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Blackheath Chamber Music Festival: In Bach’s Orbit

Phillips Hall, Blackheath Blackheath, NSW, Australia
Now in its fifth year, the BCMF has fast become one of this country’s premier events, attracting music buffs to the idyllic Blue Mountains village. The three-day program includes a Baroque recital by American countertenor Reginald Mobley (see page 44) with Bach Akademie Australia; a program of duets pairing musicians…

Belvoir St Theatre: Big Girls Don’t Cry

Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Redfern 1966. Cheryl, Lulu and Queenie are young and life is glorious, full of hilarity and joy, even if jobs are precarious, the police harass them, and racism seeps into everything. But as they gear up for the biggest night of the year – the Deb Ball – their lives,…
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Sydney Theatre Company: Bloom

Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
This new Australian musical played to sold-out houses when it premiered at Melbourne Theatre Company in 2023. The fact that Tom Gleisner of Working Dog fame (The Castle, The Dish, Utopia, Have You Been Paying Attention?) wrote the book and lyrics was doubtless part of the appeal. Bloom (with music…

Hayes Theatre Co: The Producers

Hayes Theatre Co 19 Greenknowe Avenue, Elizabeth Bay, NSW, Australia
Bialystock and Bloom! Those names strike terror and hysteria into anyone familiar with Mel Brooks’ classic cult-comedy film, or the smash-hit, record-breaking Broadway musical it inspired. Now, the show comes to the Hayes in an all-new production! The plot is simple: a down-on-his-luck Broadway producer and a mild-mannered accountant come…

Fruit Box Theatre: SNAKEFACE

Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
“I’m scrapin’ Andrew’s floor with Gumption, list’nin” to a podcast ‘bout diet culture, when I realise I might technic’lly be a serial killer.” At age 23 Snakeface is cursed by her ex to live her life as a monster. Reclaiming the violence forced upon her, she rampages through the queer…
Brown Women Comedy

Riverside Theatres: Brown Women Comedy

Riverside Theatres, Parramatta Parramatta, NSW, Australia
Laugh your heart out to an award-winning bold & besharam (shameless) line-up of Indian & South Asian Australian comedians living in Australia. No topic is too taboo. These women won’t be holding back. Your parents probably won’t approve as you trauma bond watching these women turn family expectations & life…

Brisbane Chamber Choir: Reincarnations

St John's Anglican Cathedral, Brisbane 373 Ann Street, Brisbane City, QLD
This ANZAC Day, experience a powerful and uplifting evening of choral music with the Brisbane Chamber Choir, joined by special guest Umberto Clerici. Featuring Samuel Barber’s Reincarnations and Howard Goodall’s In Memoriam Anne Frank, this moving program marks the 80th anniversary of the close of WWII. The singing cello of…

Queen Hades Productions: Posh

The Old Fitz Theatre 129 Dowling St, Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia
At an exclusive Oxford dining club, ten wealthy young men gather for a night of indulgence, revelry, and destruction. Fueled by privilege, arrogance, and an unwavering belief in their own power, they’re ready to take on the world—until the night spirals out of control. Laura Wade’s Posh is a razor-sharp,…
Annie (Melbourne)

John Frost for Crossroads Live Australia: Annie

Capitol Theatre, Sydney 13 Campbell St, Haymarket, NSW
The beloved tale of Annie has been capturing the hearts of theatregoers around the globe for generations. And now the production returns to the Capitol Theatre from March for a strictly limited season. Starring the incomparable Anthony Warlow as “Daddy” Warbucks, the show-stopping Debora Krizak as the infamous Miss Hannigan,…
Adelaide Jazz Festival

Adelaide Jazz Festival: Millie Sarah’s ANZAC Day Ensemble with special guest Marlene Richards

The University of Adelaide North Terrace, SA, Australia
Fresh from her sell-out season at the 2025 Adelaide Fringe, award-winning jazz vocalist Millie Sarah brings her captivating and timeless style to the Adelaide Jazz Festival with a nostalgic nod to the melodies that defined an era in honour of our proud ANZAC heritage. Swoon to the ballads and stomp to the swing…

Mike Kenny: Blue Hues – In Concert

Pottery Lane Performance Space 1 Pottery Ln, Lane Cove, NSW, Australia
Trumpeter and composer Mike Kenny presents his song circle Blue Hues on Friday 25th April 2025 (Anzac Day) at The Pottery Lane Performance Space. Blue Hues is a song circle of twelve jazz tunes that draw on the blues as their muse. Mike will be joined by Melissa Kenny on vocals,…
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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