Event Series Billy Elliot The Musical

Free-Rain Theatre Company: Billy Elliot The Musical

The Q - Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre 253 Crawford Street, Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia
Billy Elliot the Musical is a breathtaking production that tells the story of a young boy who finds his passion for dance in the midst of the 1984 miners’ strike in northern England. With music by Elton John and book and lyrics by Lee Hall, this musical is a must-see…
Event Series Do We Need Another Hero?

Opera Queensland: Do We Need Another Hero?

Hughenden Recreational Lake Hughenden, QLD, Australia
Timeless hits about bravery and heroism from artists like David Bowie, John Farnham and more, intertwine with opera classics from composers like Beethoven and Bizet to provide the soundtrack for our story as we search for what it means to be a hero. Exploring the musical archives, we discover that…
Event Series World Problems

Melbourne Theatre Company: World Problems

Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
A woman summons up her childhood with an intensity so visceral it seems to be playing out in front of us. But as her memories draw closer to the present, the space between the personal and the speculative grows ever more blurry. Where do you end, and everything else begins?…
Event Series Études / Circle Electric

The Australian Ballet: Études / Circle Electric

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Études Harald Lander Études, French for ‘studies’, takes the dancer’s morning ritual of ballet class and transforms it for the stage. Designed to gradually warm up muscles and align the body for rehearsals and performance, the classical ballet class follows a standard order of exercises that start small and gradually…
Editor's Choice Event Series The Almighty Sometimes

Melbourne Theatre Company: The Almighty Sometimes

Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
Kendall Feaver’s knotty drama takes an unflinching look at mental illness and medication among young people. Anna threw herself out of a window when she was seven. The following year, having read her somewhat macabre stories, her worried mother Renée took her to see a child psychiatrist, who prescribed a…
Event Series No Pay? No Way!

Sydney Theatre Company: No Pay? No Way!

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
When No Pay? No Way! opened in 2020 it was instantly met with standing ovations and glowing reviews. Now, one of Sydney Theatre Company’s funniest and most beloved productions in recent years returns to the Drama Theatre and to a world more in need of its wild, farcical wisdom than…
Event Series Esmé Quartet

Musica Viva Australia: Esmé Quartet

City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
Eloquent. Spellbinding. Monumental. Exquisite. How else can we describe the Esmé Quartet? Based in Germany, this ensemble launched its international career by winning first prize at the 2018 International String Quartet Competition at London’s Wigmore Hall. The ensemble then embarked on a whirlwind year of concerts in North America, Hong…
Event Series Switzerland

Ensemble Theatre: Switzerland

Ensemble Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
Frigid winds of the Swiss Alps whistle past the cabin windows of best-selling crime author Patricia Highsmith as she retreats away from the world in her beloved fortress of solitude. Surrounded by a towering collection of books with only the company of cats, Patricia’s peace is disturbed when an intriguing…
Event Series World Problems

Melbourne Theatre Company: World Problems

Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
A woman summons up her childhood with an intensity so visceral it seems to be playing out in front of us. But as her memories draw closer to the present, the space between the personal and the speculative grows ever more blurry. Where do you end, and everything else begins?…
Event Series & Juliet

Michael Cassel Group: & Juliet

Sydney Lyric Theatre 55 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont, NSW, Australia
Read the Limelight review. In this pop-driven, girl-power romp, Juliet is given a second chance at life when Shakespeare’s wife, Anne Hathaway, persuades him to change the ending of Romeo and Juliet. The show features songs by Swedish hitmaker Max Martin, made famous by the likes of Britney Spears, Ariana Grande…
Editor's Choice Event Series Into The Shimmering World

Sydney Theatre Company: Into The Shimmering World

Wharf 1 Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
Angus Cerini’s new play follows in the footsteps of his gothic dramas The Bleeding Tree and Wonnangatta, both of which used a visceral, poetic language, while plugging into Australia’s complex relationship with the bush. Into the Shimmering World is a quieter, more contemplative piece. Colin Friels and Kerry Armstrong give moving…
Editor's Choice Event Series The Almighty Sometimes

Melbourne Theatre Company: The Almighty Sometimes

Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
Kendall Feaver’s knotty drama takes an unflinching look at mental illness and medication among young people. Anna threw herself out of a window when she was seven. The following year, having read her somewhat macabre stories, her worried mother Renée took her to see a child psychiatrist, who prescribed a…

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