• NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DRAMATIC ART (NIDA) SPRING SEASON

    NIDA: Spring Season

    NIDA - National Institute of Dramatic Art 215 Anzac Parade, Kensingtion, NSW, Australia
    This Spring Season, NIDA lights up with royal battles, divine chaos, forgotten histories, and restless dreams. Mary Stuart pits two queens in a fight for one throne. Orpheus in the Underworld hurls us into a riotous, Can-Can-fuelled afterlife. The World Premiere of The Royal Experiment uncovers the women who held…
    Elastic Hearts

    HOTA: Elastic Hearts

    HOTA 135 Bundall Road, Surfers Paradise, QLD, Australia
    Step into a powerful new dance experience with Elastic Hearts — a bold fusion of contemporary ballet and the chart-topping music of pop icon Sia, brought to life with a cinematic score specially recorded by Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Choreographed and directed by Garry Stewart, the visually stunning production is a…

    Melt Festival: Pursuing Pleasure

    PIP Theatre 20 Park Road, Milton, QLD, Australia
    Opera singer turned curvaceous cabaret cantatrice Piera Dennerstein (Finucane & Smith) shares the intimate truths of her body and mind in this sexy, silly and deeply human solo show - winner of the Fringe World Weekly Award 2025. Using the exceptional versatility of her voice in everything from Puccini to…

    Riverina Conservatorium of Music: Emma Pask

    Riverina Conservatorium of Music No 1 Simmons Street, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia
    Emma Pask has firmly established herself as one of the country’s most beloved voices in jazz. With an effortlessly authentic stage presence and powerful vocal prowess, she consistently captivates and inspires audiences, leaving a lasting impression with every performance. In this personal setting, Emma will weave stories through timeless jazz…
    La Ronde

    Strut & Fret: La Ronde

    The Grand Electric 199 Cleveland St, Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    NEWCASTLE, IT’S YOUR TURN TO BE SEDUCED BY THE WORLD’S VERY BEST VARIETY ARTISTS. Blending the exquisite, the elegant and the extraordinary, with the twisted and the utterly delightful. Taking home 14 five-star reviews in its debut season at this year’s Adelaide Fringe Festival, La Ronde is set to dazzle…
    Editor's Choice Tivoli Lovely by Eddie Perfect

    Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA): Tivoli Lovely by Eddie Perfect

    State Theatre Centre of WA Perth, WA, Australia
    In a coup for Perth audiences, Eddie Perfect’s new musical has its world premiere at WAAPA. Developed over three years, with the support of the Minderoo Foundation, Tivoli Lovely will be performed by the second and third-year Music Theatre students under the direction of Dean Bryant – who like Perfect is…

    Moonbird Festival: James Crabb at Waterwings, King Island

    Waterwings Studio 98 Netherby Rd, Currie, TAS, Australia
    Scottish-born James Crabb is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading ambassadors of the classical accordion. This solo recital explores James' exceptional virtuosity, and his passion for the work of composer Astor Piazzolla. James has performed with the original members of Piazzolla’s own quintet.
    Editor's Choice Boojum!

    Victorian Opera: Boojum!

    Horticultural Hall 31 Victoria Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Martin and Peter Wesley-Smith’s 1977 work Boojum! received its premiere at the 1986 Adelaide Festival, directed by Gale Edwards. Sitting somewhere on the fault line between opera and musical theatre, it takes characters from Lewis Carroll’s timeless Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and interweaves them with the Victorian author’s classic nonsense…
    Dying: A Memoir

    Melbourne Theatre Company: Dying: A Memoir

    Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    When the acclaimed author Cory Taylor was diagnosed with a terminal illness, what followed was an astonishing creative surge that resulted in a memoir Barack Obama named as one of his favourite books of 2017. Taylor’s wry insights into the rituals, language and taboos surrounding mortality can be witty, provocative or eye-opening…
    The Music of Joe Hisaishi

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: The Music of Joe Hisaishi

    Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    From Studio Ghibli classics My Neighbour Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service and Spirited Away to over 100 works for the screen and concert hall, Joe Hisaishi is one of the most prolific and beloved composers worldwide. With a career featuring legendary collaborations with director Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli, multi-award winning scores for films, tv…
    The Voice of the Viola: Fiona Sargeant

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: The Voice of the Viola: Fiona Sargeant

    The Round 379 - 399 Whitehorse Road,, Nunawading, VIC
    The sonorous sounds of the viola anchor both works in this program featuring MSO musician Fiona Sargeant. Hindemith’s concerto—based on German folk song— portrays a travelling medieval musician. Brahms’ Second Serenade—having no violins in the orchestration—brings out the rich sounds of the lower voices of the orchestra in an intimate…