• Editor's Choice Rebecca

    Melbourne Theatre Company: Rebecca

    Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 Gothic novel was adapted as a suspenseful film by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine. This new production, adapted and directed by MTC Artistic Director Anne-Louise Sarks, takes us back to Manderley, the grand mansion where Maxim de Winter returns home with his second…

    Ensemble Theatre: Fly Girl

    Ensemble Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
    It’s the late 70’s and the Australian Aviation Industry is a boy’s club. The only job women are allowed involves wearing heels, lighting smokes and serving nuts. Deborah Lawrie’s got the chops to fly the big jets, but Reg Ansett won’t let her. Genevieve Hegney and Catherine Moore use their…

    Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival: Leah Berry Quartet + Indigo Collective

    The Vanguard 42 King Street, Newtown, NSW, Australia
    Rising Jazz vocalist Leah Berry will be spotlighting the sounds of Betty Carter at SIMA’s International Women’s Jazz Festival with her quartet. Featuring Hugh Barrett on piano, Jacob Graham on double bass, and Tim Geldens on drums, they will be presenting an array of Betty’s compositions, electric arrangements, and their…
    American Song

    Flying Penguin Productions: American Song

    Goodwood Theatre & Studios 166 Goodwood Rd, Goodwood, SA, Australia
    Seemingly ripped straight out of today’s headlines, American Song is an intimate and deeply moving meditation on what it means to be a parent in a changing world and a searing and unforgettable exploration of the story and song that is America. As Andy heads off to work to give…
    Editor's Choice Rebecca

    Melbourne Theatre Company: Rebecca

    Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 Gothic novel was adapted as a suspenseful film by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine. This new production, adapted and directed by MTC Artistic Director Anne-Louise Sarks, takes us back to Manderley, the grand mansion where Maxim de Winter returns home with his second…
    Malacañang Made Us

    Queensland Theatre: Malacañang Made Us

    Bille Brown Theatre 78 Montague Rd, South Brisbane, QLD
    The fall of a dictator and the reverberations on the generation he jeopardised. 1986, Manila, the Philippines. The world finally looks on as history is being made by a society tearing at the fabric of a regime and demanding change. On the fateful evening of President Ferdinand Marcos’ exile, young…
    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…
    Heart is a Wasteland

    Yirra Yaakin Theatre: Heart is a Wasteland

    Subiaco Arts Centre 180 Hamersley Rd, Subiaco, WA, Australia
    Raye, is a country-music star in the making, playing in one back-water pub after another along Australia’s vast desert highways. Trying to make a living in the hope of returning home to her young son Elvis, her lyrics blaze through the landscapes of love and longing. A chance meeting and…
    Beauty and the Beast Jr

    Encore Theatre Company (TAS): Beauty and the Beast Jr

    Princess Theatre, Launceston (Theatre North) 55/57 Brisbane Street, Launceston, TAS, Australia
    A magical musical for the whole family! Encore Theatre Academy proudly presents its debut production, Beauty and the Beast Jr - a heartwarming, high-energy musical that promises to charm audiences of all ages. Based on the beloved Disney classic, this enchanting tale follows the courageous Belle, a book-loving young woman…
    Callum Mintzis: And the Wind was my Dear Friend, Once Again

    Phoenix Central Park: Callum Mintzis – And the Wind was my Dear Friend, Once Again

    Phoenix Central Park NSW
    Composed, directed and produced by Callum Mintzis, this performance is a multimedia adaption of his new album, And the Wind was my Dear Friend, Once Again. Featuring movement-artist MaggZ, electronic artist Tilman Robinson and string quartet (Madeleine Jevons, Georgia Cartlidge, Dana Lee & Jack Ward), the work reflects a longtime…
    Phar Lap The Musical

    Hayes Theatre Co: Phar Lap The Musical

    Hayes Theatre Co 19 Greenknowe Avenue, Elizabeth Bay, NSW, Australia
    Not just another absurdist, electro-swing musical comedy about a thoroughbred racehorse, Phar Lap is a rags-to-riches story with a big heart. If you’re thinking elaborate life-size puppetry and dazzling special effects, you couldn’t be more wrong (we don’t have the budget). Suspend your disbelief as an actor swaps his horseshoes…