• Editor's Choice Eliza

    Melbourne Theatre Company: Eliza

    Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
    As society grapples with the implications and ethics of rapidly advancing artificial technologies, Melbourne Theatre Company presents the world premiere of Eliza by Tom Holloway. The psychological thriller about the birth of AI is based on real events. Dr Joseph Weizenbaum, a brilliant professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, carries the trauma of…
    Editor's Choice Girls & Boys

    Sydney Theatre Company: Girls & Boys

    Wharf 1 Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
    When Justine Clarke first performed Dennis Kelly’s gripping one-woman play at the 2022 Adelaide Festival, Limelight gave the production a five-star review, describing her performance as “utterly remarkable”. Directed by Mitchell Butel, Clarke won rapturous reviews in a return Adelaide season in 2022 and at the 2023 Sydney Festival. Now,…
    HOUSEWORK

    Sydney Theatre Company: HOUSEWORK

    Sydney Opera House - Drama Theatre
    Playwright Emily Steel and director Shannon Rush pull back the curtain on the real Parliament House in this bold, black comedy hailed an “undeniably Australian and gloriously uncompromising” (The Conversation) future classic. Brought to brilliant life by some of Australia’s most beloved comic actors, Housework follows a group of political…

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Schumann and Faure Piano Quartets

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Two iconic masterpieces for the piano quartet. Witness Schumann and Fauré in the hands of Kristian Chong and three of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's principal musicians, Associate Concertmaster Tair Khisambeev, Associate Principal Cello Elina Faskhi, and Principal Viola Christopher Moore. Schumann's glorious Piano Quartet is one of the joys of…
    Paul Lewis – Mozart+

    Musica Viva Australia: Paul Lewis – Mozart+

    City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Acclaimed British concert pianist Paul Lewis is celebrated for his interpretations of the great piano works of Beethoven and Schubert. He now turns his laser-like focus and insightful musicianship to Mozart. When Paul Lewis puts Mozart under the microscope he discovers within the details an expansive universe of wonders. Explore with…

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Isata Kanneh-Mason in Recital

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Acclaimed as ‘a profound and greatly gifted artist’ (Gramophone) and ‘a pianist who makes lines sing beautifully and virtuosic passages dance,’ (BBC Music Magazine), this captivating pianist brings her energy and precision to the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall. The jaw-dropping virtuosity, power and nuance demanded by these big works…
    Editor's Choice Voyager

    Australian String Quartet: Voyager

    Hackett Hall, WA Museum Boola Bardip Perth Cultural Centre, Perth WA 6000, Perth, WA, Australia
    Garth Knox’s Satellites opens Voyager with a kaleidoscopic exploration of sound and texture that expands the sonic possibilities of the string quartet. Bartók’s arresting String Quartet No.4, a tour de force of rhythmic energy, then takes you to a playground of Hungarian folk influences and raw emotion. Beethoven’s monumental String Quartet in B-flat Major,…
    Pekka Kuusisto – Legends & Luminaries

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: Pekka Kuusisto – Legends & Luminaries

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Pekka Kuusisto returns to the ACO after nearly a decade to direct music from four prodigious talents. Kuusisto is an artist unbound by convention, who embodies an artistic freedom that is unexpected and thrilling. As a renowned virtuoso and boundary-crossing composer, he pushes the limits of performance into exciting new…
    Kauboj

    Melbourne Fringe Festival: Kauboj

    The Motley Bauhaus - Cabaret Stage, 118 Elgin St, Carlton, Melbourne 118 Elgin St, Carlton, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    From the Wild West of Dalmatia to the high-stakes kitchens of Sydney, Kauboj is a riotous and heartfelt musical journey through the life of Jakov—a chef-slash-cowboy whose adventures are as unpredictable as a misbehaving mechanical bull. With original music woven from Balkan folk melodies with the charming twang of country…
    Piss Be With You

    Melbourne Fringe Festival: Piss Be With You

    Grouse Melbourne 171 Smith Street, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
    Stepping out pelvis-proud with a glow in her heart; Cleo's thirsty to meet babes and make it rain. While riding the pleasure pipeline, cracks appear and leaks form. Things get wetter and wilder as she dives deeper. Can she swim through the Punani Tsunami to the place that is warm…
    Brisbane Festival

    : Make, Believe, Magic

    QAGOMA
    An unprecedented exhibition exploring the imaginative storytelling and world-building of The Jim Henson Company. Make, Believe, Magic: The Worlds of The Jim Henson Company is an immense and immersive journey through the creative process behind some of the most cherished characters and stories in screen history and popular culture. Highlights include, Fraggle Rock and Fraggle Rock:…
    People, Place, Portraits Exhibition

    Big hART: People, Place, Portraits Exhibition

    Parliament House Parliament Drive, Canberra, ACT, Australia
    For more than thirty years, Robert Hannaford has painted prime ministers, governors-general, judges and many of Australia’s significant public figures. Through his long partnership with Big hART, he has also created an extraordinary body of work portraying Australians whose stories are less often represented in our national institutions. People, Place,…