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Nathan Luff adapts Oliver Phommovanh's chlidren's novel THAI-RIFFIC to deliver a fun filled feast for the senses as it follows on boy's journey of discovering how to live between his family's heritage and his community culture.

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Jetpack Theatre Collective's immersive theatre masterpiece, Art Heist, continues amaze and astound audiences and critics alike, and is cementing its place as one of this year's smash hit shows.

Two Grammy Award-winning artists, SSO Chief Conductor and Artistic Director David Robertson, and American mezzo-soprano Susan Graham, come together to perform two concert programs with the SSO at the Sydney Opera House this month.

Following rave reviews and audience acclaim across the country, the ARIA nominated and award-winning hit show VELVET is due to return to Sydney in three weeks' time, for a strictly limited season.

On Tuesday 25 July the Actors Benevolent Fund presents - along with guest appearances from the cast - a screening of THE WHARF REVUE at Dendy Quays, Circular Quay.

A POWERFUL, moving celebration of the life, times and music of the legendary Bob Dylan, the much acclaimed show DYLANesque - the Bob Dylan Story has won a legion of fans and is set to tour regionally in VIC and NSW in June and July.

Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO) will perform a George Michael tribute concert to celebrate and honour one of the greatest pop icons of a generation at Sydney Opera House on 6 and 7 July.

Sydney Fringe Festival - New South Wales' largest independent arts festival - today announced its 2017 Festival Ambassadors and the next wave of program highlights set to enliven inner Sydney from 1- 30 September 2017.

Following a sell-out season at the 2017 Sydney Festival, the compelling, raw and powerful play, SHIT, by Patricia Cornelius will take to the stage in an exclusive return season at The Seymour Centre from 18th to 29th July.

Just before the outbreak of the Second World War, Britain took in over 10,000 Jewish refugee children from Europe.

A birthday party like no other will be celebrated at Riverside Theatres when the multi-award winning festival hit, Hello, Goodbye & Happy Birthday, takes to the stage from 27 to 29 July as part of a national tour.

Returning to Australia following success at the 2015 Melbourne Festival, Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan's adaptation of George Orwell's famous dystopian novel 1984 is presented by Sydney Theatre Company and State Theatre Company South Australia with an all Australian cast.

Continuing their 30th anniversary celebrations, Carrick Hill presents The Art of Dee Jones, from 2 August until 2 October - a memorial show to honour this important South Australian artist.

Regarded as one of the most accomplished violinists of the younger generation, 31-year-old Russian-born Alina Ibragimova will make her Sydney Symphony Orchestra debut next month performing Bartok's breathtaking Violin Concerto No.

The 17th Annual Helpmann Awards, presented by Live Performance Australia, will be held on Monday 24 July at 7.

After sell out seasons in 2016, James Valentine tours his wildly funny stage show to Sydney Opera House, Blue Mountains Theatre and The Concourse, Chatswood this August and September.

The Sydney Opera House today announced ANTIDOTE - a new festival celebrating the artists, thinkers and doers who have spearheaded change in a time of uncertainty.

After a sell-out show at the Queensland Cabaret Festival, cabaret chanteuse Queenie van de Zandt brings her new show to the Melbourne Cabaret Festival and to Sydney at The Hayes Theatre.

The Australian Ballet's Symphony in C brings together great works from the past century to showcase the vigour of modern ballet.

TEG-DAINTY announced today that due to huge demand Queen + Adam Lambert will perform asecond show in Sydney on Thursday 22 February at Qudos Bank Arena.

Purva Naresh's new play, JATINGA, shares a heartbreaking side of India that the rest of the world has tried to ignore.

The first leg of ICEHOUSE's 40 Years Live! Tour concludes this weekend with two sold out shows at Sydney's Enmore Theatre.

In response to a near sell-out season and incredible audience demand, Jetpack Theatre Collective are thrilled to announce additional shows have now been added to the remaining 6 weeks of the Art Heist season! There will be 4 additional show-times on Wednesdays throughout July.

Famed Chinese pianist Yuja Wang is set to return to Sydney next week to perform with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra due to the late withdrawal of pianist Martha Argerich.