• Editor's Choice Handa Opera On Sydney Harbour – The Phantom of the Opera

    Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour: The Phantom of the Opera

    Mrs Macquaries Point Sydney, NSW, Australia
    On its 40th anniversary, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s blockbuster musical returns to Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour. When it premiered there in 2022, it was the first fully-staged outdoor production anywhere in the world – which excited the composer enough to attend the opening. And what a dazzling night it was! Directed…
    The Breakup Variety Hour

    Ariana and The Rose: The Breakup Variety Hour

    Trades Hall, Melbourne 2 Lygon St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Ariana and the Rose – the electrifying synth-pop songstress, a darling of the New York Cabaret scene – is coming to Australia. Fresh from her performance on The Kelly Clarkson Show and sold out residencies in London and New York, The Breakup Variety Hour is Ariana and the Rose’s glitter-soaked,…
    Jayne Steer – Addickted

    Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Jayne Steer – Addickted

    Underground Comedy 210 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Jayne Steer lost her mum, her fiancé and her mind – in that order, all two weeks before her nine-night Melbourne International Comedy Festival debut. After a psychotic episode on her 35th birthday led to a cPTSD diagnosis, Jayne decided to escape to a luxury treatment facility in Thailand for…
    Mark Silcox – The Successful Gold Trader

    5 Foot Entertainment: Mark Silcox – The Successful Gold Trader

    The Motley WhereHaus 432 Queen Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Dr Silcox (62), who had previously faced considerable financial insecurity and an uncertain retirement outlook, has recently found success through gold trading strategy. Focusing on the gold market, his methodology began to yield significant results. Over a single quarter, he achieved 100% return on his initial capital, transforming his modest…

    Parrtjima: Drifting Clouds

    Alice Springs Desert Park, Alice Springs,, Northern Territory, NT
    Drifting Clouds were conceived in the homelands of Bunhungura, a short drive from Gapuwiyak. Lead singer, songwriter and keyboardist Terry Guyula has been honing his craft since childhood, first inspired by his uncles’ fellowship band before learning drums and keyboards at school. After graduating, he studied at Abmusic in Perth,…

    Tempo Rubato: Lee Dionne Solo Piano Recital: States of the Soul

    Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
    In 1898 Scriabin composed his Third Sonata depicting a soul’s journey, “” With successive works, his spiritual explorations reached new heights, culminating in his ‘Insect’ Sonata (No. 10), which he imbued with the “ceaseless activity, fluttering, illumination, and seduction” of insects, imagining them as potent symbols of enlightenment. In this…
    Chris Demos: Chips in the Night

    Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Chris Demos: Chips in the Night

    Storyville Melbourne 185 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Do you spend your nights bathed in blue light, staring at screens and eating chips? Then you deserve a break. So come join me on my potato-ship and we'll sail across the seven seas of hilarities in this stand-up show about gastroenterologists, double vanities and so many more things. Please…
    Editor's Choice Choral Splendour

    Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Choral Splendour

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, 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…
    George Rigden – Self-Inflicted

    Melbourne International Comedy Festival: George Rigden – Self-Inflicted

    The Motley Bauhaus 118 Elgin St, Carlton, VIC, Australia
    Nominee Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2017 Nominee Best Musical Comedy Show 2018 Leicester Comedy Festival In 2020, George Rigden was roundly (and rightly) cancelled, and his life fell apart. In 2025, he was finally diagnosed with autism, finally sobered up – and began to put his life back together. Now,…

    Wagga Weekender Music Festival: RCM Free Stage

    Wagga Wagga Civic Precinct 243 Baylis St, 2650, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia
    Between concerts on Saturday, check out the talent of local heroes Riverina Conservatorium of Music with a range of free performances from big bands to flutes to singing to strings. The full schedule will be released in early 2026.
    Univers

    Sydney Opera House: Univers

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Direct from Spain comes a playful, sensory performance where live music, movement and poetic storytelling combine to give 0 - 2 year olds the space to explore in magical and unexpected ways. People, performers and beautiful objects move, scatter and reassemble in an endearing, immersive world that invites children to…