Editor's Choice Event Series Margaret and the Grey Mare

Sydney Festival: Margaret and the Grey Mare

Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre 1 Powerhouse Rd, Casula, NSW, Australia
Looking for something different? Try this one-hour immersive video opera created by visual artist Katy B Plummer and composer Sally Whitwell, with a little help from artificial intelligence programmed to speak in verse like an oracular Celtic spirit. The story, with video by filmmaker Kuba Dorabialski, evokes 17th-century European witch…
Event Series & Juliet

Michael Cassel Group: & Juliet

Sydney Lyric Theatre 55 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont, NSW, Australia
Read the Limelight review. In this pop-driven, girl-power romp, Juliet is given a second chance at life when Shakespeare’s wife, Anne Hathaway, persuades him to change the ending of Romeo and Juliet. The show features songs by Swedish hitmaker Max Martin, made famous by the likes of Britney Spears, Ariana Grande…

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Open Rehearsal with Jaime Martín

Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Take a peek behind the scenes at an open rehearsal with Chief Conductor Jaime Martín. Join us for an hour in some of the best seats in the house as Jaime and the musicians of the MSO rehearse their program. You'll be able to eavesdrop on the dialogue between conductor…
Editor's Choice Event Series RBG – Of Many, One

Sydney Theatre Company: RBG – Of Many, One

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
When Suzie Miller’s play about the career of US Supreme Court judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg opened at STC in November 2022, the season quickly sold out. Heather Mitchell, who played the indomitable, opera-loving Bader Ginsburg, won high praise all round, with Limelight describing her as “magnificent from start to finish”. Mitchell…
Editor's Choice Event Series 37

Melbourne Theatre Company: 37

Southbank Theatre Southbank, VIC, Australia
The Cuttaway Currawongs have spent so long at the bottom of the footy ladder, they are the laughing stock of their small coastal town. But with the arrival of two talented Marngrook cousins, things might just turn around. But not everyone’s happy. Named after the number Adam Goodes wore on…
Event Series Holding the Man

Belvoir St Theatre: Holding the Man

Belvoir St Theatre 25 Belvoir St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Belvoir is proud to bring Holding the Man, a deeply moving play adapted by Tommy Murphy from Tim Conigrave’s memoir, back to stage from 9th March to 14th April, 2024. Tim Conigrave's 1995 memoir changed Australia, and Tommy Murphy's 2006 adaptation became an instant hit, introducing a new audience to…
Event Series Groundhog Day the Musical

GWB Entertainment: Groundhog Day the Musical

Princess Theatre, Melbourne 163 Spring St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Direct from its record-breaking run-in London Groundhog Day the Musical makes its Australian Premiere at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre in January! Phil Connors, a cynical Pittsburgh TV weatherman is sent to cover the annual Groundhog Day event in the small town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Caught in a time loop, he’s forced…
Editor's Choice Event Series Gaslight

Queensland Theatre: Gaslight

Comedy Theatre 240 Exhibition St,, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Bella Manningham thinks she’s losing her mind. In the evenings, she hears strange noises and the sitting-room gas lamps dim for no apparent reason. Her husband Jack is becoming exasperated by her anxiety. But is he the man he claims to be? Set in London in 1901, Patrick Hamilton’s 1938…
Event Series The Plan (and other plans)

HotHouse Theatre: The Plan (and other plans)

The Butter Factory Theatre Lincoln Causeway, Gateway Island,, Wodonga, VIC
HotHouse Theatre presents a World Premiere production Rosie and Gen’s parents are divorced, making their trips back to their hometown a complicated journey of passive aggression and massive regression. There’s something about going back to your hometown that makes you feel so big yet so small at the same time.…
Editor's Choice Event Series Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

The Australian Ballet: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Arts Centre Melbourne Melbourne, VIC, Australia
The winner of two Helpmann Awards, Christopher Wheeldon’s dazzling adaptation of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is back for another trip down the rabbit hole. Bob Crowley’s mind-bending production design and Joby Talbot’s mesmerising score bring Lewis Carroll’s 1865 novel to life in a series of tableaux that must be seen to be…
Event Series The Great Divide

Ensemble Theatre: The Great Divide

Ensemble Theatre Sydney, NSW, Australia
Golden sands, turquoise waters and a lush green golf course — Penny Poulter leads an almost idyllic life in one of Australia’s best kept secrets, Wallis Heads. But when this hidden coastal gem is discovered by the ruthless and immensely wealthy Alex Whittle, ambitious plans to put the town firmly…
Event Series Atlantis

New Theatre: Atlantis

New Theatre 542 King St, Newtown, NSW
A play about ovaries and climate change and pursuing your dreams. Australian writer ‘Lally’ is on a quest to make sense of her life, seeking to rediscover the lost innocence of her childhood in America, when things were simple, carefree and defined. Using both autobiographical fact and flights of imagination,…

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