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    GWB Entertainment: The Lord of the Rings – A Musical Tale

    Comedy Theatre 240 Exhibition St,, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Condensing J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy novel into a three-hour musical takes some doing, but the main plot points are here as Frodo Baggins and three fellow Hobbits set out on a dangerous journey to save Middle-earth by destroying the all-powerful One Ring. Most of the performers are actor-musicians and it’s…

    StorySALOON: StorySALOON: Short Stories, Centre Stage

    The Vanguard 42 King Street, Newtown, NSW, Australia
    StorySALOON is Sydney’s new mid-week creative fix — three short stories by award-winning and emerging writers, narrated by some of Australia’s most talented actors. The live shows take place in the intimate and relaxed atmosphere of The Vanguard, located in Sydney’s vibrant Newtown. The 6 May evening show includes three…
    The Art Of

    Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra: The Art Of

    The Empire Theatres, Toowoomba 54-56 Neil Street, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
    An inspiring and refreshing collaboration between QPAC’s Art of the Possible artist, the ARIA award-winning pianist, Paul Grabowsky AO, together with Camerata This concert brings QPAC’s Art of the Possible artist, the inimitable pianist, Paul Grabowsky AO, together with Camerata in a program that celebrates tradition and reimagines it. Hear…
    Hollywood Songbook

    Musica Viva Australia: Hollywood Songbook

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Signum Saxophone Quartet and renegade opera star, Ali McGregor, reclaim the Hollywood Songbook in a journey from moody monochrome to vibrant technicolour. Trip the light fantastic from Berlin to Hollywood, via a Shakespearean tragedy, a Broadway musical and a Wild West rodeo in this sonic documentary of turbulent times.
    And Then There Were None

    Crossroads Live Australia: And Then There Were None

    Theatre Royal, Sydney 108 King St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Agatha Christie’s breathtaking masterpiece, And Then There Were None opens at the Comedy Theatre in February. From the producers of the hugely successful Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap comes a brand-new production of the best-selling crime novel of all time. Ten strangers are lured to a solitary mansion on an island…
    And Then There Were None

    Crossroads Live Australia: And Then There Were None

    Adelaide Festival Centre Adelaide, SA, Australia
    From the producers of Agatha Christie’s hugely successful genre-defining murder mystery The Mousetrap comes a brand-new production of the best-selling crime novel of all time. Ten strangers are lured to a solitary mansion on an island off the English coast. When a storm cuts them off from the mainland and…

    The University of Melbourne: Draevon – Between Light and Darkness

    Ian Potter Southbank Centre 43 Sturt Street, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Transfigured String Trio presents Russian composer Alfred Schnitkke’s extraordinary dark and compelling string trio in its original format composed in 1985 just prior to him suffering a severe stroke that led into a coma. After being declared clinically dead on several occasions, he went on to survive and continued composing…
    Editor's Choice Manon

    The Australian Ballet: Manon

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s masterpiece makes a welcome return after more than a decade. Originally created for The Royal Ballet in 1974, it came to our shores 20 years later, thrilling audiences with its sumptuous retelling of Abbé Prévost’s 1731 novel. Prepare to be moved by Manon’s doomed love affair with…
    The Black Woman of Gippsland

    Melbourne Theatre Company: The Black Woman of Gippsland

    Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
    A woman is tossed ashore from the sea, bedraggled and lost. A century and a half later, another finds herself diving deep into the truth behind a lingering legend. Jacinta’s family is driving her up the wall and her academic career is floundering, but amongst the books, something doesn’t feel…
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    Belvoir St Theatre: The Wrong Gods

    Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    S. Shakthidharan enjoyed international success with his epic 2019 play Counting and Cracking about a Sri Lankan-Australian family across four generations. His latest stage work is a more intimate, 90-minute piece, featuring four performers. Co-produced with Melbourne Theatre Company, The Wrong Gods explores the tension between tradition and progress in…
    Happy Days

    Sydney Theatre Company: Happy Days

    Wharf 1 Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Stage and screen icon Pamela Rabe (The Children, The War of The Roses, The Lost Echo) immerses herself in one of the greatest roles ever written, Happy Days’ eternal optimist, Winnie. Conceived and directed by award-winning theatre designer Nick Schlieper – Lighting Designer on The Picture of Dorian Gray, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr…
    fortyfivedownstairs Chamber Music Festival

    fortyfivedownstairs: Egmont / Prometheus

    fortyfivedownstairs 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    An incredibly ambitious opening night program performed by Coady Green, Ian Munro, Justin Kenealy, Paul English, Antoinette Halloran, and the Divisi Chamber Singers. Beethoven: Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus Opus 43, for piano four hands (arr. Carl Czerny) Coady Green, Ian Munro Beethoven: Egmont Opus 84, for narrator, two…

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