Belvoir St Theatre: Nayika (A Dancing Girl)
Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
A virtuosic solo performance mixing storytelling, live music, and Bharatanatyam dance.
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Wide Open Space Festival: Wide Open Space Festival
Ross River Resort 7829 Ross Hwy,, Hale, NT, Australia
Join us for an unforgettable experience at Wide Open Space 2024! Celebrating its 13th year, this incredible festival will be returning to Eastern Arrernte Country from May 3rd-5th. The WOS team invites you to journey to the heart of the Tjoritja/MacDonnell Ranges for a vibrant showcase of music, arts, and…
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Canberra International Music Festival
Canberra International Music Festival: Duet with Tamara-Anna Cislowska
Smith's Alternative 76 Aliinga Street, Canberra, ACT
In his final year as Artistic Director, Roland Peelman has chosen to open the festival with William Barton, Persian tar player Hamed Sadeghi and Belgian jazz pianist Bram De Looze, as well as Lior and Nigel Westlake’s Compassion. Guitar virtuoso Pavel Ralev, violist Florian Peelman, France’s Trio Karénine and Dudok Quartet…
Salty Theatre: The Grinning Man
Alex Theatre 135 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda, VIC, Australia
A strange new act has arrived at Trafalgar Fair’s freakshow. Who is Grinpayne and how did he get his hideous smile? In the grim and blackened streets of Trafalgar Square, with the help of an old puppeteer, his pet wolf and a blind girl, Grinpayne’s tale is told. Desperate to…
Tilde: Tilde Film Festival 2024
Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, Australia
Community-led international film festival Tilde celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, presenting a program with the theme of Trans Collectivism – breaking the stigma around ‘being the only trans and gender expansive person in the room’ and championing individuality and connection with one another in a safe and supportive environment.…
Victorian State Ballet: Beauty & the Beast
Adelaide Festival Centre Adelaide, SA, Australia
A full-length classical ballet production of the traditional tale, Beauty & the Beast is one of the world’s most loved classics. Following sell-out seasons since its Australian premier in 2018, Victorian State Ballet (VSB) are proud to present this spectacular original ballet to audiences in 2024. This production is based…
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…
The Australian Ballet: Études / Circle Electric
Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Études Harald Lander Études, French for ‘studies’, takes the dancer’s morning ritual of ballet class and transforms it for the stage. Designed to gradually warm up muscles and align the body for rehearsals and performance, the classical ballet class follows a standard order of exercises that start small and gradually…
Sydney Theatre Company: No Pay? No Way!
Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
When No Pay? No Way! opened in 2020 it was instantly met with standing ovations and glowing reviews. Now, one of Sydney Theatre Company’s funniest and most beloved productions in recent years returns to the Drama Theatre and to a world more in need of its wild, farcical wisdom than…
Sydney Theatre Company: The President
Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Hugo Weaving returns to the stage, joined by one of Ireland’s greatest actors, Olwen Fouéré. In a first-time co-production, Sydney Theatre Company will join forces with the renowned Gate Theatre, Dublin to mount this genius piece of twentieth century playwriting. For this rare and remarkable international collaboration, the cast and…
Hayes Theatre Co: Tell Me On A Sunday
Hayes Theatre Co 19 Greenknowe Avenue, Elizabeth Bay, NSW, Australia
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black’s classic Tell Me On A Sunday is a one-woman show that charts the course of a young English girl newly arrived in New York. Brimming with optimism, she sets out to seek success, companionship and, of course, love. But as she weaves her way through…
CIRCA: Humans 2.0
Canberra Theatre Centre Canberra, ACT, Australia
Ten bodies appear in a flash of light. They move in harmony for a fleeting moment and then descend into a sinuous trance. Towers grow and decay, bodies leap and are caught, as physical limits are pushed to their extreme. Can we ever find a perfect balance or is adapting…
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