• Fitz Happens: Home Is Where The Haunt Is

    New Ghosts Theatre Company: Fitz Happens: Home Is Where The Haunt Is

    The Old Fitz Theatre 129 Dowling St, Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia
    A terrifyingly good night of spooky monologues, raising vital funds for the Old Fitz Theatre’s newly launched Playwright Fund. This thrilling production unites six of Australia's leading playwrights and a star-studded cast to premiere a powerful collection of original monologues. Inspired by the themes of Act 3 - Loyalty, Lies, and…
    Daytime Deewane

    National Theatre of Parramatta: Daytime Deewane

    Riverside Theatres, Parramatta Parramatta, NSW, Australia
    Meet cousins Farhan and Sadiq. One quiet, one wild, both looking to escape. Set in the legendary daytime raves of the 1990s, Daytime Deewane is a tender portrait of what it means to be torn between respect and rebellion. As the dance floor fills and the afternoon unfolds, Farhan is still clutching…
    The Lucky Country

    MELT: The Lucky Country

    Brisbane Powerhouse 119 Lamington St, New Farm, QLD, Australia
    After a sensational season on Gadigal Land, The Lucky Country comes to Magandjin! With an original score that nods to some of Australia’s all-time greats (Baker Boy, Jimmy Barnes, Kylie, The Seekers, Electric Fields and more), this 70-minute mixtape of Aussie stories is a wildly entertaining joyride that digs deep into the…

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: ACO Up Close – Baroque Resonance with ACO & Pinchgut Opera

    The Neilson, Pier 2/3 13A Hickson Road, Dawes Point, NSW, Australia
    We are thrilled to be collaborating with our friends at Pinchgut Opera for this Baroque celebration led by Erin Helyard, featuring star soprano Samantha Clarke. Clarke’s performances in Handel’s Julius Caesar with Pinchgut Opera last year were described as “superb” (Daily Telegraph). For her ACO On The Pier debut, the Australian/British soprano…
    Editor's Choice Shirley Valentine

    Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: Shirley Valentine

    Theatre Royal, Sydney 108 King St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Following seasons in Melbourne, Adelaide and Canberra, Willy Russell’s life-affirming one-woman play, which premiered in 1986, is headed for Sydney and Brisbane with Natalie Bassingthwaighte as Shirley. It tells the story of a middle-aged, working-class Liverpool housewife who finds herself stuck in a rut. Talking to her kitchen wall, she…
    Editor's Choice Calamity Jane

    One Eyed Man Productions: Calamity Jane

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Step inside the Golden Garter Saloon and enter the Wild West as Virginia Gay reprises the role of the legendary frontierswoman Calamity Jane (for which she won a Sydney Theatre Award). Adapted from the much-loved film starring Doris Day, this stripped-back, rough-and-ready reimagining of the classic musical, directed by Richard…
    Bill Frisell Trio

    John Cristian Productions: Bill Frisell Trio

    City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Equal parts mesmerising and electric, Grammy Award winning jazz guitarist Bill Frisell returns to Sydney for one-night-only. For over 40 years, the extraordinarily original and prolific Bill Frisell has been a seminal figure in modern American music. From jazz, bluegrass, country, rock and roll, to folk, interwoven with metamorphic splendour…
    The Lark

    Hey Dowling: The Lark

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    Noni Hazlehurst delivered an unforgettable performance in Daniel Keene’s one-woman play Mother – a heartbreaking story of loneliness and isolation. Now, she stars in the world premiere of The Lark, another solo drama by Keene, written especially for her. Hazlehurst plays 75-year-old Rose Grey, who is having to farewell The Lark, a small inner-city pub in…

    Melbourne International Jazz Festival: Monash University Jazz Futures

    The JazzLab 27 Leslie St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
    GRAMMY-winning bassist and composer Linda May Han Oh, is one of the most in-demand musicians in New York’s jazz scene. Lauded by NPR as “a serious talent pushing the limits”, Oh has recorded and performed with many prolific jazz artists over the years including Pat Metheny, Kenny Barron and Terri…
    hospo

    Axel Berecry: hospo

    Red Rattler Theatre 6 Faversham St, Marrickville, NSW, Australia
    hospo is a fast, live-band tragicomedy set in a post-lockdown Sydney bistro on the night it reopens its doors. The staff are short, the customers are drunk, and the manager is holding everything together by a thread. What starts as a night of celebration quickly spirals into chaos as grief,…
    Continuum

    Sydney Dance Company: Continuum

    Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Continuum sweeps across a spectrum of lived experience, from the fleeting beauty of twilight to the elemental force of breath. It is a journey through time and place, where movement echoes with the ebb and flow of life’s narratives. A celebration of the continuous journey of transformation and the subtle…

    Melbourne International Jazz Festival: RAKI + INFINITY

    Chapel off Chapel 12 Little Chapel Street, Prahran, VIC, Australia
    Raki brings together Yolŋu songman Daniel Wilfred, pianist Paul Grabowsky, and trumpeter/electronic artist Peter Knight in a powerful fusion of sacred songs (manikay) and contemporary sound. Featuring voice, bilma, piano, trumpet and live electronics, this deeply moving collaboration honours Indigenous songlines through immersive, improvisational dialogue and profound cultural connection. ARIA-winning saxophonist-composer Jeremy Rose unveils Infinity II — a sonic…