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He would have been 70 this year, and people mourn his death as acutely today as they did when it was announced, so much so that the name Freddie has become exclusively synonymous to his memory as one of the most unique, boundary-pushing and talented singer/songwriters of all time.

?Sydney's only contemporary arts festival dedicated to children and families, Way Out West (WoW) Festival for Children, will return for its sixth year to Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre for four inspirational days of free creative sessions with Australia's leading artists from 13 to 16 July 2016.

Sydney's only contemporary arts festival dedicated to children and families, Way Out West (WoW) Festival for Children, will return for its sixth year to Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre for four inspirational days of free creative sessions with Australia's leading artists from 13 to 16 July 2016.

Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh will be joined by the entire original cast of THE PRESENT when Sydney Theatre Company's production of Andrew Upton's adaptation of Anton Chekhov's first play opens on Broadway.

The team behind The 13-Storey Treehouse and The 26-Storey Treehouse returns for a special live-stage family event, the Adelaide premiere season of The 52-Storey Treehouse from Tuesday 19 July to Sunday 24 July in the Dunstan Playhouse.

Charismatic British conductor John Wilson will join the Sydney Symphony Orchestra for an exciting journey through the golden age of Hollywood when he takes the podium for a program of cinematic highlights from classic films such as Gone with the Wind, Ben Hur, Psycho and Casablanca.

This is a first for Australian ballet lovers! The Friends of The Australian Ballet are delighted to announce the Australian Premiere screening of the Royal Ballet's new production of FRANKENSTEIN at Verona Palace Cinema.

Sex and Manhood are the stuff of Geraldine Brophy's THE VIAGRA MONOLOGUES.

The Beatles have been a part of the soundtrack of the last four generations.

The iconic Thai drag and transgender cabaret comes to the Big top at Moore Park with THAILAND LADYBOY SUPERSTARS.

A comedy revue filled with music and memories, SENIOR MOMENTS caters to the aging population.

Producer and recent inmate on Channel 10's 'I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here' BONNIE LYTHGOE has finished casting her next fabulous pantomime CINDERELLA that will be delight audiences at Sydney's State Theatre from Friday 1 to Sunday 17 July.

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One of Australia's most popular annual variety shows, the Schools Spectacular, returns bigger and better than ever this year, in its new home, the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney's Olympic Park.

Sydney Theatre Company announced today that Artistic Director Jonathan Church has stepped down from the role.

On the 26th May, 2016, two things will happen.

Amidst the anguish of music-lovers everywhere mourning the all-too-recent passing of icons from the previous fifty years, there is bound to be offered an opportunity to gather and commune at the altar of the music that made them so dear to us.

Carole Frechette's 7 DAYS IN THE LIFE OF SIMON LABROSSE welcomes the audience in to view one optimistic, entrepreneurial unemployed man's life from the comfort of his warehouse apartment.

BAD JEWS is the hilarious, fiery reunion of three cousins as they come together to mourn the passing of their grandfather.

Tommy Murphy has been announced as Sydney Theatre Company's new Patrick White Fellow at a special event at The Wharf on Friday 20 May.

Sport For Jove is proud to be staging one of Australia's defining works of art on the big stages of the Riverside Theatre in Parramatta and York Theatre in the Seymour Centre.

Based on real people and true stories, Katherine Lyall-Watson's MOTHERLAND tells the story of how the lives of three women, who find themselves far from home, have intersected over the course of the twentieth century.

A grittier underworld of suburban Dublin is exposed as two stories come together in the tragic, grotesque comedy, HOWIE THE ROOKIE.

Douglas Carter Beane's (Book) Award Winning stage adaptation of XANADU THE MUSICAL comes alive at Hayes in a bright, shiny explosion of high camp colour.

If you have a taste for the perfect pairing of sizzling winter meals with your performing artists then get along to Slide's Hot Winter cabaret sessions.