Sydney Theatre Company: Picnic at Hanging Rock

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Five modern teenage girls recount a story burnt into the Australian psyche. In Tom Wright’s lyrical and daring adaptation, Joan Lindsay’s hypnotic classic becomes a form-shattering mix of storytelling, gossip, and reenactment. Seen through the eyes of STC Resident Director Ian Michael (Stolen, Constellations), “the most exciting new director of…

NOVA Music Theatre: The Music Man

The Round 379 - 399 Whitehorse Road,, Nunawading, VIC
Join NOVA Music Theatre for a delightful production of The Music Man! Fast-talking traveling salesman ‘Professor’ Harold Hill comes to River City, Iowa, a town hesitant of letting strangers in, especially ones trying to sell something! Harold calls himself a music professor, selling band instruments and uniforms, and the idea of starting a…
The Pirates of Penzance

Merrigong Theatre Company: The Pirates of Penzance

Illawarra Performing Arts Centre 32 Burelli Street, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Merrigong Theatre Company presents the Gilbert and Sullivan classic The Pirates of Penzance at the Illawarra Performing Arts Centre from 26 to 29 March 2025. Five performers, one piano, this is Gilbert and Sullivan like you’ve never seen before! Making waves in the Sydney theatre scene, Hayes Theatre Co captures…

Australian Boys Choir: Bach – St Mark Passion

Ballarat Central Uniting Church 103 Lydiard St South, Ballarat, VIC, Australia
For the opening program of its 2025 concert season, the Australian Boys Choral Institute presents the Australian premiere of Robert Koolstra's reconstruction of J.S. Bach's lost St. Mark passion in the lead-up to Easter. Singers from the Australian Boys Choir and The Vocal Consort will join an outstanding cast of…
Somos

Sydney Dance Company: Somos

Sydney Dance Company Studios Wharf 4/5, Walsh Bay Arts Precinct, 15 Hickson Rd, Dawes Point, NSW, Australia
Rafael Bonachela’s smash-hit Somos returns for an encore season in our Neilson Studio at Sydney Dance Company. Enriched with new poetic moments for 2025, Somos means “we are” in Spanish, and features a cascade of intimate solos, duets and trios with a distinct Spanish flavour. Set to music by powerhouse…
Goldfish

Terrapin: Goldfish

Theatre Royal, Hobart 29 Campbell Street, Hobart, TAS, Australia
We’re in the middle of a performance. Suddenly, the theatre must transform into an evacuation centre due to an impending flood. Yet, the show must go on, right? In Goldfish, reality and fantasy collide, creating a world where magic takes the lead. It’s a dynamic, inventive performance—a game of eye…

Bowral Autumn Music Festival: Momentum Ensemble with William Barton, Veronique Serret, Meagan Turner, Hyung Suk Bae and Aunty Delmae Barton

St Jude's Church, Bowral 38 Bendooley St, Bowral, NSW, Australia
Join us for this thrilling performance celebrating these highly esteemed, well established artists alongside the exciting emerging talents of the 2025 AYO Momentum Ensemble. The program includes Arvo Pärt Fractres, Britten's Lachrymae for solo viola and chamber orchestra, C.P.E Bach's String Symphony in B flat Major, Dvořák's Silent Woods and…

ACT Hub: The House of Bernarda Alba

ACT Hub 14 Spinifex St, Kingston, ACT, Australia
Considered the first play to be written for a cast of women only, The House of Bernarda Alba is based on the mysterious black clad women who lived next door to the Lorca family estate. With their father dead, the Alba household is imprisoned in mourning. Angustias has inherited a fortune and…
Editor's Choice Bach’s Orchestral Suites

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Bach’s Orchestral Suites

City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
JS Bach’s four orchestral suites are rarely played together in a single concert, but Artistic Director Paul Dyer has curated just such a program, promising the grandest performance of the season. Each suite begins with a French overture in the style of Lully, followed by a variety of dances – among…
Evil Dead The Musical

FollowSpot Theatre Company: Evil Dead The Musical

The Round 379 - 399 Whitehorse Road,, Nunawading, VIC
Are you ready for a bloody good time? Evil Dead The Musical is coming to The Round in Nunawading! The hilarious, record-breaking musical takes all the elements of the cult classic horror films and combines them to make one of the craziest theatrical experiences of all time. Sing along as…
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Melbourne Theatre Company: The Removalists

Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
David Williamson’s dark satire The Removalists premiered in 1971 but remains as shocking as ever. Set in an inner suburb of Melbourne, two sisters report an act of domestic violence to the police, hoping things will be quickly resolved. However, the local constabulary likes to handle things its own way.…

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Coronation Anthems

Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
The MSO Chorus performs music fit for Royalty at this celebratory concert of choral music traditionally performed at British coronations. Originally commissioned for the coronation of George II in 1727, Handel’s anthems Zadok the Priest, Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened, The King Shall Rejoice, and My Heart Is Inditinghave regularly…

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