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Opera Australia: Candide

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
OA has four shows on the go. First up is an abridged, English-language version of Massenet’s Cinderella (Cendrillon) in the visually ravishing, frequently hilarious production by Laurent Pelly. Then there’s Sarah Giles’ thoughtful take on La traviata and Dean Bryant’s staging of Bernstein’s sparkling Candide (with Eddie Perfect as the relentlessly…

Amy Bodossian: In Bed With Amy and Friends

The Toff in Town 2f/252 Swanston St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Award winning cabaret icon Amy Bodossian invites you into her bedroom for a heart opening and hilarious evening of comedy, burlesque, music, spoken word and interviews with some of Naarm, Melbourne’s most compelling performers… on her bed! Amy hosts this live cabaret talk show - which received a City of…
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…
The Dictionary of Lost Words
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Sydney Theatre Company: The Dictionary of Lost Words

Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
After delighting audiences in 2023, The Dictionary of Lost Words returns to Sydney then tours to Geelong, Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra and Wollongong. Verity Laughton’s loving adaptation of Pip Williams’ bestseller is directed by Jessica Arthur. Beginning in 1886, the story follows Esme Nicoll as she grows into adulthood at the height of…

Genesian Theatre: Macbeth

Genesian Theatre 420 Kent St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
A military hero returning from war is presented with a prophesy which, when shared with his wife, becomes the spur to murder. MACBETH is one of the greatest of all literary and dramatic works about temptation, conscience, great crime and consequence. It is Shakespeare’s towering vision of the power of…
Furious Mattress

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…
Vika & Linda

Premier Artists: An Evening with Vika & Linda

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Vika & Linda are the most loved vocal duo of their generation – admired and respected by fans and fellow artists, they’ve been singing together their entire lives. It all began in a church and from church to the charts Vika & Linda have enjoyed a remarkable musical journey. After…
Café Müller

Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch: Café Müller

Adelaide Festival Centre Adelaide, SA, Australia
Never before seen in Australia, Café Müller is one of the most iconic works of Pina Bausch’s extraordinary repertoire and one of the most influential dance pieces of the 20th century. In this intimate work, a sleepwalking woman staggers, arms outstretched, through a dark, cramped café. Amid the plaintive swell of Henry…
LOVE

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.…

House of Sand: Manage Your Expectations

Hetzel Lecture Theatre North Tce, Adelaide, SA, Australia
After winning multiple Best Performance awards across New Zealand, House of Sand -- fearless performer Eliza Sanders (REVOLT. SHE SAID. REVOLT AGAIN.) and director Charley Allanah (STC's Julia) -- return to Adelaide Fringe with Manage Your Expectation, a revolutionary fusion of contemporary dance, cine-theatre, and quirky comedy. Manage Your Expectations…

Adelaide Fringe: The Dirty Thirty

Gluttony, Rymill Park Rymill Park, Adelaide, SA, Australia
**WARNING EXPLICIT AND HILARIOUS CONTENT** Presenting the filthiest half-hour of standup comedy in SA every Friday and Saturday of the Fringe! The Dirty Thirty is an all-power half-hour comedy show featuring a double act of two of Perth’s best comics doing all the material that they can't at other shows.…

Adelaide Festival: Hedwig and the Angry Inch

The Queens Theatre Corner Gilles Arcade and Playhouse Land, Adelaide, SA, Australia
The Berlin Wall may have fallen, but the revolution is just beginning. “The best rock musical ever” (Rolling Stone) and winner of the Tony Award as Best Revival of a Musical, this genre-bending, fourth-wall-smashing sensation is no ordinary musical. It’s a wickedly funny, sweat soaked lightning strike of raw energy…

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