Melbourne International Comedy Festival: PAUL WILLIAMS: Don’t Look At Me

The Westin 205 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Thank you for reading my blurb. I have told over a thousand jokes and received countless rounds of applause and bouts of laughter. Not to mention the smiles I’ve procured. I hope you attend this festival and I hope that of all the shows in the festival, you choose to…

Lumens Chamber Choir: Haydn’s Seven Last Words of Christ

St John's Anglican Cathedral, Brisbane 373 Ann Street, Brisbane City, QLD
The Seven Last Words of Christ by Joseph Haydn sung by Lumens Chamber Choir, directed by Kathryn Morton will lift your spirits on this Good Friday.
Annie (Melbourne)

John Frost for Crossroads Live Australia: Annie

Capitol Theatre, Sydney 13 Campbell St, Haymarket, NSW
The beloved tale of Annie has been capturing the hearts of theatregoers around the globe for generations. And now the production returns to the Capitol Theatre from March for a strictly limited season. Starring the incomparable Anthony Warlow as “Daddy” Warbucks, the show-stopping Debora Krizak as the infamous Miss Hannigan,…

Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Cameron James; Broken Records

ACMI Federation Square, Flinders St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
As seen on Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala, Spicks & Specks, Guy Mont-Spelling Bee, Bump and more. Following a sell out 2024 season, Melbourne International Comedy Festival Most Oustanding Show nominee, Sydney Comedy Festival Director’s Choice winner and Bad Boy of Musical Comedy* (*self proclaimed), Cameron James is back with…

Melbourne Town Hall: 2 Truths, 1 Lie & 17 Slight Exaggerations

Melbourne Town Hall 90-130 Swanston St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Tom Cashman is flying to Perth/Adelaide as we speak, with a new hour of stand up that may or may not include the secret to happiness. You might know Tom from TikTok, you might know him from Taskmaster Australia, or you might be grappling with the idea of him for…

Enter Closer: Blake Everett: Kindly Remove Your Shoes

Tasma Terrace 6 Parliament Pl, East Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Take off your shoes (slippers provided) and step into the cosiest show of the Festival! The comedian (Blake) will be wearing a dressing gown (BYO). Once everyone is comfy, Blake will perform an hour of comedy (and one poem). He has won an Adelaide Fringe Weekly Award for Best Comedy…

Melbourne International Comedy Festival: End Game

MC Showroom Level 1, 48 Clifton Street, Prahran, VIC, Australia
Joanie, an eccentric cabaret performer, arrives in the afterlife for her soul review. Did she learn her lessons at Earth School? Or did she get distracted? The results are in. It's all about one woman, Eva. But who on earth is Eva? Multi award-winning writer/performer Katie Reddin-Clancy (★★★★★ Mumble Theatre)…
You Are Here

Sydney Opera House: You Are Here

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Find your way in the world - and within yourself In this delightful interactive performance for early years from Denmark, we meet a young girl on her quest to the bakery, who navigates alongside a turtle, through a forest of signs and follows the stars to guide us across the…
Editor's Choice Easter Festival

Four Winds: Easter Saturday Morning: Love

Four Winds Barragga Bay, NSW, Australia
Held over the Easter weekend and curated by pianist Andrea Lam, this concert series brings together violinists Andrew Haveron and Alexandra Osborne, violist Tobias Breider, cellist Mihai Marica, clarinettist Dean Newcomb and tenor Andrew Goodwin. Opening with Amy Beach’s Piano Quintet and Schumann’s Fantasiestücke, the program also includes Schubert’s Winterreise;…
Vigil

Opera Salon Production: Vigil

Smith's Alternative 76 Aliinga Street, Canberra, ACT
Pergolesi was 26 years of age and dying when he wrote Stabat Mater, a setting of the 13th century poem about the Virgin Mary as she watched her son on the cross. In our time, when most people have suffered bereavement in their family and friendship group, VIGIL provides an opportunity to…

Playhouse Pantomimes: Story Soup: The Improvised Pantomime

ACMI Federation Square, Flinders St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Playhouse Pantomimes is proud to present… absolutely anything you want! Our hilarious team of improvisers will make up a brand-new musical pantomime on the spot. But we need your help! Bring along a head full of ideas and we’ll create a fairytale based on suggestions that you, the audience, give…
You Are Here

Sydney Opera House: You Are Here

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Find your way in the world - and within yourself In this delightful interactive performance for early years from Denmark, we meet a young girl on her quest to the bakery, who navigates alongside a turtle, through a forest of signs and follows the stars to guide us across the…

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