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Carriageworks, one of Australia's most significant contemporary multi-arts organisations, has unveiled a dynamic program for 2023 including world premiere performance works, major large-scale exhibitions, and a strong focus on First Nations artists and perspectives.

Darlinghurst Theatre Company has announced its 2023 program for all who delight in stimulating storytelling and electric entertainment.

Sydney is treated to an encore season of Irene Sankoff and David Hein’s (Book, Music and Lyrics) multi award winning musical COME FROM AWAY as the Australian production opens as the Theatre Royal.

After a sold-out premiere season at the Sydney Opera House in 2019 and huge acclaim on an Australian tour, the award winning smash hit show MATADOR proudly returns to Sydney, bigger, bolder and sexier than ever.

Bell Shakespeare has announced further cast members for its upcoming production of Macbeth, showing next year at Sydney Opera House from 25 February – 2 April, Canberra Theatre Centre from 14 – 22 April and Arts Centre Melbourne from 27 April – 14 May 2023.

Voting is now open for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Sydney Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

Rehearsals are underway for a bold new production of Bizet’s Carmen opening on 25 November on Sydney’s Cockatoo Island.

The Sydney Comedy Festival has announced huge acts returning to Australia in 2023 as it hits venues across Sydney from 24th April to 21st May.

Utp presents the world premiere of M’ap Boulé at the Darlinghurst Theatre’s Eternity Playhouse from the 6th to 9th December.

Following on from its 2013 Broadway premiere, Douglas Carter Beane’s (Book) stage adaptation of Richard Rodgers (Music) and Oscar Hammerstein II’s (Lyrics and book) CINDERELLA waltzes onto the Lyric stage to captivate Sydney audiences of all ages.

REVIEW: Presenting An Insight Into The Late Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Of The United States, Heather Mitchell Shines In RBG: OF MANY, ONE

Since opening to critical acclaim and standing ovations, Sydney Theatre Company's RBG: Of Many, One at Wharf 1 Theatre starring the “magnificent” (Limelight) Heather Mitchell will be extended until 23 December.

Sport for Jove will present A Midsummer Night’s Dream as part of their 2022/2023 Summer Season, at Bella Vista Farm from the 16th to 30th December, and Everglades Gardens, Leura from the 7th to 22nd January.

The global musical phenomenon MAMMA MIA! will be dancing its way into the Sydney Lyric from May 2023 for a strictly limited season.

Conductor Sam Allchurch and Sydney Chamber Choir travel the musical landscape of Saxony, through the magnificent choral music of Bach and his outstanding predecessors, in a joyous concert of German Baroque, Light and Shade, at Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, on Saturday, November 1

Come and experience the most magical holiday event of the season on Thursday 22 December at Sydney's State Theatre.

Ensemble Theatre has announced the recipients of its 2023 Ensemble Theatre Sandra Bates Director’s Award (SBDA), Emma Canalese and Margaret Thanos.

Dorothy Levitt liked to go fast.

The hedonistic world of Blanc de Blanc Encore returns to Sydney in 2023 playing from Saturday 7 January at the exciting new theatre The Grand Electric, Surry Hills.

 From Venice to Kamberri/Canberra, Angelica Mesiti’s ASSEMBLY is now on display at the National Gallery of Australia.

The Sydney Opera House has unveiled five works created by diverse and multi-disciplinary artists responding to our fast-changing world, as part of the latest installment of its bi-annual season of UnWrapped.

Belvoir is now accepting submissions for the 2022 Balnaves Foundation Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artist Fellowship.

Two hundred and eighty years since it was first performed in Dublin in 1742, Handel's Messiah remains one of the most loved pieces of classical music in the world, performed by hundreds of thousands of singers around the globe every Christmas.

Look out Sydney!  Brisbane's favourite adults only Christmas comedy, A VERY NAUGHTY CHRISTMAS that has been packing in audiences for five years is coming to Riverside Theatre, Parramatta for three shows only from Wednesday 21 to Friday 23 December.

Following a sell out season at Theatre Royal Sydney, leading Australian theatre producer John Frost for Crossroads Live announced that the 70th Anniversary Australian tour of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap will return to Sydney in 2023, playing at Riverside Theatres, Parramatta from 15 June.