• Seed Hunters

    Scene Theatre Sydney: Seed Hunters

    Pitt Street Uniting Church Performance Space, 264 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia 264 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Scene Theatre Sydney is delighted to present the world premiere of Australian playwright Carol Dance’s Seed Hunters, a comedy-meets-conspiracy that challenges ideas of identity, motherhood, and what it truly means to save the world, at Pitt Street Uniting Church Performance Space from 17th – 26th October. Directed by Melissa Paris…
    Australia Fair?

    Flinders Quartet: Australia Fair?

    Montsalvat 7 Hillcrest Avenue, Eltham, VIC, Australia
    “As we celebrate our 25th anniversary we are reflecting on our identity as an Australian chamber ensemble. In this program we have chosen three works in which the composers were likely pondering similar questions. It is a joy to return to the powerful and evocative work, Bungaree, which the quartet…
    The Breath of Kings

    Theatre Works: The Breath of Kings | Henry 6

    Theatre Works St Kilda, VIC, Australia
    Shakespeare's Henry 6 plays are one of the great undiscovered gems of Western Literature. An intoxicating mix of violence, politics and romance, this civil war is as machiavellian as Succession and as brutal as Game of Thrones. Henry 6 is a rare thing - a religious pacifist in a time…
    Sundays by the Lake

    Ensemble Q: Piano Quintets

    University of Queensland St Lucia, QLD, Australia
    The series finishes with the universally loved Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat major Op 44 and the exquisitely lyrical Piano Quintet No 1 in A minor Op 30 by French composer Louise Farrenc, which adds a new soundworld by replacing the 2nd violin with double bass
    Editor's Choice Out West Piano Fest

    Piano+: Celebration

    Blackdown Farm 90 Eleven Mile Drive, Bathurst, NSW, Australia
    Held at artist Tim Storrier’s former home, this year’s festival has been curated by Mark Coughlan and features fellow pianists Jeonghwan Kim, Reuben Tsang and Wynona Wang. Together, they will perform repertoire from Mozart to Greg Anderson. Soprano Rachelle Durkin joins them in Richard Strauss’s Morgen! and Bishop’s Lo, here…
    Conversations in Counterpoint

    Arioso Chamber Ensemble: Conversations in Counterpoint

    St Pauls' Anglican Church, East Brisbane 554 Vulture Street East, East Brisbane, QLD, Australia
    This concert showcases a rich tapestry of music for violin, viola da gamba and harpsichord by Telemann, JS Bach and Buxtehude, where the viola da gamba takes an equal and expressive role in the musical dialogue. The concert also features Purcell’s sublime aria Music for a While, alongside Vivaldi’s radiant…

    Student Music Collective: Première Rhapsodie

    Stanley Burbury Theatre University Centre, Sandy Bay campus, University of Tasmania, Dobson Rd,, Hobart, TAS
    To conclude a spectacular year of orchestral and chamber projects, the Student Music Collective’s October concert will feature the Secret Orchestral Society, with clarinetist Reuben Allen, 2nd year Performance student at the UTAS Conservatorium of Music, as the soloist in Claude Debussy’s Première Rhapsodie. SMC are striving to provide an…
    Voice, Rejoice!

    Salut! Baroque: Voice, Rejoice!

    Sydney Conservatorium of Music 1 Conservatorium Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    The versatility of the voice has fascinated composers through the ages, from its purest form to its most virtuosic. This concert presents music of extraordinary variety and exquisite beauty – from the rhythms and colours of Spanish song, the majesty of the German choral tradition, the refinement of French opera,…

    Melbourne Opera: 101st Herald Sun Aria

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Founded in 1924, the Aria is proudly the oldest and most prestigious competition in Australia for emerging classical singers. Join compère Mairi Nicolson from ABC Classic FM, guest artists from Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School, and of course the finalists for a memorable afternoon of music making.
    Editor's Choice Plied and Prejudice

    Arts and Culture Trust: Plied and Prejudice

    His Majesty's Theatre, Perth Perth, WA, Australia
    It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single woman in Regency England must be in want of a very stiff drink – or so they say in this raucous version of Jane Austen’s classic novel. Due to popular demand, the Perth season (which followed performances in Brisbane and London)…
    Side by Side by Sondheim

    Genesian Theatre: Side by Side by Sondheim

    Genesian Theatre 420 Kent St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    A sparkling celebration of the late, great Stephen Sondheim – Broadway’s sharpest wit & greatest storyteller. This award-winning musical revue brings together the brilliance, humour & heart of Sondheim’s work, alongside classics he co-wrote with legends like Leonard Bernstein, Jule Styne & Richard Rodgers. Featuring songs from Follies, A Little…

    Whistling Kite New Music: Rococonuts

    Browns Mart 12 Smith Street, Darwin, NT, Australia
    Rococonuts re-imagines the great repertoire of classical music as a distractible child genius might, complete with costumes, novelty instruments, and physical comedy that’s closer to a game of Twister than a chamber music concert.