Editor's Choice Guys & Dolls

Opera Australia: Guys & Dolls

Mrs Macquaries Point Sydney, NSW, Australia
For this year’s Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour, OA has chosen the much-loved, 1950 Broadway musical, Guys and Dolls. Shaun Rennie directs the new production, starring singer-songwriter Cody Simpson as suave gambler Sky Masterson; with Annie Aitken as “the mission doll” Sarah Brown, who gets caught up in one of…

Legit Theatre Co.: Furious Mattress

Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
A backyard exorcism in rural Victoria gone wrong. Pierce is convinced his wife is possessed by the devil. He enlists the help of his neighbour Anna and former plumber Max to expel the demons from his darling Else. You see, Else has always been a little left of centre. Pierce…

Live Nation: Becky Lucas; Things have changed, but the essence remains

The Victoria Hotel, Melbourne 215 Lt Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
My name is Becky Lucas and this is the blurb for my stand-up comedy show. This is how I am supposed to convince you to buy tickets to see me. By saying things like "I am the only female Australian comedian to have performed on the Conan O’Brien show in…
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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JONES Theatrical Group: Hadestown

Theatre Royal, Sydney 108 King St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Anaïs Mitchell’s contemporary musical theatre retelling of the doomed love story of Orpheus and Eurydice is cleverly combined with another Greek myth – Hades’ abduction of Persephone, the goddess of the seasons. The mesmerising score, which draws on New Orleans jazz, blues, American folk, gospel and railroad songs, is brilliantly…
Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir

Andrew Kay and Associates: Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Hailing from the very heart of Australia, the 30-strong Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir is drawn together from seven remote communities of Australia’s vast central desert. Singing in English alongside Western Arrarnta and Pitjantjatjara – two living languages of the Northern Territory and South Australia – and led by Choir Master Morris…
Alanah Parkin’s Garage Sale

Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Alanah Parkin’s Garage Sale

DoubleTree by hilton 270 Flinders St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Greg and Denise have too much stuff! Narre Warren South's most notorious couple are moving to the retirement village up the road, and they can't possibly take everything with them. Join Greg, Denise and a smorgasbord of increasingly unlikely characters at the greatest Garage Sale the south-eastern suburbs has ever…
Anisa Nandaula: You Can’t Say That

Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Anisa Nandaula: You Can’t Say That

The Victoria Hotel, Melbourne 215 Lt Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Mining everything from racism to relationships, religion to class has seen her amass more than 50 million views of her work across Instagram, Tik Tok and YouTube and more than 200,000 social media followers. In her captivating comedy special, Anisa Nandaula invites you to explore the hilariously complex world of…

Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Wilson DIxon: Love Don’t Live Here Anymore, You Do

Chinese Museum Chinatown Melbourne, 22 Cohen Place, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Direct from Cripple Creek, Colorado, country music legend Wilson Dixon returns to the festival circuit for the first time in years. Known to many as the greatest country singer Cripple Creek has ever produced - as well as the only country singer Cripple Creek has ever produced - whichever way…
Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo & Juliet

Queensland Ballet: Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo & Juliet

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
Kenneth MacMillan’s romantic masterpiece returns to set hearts alight. Shakespeare’s legendary tale takes us to Renaissance Italy where a young star-crossed couple fall in love on the streets of fair Verona. Amidst violence, passion, and feuding families, Romeo and Juliet’s love is immediate and intense, with tragedy following rapidly behind.…
Peak Plastique – Clocked Out

Clocked Out: Peak Plastique – Clocked Out

Queensland Conservatorium 140 Grey St, South Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Ordinary plastic objects transformed into extraordinary soundscapes through 11 exquisite musical compositions accompanied by evocative animations, that explore our complex relationship with plastics. Drawing on decades of sonic curiosity across the fields of classical, jazz and experimental music traditions, pianist Erik Griswold, violinist Anna McMichael, percussionist Vanessa Tomlinson and video…

Bowral Autumn Music Festival: Alessandro Pittorino

St Jude's Church, Bowral 38 Bendooley St, Bowral, NSW, Australia
Alessandro Pittorino is heralded as “a virtuoso organist and a top-flight musician whose enthusiasm for the organ and for its artistic future is refreshing and addictive” in a 5 star review by Australia’s Limelight Magazine. A masters graduate of the Juilliard School, Alessandro studied with the world’s only Grammy Award…

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