energetic…
    Editor's Choice Cocteau’s Circle

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: Cocteau’s Circle

    City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Richard Tognetti and the ACO close their 50th- anniversary season in style, stepping into the surreal world of 1920s Paris. Directed by Circa’s Yaron Lifschitz, this concert-cum-cabaret features soprano Chloe Lankshear with drag artist and baritone Le Gateau Chocolat as maître d’. Inspired by Jean Cocteau’s avant-garde circle and the…

    Teatro at the Italian Forum: John O’Hara – That’s Not Your Light, John!

    Teatro at the Italian Forum 23 Norton St, Leichhardt, NSW, Australia
    The cabaret event of the year, the inaugural season of Cabaret at TEATRO, Sydney’s newest theatre, is set to take over the Italian Forum theatre this November in one of the biggest star-studded line-ups across a limited three-week season. Presented by Gale Edwards and Max Lambert in association with On…
    Castrati

    Kit Spencer: Castrati

    The Old Fitz Theatre 129 Dowling St, Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia
    The castrati avoid puberty entirely. Kit, a transman, has been through two. Explore the story of the intriguing resonance between two disparate voices. Since opera's inception in 1607, castrati-male singers, castrated before puberty to retain their high voices-were the stage's greatest stars. Their unique timbre, range and flexibility were unrivaled…

    The Japan Foundation: Japanese Film Festival 2025

    Palace Raine Square, Perth 300 Murray St, Perth, WA, Australia
    Australia’s largest celebration of Japanese cinema returns this spring! Touring Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra & Perth from October 27th to December 19th 2025, the Japanese Film Festival (JFF), presented by The Japan Foundation, is back for its 29th year with new releases, anime favourites, thrillers, and timeless classics. Opening the…

    Jewish International Film Festival: Jewish International Film Festival 2025

    Ritz Cinemas 45 St Pauls St, Randwick, NSW, Australia
    Jewish International Film Festival (JIFF) is returning to Sydney at Ritz Cinemas Randwick (20 Oct – 26 Nov) and Roseville Cinemas Roseville (30 Oct – 12 Nov) with a powerful collection of world-class cinema. An annual spotlight on the world’s best Jewish-themed films the 2025 JIFF program features award-winners from…
    The Lester Prize – Main Awards 2025

    The Lester Prize: The Lester Prize – Main Awards 2025

    WA Museum Boola Bardip Perth Cultural Centre, Perth, WA, Australia
    The Lester Prize for Portraiture is pleased to announce the 2025 Main Awards, hosted by the Western Australian Museum Boola Bardip. The 2025 Main Awards present exceptional talent and fascinating insights from creatives across Australia. Over 1,000 artists submitted their work for entry, with finalists in the running to win…
    Sean Cordeiro and Claire Healy: Psychopomp and selected works

    Samstag Museum of Art: Sean Cordeiro and Claire Healy: Psychopomp and selected works

    Samstag Museum of Art 55 North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    A cacophonous and vibrant moving image work that explores the porous relationship between science and mysticism. Turning their attention to rocket technology and its link to spirituality, the pair explore the expressive potential of motion, technology and pagan rituals.

    Australian National Academy of Music: Mostly Mozart: Mozart & Marsellaise

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Opening with a delightful rarity, Mozart’s sonatas for four-hands were originally written to be performed with his sister Nannerl, and are the ultimate depiction of playful competition, now living on as intimate conversations between instrumentalists. The four-hands approach to music-making continues in ANAM Head of Piano Timothy Young’s arrangement of La…