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Quartz Music will present Unveiled: Icons of Cinema with Patrick Savage, Australian-born virtuoso violinist and film composer and acclaimed pianist Konrad Olszewski.

Emma Mary Hall’s World Problems is a bid for change, reminding us all of the responsibility we have to Planet Earth. Seamlessly merging intimate reflections with a world spanning perspective, World Problems will begin previews on 3 May, followed by a regional tour from 28 May to 7 June, calling at Mt Helen, Mildura, Bendigo, Drysdale, and Traralgon.

Rainbow Chan is an award-winning vocalist, producer and multi-disciplinary artist. This May, she will make her Arts House debut with The Bridal Lament.

Internationally loved comedian and actor Rob Schneider returns to Australia in June with a brand-new show for three special shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

The countdown is on for Sydney Theatre Company’s first performance of RBG: Of Many, One at Arts Centre Melbourne, next Thursday 25th April.

Casey Donovan has been confirmed to lead the cast of the most heavenly of musicals, Sister Act, when it opens at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney from August and the Regent Theatre in Melbourne from November.

 Independent music and arts festival SLEEPLESS FESTIVAL is set to take over Melbourne’s inner west this May with a vibrant showcase of music, performance and art and installation. 

Outer Urban Projects will bring its critically acclaimed theatre work, The Audition, on a Melbourne-metro tour to La Mama Courthouse, Bunjil Place and Bowery Theatre in May and June 2024.

Wicked has been playing to ecstatic full houses at Melbourne’s Regent Theatre since it opened on 2 March. Due to demand, new performances  for WICKED have been released for sale up until 28 July, with presales beginning today and general public tickets from 12 April.

In a celebration of two iconic musical legends, Anthony Callea and Tim Campbell join forces with John Foreman and the Australian Pops Orchestra to present a spectacular concert featuring the timeless hits of Elton John and George Michael.

TodayTix has announced a $45 digital Lottery for the highly successful season of the beloved musical, WICKED, in Melbourne. After opening at Melbourne's Regent Theatre on 2 March following the smash hit Sydney season.

Kendall Feaver’s illuminating portrait of a mother-daughter relationship, The Almighty Sometimes, will be staged at Southbank Theatre beginning previews on 15 April. With biting humour and fierce honesty this coming-of-age story explores the perils of adolescence and growing up with mental illness. 

After selling out across New Zealand, Joana Joy: STANDING STILL will make its MICF24 debut at Tasma Terrace. In a desperate move to “do” less and “be” more, seasoned comic, ex-professional dancer, and cabaret dynamo Joana Joy (Banana Jolie), performs witty, vibrant, chortle-inducing comedy EXCEPT when the audience presses play on a song - to which she must dance.

Actress, singer and writer Sarah Bartolo is bringing her first solo stand up show Daddy Issues to the 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival!

The reach of Castro's Children is universal, and Music Theatre Melbourne is staging its world premiere from July 5 to 13 at Gasworks, Albert Park, Melbourne.

The maddest of mad scientists, Magnus Danger Magnus, heads to the Melbourne Comedy Festival for the very first time in 2024; with a brand new, all ages electromagnetic extravaganza in KABOOM!

I Have No Enemies tours to Melbourne following a successful Canberra season in 2023. It opens at Explosives Factory, St Kilda, on Wednesday 10 April and runs for nine performances, until Saturday 20 April.

Showmen Productions, who are comedy magicians Justin Williams and Sam Hume, are headed back to their hometown of Melbourne with their hilarious 18+ magic show aptly named – ‘ADULTS ONLY MAGIC SHOW'.

The producers of CLUB VEGAS THE SPECTACLE have announced that they have secured the services of Nine News entertainment reporter Allan Raskall for the return Melbourne season at the Athenaeum theatre from May 29 2024.

By popular demand, Grammy nominated Korean pianist Joyce Yang returns to Australia this May, kicking off Piano+ must-see 2024 International Recital Series, featuring four of the world’s leading international piano Superstars.

Pioneering arts precinct Collingwood Yards has announced the appointment of Lauren O’Dwyer as its new Chief Executive Officer from 15 April 2024.

Merrigong Theatre Company will present one of New Zealand’s most successful theatrical exports, Tusiata Avia’s Wild Dogs Under My Skirt at the Illawarra Performing Arts Centre from the 10th to 13th April.

Get ready for GLADYS KNIGHT's Farewell Tour starting next week in Perth, marking her final performances in Australia and New Zealand. Don't miss the legendary singer's goodbye tour. Hear songs like ‘Licence To Kill', ‘Midnight Train to Georgia', ‘I Don't Want To Know', ‘Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me' & ‘That's What Friends Are For.'

360 ALLSTARS comes to The Concourse, Chatswood this April! A physical performance exploring all forms of rotation, 360 ALLSTARS connects the street with the elite to deliver a supercharged urban circus.  

Kiwi comedian and star of New Zealand's critically acclaimed Taskmaster show, Paul Williams, has announced his return to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival this year with his show, Mamiya 7.