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Sydney Theatre Company: RBG: Of Many, One

Riverside Theatres, Parramatta Parramatta, NSW, Australia
After a triumphant premiere season in 2022, and a sold-out national tour in 2024, the smash-hit RBG: Of Many, One returns to the Riverside Theatres’ stage once more in 2025, due to popular demand. The brilliant Heather Mitchell will be reviving her award-winning and critically acclaimed “virtuosic performance” (The Conversation) of the…

Theatre Works: Three Sisters

Theatreworks Explosives Factory, Rear Laneway 67 Inkerman Street, St Kilda, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Experience the timeless classic Three Sisters reimagined for a contemporary audience in this bold and visionary production by acclaimed director Greg Carroll. With a dynamic ensemble of 12 talented performers, this rendition of Chekhov’s masterpiece breathes fresh life into a tale of ambition, love, and longing. Three Sisters is one of Anton Chekhov’s…

Wollongong Workshop Theatre: Ulster American

Wollongong Workshop Theatre 190 Gipps Rd, Gwynneville, NSW, Australia
An Oscar-winning actor, an ambitious director and a talented playwright are about to begin rehearsals for a new play — one that could transform each of their careers. But when it turns out that they’re not on the same page, the night threatens to spiral out of control. Power dynamics,…
Editor's Choice Brisbane Bel Canto

Opera Queensland: Red Dirt Hymns

Opera Queensland Studio South Bank, QLD, Australia
This year’s celebration of “beautiful singing” is led by two performances at QPAC of Rossini’s La Cenerentola, a fizzy, florid take on the classic Cinderella story. Richard Mills conducts Laura Hansford’s staging, which stars Mara Gaudenzi as Angelina (Cinderella), Petr Nekoranec as Don Ramiro (Prince Charming) and Samuel Dundas as Dandini.…

Theatre Royal, Hobart: Radiohead for Solo Piano

Theatre Royal, Hobart 29 Campbell Street, Hobart, TAS, Australia
Master of improvisation, Berlin-based Australian pianist Josh Cohen takes on legendary rock band Radiohead in this live show of idiosyncratic covers from the group’s famous back catalogue – interpretations that have gone viral on YouTube with more than ten million views and counting. Although fiercely protective of their reputation, it’s…

KXT on Broadway: Don’t Save Me

KXT on Broadway Cnr Broadway & Bay St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
What if love could defy death? Pat can’t bear the thought of losing his wife, Jade, to a terminal illness. Desperate to keep her with him, he secretly records their conversations, planning to recreate her with Artificial Intelligence. But when Jade discovers his plan, she’s devastated. As their remaining time…
Carmen

The Australian Ballet: Carmen

Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Johan Inger’s award-winning production of Carmen is an exhilarating journey that thrusts Georges Bizet’s 19th-century opera into the modern world with a breathtaking display of athleticism and passion. Created in 2015, Inger’s contemporary retelling of Prosper Mérimée’s 1845 novella is a darkly compelling story of the dangerously seductive Carmen, whose…
Editor's Choice Pride & Predjudice

Queensland Theatre: Pride & Prejudice

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
Jane Austen’s romance novel continues to delight readers 250 years after her birth. Amidst the glittering swirl of Regency balls, gossip and the hypocrisy of 19th-century England, the smart, witty, independent Elizabeth Bennet encounters the arrogant, but infuriatingly eligible Mr Darcy. She takes umbrage at his aloof manner, but could…
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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Joined with Gold

Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Nicolas Altstaedt returns to Melbourne for the Australian premiere of Liza Lim’s A Sutured World. Embracing the notion that beauty lies in adversity, this program is inspired by Kintsugi – the Japanese art of mending broken pottery using gold lacquer. It also includes Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony, which marked a period of…

Merrigong Theatre Company: Trent Dalton’s Love Stories

Illawarra Performing Arts Centre 32 Burelli Street, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Merrigong Theatre Company presents the NSW Premiere of smash-hit stage adaptation of Trent Dalton’s best-selling book Love Stories at the Illawarra Performing Arts Centre from 27 February to 8 March 2025. Dalton’s vignettes are lovingly adapted into a whirlwind production, merging candid performances from a stellar cast and cine-theatre that…

La Boite: Macbeth

La Boite Roundhouse Theatre Kelvin Grove, QLD, Australia
The prophets who once hailed Macbeth, foretelling his rise to power, have lingered in the shadows for too long. Now, the Weird Sisters step out from the wings and take centre stage. In this reimagining of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the Witches—whose cryptic prophecies drive Macbeth to murder, madness, and ruin—become the focus.…
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West Australian Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven’s Fifth

Winthrop Hall Perth, WA, Australia
Ta–ta–ta–taaa! Ta–ta–ta–taaa! In his 1840 biography of Beethoven, Anton Schindler suggested that the opening notes of the Fifth Symphony were the sound of “Fate knocking at the door”. A century later, the Allies dubbed the work the Victory Symphony, because those same beats spelled out the letter V in Morse code.…

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