Searching Blue

The Human Expression Dance Company: Searching Blue

Festival Plaza, Adelaide Adelaide, SA, Australia
Walk alongside Singapore’s T.H.E Dance Company in a gentle, profound outdoor performance conceived and created by Founding Artistic Director Kuik Swee Boon, tracing shifting relationships between people, places and passers-by. Guided by Malaysian sound artist Kent Lee’s live music, share moments with the dancers—a held hand, a gesture, a gaze.…
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)…

OzAsia Festival: Chi Xê and Changg

OzAsia Festival Stage, Lucky Dumpling Market Elder Park, King William Rd, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Catch rising stars Chi Xê and Changg (Vietnam) at Sunset Sounds and discover fresh tracks for your playlist. Changg is beloved for her "girl next door" charm and versatility in singing, rapping, and writing music. Changg’s songs often touch on love, self-reflection, and late-night vulnerability, resonating deeply with young listeners.…
Liveworks Festival 2025

Performance Space: Liveworks Festival 2025

Carriageworks Sydney, NSW, Australia
Performance Space’s biennial festival of live art, 2025 LIVEWORKS FESTIVAL has announced a jam-packed, five-day celebration of new, experimental and genre-defying art and performance from across Australia and the Asia-Pacific region, at Carriageworks from 22 to 26 October 2025. Featuring a massive line-up of never-before-seen works, including seven Australian premieres,…
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…
Opera’s Bad Girl

Canta Viva: Opera’s Bad Girl

Ballarat Mechanics Institute 117-119 Sturt St, Ballarat Central, VIC
Original diva Anna Bishop, a daring contemporary of Queen Victoria, shattered expectations and redefined independence when she left her famous composer husband to forge her own artistic path. Bravely defying the social norms of the time — and forced to leave her beloved children behind — she toured the globe…
Fitz Happens: Home Is Where The Haunt Is

New Ghosts Theatre Company: Fitz Happens: Home Is Where The Haunt Is

The Old Fitz Theatre 129 Dowling St, Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia
A terrifyingly good night of spooky monologues, raising vital funds for the Old Fitz Theatre’s newly launched Playwright Fund. This thrilling production unites six of Australia's leading playwrights and a star-studded cast to premiere a powerful collection of original monologues. Inspired by the themes of Act 3 - Loyalty, Lies, and…
Daytime Deewane

National Theatre of Parramatta: Daytime Deewane

Riverside Theatres, Parramatta Parramatta, NSW, Australia
Meet cousins Farhan and Sadiq. One quiet, one wild, both looking to escape. Set in the legendary daytime raves of the 1990s, Daytime Deewane is a tender portrait of what it means to be torn between respect and rebellion. As the dance floor fills and the afternoon unfolds, Farhan is still clutching…
Bill Frisell Trio

John Cristian Productions: Bill Frisell Trio

The JazzLab 27 Leslie St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
Mesmerising, elegant and electric, multi- Grammy-winning jazz guitarist Bill Frisell returns to Brisbane. For over 40 years, the extraordinarily original and prolific Bill Frisell has been a seminal figure in modern American music. From jazz, bluegrass, country, rock and roll, to folk, interwoven with metamorphic splendor with bursts of the…
The Lucky Country

MELT: The Lucky Country

Brisbane Powerhouse 119 Lamington St, New Farm, QLD, Australia
After a sensational season on Gadigal Land, The Lucky Country comes to Magandjin! With an original score that nods to some of Australia’s all-time greats (Baker Boy, Jimmy Barnes, Kylie, The Seekers, Electric Fields and more), this 70-minute mixtape of Aussie stories is a wildly entertaining joyride that digs deep into the…
American Song

Flying Penguin Productions: American Song

Goodwood Theatre & Studios 166 Goodwood Rd, Goodwood, SA, Australia
Seemingly ripped straight out of today’s headlines, American Song is an intimate and deeply moving meditation on what it means to be a parent in a changing world and a searing and unforgettable exploration of the story and song that is America. As Andy heads off to work to give…
Editor's Choice Calamity Jane

One Eyed Man Productions: Calamity Jane

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Step inside the Golden Garter Saloon and enter the Wild West as Virginia Gay reprises the role of the legendary frontierswoman Calamity Jane (for which she won a Sydney Theatre Award). Adapted from the much-loved film starring Doris Day, this stripped-back, rough-and-ready reimagining of the classic musical, directed by Richard…

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