Celia Pacquola, winner of Most Outstanding Show at the 2026 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, has added Perth and Sydney dates to her GIFT HORSE national tour, along with extra Melbourne performances.
Producers Opera Australia and John Frost for Crossroads Live have announced that renowned Australian soprano Claire Lyon will star as Eliza Doolittle in the upcoming 70th Anniversary season of My Fair Lady.
Australian cabaret performer Kim David Smith, dubbed the 'male Marlene Dietrich' by The New York Times, returns to Joe's Pub on May 2 with torch songs arranged by musical director Tracy Stark.
As part of the 40th Anniversary Celebrations of Andrew Lloyd Webber (Music and Book)), Charles Hart (Lyrics) and Richard Stilgoe’s (Lyrics and Book) famous musical, Opera Australia has revived its production of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA for the 2026 Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour season.
Jim Kierstead will present two private industry readings (by invitation only) of sa•pi•o•sex•u•al, a new play by Aurin Squire. Directed by Christopher Renshaw, the readings will be held on Friday, March 27 @ 11am and 2pm.
Award-winning circus company Gravity & Other Myths will spring into the Joan Sutherland Theatre in June for the Australian premiere of their new production LOUDER.
Opera Australia’s summer season will come to a sumptuous conclusion with Tchaikovsky’s most celebrated opera, Eugene Onegin opening at the Sydney Opera House on 17 March.
Sydney on New Year’s Eve is the ultimate night of nights and Opera Australia is presenting two performances at the Sydney Opera House that promise soaring music, glamorous costumes and a touch of drama.
More than two decades since it was last performed on the Joan Sutherland Theatre stage, acclaimed director Elijah Moshinsky’s whimsical production of the beloved fairytale, Hansel & Gretel will make its return to the Sydney Opera House.
English National Opera has released new production photos for PARTENOPE, returning to the London Coliseum from 20 November to 6 December 2025. The revival of Christopher Alden’s Olivier Award-winning staging features Nardus Williams in the title role and is conducted by Christian Curnyn.
Van de bijna zeventig opera’s die Gaetano Donizetti de wereld heeft nagelaten, is Lucia di Lammermoor waarschijnlijk zijn belangrijkste. Met dit dramma tragico bewees Donizetti de waardige evenknie van belcantogrootmeesters als Rossini en Bellini te zijn.
Multi-Grammy Award–winning mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato will make her long-anticipated Australian debut this month, appearing with both the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in a series of gala performances.
ENO's award-winning production of Handel's classic love quadrangle, Partenope, will return to the London Coliseum stage this November, starring former Harewood Artist Nardus Williams as the eponymous arch socialite.
In a conclusion to their 2025 season, Bach Akademie Australia’s Artistic Director, Madeleine Easton, will lead 20 musicians in a 2-hour performance of all six Brandenburg Concertos at The Neilson concerts, with four concertos to be performed at The Joan.
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is October 6, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed over the weekend.
Director Shaun Rennie delivers his third imagining of RENT, this time in his biggest staging of the musical to date in the Joan Sutherland Theatre of Sydney Opera House. 32 years after Jonathan Larson’s (Music, Book, Lyrics) musical theatre adaptation of Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème was first presented as a workshop production in the off-Broadway New York Theatre Workshop in 1993, almost 30 years after it’s Broadway debeut at the Nederlander Theatre in 1996, and 27 years after it’s Australian premiere at the Theatre Royal in 1998, the “rock opera” retains a relevance.
The 2025 Sydney International Women's Jazz Festival (SIWJF) invites you to make an expression, featuring the best global and local Jazz artists across 12 venues this Spring.
Arts Centre Melbourne has announced that three leading Melbourne female philanthropists – Susan Yates (Peter and Susan Yates Foundation), Virginia Boon (Harry and Virginia Boon Foundation), and Krystyna Campbell-Pretty have provided transformative donations of approximately $1 million each, committing to bringing the wonders of performing arts history back into the spotlight.
The Sydney Opera House will present Duck Pond, an inventive reimagining of Swan Lake and The Ugly Duckling by internationally celebrated contemporary circus company Circa. The production will play a strictly limited engagement in the Concert Hall from 9–12 January 2026.
Bangarra Dance Theatre proudly takes a bold step forward, performing at the prestigious Dame Joan Sutherland Theatre, a venue celebrated for its world-class opera and ballet. After two decades at the Drama Theatre, and in their 36th year, Bangarra presents ILLUME, a groundbreaking production and their first collaboration with First Nations visual artist Darrell Sibosado. Paired with Brendon Boney’s stunning music and soundscape, and enriched by powerful narratives, this work is a visual feast.
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