• Animal Farm

    Arts Centre Melbourne: Animal Farm

    Fairfax Studio
    This isn’t the farm you thought you knew. Orwell’s classic allegory is unleashed with a sharp Australian political twist – a story for an era of climate crisis, corporate greed, relentless media spin and a revolving door of leadership. Farmer Jones has lost control. The animals of Manor Farm rise…
    Editor's Choice There’s nothing like a Dame

    Opera Queensland: There’s nothing like a Dame

    Opera Queensland Studio South Bank, QLD, Australia
    Soprano Alexandra Flood lets her much-admired coloratura loose in three concerts of arias to celebrate the centenary of Australia’s very own Dame Joan Sutherland. She’s joined in an as yet unannounced program by pianist Vatche Jambazian and flautist Jonathan Henderson (which suggests that Lucia’s mad scene will be on the…
    The Lark

    Theatre Royal: The Lark

    Theatre Royal, Hobart 29 Campbell Street, Hobart, TAS, Australia
    Noni Hazlehurst, beloved star of stage and screen, takes centre stage in this new work written by Daniel Keene and directed by Matt Scholten. Rose Grey is saying her final goodbye to The Lark, a small inner-city pub in Melbourne. It’s been closed for six months and will be demolished…

    Redland Perfomance Arts Centre: Camerata: Old. New. Borrowed. Blue.

    RPAC Concert Hall
    In this stunning concert featuring Brisbane-born international pianist Anthony Romaniuk, you will be treated to a curation of musical gems from the baroque elegance of JS Bach to the modern vision of Olli Mustonen and everything in between. Lovers of jazz will delight in the opportunity to hear Dave Brubeck’s iconic Blue…
    Animal Farm By Bloomshed

    Bloomshed: Animal Farm

    Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    The Green Room award-winning theatre company Bloomshed stage an epic rework of the famous Orwell fable Animal Farm at Arts Centre Melbourne’s Fairfax Studio.Farmer Jones has lost control. The animals of Manor Farm rise up to seize the means of production, convinced that freedom is finally within reach. But revolution…

    Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra: Bohemian Dreams Brisbane

    Plant Empire 15/55 Lofter St, Tennyson QLD 4105, Brisbane, QLD
    Horn calls, lilting clarinet and strings – the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra returns to regional Queensland with sparkling chamber music from an age of elegance. ‘Bohemian Dreams’ soars from joyful Mozart and Schubert to the freshness of Bohemian composers like Franz Krommer and Giovanni Punto, performed on rare period…
    Editor's Choice Pride And Prejudice* (*sort of)

    Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Pride And Prejudice* (*sort of)

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Audiences never seem to tire of Jane Austen’s classic novel, with umpteen adaptations over the years. Now comes a raucous stage production, complete with karaoke, in which five female servants take on all the roles, while offering biting insights. Written by Isobel McArthur, who co-directed the show with Simon Harvey, Pride &…

    Ensemble Q: Ensemble Q play Bartok & Brahms

    Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House – Bennelong Point Sydney Australia 14/2 Circular Quay E, Sydney NSW 2000, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    From Bartók’s dazzling Contrasts and Margaret Sutherland’s shimmering Nocturne to the passionate drama of Brahms’ Piano Quartet in C minor, Ensemble Q weaves a program of striking contrasts — music of energy, intimacy and emotional depth from three unique voices across continents and eras.

    Australian National Academy of Music: The Alchemy of Alban Berg

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    Please note that in a change to the previously advertised program, Roger Benedict will be conducting the Kammerkonzert, rather than Jeffrey Means. We thank you for your understanding. Please note that the repertoire remains the same.  ANAM musicians embark on a performance tracing and uncovering the musical world of Alban…
    Dance Palace

    Finucane & Smith: Dance Palace

    Luna Park Melbourne Stardust Room, 18 Lower Esplanade , St Kilda, Vic 3182, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    This is a once-in-a-lifetime NEWSFLASH. Finucane & Smith are reopening the beloved, iconic Luna Palace after 5 long years, with the absolute festival of fearless fun Dance Palace. A carnival of hot divas that only Finucane & Smith can dream up: pub rock queens and Bollywood love gods, torch singers…
    Opera Triple Bill

    Voxalis Opera: Opera Triple Bill

    Saint Andrew's Uniting Church 299 Ann St, Brisbane City QLD 4000, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
    Three short operas. Three emotional worlds. One shared humanity. At its core is Francis Poulenc’s The Human Voice, a groundbreaking monodrama that strips opera back to a single voice and a final phone call with a lost lover—raw, exposed, and devastatingly human. The program continues with the Australian premieres of…
    You Can’t Tell Anyone

    Ballarat National Theatre: You Can’t Tell Anyone

    Ballarat Mechanics Institute 117-119 Sturt St, Ballarat Central, VIC
    You Can’t Tell Anyone is a philosophical thriller that examines the transition from adolescence to adulthood. Thanks to a game of Paranoia, this group of teens will never be the same again. No one is safe, not even the audience. It’s the end of school and Gwen is throwing a…