• Melbourne International Jazz Festival: Monash University Jazz Futures

    The JazzLab 27 Leslie St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
    GRAMMY-winning bassist and composer Linda May Han Oh, is one of the most in-demand musicians in New York’s jazz scene. Lauded by NPR as “a serious talent pushing the limits”, Oh has recorded and performed with many prolific jazz artists over the years including Pat Metheny, Kenny Barron and Terri…
    hospo

    Axel Berecry: hospo

    Red Rattler Theatre 6 Faversham St, Marrickville, NSW, Australia
    hospo is a fast, live-band tragicomedy set in a post-lockdown Sydney bistro on the night it reopens its doors. The staff are short, the customers are drunk, and the manager is holding everything together by a thread. What starts as a night of celebration quickly spirals into chaos as grief,…
    Continuum

    Sydney Dance Company: Continuum

    Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Continuum sweeps across a spectrum of lived experience, from the fleeting beauty of twilight to the elemental force of breath. It is a journey through time and place, where movement echoes with the ebb and flow of life’s narratives. A celebration of the continuous journey of transformation and the subtle…

    Melbourne International Jazz Festival: RAKI + INFINITY

    Chapel off Chapel 12 Little Chapel Street, Prahran, VIC, Australia
    Raki brings together Yolŋu songman Daniel Wilfred, pianist Paul Grabowsky, and trumpeter/electronic artist Peter Knight in a powerful fusion of sacred songs (manikay) and contemporary sound. Featuring voice, bilma, piano, trumpet and live electronics, this deeply moving collaboration honours Indigenous songlines through immersive, improvisational dialogue and profound cultural connection. ARIA-winning saxophonist-composer Jeremy Rose unveils Infinity II — a sonic…
    Garabari

    Joel Bray Dance: Garabari

    Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre Tarcutta Street, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia
    Garabari is a contemporary dance celebration inspired by corroboree. Joel Bray invites audiences to be part of a thrilling, large participatory dance, celebrating the power of rituals across First Nations cultures to transmit knowledge and connect communities through shared experiences. A key element is that this work was made in genuine…
    La Ronde

    Strut & Fret: La Ronde

    The Grand Electric 199 Cleveland St, Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    NEWCASTLE, IT’S YOUR TURN TO BE SEDUCED BY THE WORLD’S VERY BEST VARIETY ARTISTS. Blending the exquisite, the elegant and the extraordinary, with the twisted and the utterly delightful. Taking home 14 five-star reviews in its debut season at this year’s Adelaide Fringe Festival, La Ronde is set to dazzle…
    Duck Pond

    Circa: Duck Pond

    IPAC 32 Burelli St, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
    The world's most romantic ballet is re-imagined as a circus spectacular, full of Circa’s signature physicality and shot through with cheeky humour and a thoroughly contemporary energy. Be swept away by this tale of swans and hapless princes sparkling with quirky touches like the sequinned flipper-wearing duck army and a…
    Control by Keziah Warner

    flatpack.: Control

    For the first time since its original Red Stitch production in 2019, Keziah Warner's epic sci-fi odyssey makes its return to Melbourne. In the not-so-distant future, a heavily pregnant ex-ballerina, a child detective, a bitter puppeteer and a feminist pop princess hurtle towards Mars in a Big Brother-style spaceship. The…
    Manon

    The Australian Ballet: Manon

    Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s adaptation of Abbé Prévost’s 1731 novel, Manon is a tragic romance unlike any other in ballet. From the echelons of high society 18th-century Paris to the gritty streets of New Orleans, Manon tells a story of a young girl desperate to rise above her lowly origins, seduced…
    Heart is a Wasteland

    Yirra Yaakin Theatre: Heart is a Wasteland

    Subiaco Arts Centre 180 Hamersley Rd, Subiaco, WA, Australia
    Raye, is a country-music star in the making, playing in one back-water pub after another along Australia’s vast desert highways. Trying to make a living in the hope of returning home to her young son Elvis, her lyrics blaze through the landscapes of love and longing. A chance meeting and…

    Melbourne International Jazz Festival: Gary Bartz

    170 Russell 170 Russell St,, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    GRAMMY-winning saxophonist and titan of modern music, Gary Bartz, brings his legendary artistry to Melbourne in a soul-stirring performance featuring some of Australia’s finest players. Across his decorated six-decade career, Bartz has long been revered for his mastery of the alto saxophone and his revolutionary approach to informal composition —…
    RENT

    Opera Australia: RENT

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Experience Jonathan Larson’s electrifying, multi-Tony® Award winning musical, in this electrifying, critically-acclaimed new production. Step into the vibrant streets of New York City’s East Village, where dreams are born, friendships are tested, and the power of love prevails against all odds. Featuring the iconic songs Seasons of Love, Take Me…