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Editor's Choice The Pirates of Penzance

Hayes Theatre Co: The Pirates of Penzance

Hayes Theatre Co 19 Greenknowe Avenue, Elizabeth Bay, NSW, Australia
Stuart Maunder’s rollicking production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic operetta comes to Perth. When Frederic turns 21, he thinks he will be free at last from the band of pirates to whom he was bound as an apprentice. A numerological paradox, however, has other thoughts. Hits include Poor Wandering One and A…

Belvoir St Theatre: Song of First Desire

Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
From the inimitable Andrew Bovell (When the Rain Stops Falling, Things I Know to Be True) comes a superb new play of passion, history and politics, intimate in its detail and epic in its storytelling. Camelia is losing her grip, lost between the past and the present as she passes her days…
Homeland

Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Homeland

75 Reid Street, Fitzroy North 75 Reid St, Fitzroy North, VIC, Australia
MCO principal players come together for this program of string quartet masterpieces that vividly evoke the composers’ worlds. Although not given by Haydn, the nickname Sunrise is perfect to describe the way the quartet opens like the first rays of light on a perfect spring day. Dvořák, so deeply connected…
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…

Melbourne Theatre Company: The Robot Dog

Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
Bark meets byte in this thrilling tale exploring technology, language and culture in a fast-evolving world. It’s 2042 and Australia is more automated than ever before. Janelle, a woman of Cantonese heritage, and her partner Harry, a First Nations man, move back into Janelle’s family home after the death of…

Melbourne Theatre Company: Never Have I Ever

Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Simon Gleeson (Les Misérables), Chika Ikogwe (Heartbreak High), Katie Robertson (Five Bedrooms) and Sunny S Walia (Shantaram) star as two couples sharing one last meal in honour of their doomed restaurant venture. As the wine is uncorked, secrets flow. Fuelled by simmering tensions and top shelf booze, things boil over when a drinking game uncovers the real…

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…
Perth Festival

City Recital Hall: Singular Voices: Camille O’Sullivan ‘Loveletter’

City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
Dark, sexy, fierce, amusing and mesmerising. Camille O’Sullivan transforms each song she performs into an intense, emotional and theatrical experience. She performs a love letter in song to those loved and lost in a new show that celebrates dear friends Shane McGowan and Sinéad O’Connor plus the work of Cohen,…

Karul Projects: The Walking Track

Vitalstatistix 11 Nile St, Port Adelaide, SA, Australia
The Walking Track is a guided tour like no other, enabling audiences to experience familiar surroundings in new ways, led by Karul Projects’ Thomas E. S. Kelly. Six new short performance works by local First Nations artists are embedded within the urban and natural landscape surrounding the iconic Waterside Workers…

Adelaide Fringe: A Night of Magic and Mindreading

Duke of York Hotel 82 Currie St, Adelaide, SA, Australia
A Night of Magic and Mindreading with Christian Lavey – Experience the Impossible at Adelaide Fringe! For the first time ever, the internationally acclaimed mentalist and mind reader Christian Lavey is bringing his mesmerizing performance to Adelaide Fringe. With a unique blend of psychological illusions, thought reading, and audience participation,…
Popera: Sex, Death & Politics

Adelaide Fringe: Popera

The Mill 154 Angas Street, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Uma Dobia is your game show host for the evening as we spin the wheel, shake our maracas and ding our dong. Spotify playlists collide in Popera with questions such as "Why did Trevor leave? What’s cockrockera? And, who will win the air fryer?". Directed by Bronny Lane, get ready…

Foundry Theatre: No Love Songs

Foundry Theatre 55 Pirrama Rd,, Pyrmont, NSW, Australia
After sell out seasons at Edinburgh Fringe, London and the US premiere, you will not want to miss this powerful and uplifting modern love story. NO LOVE SONGS packs an emotional punch in its heartfelt songs and honest storytelling. Starring Keegan Joyce (Rake, Please Like Me) and Lucy Maunder (Chicago, Mary Poppins) NO…

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