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,…

Phoenix Central Park: Bhairavi Raman x Nanthesh Sivarajah

Phoenix Central Park NSW
Bhairavi Raman is an Indian-Australian violinist. Classically trained in Western and Carnatic forms, she merges concepts and techniques to express her bicultural identity. She uses sound in a dynamic way, blending concepts and techniques developed through her decades of training and expertise in Carnatic (South Indian Classical) and Western Classical…
Chicken In A Biscuit

Fixed Foot Productions: Chicken In A Biscuit

The Old Fitz Theatre 129 Dowling St, Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia
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 Biscuit is a series of bittersweet monologues starring Amanda Bishop and Jamie Oxenbould exploring how our animals can make…
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…
Editor's Choice Trio Isimsiz

Musica Viva Australia: Trio Isimsiz

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Trio Isimsiz (‘anonymous’ in Turkish) was formed in 2008 by pianist Erdem Mısırlıoğlu, violinist Pablo Hernán Benedí and cellist Edvard Pogossian after meeting at the Guildhall School in London. Celebrated from the Aldeburgh Festival to Copenhagen’s Tivoli Concert Hall, they now embark on their first national tour with Schubert’s Piano Trio…
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…
RENT

Opera Australia: RENT

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Experience Jonathan Larson’s electrifying, multi-Tony® Award winning musical, in this electrifying, critically-acclaimed new production. Step into the vibrant streets of New York City’s East Village, where dreams are born, friendships are tested, and the power of love prevails against all odds. Featuring the iconic songs Seasons of Love, Take Me…
Editor's Choice Pretty Woman: The Musical

JONES Theatrical Group: Pretty Woman: The Musical

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
When Pretty Woman: The Musical opened on Broadway in 2018, the reviews weren’t kind, but audiences didn’t care. The show ran there for a year and has since been produced around the world, including in London’s West End. Based on the 1990 film starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere, the…
The Addams Family

TEATRO in association with ON YOUR FEET PRODUCTIONS: The Addams Family

Teatro at the Italian Forum 23 Norton St, Leichhardt, NSW, Australia
The Tony Award® nominated, global smash-hit musical THE ADDAMS FAMILY MUSICAL lands in Sydney from 3 October at TEATRO at the Italian Forum. Join the kookiest family on the planet, Morticia, Gomez their children Wednesday and Pugsley, along with Uncle Fester, Lurch and someone who doesn’t need a hand, Thing!…
CATS

John Frost for Crossroads Live Australia: CATS

Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide Adelaide, SA, Australia
Adapted from TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, this “groundbreaking musical” (Daily Express) comes together in a sparkling fusion of music, dance and verse. On just one special night of the year, all Jellicle cats meet at the Jellicle Ball where Old Deuteronomy, their wise and benevolent leader,…
Editor's Choice The Book of Mormon

JONES Theatrical Group: The Book of Mormon

Capitol Theatre, Sydney 13 Campbell St, Haymarket, NSW
Hello! The Mormons are back! First seen in Australia in 2017, The Book of Mormon is blasphemous, scurrilous, puerile, rude, satirical – and one of the funniest, sweetest, most joyous musicals ever staged. Written by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, with Robert Lopez, the 2011 show won…
Other Gods (Melbourne Fringe Festival)

Melbourne Fringe: Other Gods

The Motley Bauhaus 118 Elgin St, Carlton, VIC, Australia
Other Gods is set in a vibrant fantasy world where the ten gods are almost impossible to deny. We meet Brodselo’s priest, Tom, in a time where many are questioning whether the church truly knows what the Ten desire… especially the woman he’s falling for (despite his vow of celibacy),…

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