• Melbourne Recital Centre: Daniel Lozakovich

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Daniel Lozakovich is renowned for possessing ‘perfect mastery’ (Le Figaro) of his instrument. Born in Stockholm in 2001, he began playing the violin at age seven and made his solo debut two years later with the Moscow Virtuosi. Signed by Deutsche Grammophon at just 15, Lozakovich has quickly established himself as a…
    A Simple Space

    Gravity & Other Myths: A Simple Space

    Adelaide Festival Centre Adelaide, SA, Australia
    A breathtaking and joyful display of fearless acrobatics and death-defying feats, A Simple Space will blow you away with exceptional skill, playful competitiveness, trust and friendship. Backed by the driving rhythm of a live percussionist, the stakes get higher with every daring stunt as the performers hurl one another through…
    En Pointe: The Australian Ballet School

    The Australian Ballet: En Pointe: The Australian Ballet School

    Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    The Australian Ballet School’s annual performance continues to captivate Morning Melodies audiences with a breathtaking new program each year. Featuring talented full-time students of The Australian Ballet School, this mixed program of works celebrates the art of ballet from uplifting contemporary to the beautifully traditional. Be thrilled by a wonderful…

    Ensemble Theatre: The Lover & The Dumb Waiter

    Ensemble Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
    THE LOVER Trapped in the monotony of middle-class life, Richard and Sarah’s marriage is on its last legs. Perhaps a lover could reignite their corroding relationship… or is escape from their stifling existence just a fantasy? Burning with intrigue and uneasy humour, Harold Pinter spins a dangerous game of cat…
    En Pointe: The Australian Ballet School

    The Australian Ballet: En Pointe: The Australian Ballet School

    Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    The Australian Ballet School’s annual performance continues to captivate Morning Melodies audiences with a breathtaking new program each year. Featuring talented full-time students of The Australian Ballet School, this mixed program of works celebrates the art of ballet from uplifting contemporary to the beautifully traditional. Be thrilled by a wonderful…
    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…
    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…
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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…
    I & You

    Belvoir St Theatre: I & You

    Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Think back to the time in your life where every moment was new. Where every moment, was your first. First driving lesson, first party, first kiss, first love… first loss… Everything lay ahead, an intensely wonderful and simultaneously terrifying thought to cross our restless young minds, and full hearts. This…

    Omega Ensemble: Distant World

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    One of the most celebrated composers of the past century, Arvo Pärt’s Spiegel im Spiegel is a meditative and deeply moving masterwork, with each meticulously measured note inviting performer and listener to interpret its profound emotional depth. This delicate work leads a performance of reflection and emotional gravitas, including Latvian composer…

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