The Taming of the Shrew

The Playwrought Project: The Taming of the Shrew

Wharf 2 Theatre, Sydney Theatre Company
Get ready to witness Shakespeare’s infamous battle of the sexes in a bold 70-minute production packed with grand Elizabethan costumes, devilish jokes and fresh twists. In this reimagined 1594, it is a matriarchal world where the women do the taming. This is Shrew like you’ve never seen it before. In…

The Blue Room Theatre: Resistance | ചെറുത്തുനില്പ്

The Blue Room Theatre 53 James St, Perth, WA, Australia
In a world where women’s bodies often become battlegrounds for power and control, Resistance | ചെറുത്തുനില്പ് delves into themes of resilience and strength. Performed in Mohiniyattam, a traditional South Indian dance form that embodies ideal womanhood, the dancer subverts these norms, boldly confronting the narratives that shape women’s experiences. Choreographed…
Elixir Revived

Head First Acrobats: Elixir Revived

Fool's Paradise- Entertainment Quarter - The Vault Entertainment Quarter 122 Lang Road, Moore Park Gadigal Country), Sydney, NSW, Australia
This is Cirque du Soleil meets Magic Mike in a wild, post-apocalyptic circus comedy packed with jaw-dropping stunts, irreverent humour, and world-class acrobatics. Sexy, bold and unmissable. Four eccentric scientists attempt to create the Elixir of life, and a forced to test the concotions on themselves. Chaos and Mayhem breaks…
And What Will People Say?

Sydney Fringe Festival: And What Will People Say?

Pottery Lane Performance Space 1 Pottery Ln, Lane Cove, NSW, Australia
A powerful fusion of Indian dance, music, and poetry, this immersive theatre work confronts domestic violence with raw honesty, cultural depth, and the courage to discuss uncomfortable truths. What happens when silence is survival—but speaking out is freedom? And What Will People Say? is an electrifying 60-minute immersive theatre experience…
We Keep Everything

Brown’s Mart Theatre: We Keep Everything

Browns Mart 12 Smith Street, Darwin, NT, Australia
Lisa Pellegrino’s family migrated to Australia from Italy and Scotland in the 1940s and 1950s. They carried with them suitcases filled with their belongings, their memories and their hopes for the future. Across time, they have kept vast amounts of film, photos, objects and recorded songs, reflecting their grief for,…
Editor's Choice Trent Dalton’s Love Stories

HOTA: Trent Dalton’s Love Stories

HOTA 135 Bundall Road, Surfers Paradise, QLD, Australia
A hit at the 2024 Brisbane Festival, the stage adaptation of Trent Dalton’s book Love Stories is now on tour. In 2021, Dalton spent two months on a street corner in Brisbane’s CBD gathering stories on his Olivetti typewriter. Speaking to Australians from all walks of life, he asked them to tell him…
Chicken in a Biscuit

Fixed Foot Productions: Chicken in a Biscuit

The Old Fitz Theatre 129 Dowling St, Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia
They’re watching. They’re judging. They still want dinner. Welcome to the hilarious, heartfelt world of your pet’s inner life. Ever wondered WTF your pet is thinking and feeling? Chicken In A Biscuit might just help you find out. From a grieving pug owner to a bunny-obsessed dentist, Chicken In A…

Live At Yours: Live at the Great – Alexander Gavrylyuk

The Great Synagogue 187 Elizabeth St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Marvel at the artistry of Australia’s highest profile international pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk in the stunning surrounds of the Great Synagogue for one night only, on 9 October. Pianistic fireworks will spark in a program featuring Liszt's Tarantella, a sparkling Mozart Sonata in C Major and Chopin’s soul-warming Fantasy in F…
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)…
Editor's Choice Water Music

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Water Music

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
A meditation on the spiritual, cultural and environmental significance of water, this program pairs Handel’s Water Music with the world premiere of a new work by Arnhem Land ocean and waterway custodian Rrawun Maymuru and Nick Wales. Titled Nguy Gapu (Ocean Water) this is the first time the ABO is performing…

Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Harry Bennetts performs Beethoven’s Violin Concerto

City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
Sydney Symphony Associate Concertmaster Harry Bennetts takes centre stage as soloist in this astounding, monumental piece. Conductor Umberto Clerici is especially noted for demonstrating ‘nearly all the hallmarks of great Schubert conducting’ (Limelight), and here he brings to life Schubert's youthful take on tragedy in the moody Symphony No.4. The gorgeously…
Editor's Choice The 39 Steps

Woodward Productions & Neil Gooding Productions: The 39 Steps

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
Alfred Hitchcock’s classic spy thriller, The 39 Steps, was loosely based on John Buchan’s 1915 novel. Patrick Barlow’s stage adaptation of the same book combines Hitchcockian suspense with lashings of hilarity. The play, which features four actors playing 130 characters, has delighted audiences around the world. It returns to Australia…

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