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Editor's Choice Event Series Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour – West Side Story

Opera Australia: Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour – West Side Story

Mrs Macquaries Point Sydney, NSW, Australia
It may not be opera, but West Side Story made a packet for Opera Australia five years back, as well as winning rave reviews, despite criticisms regarding the lack of Latinx performers. This time around, Francesca Zambello’s production stars First Nations soprano Nina Korbe as Maria alongside Billy Bourchier as…
Event Series The Sunshine Club

Sydney Coliseum Theatre: The Sunshine Club

Sydney Coliseum Theatre Rooty Hill, NSW, Australia
Written and directed by proud Noonuccal Nuugi man, Wesley Enoch, featuring music composed by the esteemed John Rodgers - The Sunshine Club is an energetic and thought-provoking piece of musical theatre with a talented cast of 11 First Nations artists, alongside a 5-piece live band. Set in 1946, the musical…
Editor's Choice Event Series Groundhog Day the Musical

GWB Entertainment: Groundhog Day the Musical

Princess Theatre, Melbourne 163 Spring St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
This is your last chance to catch the Australian production of Groundhog Day the Musical, featuring music and lyrics by Tim Minchin. Based on the 1993 film, the brilliantly structured and ingeniously staged musical follows arrogant Pittsburgh TV weatherman Phil Connors as he is forced to keep reliving the same…
Billy Elliot
Event Series Billy Elliot The Musical

Free-Rain Theatre Company: Billy Elliot The Musical

The Q - Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre 253 Crawford Street, Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia
Billy Elliot the Musical is a breathtaking production that tells the story of a young boy who finds his passion for dance in the midst of the 1984 miners’ strike in northern England. With music by Elton John and book and lyrics by Lee Hall, this musical is a must-see…
Event Series Star Wars – Return of the Jedi™ in Concert

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Star Wars – Return of the Jedi™ in Concert

Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
'I am a Jedi, like my father before me...' In the spectacular, climactic sixth episode of the original Star Wars saga, Darth Vader readies the second Death Star to unleash the final blow to the Rebel Alliance. Experience the scope and grandeur of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi live…
Event Series A Jerk In Progress

Little Train Creative: A Jerk In Progress

Pilgrim Bar 15/19 Federation Wharf,, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
David Rose has been relentlessly touring over the last 18 months, appearing everywhere from New Dehli to New York City. He’s back with a brand-new hour of polished comedy. A decade of treading the boards has taught him that tricks are for kids and being a jerk is no longer…
Event Series Alice In Wonderland

The Australian Shakespeare Company: Alice In Wonderland

The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney Mrs Macquaries Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Join Alice on her amazing journey through Wonderland and experience an adventure like no other. This summer holidays, tumble down the rabbit hole as the Australian Shakespeare Company presents Lewis Carroll's absurd & wickedly clever classic - Alice in Wonderland. Brought to life beautifully in Glenn Elstons highly acclaimed production.…
Event Series Ratburger

CDP Kids: Ratburger

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Things are not looking good for Zoe. Her stepmother Sheila is so lazy she gets Zoe to pick her nose for her. The school bully Tina Trotts makes her life a misery – mainly by spitting on her head. And now the evil Burt from Burt’s Burgers is after her…
Event Series Ratburger

CDP Kids: Ratburger

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Things are not looking good for Zoe. Her stepmother Sheila is so lazy she gets Zoe to pick her nose for her. The school bully Tina Trotts makes her life a misery – mainly by spitting on her head. And now the evil Burt from Burt’s Burgers is after her…
Louise Johnson next to her harp.
Editor's Choice Event Series Blackheath Chamber Music Festival 2024

Blackheath Chamber Music Festival: The Harp’s Journey

Phillips Hall, Blackheath Blackheath, NSW, Australia
Now in its fourth year, the Blackheath Chamber Music Festival returns with a rich program including Ensemble Offspring and Eliza Shephard’s world premiere performance of a newly commissioned quartet by Harry Sdraulig; the NSW premiere of Elena Kats-Chernin’s For Theodora by Orava Quartet; harpist Louise Johnson’s journey through the history of music;…

Elder Conservatorium: Lunchtime Concert | Sliding Around

Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Jasmine Hall - trombone Ruby Mensforth - trombone Alex Taylor - trombone Thomas Voss - trombone Mark Ferguson - piano Lyndon Gray - bass Elder Conservatorium staff and alumni come together for a program celebrating all things jazz trombone!
Event Series Alice In Wonderland

The Australian Shakespeare Company: Alice In Wonderland

The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney Mrs Macquaries Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Join Alice on her amazing journey through Wonderland and experience an adventure like no other. This summer holidays, tumble down the rabbit hole as the Australian Shakespeare Company presents Lewis Carroll's absurd & wickedly clever classic - Alice in Wonderland. Brought to life beautifully in Glenn Elstons highly acclaimed production.…

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