• 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…
    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…
    Mozart, Salieri & Pleyel

    Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Mozart, Salieri & Pleyel

    City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Experience the full force of the Brandenburg in a dramatic and large-scale Classical concert that pairs familiar brilliance with rediscovered treasure. Anchored by Mozart’s Symphony No. 39 — one of his most majestic and emotionally charged works — this program features the Australian premiere of a cracking Sinfonia by Antonio…
    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…
    Garabari

    Joel Bray Dance: Garabari

    Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre Tarcutta Street, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia
    Garabari is a contemporary dance celebration inspired by corroboree. Joel Bray invites audiences to be part of a thrilling, large participatory dance, celebrating the power of rituals across First Nations cultures to transmit knowledge and connect communities through shared experiences. A key element is that this work was made in genuine…
    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…
    Control by Keziah Warner

    flatpack.: Control

    For the first time since its original Red Stitch production in 2019, Keziah Warner's epic sci-fi odyssey makes its return to Melbourne. In the not-so-distant future, a heavily pregnant ex-ballerina, a child detective, a bitter puppeteer and a feminist pop princess hurtle towards Mars in a Big Brother-style spaceship. The…

    Melbourne International Jazz Festival: The Outernet

    The JazzLab 27 Leslie St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
    In the realm of progressive jazz-rock, The Outernet is a fresh force redefining musical boundaries. Led by keyboardist and composer Phil Turcio, the band features a formidable lineup: Pete Drummond (drums), Pete Mollica (bass) and Emilio Kormanic (guitar). Together, they craft a sound that is cinematic, high-impact and deeply collaborative.…
    Impressions of Paris

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Impressions of Paris

    Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Born without a right hand, Nicholas McCarthy is a champion of left-hand alone repertoire, and joins the MSO to perform Ravel’s unique concerto. Composed by an organist, César Franck’s expansive Symphony explores the full range of orchestral colours and textures in this compelling program of French music conducted by Chloé…
    Whitefella Yella Tree

    La Boite: Whitefella Yella Tree

    La Boite Roundhouse Theatre Kelvin Grove, QLD, Australia
    Once in a blue moon, in the middle of nowhere, two teenage boys meet under a lemon tree. When they look at each other, it’s tense, exciting, and strange. Ty and Neddy fall madly in love, as teenagers are wont to do. After a rough start, a fragile friendship fruits…