• RED by Dancenorth Australia

    RISING Festival: RED by Dancenorth Australia

    Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Dancenorth Australia brings RED to RISING Festival as part of the inaugural Australian Dance Biennale this 3-7 June. ABOUT RED RED is an uncompromising duet set inside a large transparent inflatable dome - a modern parable of two bodies moving within a world that can no longer sustain them. As…
    Belvoir Theatre: The Birds

    Belvoir St Theatre: Belvoir Theatre: The Birds

    Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    PAULA ARUNDELL GOES WILD IN A NEW TAKE ON DAPHNE DU MAURIER’S CLASSIC “How many millions of years of memory are stored in those brains? Behind the stabbing beaks. Behind the piercing eyes.” Nature isn’t behaving. The weather is doing strange things, the sea and sky sound different, and things…

    Sydney Philharmonia Choirs: ChorusOz: Aida

    Sydney Opera House - Concert Hall
    ChorusOz is your chance to experience the energy and joy of our annual ‘big sing’ – an inspiring weekend of community and music-making at the Sydney Opera House. For 2026, Brett Weymark has turned his sights on one the most spectacular operas of all, Verdi’s Aida, for what he predicts could…

    Sydney Philharmonia Choirs: ChorusOz Aida

    Sydney Opera House - Concert Hall
    Sydney Philharmonia Choirs is thrilled to present its annual ‘big sing’ ChorusOz, an extraordinary weekend of community and music-making, featuring one of the most spectacular operas ever written, Verdi’s Aida, at the iconic Sydney Opera House on Sunday 7 June. Following their 2025 performance of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ A Sea…

    Woodend Winter Arts Festival: A Breath Of Fresh Air!

    St Ambrose Catholic Church, Woodend 47 Urquhart St, Woodend, VIC, Australia
    An emotional roller-coaster of incredible music spanning five centuries performed by one of the world’s leading ambassadors of the Classical Accordion. Astor Piazzolla** – 3 Tangos (S.V.P, Tzigane, Preparense)   Ross Edwards** – Water-Spirit Song   J.S.Bach** – Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesus Christ (BWV 639)   Sofia Gubaidulina – De Profundis   J.Ph.Rameau – Le Rappel des Oiseaux,…
    Griffin Theatre: Savior

    Griffin Theatre Company: Griffin Theatre: Savior

    Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    A typhoon hits the Philippines, and local project officer Michelle lands her dream assignment. It’s her first time coordinating a global relief effort for a sleek American NGO. A chance to change lives, to be the changemaker she always dreamed of!  All she has to do is smash her KPI’s…
    Voyage Into Infinity

    RISING Festival: Voyage Into Infinity

    The Substation 1 Market Street, Newport, VIC, Australia
    A trio of dolls climb up from a rabbit hole. By the light of a candelabra, they explore a giant machine made of precariously placed ladders, planks and pylons. Then one burnt rope sends an old punching bag swinging... Narcissister is a Brooklyn-based artist who drives haunted carnival rides over tropes…
    Editor's Choice Dylan Adler  Haus of Dy-Lan

    Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Dylan Adler  Haus of Dy-Lan

    Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre Festival Drive, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Reuben Kaye, the new Artistic Director of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, has chosen the theme of Delicious Revolution for his inaugural program. (Read our interview with him on page 65.) Speaking to Limelight, he says, “From Aussie icons and international acts of immense fame to basement-dwelling unknowns . . . this is a…

    Melanie Walters: Radiant Music

    The Substation - Qtopia 136 Oxford St, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
    Join flutist Melanie Walters for an eclectic performance of contemporary solo music by LGBTQIA+ composers. Program includes the Australian premiere of Yoshi Weinberg's Some people are flowers, and music by Timoth Hagen, Eve Beglarian, Cameron Lam and Nico Muhly.  

    RISING Festival: Defend the Throne

    Hammer Hall , Australia
    Bieber, Gaga, Doja, JLo, RiRi, Janet, Ciara, Ariana. If an icon needs a video or performance to pop, there’s a good chance they’ll hit up The Royal Family Dance Crew. Now The Aotearoa/New Zealand champions are bringing the heat to RISING in a new showcase called Defend the Throne where…

    RISING Festival: Defend the Throne

    Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Bieber, Gaga, Doja, JLo, RiRi, Janet, Ciara, Ariana. If an icon needs a video or performance to pop, there’s a good chance they’ll hit up the Royal Family Dance Crew. Now the Aotearoa/New Zealand champions are bringing the heat to RISING in a new showcase called Defend the Throne where they’ll blast…