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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Hayes Theatre Co: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Hayes Theatre Co 19 Greenknowe Avenue, Elizabeth Bay, NSW, Australia
Step into the vibrant, hilarious world of 1980s Madrid, where Pepa, a heartbroken actress, finds her life spiralling out of control after her lover’s sudden disappearance. As she searches for answers, Pepa navigates a series of increasingly outrageous events alongside a cast of eccentric characters — including a vengeful ex-wife,…
Featured Editor's Choice The Strauss Gala

Queensland Symphony Orchestra: The Strauss Gala

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
Celebrate the Waltz King’s 200th birthday as maestro Gábor Káli and the QSO perform some of his most popular works, from the Gypsy Baron Overture to The Blue Danube and the Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka – a musical depiction of gossip. Another highlight is the Emperor Waltz of 1889. Written when Emperor Franz Joseph I…

Voxalis Opera: Refracted

The Old Museum 480 Gregory Tce, Bowen Hills, QLD, Australia
Just as light refracts and disperses through a prism, revealing a spectrum of colors, the human soul is layered with emotions and experiences that make each of us unique. Explore the chromaticism of humankind in this one-night-only performance featuring Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder, reimagined for string quartet and voice, alongside Arvo Pärt’s…
fortyfivedownstairs Chamber Music Festival

fortyfivedownstairs: Beethoven Immortal Beloved

fortyfivedownstairs 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Musicologists often overlook the crucial role that women played in shaping the legacies of great composers, yet they were the keepers of letters, diaries, and the famous Salons that influenced the artistic world. Through the fascinating lens of Caroline Unger, a celebrated singer who premiered Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and worked…
The Dictionary of Lost Words
The Dictionary of Lost Words

State Theatre Company South Australia: The Dictionary of Lost Words

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
Pip Williams’ award-winning New York Times bestseller The Dictionary of Lost Words is brought to vivid life in this wildly popular stage adaptation by Verity Laughton. “Filled with humour and historical awareness” (Broadway World) and expertly directed by Jessica Arthur, it’s no wonder this play has become a runaway success.…
Shakespeare’s R&J

FloMo Creative: Shakespeare’s R&J

Salamanca Arts Centre 77 Salamanca Pl, Battery Point, TAS, Australia
This multi-award winning play won great critical acclaim earning a Lortel Award as the longest-running, Off-Broadway version of Romeo and Juliet in New York history. Calarco’s R&J is the story of five senior boys living in a rigid, religious boarding school in the 1950s. One night, they discover a copy…
We Will Rock You

Penrith Musical Comedy Company: We Will Rock You

Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre Penrith, NSW, Australia
Penrith Musical Comedy Company presents a musical by Queen and Ben Elton, which tells the story of a group of Bohemians who search for their Rock ‘n’ Roll saviour, to free them from the grips of the evil Killer Queen – ruler of Globalsoft Corporation. Filled with all the classic…
Carrie: The Musical

Queensland Academy of Excellence in Musical Theatre: Carrie: The Musical

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
Carrie White is a teenage misfit. She’s an outcast who is bullied by the popular crowd, and virtually invisible to everyone else. At home, she’s dominated by her loving but cruelly controlling and overprotective mother. What none of them know is that Carrie’s just discovered she’s got a special power,…
Jesus Christ Superstar

John Frost for Crossroads Live Australia: Jesus Christ Superstar

Princess Theatre, Melbourne 163 Spring St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
The iconic global phenomenon, Jesus Christ Superstar is coming to Australia in 2024 with a mesmerising new production that has garnered unprecedented reviews and accolades as it has toured the US and UK, including winning an Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival. Featuring lyrics and music by Emmy, GRAMMY, Oscar and…
And Then There Were None

Crossroads Live Australia: And Then There Were None

Theatre Royal, Sydney 108 King St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Agatha Christie’s breathtaking masterpiece, And Then There Were None opens at the Comedy Theatre in February. From the producers of the hugely successful Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap comes a brand-new production of the best-selling crime novel of all time. Ten strangers are lured to a solitary mansion on an island…
Editor's Choice Flight

State Opera South Australia: Flight

Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide Adelaide, SA, Australia
Jonathan Dove’s Flight is that rare bird, a genuinely popular contemporary opera. Based on the true story of a man with no paperwork living in an airport, this zany, yet occasionally bittersweet comedy follows a group of passengers and crew forced to hole up in a terminal building overnight. Mistaken…
Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime

Genesian Theatre: Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime

Genesian Theatre 420 Kent St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
A fortune-teller tells Lord Arthur Savile that he sees murder ahead! The only logical course of action for Arthur is to try get this dreadfully embarrassing act out of the way before his wedding in three weeks' time. But staging the perfect murder proves not nearly as easy as he…

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