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Event Series Monet in Paris – The French Impressionists Alive

Grande Experiences: Monet in Paris – The French Impressionists Alive

Crown Perth Great Eastern Hwy, Burswood
Monet in Paris at Le Grand Palais welcomes you on a spellbinding journey through the vibrant world of French Impressionism. Daring, intriguing and uplifting, like the works of the Impressionists themselves, Monet in Paris invites you to leave the world behind as you step inside this fascinating period of modern…
Event Series Bright

Footscray Community Arts: Bright

Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray
Footscray Community Arts presents Bright – a joyful art exhibition that ignites the senses, inviting audiences to touch, explore and connect from 10 October to 12 December 2023. The exhibition’s radical curatorial process brings together five installations without a defined beginning or end, each beckoning the artlover to interact with…
Event Series The Purple Shall Govern

PICA: The Purple Shall Govern

Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts 51 James Street, Perth
Artist Roberta Joy Rich delves into South Africa and Australia’s histories of segregation, oppression and resilience. Featuring archival material, Roberta asks, "How does power define public space?"
Event Series Beguiling

Dr Lisa Anderson: Beguiling

Victorian Pride Centre 79/81 Fitzroy St, St Kilda
Beguiling is a multimedia exhibition, including both images and videos, by internationally renowned Australian artist Dr Lisa Anderson which explores the parallel elements of beauty and destruction through the Anthropocene. The photographs, captured over many years including from visits to the Artic and Antarctic, have been altered through scarring with…
Event Series Hannaford and Big hART

Big hART: Hannaford and Big hART

Royal SA Society of Arts Gallery Level 1, Institute Building, CRN North Terrace and Kintore Avenue, Adelaide
Welcome to the art exhibition, 'Hannaford and Big hART.' 2023 is Big hART’s 30th year. Across that time, artist Robert Hannaford has been painting portraits of our participants, from all walks of life, and places around Australia. This new exhibition features 30 Hannaford portraits created during his time working on…
Event Series Picturesque

Studio 27 Dance Co.: Picturesque

Darwin Entertainment Centre Darwin
Join the Studio 27 Dance Co. dancers as they embody the whimsy, magic and theatre of movies and musicals past. Bringing the glamour and timeless nostalgia of your favourite performances, the dancers are sure to move you with their vibrant and emotional renditions of classic and modern theatrical pieces. Studio 27…
Event Series York Botanic Art Prize

Gallery 152: York Botanic Art Prize

Gallery 152 152 Avon Terrace, York
The York Botanic Art Prize is Australia’s only contemporary botanic art prize, inviting artists Australia-wide, to push the concept of botanic art beyond pure representation. Now in its third year, 47 finalists working across all media have been selected for the exhibition which feature Western Australian native flora. The York…
Editor's Choice Event Series The Nutcracker

Queensland Ballet: The Nutcracker

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank
Christmas isn’t complete without Tchaikovsky’s fairytale ballet. Clara, Uncle Drosselmeyer, the Mouse King and the Sugarplum Fairy are back, on both sides of the continent. The QB and WAB Nutcrackers are calling cards for their respective Artistic Directors, Li Cunxin and Aurélien Scannella. Both are stepping down at the end…
Event Series The Seagull

Sydney Theatre Company: The Seagull

Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney
Sigrid Thornton returns to STC as the larger-than-life diva Arkadina, in a new adaptation from Australia’s greatest interpreter of Chekhov and former STC Artistic Director, Andrew Upton. In a splendid country house beside a beautiful lake, love triangles, intrigue and thwarted egos are running amok. The ageing starlet Irina Arkadina…
Event Series Oil

Sydney Theatre Company: Oil

Wharf 1 Theatre Sydney
In a remote English farmhouse at the end of the 19th century, a young woman witnesses the blinding light of an oil lamp for the first time before running into the midwinter night. She’s sacrificing the world she knows and the man she loves to build a better life for…
The Master and Margarita
Editor's Choice Event Series The Master & Margarita

Belvoir St Theatre: The Master & Margarita

Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney
An actor enters with a battered copy of Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel The Master and Margarita and begins to read aloud from the opening chapter . . . Written in secret in the Soviet Union between 1928 and 1940, during Stalin’s regime, Bulgakov’s manuscript wasn’t published as a book until 1967 in Paris. Now regarded…
The Nutcracker
Editor's Choice Event Series The Nutcracker

West Australian Ballet: The Nutcracker

His Majesty's Theatre, Perth Perth
Christmas isn’t complete without Tchaikovsky’s fairytale ballet. Clara, Uncle Drosselmeyer, the Mouse King and the Sugarplum Fairy are back, on both sides of the continent. The QB and WAB Nutcrackers are calling cards for their respective Artistic Directors, Li Cunxin and Aurélien Scannella. Both are stepping down at the end of this year, and these much-loved…
Dirty Birds
Event Series Dirty Birds

Black Swan Theatre Company of WA: Dirty Birds

Heath Ledger Theatre 174 William Street, Perth
Blurring the lines between truth and fiction, journey through the past, present, real and absurd, as two big-hearted ‘losers’ carve out a place for themselves in a new world. Sisters, Mary and Martha, must leave their humble abode. Food is scarce, bills haven’t been paid, and nature is giving them…
A woman dressed like Billie Holiday with white roses in her hair looks over her shoulder into the camera.
Editor's Choice Event Series Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill

Melbourne Theatre Company: Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill

Arts Centre Melbourne Melbourne
It’s 1959. In a small, run-down bar in Philadelphia, Billie Holliday gives one of her final performances, a few months before her death at age 44. As the jazz songs and standards flow, so do the reminiscences. Zahra Newman stars in Lanie Robertson’s musical play, directed by Mitchell Butel. When…
An older woman with big hair. Her shiny black shirt and red jacket catches the light.
Editor's Choice Event Series A Very Jewish Christmas Carol

Melbourne Theatre Company: A Very Jewish Christmas Carol

Southbank Theatre Southbank
Elysheva Scroogeavitz inherited a bakery from her grandmother Bubi but has run it into the ground. Her family is adamant that she needs to close its doors. However, Ely is not letting anything get in the way of fulfilling customer demand for her Bubi’s famous Polish gingerbread. Not her family’s impending Chrismukkah celebrations, not the imminent…
China National Symphony Orchestra
Editor's Choice Event Series China National Symphony Orchestra

Ausfeng Group: China National Symphony Orchestra

Arts Centre Melbourne Melbourne
Hailed as a “meticulously drilled ensemble” by The Washington Post, the 80-strong China National Symphony Orchestra returns to Australia with a selection of eastern and western masterpieces, including the Dance of the Yao People by Liú Tiěshān and Máo Yuán, The Butterfly Lovers by He Zhanhao and Chen Gang, and…

The Song Company: Hark!

St Francis Xavier Cathedral, Wollongong 36 Harbour St, Wollongong
Start the festive season with well-loved carols and heart-melting harmonies. A Christmas concert for the whole family to enjoy together in Sydney and Wollongong. The Song Company Christmas Carol program Hark! will be presented three times in Sydney and for the first in Wollongong.
Editor's Choice Event Series A Christmas Carol

GWB Entertainment: A Christmas Carol

Comedy Theatre 240 Exhibition St,, Melbourne
Following last year’s sold-out season, Matthew Warchus’s Old Vic production of A Christmas Carol, based on Charles Dickens’ 1843 novella, returns to Melbourne. This year, Owen Teale (Game of Thrones, Line of Duty) plays Ebenezer Scrooge, a role he performed in London in 2022. In a four-star review of last year’s Melbourne production, Limelight called the play “heartwarming holiday-season entertainment” and…
Event Series Elvis – A Musical Revolution

Adaptivity Theatre Company: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Theatre Royal, Hobart 29 Campbell Street, Hobart
This contemporary adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which received three nominations for the 2023 Tasmanian Theatre Awards, retains William Shakespeare’s original text, while reframing the narrative action around the central characters of Cynthia, a mother in her forties diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease, her husband Sebastian Goodfellow and…
Event Series Wicked

John Frost for Crossroads Live Australia: Wicked

Sydney Lyric Theatre 55 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont
The Broadway sensation Wicked looks at what happened in the Land of Oz… but from a different angle. Long before Dorothy arrives, there is another young woman, born with emerald-green skin, who is smart, fiery, misunderstood and possessing an extraordinary talent. When she meets a bubbly blonde who is exceptionally popular,…
Rinaldo
Editor's Choice Event Series Rinaldo

Pinchgut Opera: Rinaldo

City Recital Hall Sydney
Rinaldo was Handel’s first opera for London, a theatrical spectacle written when he was a 25-year-old rising star fresh off the boat from the continent. A tale of crusaders versus the infidel, it’s full of magic, monsters and mistaken identities, with a score chock-full of hits. For Pinchgut’s first foray…
Editor's Choice Event Series Chicago

John Frost and Suzanne Jones: Chicago

Crown Theatre Great Eastern Hwy, Perth
Murder, greed, corruption . . . and All that Jazz! Set in 1920’s Chicago, playground of Al Capone, Kander and Ebb’s 1975 musical is a corrosively funny satire of America’s justice system and media circus, as well as a love song to showbiz. Ann Reinking’s sleek 1996 Broadway revival is back for…
Event Series Tina – The Tina Turner Musical

TEG Dainty: Tina – The Tina Turner Musical

Theatre Royal, Sydney 108 King St, Sydney
Direct from Broadway, this smash-hit musical phenomenon is a celebration of an unstoppable woman who became the Queen of Rock n’ Roll. With 37 award nominations including Best New Musical (Olivier Awards) and Best Musical (Tony Awards), this heart-pumping production is guaranteed to raise the roof at Theatre Royal Sydney…
Event Series Insert Self

L2R Dance: Insert Self

Chunky Move Studios 111 Sturt St, Southbank
Insert Self is a fresh new dance work from L2R Dance exploring cultural heritage, collective experiences and street dance forms. It features seven talented emerging and professional dancers, alongside accomplished choreographers Jayden Wall and David Prakash. This isn’t just dance; it’s a journey to the crossroads of hip hop and…
Event Series Metaverse of Magic

JONES Theatrical Group: Metaverse of Magic

Canberra Theatre Centre Canberra
Bringing together the most renowned magicians from around the globe, this game-changing theatrical epic combines breathtaking illusions, stunning stagecraft and cutting-edge technology in an astounding extravaganza that has something for everyone. By using your personal smart device, you’ll have the unique opportunity to actively take part in the performance. Joining forces…
Event Series The Merchant of Venice

Melbourne Shakespeare Company: The Merchant of Venice

St Kilda Botanical Gardens 11 Herbert St, St Kilda
Rare opportunity to see a new musical reimagining of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. Melbourne Shakespeare Company will return to the Rose Garden this December, revitalising one of Shakespeare's rarely produced comedies; The Merchant of Venice. This innovative reimagining combines the rich language of the iconic play with the vibrant…
Baroque Christmas Australian Chamber Choir

Australian Chamber Choir: Baroque Christmas

In this fabulously entertaining hour of music for the Christmas season, the ACC8 treats you to a historical ‘pick of the pops’, from the late 1400s to the end of the Baroque period and beyond, including works from their Baroque Christmas CD. The possibilities are endless, so the program will be strikingly…
Event Series Solace

Milk Crate Theatre: Solace

ARA Darling Quarter Theatre Sydney
What do you turn to for comfort, and what happens when you can't get that thing? Solace is a stunning new production that excavates the psychological and physiological impulses behind the pursuit of comfort. Why do we crave what we crave? Are we are trying to avoid being alone with…

Bunjil Place: Twilight Christmas Makers Market

Bunjil Place 2 Patrick Northeast Drive, Narre Warren
Join us as we kick off the silly season with our annual Twilight Christmas Makers Market and Lighting of the Tree. Naughty? Nice? Doesn't matter as everyone is invited! Get into the holiday spirit and get your Christmas shopping done, all in the one place! With over 70 stalls, The…
Event Series PreHysterical

Head First Acrobats: PreHysterical

Festival Park - The Vault Testing Grounds Market Sq, Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne
A multi-award-winning show for little and big kids alike, PreHysterical follows three foolish Neanderthals as they struggle to survive, taking its audience through an action-packed hour of incredible circus while they avoid predators, navigate severe environments, and learn to work together. Complete with hilarious slapstick comedy for the kids, and…
Event Series 35mm: A Musical Exhibition

Little Triangle: 35mm: A Musical Exhibition

Flight Path Theatre 142 Addison Rd, Marrickville
With each click of the camera, life is captured, forever. Click. Time stops. Enter the world of 35mm: A Musical Exhibition, where photography and music collide to capture moments frozen in time. Inspired by the photographs of Matthew Murphy, this thrilling song cycle tells a collection of unique stories through…
Event Series Rouge

Sydney Spiegeltent: Rouge

Sydney Spiegeltent The Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park
Step into the exhilarating world of Rouge this summer, where high-octane circus arts meet a dash of seduction for an evening that's both thrilling and delightfully risqué. Within the walls of the iconic Sydney Spiegeltent, Rouge brings sensational acrobatics, operatic cabaret and tongue-in-cheek burlesque that has toured the world over.…

The Parish Church of St James’ King Street: AYO Momentum Ensemble with The Choir of St James’ Church

St James Church, Sydney 173 King St, Sydney
AYO’s Momentum Ensemble will join forces with Choir of St James’ for a unique program of choral, wind and brass repertoire at St James’ Church on Saturday 2 December. Conductor Warren Trevelyan-Jones will lead this exciting concert of rarely performed repertoire including Ottorino Respighi’s Lauda Per La Nativita del Signore…
Event Series Picturesque

Studio 27 Dance Co.: Picturesque

Darwin Entertainment Centre Darwin
Join the Studio 27 Dance Co. dancers as they embody the whimsy, magic and theatre of movies and musicals past. Bringing the glamour and timeless nostalgia of your favourite performances, the dancers are sure to move you with their vibrant and emotional renditions of classic and modern theatrical pieces. Studio 27…
Three people in black shirts against a brick wall look at the camera with a hint of sadness.
Event Series Whose Gonna Love ‘Em? I am that I AM

Malthouse Theatre: Whose Gonna Love ‘Em? I am that I AM

Malthouse Theatre 113 Sturt St, Southbank, Melbourne
Written and directed by Kamarra Bell-Wykes, Whose Gonna Love 'Em? I am that i AM is a post-traumatic performance thesis, winning the 2021 Patrick White Playwriting Award. Starring Maggie Church-Kopp, Corey Saylor-Brunskill, and Maurial Spearim, accompanied by a live improvisational score by smallsound, Whose Gonna Love 'Em? I am that…

Melbourne Recital Centre: Accelerando Recital 2023

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank
A year-long journey, Accelerando participants undertake industry workshops, instrumental lessons, and mentoring sessions. Join us for the end-of-year recital that will showcase and celebrate the work of these young musicians.

Camerata Academica of the Antipodes: Baroque Banquet: Vivaldi, Handel, Praetorius, Susato

St Alban's Anglican Church, Epping 3 Pembroke St, Epping
Experience the virtuosity and spicy flair of Vivaldi’s La Cetra and intricate duets from Handel’s Concerti Grossi Op. 6, in Camerata Academica of the Antipodes’ new concert Baroque Banquet. Musical masterpieces from the Baroque combine with Renaissance dance music from Susato and Praetorius, and the serenity of Dowland and Campion,…
Lionheart Omega Ensemble Peter Clark

Omega Ensemble: Lionheart

Newcastle City Hall Concert Hall Newcastle
Turning the tide of contemporary musical aesthetics away from academic modernism, American composer John Adams’ music has played a decisive role and toward a more expansive, expressive contemporary musical language. Though misleading, Adams’ First Quartet is in fact his second for string quartet, although his first for the pure medium…
Event Series The Merchant of Venice

Melbourne Shakespeare Company: The Merchant of Venice

St Kilda Botanical Gardens 11 Herbert St, St Kilda
Rare opportunity to see a new musical reimagining of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. Melbourne Shakespeare Company will return to the Rose Garden this December, revitalising one of Shakespeare's rarely produced comedies; The Merchant of Venice. This innovative reimagining combines the rich language of the iconic play with the vibrant…

Western Australian Wind Symphony: LEVEL UP – A Video Game Symphony

Perth Concert Hall 5 St Georges Terrace, Perth
PLAYER ONE: Are you ready for LEVEL UP? Prepare to be transported into the realms of your favourite video games as the award-winning Western Australian Wind Symphony breathes new life into iconic video game soundtracks. From the sweeping arrangements of The Legend of Zelda to the classic beats of Super…
Event Series Solace

Milk Crate Theatre: Solace

ARA Darling Quarter Theatre Sydney
What do you turn to for comfort, and what happens when you can't get that thing? Solace is a stunning new production that excavates the psychological and physiological impulses behind the pursuit of comfort. Why do we crave what we crave? Are we are trying to avoid being alone with…
Event Series Is That You, Ruthie?

QPAC: Is That You, Ruthie?

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank
Is That You, Ruthie? is a poignant exploration of a mother and daughter’s enduring connection; a deeply moving play that delves into the complex aftermath of a government removal policy that separated a mother (Ruby) and daughter (Ruthie) from 1930 to 1957, leaving scars that could never fully heal. The…
Event Series Alice in Wonderland

Studio B School of Dance: Alice in Wonderland

Araluen Arts Centre 61 Larapinta Dr, Araluen
Don't be late for a very important date to Studio B's performance of Lewis Carroll's classic, Alice in Wonderland! Alice in Wonderland promises to transport you down the rabbit hole to a magical world where Mad Hatter's tap dance, flamingos and hedgehogs come to life in giant games of croquet…
The Long Pigs
Event Series The Long Pigs

Theatre Works: The Long Pigs

Theatre Works St Kilda
Horror meets hilarity! Spine-tingling original theatre that is hilariously dark and frighteningly funny. Join this underground clown cult that audiences have been raving about. Set in a rickety abattoir-shack, the Pigs are working hard on their latest obsession, to rid the world of every last red-nose clown. However, the count…
Tubular Bells for Two

Theatre Royal, Hobart: Tubular Bells for Two

Theatre Royal, Hobart 29 Campbell Street, Hobart
Two blokes juggle over 20 instruments live on stage in a spellbinding performance. A multi-award-winning hit at festivals around the world, Tubular Bells for Two returns to the stage for one final tour in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Mike Oldfield’s seminal work. Ask anyone who grew up in…
Event Series The Italian Comedy

Something Wicked: The Italian Comedy

107 107 Redfern St, Redfern
Placebo is the owner of the most unfashionable fashion store in Venice, holding out against the rising tide of the capitalist Cello and his cut-rate clothing factory. On the plus side, it gives him time to play matchmaker to his young friend, Folio. But when there is unrest at the…
Editor's Choice Event Series Track Works

bbt: Track Works

Mortuary Station 52 Regent St, Chippendale
And now for something completely different. Chamber Pot Opera, the company that famously performed in the ladies’ lavatories in Sydney’s Queen Victoria Building, is back with another site-specific pastiche. This time it all takes place at Sydney’s Mortuary Station – a sandstone railway station in the heart of Chippendale. In playwright Thomas De Angelis’ tale, a group…
Tranquility Base Theatre Works
Event Series Tranquility Base

Theatre Works: Tranquility Base

Explosives Factory 67 Inkerman St, Rear of Thrifty-Link Hardware, St Kilda
“Can you stand what’s standing in front of you?” At the Tranquility Base Clinic for Respite and Repose, in Room 077, Eliza awaits a visit from her Mother who disappeared on the day of her admission. Her arrival brings with it a sea of questions, Eliza’s own struggle to articulate…
Event Series 35mm: A Musical Exhibition

Little Triangle: 35mm: A Musical Exhibition

Flight Path Theatre 142 Addison Rd, Marrickville
With each click of the camera, life is captured, forever. Click. Time stops. Enter the world of 35mm: A Musical Exhibition, where photography and music collide to capture moments frozen in time. Inspired by the photographs of Matthew Murphy, this thrilling song cycle tells a collection of unique stories through…
Event Series Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody

Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank
Audience favourite Andrea Lam joins the MSO for Rachmaninov's powerhouse Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, and Jaime Martín conducts Shostakovich's tragic Tenth Symphony. Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz wrote her Overture for Orchestra in 1943 in occupied Poland, which she was to escape the following year. A short but powerful work, rumbling…
The Master and Margarita
Editor's Choice Event Series The Master & Margarita

Belvoir St Theatre: The Master & Margarita

Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney
An actor enters with a battered copy of Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel The Master and Margarita and begins to read aloud from the opening chapter . . . Written in secret in the Soviet Union between 1928 and 1940, during Stalin’s regime, Bulgakov’s manuscript wasn’t published as a book until 1967 in Paris. Now regarded…
Swan Lake
Editor's Choice Event Series Swan Lake

The Australian Ballet: Swan Lake

Sydney Opera House Sydney
David Hallberg’s restoration of Anne Woolliams’ iconic Swan Lake finally arrives in Sydney, rounding out The Australian Ballet’s 60th anniversary. In 1977, Woolliams ruffled feathers by giving the ballet a happy ending. Later revivals yielded to demands for a tragic denouement. Which approach has Hallberg taken? Audiences in Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane already know, and it’s Sydney’s turn…
The Nutcracker
Editor's Choice Event Series The Nutcracker

West Australian Ballet: The Nutcracker

His Majesty's Theatre, Perth Perth
Christmas isn’t complete without Tchaikovsky’s fairytale ballet. Clara, Uncle Drosselmeyer, the Mouse King and the Sugarplum Fairy are back, on both sides of the continent. The QB and WAB Nutcrackers are calling cards for their respective Artistic Directors, Li Cunxin and Aurélien Scannella. Both are stepping down at the end of this year, and these much-loved…
Dirty Birds
Event Series Dirty Birds

Black Swan Theatre Company of WA: Dirty Birds

Heath Ledger Theatre 174 William Street, Perth
Blurring the lines between truth and fiction, journey through the past, present, real and absurd, as two big-hearted ‘losers’ carve out a place for themselves in a new world. Sisters, Mary and Martha, must leave their humble abode. Food is scarce, bills haven’t been paid, and nature is giving them…
Editor's Choice Event Series The Nutcracker

Queensland Ballet: The Nutcracker

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank
Christmas isn’t complete without Tchaikovsky’s fairytale ballet. Clara, Uncle Drosselmeyer, the Mouse King and the Sugarplum Fairy are back, on both sides of the continent. The QB and WAB Nutcrackers are calling cards for their respective Artistic Directors, Li Cunxin and Aurélien Scannella. Both are stepping down at the end of this year, and these much-loved…
Theatre Mask Messiah
Event Series The Messiah

Geelong Repertory Theatre Company: The Messiah

Woodbin Theatre 15 Coronation St, Geelong West
Everyone knows the story of the Nativity, yes? You may have performed as Mary or Joseph or an Angel or even a stable animal at school? Well, forget all that. Have you ever seen the Nativity performed by a travelling troupe of two highly energetic, eccentric and slightly combative travelling…
The Ballad of Maria Marten-New Theatre
Event Series The Ballad of Maria Marten

New Theatre: The Ballad of Maria Marten

New Theatre 542 King St, Newtown
“The battle between good and evil is full of grey areas… but I think he’s firmly on the devil’s side.” The notorious ‘Red Barn Murder’ of 1827 has entered the annals of British folklore, the subject of prurient gossip and grim speculation. A young woman, Maria Marten, goes to a…
A woman dressed like Billie Holiday with white roses in her hair looks over her shoulder into the camera.
Editor's Choice Event Series Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill

Melbourne Theatre Company: Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill

Arts Centre Melbourne Melbourne
It’s 1959. In a small, run-down bar in Philadelphia, Billie Holliday gives one of her final performances, a few months before her death at age 44. As the jazz songs and standards flow, so do the reminiscences. Zahra Newman stars in Lanie Robertson’s musical play, directed by Mitchell Butel. When…
An older woman with big hair. Her shiny black shirt and red jacket catches the light.
Editor's Choice Event Series A Very Jewish Christmas Carol

Melbourne Theatre Company: A Very Jewish Christmas Carol

Southbank Theatre Southbank
Elysheva Scroogeavitz inherited a bakery from her grandmother Bubi but has run it into the ground. Her family is adamant that she needs to close its doors. However, Ely is not letting anything get in the way of fulfilling customer demand for her Bubi’s famous Polish gingerbread. Not her family’s impending Chrismukkah celebrations, not the imminent…
Event Series Metaverse of Magic

JONES Theatrical Group: Metaverse of Magic

Canberra Theatre Centre Canberra
Bringing together the most renowned magicians from around the globe, this game-changing theatrical epic combines breathtaking illusions, stunning stagecraft and cutting-edge technology in an astounding extravaganza that has something for everyone. By using your personal smart device, you’ll have the unique opportunity to actively take part in the performance. Joining forces…

The Sydney Gay & Lesbian Choir: The Sydney Gay & Lesbian Choir present ‘Gloria!’

St Stephen's Uniting Church, Sydney 197 Macquarie Street, Sydney
Glory be to Gloria! Sydney Gay & Lesbian Choir is presents Gloria! in a spectacular end-of-year concert. Sydney Gay and Lesbian Choir (SGLC) are celebrating all things Gloria – not just in excelsis Deo, but also in pop songs titled Gloria, artists named Gloria – well, you get the idea.…
Event Series The Female of the Species

Melville Theatre: The Female of the Species

Melville Theatre 393A Canning Highway, Palmyra
A comedy based on a real-life incident involving author Germaine Greer comes to life at Melville Theatre for its final season of the year. Written by Joanna Murray-Smith and directed by Lars Jensen, The Female of the Species is a satire about celebrity feminists. Margot Mason is author of the…
Event Series A Christmas Fanfare

Melbourne Bach Choir: A Christmas Fanfare

St Andrew's Anglican Church, Brighton 228 New St, Brighton
Melbourne Bach Choir welcomes the Christmas season with A Christmas Fanfare – a concert of choral pieces by composers from Sweelink to Pinkham via Palestrina, Poulenc, Britten and more, of course including Bach. Well-known carols are programmed for audience participation. Brass and organ accompaniments.
Editor's Choice Event Series Oil

Sydney Theatre Company: Oil

Wharf 1 Theatre Sydney
Brooke Satchwell makes her STC debut in this time-bending, globetrotting epic from British playwright Ella Hickson. Opening in Cornwall in the late 19th century, the ambitious play moves to the Middle East in the 1920s and on to today. Focusing on a woman called May, it explores the price that…
Editor's Choice Event Series A Christmas Carol

GWB Entertainment: A Christmas Carol

Comedy Theatre 240 Exhibition St,, Melbourne
Following last year’s sold-out season, Matthew Warchus’s Old Vic production of A Christmas Carol, based on Charles Dickens’ 1843 novella, returns to Melbourne. This year, Owen Teale (Game of Thrones, Line of Duty) plays Ebenezer Scrooge, a role he performed in London in 2022. In a four-star review of last…
Event Series The Seagull

Sydney Theatre Company: The Seagull

Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney
Sigrid Thornton returns to STC as the larger-than-life diva Arkadina, in a new adaptation from Australia’s greatest interpreter of Chekhov and former STC Artistic Director, Andrew Upton. In a splendid country house beside a beautiful lake, love triangles, intrigue and thwarted egos are running amok. The ageing starlet Irina Arkadina…
Event Series Elvis – A Musical Revolution

Adaptivity Theatre Company: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Theatre Royal, Hobart 29 Campbell Street, Hobart
This contemporary adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which received three nominations for the 2023 Tasmanian Theatre Awards, retains William Shakespeare’s original text, while reframing the narrative action around the central characters of Cynthia, a mother in her forties diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease, her husband Sebastian Goodfellow and…
Event Series Company by Stephen Sondheim

Wanneroo Repertory: Company by Stephen Sondheim

Limelight Theatre Civic Drive, Wanneroo
A sensational Broadway musical comes alive at Limelight Theatre this November, full of wit and charm while exploring the complexities of modern relationships. Written by popular composer Stephen Sondheim and directed by Gillian Binks, Company focuses on Bobby who, after celebrating his 35th birthday, still can’t commit to a steady…

Victoria Brass: The Snowman Christmas Spectacular

Costa Hall, Geelong Deakin University, 1 Gheringhap St, Geelong
Australia’s leading representative brass band are coming to Costa Hall to perform the premiere of the famous movie The Snowman LIVE with brass band accompaniment. The band are also excited to welcome it’s very own members as soloists and further welcome vocalists Matthew and Heather Little, who will join the…
Event Series Lizzie’s A Darlin’

Stirling Players: Lizzie’s A Darlin’

Sterling Community Theatre 9 Avenue Rd, Stirling
A captivating tale, inspired by a local playwright’s Irish great-grandmother, blends history, humour and heartfelt moments at Stirling Theatre this November and December. Written by local playwright Siobhan Wright and directed by Valerie Henry, Lizzie’s A Darlin’ is set on a small rural farm in Ireland as the Mooney family…
Event Series I ME SHE HIM | 你和我和她和他

Wit Incorporated: I ME SHE HIM | 你和我和她和他

Bluestone Church Arts Space 8A Hyde St, Footscray +1 more
Hong Kong, 1999. Jing, a slick Taiwanese executive, is traveling from Taiwan to meet with CEO More and discuss a merger between their two companies. However, just as negotiations are about to begin two strangers unexpectedly arrive… forcing the high rollers to confront a passionate and painful past. Threads of…

For Tibet with Love: Be the Ocean – Tenzin Choegyal in concert

Fern Tree Tavern 680 Huon Road, Fern Tree
Tenzin Choegyal’s powerful vocals and connection with his audiences have established him as a favourite on the world music scene. His talent as a singer-songwriter has earned him a Grammy nomination and recognition as one of the most significant Tibetan artists on the international stage. Tenzin plays dranyen (Tibetan lute)…
Event Series Wicked

John Frost for Crossroads Live Australia: Wicked

Sydney Lyric Theatre 55 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont
The Broadway sensation Wicked looks at what happened in the Land of Oz… but from a different angle. Long before Dorothy arrives, there is another young woman, born with emerald-green skin, who is smart, fiery, misunderstood and possessing an extraordinary talent. When she meets a bubbly blonde who is exceptionally popular,…
Event Series Tina – The Tina Turner Musical

TEG Dainty: Tina – The Tina Turner Musical

Theatre Royal, Sydney 108 King St, Sydney
Direct from Broadway, this smash-hit musical phenomenon is a celebration of an unstoppable woman who became the Queen of Rock n’ Roll. With 37 award nominations including Best New Musical (Olivier Awards) and Best Musical (Tony Awards), this heart-pumping production is guaranteed to raise the roof at Theatre Royal Sydney…
Editor's Choice Event Series Chicago

John Frost and Suzanne Jones: Chicago

Crown Theatre Great Eastern Hwy, Perth
Murder, greed, corruption . . . and All that Jazz! Set in 1920’s Chicago, playground of Al Capone, Kander and Ebb’s 1975 musical is a corrosively funny satire of America’s justice system and media circus, as well as a love song to showbiz. Ann Reinking’s sleek 1996 Broadway revival is back for…
A girl with crazy pink lipstick and a camouflage shirt is lit up by a light in front of a homemade set.
Event Series Chase

Malthouse Theatre: Chase

Malthouse Theatre 113 Sturt St, Southbank, Melbourne
Meet Chase. She’s living her best life. Just a shame there’s no one left to see it. Compelling, repelling, and funny. Joined by her zany crew of besties and YouTube subscribers for company, Chase is throwing the party to end all parties. The party to end the world! That's if any of them actually even…

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