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Editor's Choice The Pirates of Penzance

Hayes Theatre Co: The Pirates of Penzance

Hayes Theatre Co 19 Greenknowe Avenue, Elizabeth Bay, NSW, Australia
Stuart Maunder’s rollicking production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic operetta comes to Perth. When Frederic turns 21, he thinks he will be free at last from the band of pirates to whom he was bound as an apprentice. A numerological paradox, however, has other thoughts. Hits include Poor Wandering One and A…
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Melbourne Theatre Company: The Removalists

Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
David Williamson’s dark satire The Removalists premiered in 1971 but remains as shocking as ever. Set in an inner suburb of Melbourne, two sisters report an act of domestic violence to the police, hoping things will be quickly resolved. However, the local constabulary likes to handle things its own way.…
Editor's Choice Faith

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Faith

St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide 27 King William Rd, North Adelaide, SA, Australia
Adelaide audiences are in for a treat with these two must-see concerts. The first is part of the Light-Song series and features the world premieres of Awakening by Ngaanyatjarra composer Vonda Last and Fast Blue Village 5 by Elena Kats-Chernin (see page 63). In Faith, Erin Helyard joins forces with award-winning…
Breaking the Castle

Cluster Arts: Breaking the Castle

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
After five-star seasons at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival and in London last year and following a sold-out season at QPAC in 2023, Breaking the Castle returns to Brisbane in 2025. Described as “the most significant theatre production audiences may ever experience”, it follows the story of David, a struggling actor…

The Concourse: Jahnavi Harrison

The Concourse, Chatswood 409 Victoria Ave, Chatswood, NSW, Australia
Jahnavi Harrison is a musician, writer, artist and practitioner of bhakti-yoga.  She spent her formative years at Bhaktivedanta Manor in England, in a rich environment where mantra chanting and sacred art were a part of every day life. With a background in Western and Eastern classical music and dance, she…
Peter and the Starcatcher

Dead Puppet Society: Peter and the Starcatcher

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
Before Neverland there was an island. Before Captain Hook, a moustachioed pirate. Before Wendy, her mother Molly. Before Peter, a nameless orphan. Peter and the Starcatcher, the smash hit Broadway production and winner of 5 Tony Awards, will have its Australian premiere, touring nationally from 2024. Originally developed by Disney…
MJ The Musical

Michael Cassel Group: MJ The Musical

Sydney Lyric Theatre 55 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont, NSW, Australia
He is one of the greatest entertainers of all time. Now, Michael Jackson’s unique and unparalleled artistry is heading to Australia in the multiple Tony Award-winning new musical MJ the Musical. Centred around the making of his 1992 Dangerous World Tour, MJ the Musical goes beyond the singular moves and…
Ophelia Thinks Harder

Fingerless Theatre: Ophelia Thinks Harder

KXT on Broadway Cnr Broadway & Bay St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Ophelia has a lot going on: her boyfriend, Hamlet, is being weird with her, and that was before he murdered her father and tried to cover it up. Something is rotten in the state of Denmark – it’s all these f*king men. A cheeky, irreverent, and insightful feminist reimagining 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…
Editor's Choice Hadestown

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…

New Ghosts Theatre Company: LOVE

The Old Fitz Theatre 129 Dowling St, Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia
Tanya, Annie and Lorenzo are from the bottom of the heap. They’re young but already the youth has been wrung out of them. They’ve been abused, they’re abusive, and they’re difficult to like, let alone love. But it’s love in all its distorted and mutated forms that holds them together.…
Melbourne Women in Film Festival

Melbourne Women in Film Festival: Melbourne Women in Film Festival

ACMI Federation Square, Flinders St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Melbourne Women in Film Festival (MWFF) is an unmissable celebration of cinema, offering everything from daring feature films and captivating short screenings to inspiring masterclasses and lively panel discussions. Audiences will be immersed in thought-provoking narratives, innovative storytelling and exciting new voices in cinema, all while celebrating the groundbreaking work…

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