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Bell Shakespeare: Twelfth Night

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Washed up in a strange new land, determined to survive, Viola disguises herself as a man named Cesario and finds work with Duke Orsino, only to fall head over heels in love with him. But Orsino is in love with Olivia, who – grieving for her brother – refuses all…
The Visitors
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Sydney Theatre Company: The Visitors

The Story House 50 Little Malop St, Geelong, VIC, Australia
This award-winning play by Muruwari writer Jane Harrison has been reworked in a new production, directed by Wesley Enoch. On a sweltering day in January 1788, seven Eora clan leaders gather on an escarpment overlooking the harbour. A mysterious fleet of giant nawi (ships) has gathered just off the coast. What should…
Landed Merrigong
Event Series MerrigongX – Landed

Merrigong Theatre Company: MerrigongX – Landed

IPAC 32 Burelli St, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Born in the rich, anarchic days of the ‘90s Sydney performance scene, legendary performance ensemble Frumpus returns! Three shifty women, wordless but with plenty to say, take an unnerving and rib-tickling excursion into silliness and power play. Crashing to earth, camping under the stars, carrying a load of frothing tankards,…
In The Club Theatre Works

Theatre Works: In The Club

Theatre Works St Kilda, VIC, Australia
Annie, Ruby and Olivia are going out. They want to get laid, get loose, get love — but they are women in a world of men. Not just any men, gods among men, their beloved boys, the boys of the AFL. And the rules of the game out there in…
Event Series The Face of Jizo

Omusubi Productions: The Face of Jizo

The Old Fitz Theatre 129 Dowling St, Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia
The Face of Jizo centres on a father and daughter in the aftermath of war. Tender, beautiful and seasoned with moments of familial humour, this acclaimed Japanese play makes its Australian premiere at the Old Fitz Theatre. Three years after the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima on 6…

Araluen Arts Centre: Alice Beat 2023

Araluen Arts Centre 61 Larapinta Dr, Araluen, NT, Australia
The Alice Beat Festival showcases the creativity, passion, teamwork and talent of our young people from local and remote schools in the Alice and Barkly regions. This 90-minute show begins at 7:00pm on Thursday, 2nd of November and features the BEAT Choir, student bands, instrumental ensembles, soloists, hosts, dancing and…

Flight Path Theatre: Everything But the Kitchen Sink Festival 23′

Flight Path Theatre 142 Addison Rd, Marrickville, NSW, Australia
Back at it again with a second year of genre-defying performing arts, Everything but the Kitchen Sink Fest ‘23 lives up to its names with four hot new shows. Expect interactive poetry, superhero domestics, those dudes inside that Trojan Horse and Dazza, the bar fly that haunts the smokers' area…
Benjamin Northey
Event Series Respighi and Shostakovich

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Bartók and Beethoven

Melbourne Town Hall 90-130 Swanston St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
A brilliant concert for newcomers and classical buffs alike, Benjamin Northey conducts this program featuring an evocative depiction of the Australian landscape, an energetic romp through the countryside with Beethoven, and the extraordinary talent of pianist Berta Brozgul. Join us to commemorate Ben’s 20th consecutive year of conducting the MSO…
Memory of Water

Ensemble Theatre: The Memory of Water

Ensemble Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
Winner of the Olivier Award for Best Comedy, Shelagh Stephenson’s poignant and painfully funny comedy is about conflicting memories, life and loss. Mary, Catherine and Teresa are sisters who share a common past. A world of disputed bicycles, midnight ice-cream sodas, cocktail dresses and their Mum’s perfumed advice. A seaside…
BINGO! Stay on the Ball Ladies
Event Series BINGO! Stay on the Ball Ladies

Blue Cow Theatre: BINGO! Stay on the Ball Ladies

Theatre Royal, Hobart 29 Campbell Street, Hobart, TAS, Australia
A clever consideration of friendship and living and dying on one’s own terms, Bingo! is a new play peppered with tales of real life and big laughs. Set in rural Tasmania, Bingo! follows the story of six women who played netball together when they were young. In an unfortunate twist…
Dad Jeans Theatre Works

Theatre Works: Dad Jeans

Explosives Factory 67 Inkerman St, Rear of Thrifty-Link Hardware, St Kilda, VIC, Australia
Harry and Ralph are a couple other couples envy; a teacher and public servant they’re charming, funny, socially conscious and loving. They’ve just expanded their family with a newborn baby daughter when tragedy strikes. Set over a single night Harry and Ralph’s relationship is put under a microscope ias they…
Flight Path Theatre Kitchen Sink Festival

Flight Path Theatre: Everything But The Kitchen Sink

Flight Path Theatre 142 Addison Rd, Marrickville, NSW, Australia
Kitchen Sink Fest returns for a second year of theatrical daring. Sydney’s newest and weirdest arts festival is two jam-packed weeks of storytelling, poetry, dance, music and art with a brand spanking new lineup, featuring four of our city’s hottest emerging theatre makers. Each night two shows will perform back-to-back.…

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