Christopher, fifteen years old, is an extraordinary thinker. He’s exceptional at maths and observes things nobody else sees. Everyday life is a little trickier – he has never ventured alone beyond the end of the street, he detests being touched, and he’s wary of strangers. Now he’s in the front yard, it’s seven minutes to… Read More »The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Young, trusting, and fragile – Bella Manningham thinks she’s losing her mind. In the evenings, she hears strange noises. The sitting-room gas lamps dim for no apparent reason. Is Bella’s loving relationship with her partner Jack all that it seems? Patrick Hamilton’s 1938 play introduced us to the powerful term we now use to describe… Read More »Gaslight
The iconic story of a Hollywood legend This thrillingly atmospheric reimagination of Sunset Boulevard features stunning sets and costumes along with the iconic score including the hits ’With One Look’, ‘The Perfect Year’, and the anthemic ‘As If We Never Said Goodbye’. Sunset Boulevard is the musical event of the year.
Maria Fernanda Cardoso is internationally renowned for using unconventional and organic materials to consider nature and its links to culture and science. Working across sculpture, photography, installation, video and performance, her work examines the connections and tensions between society and the natural world.
Within spaces designed by the artist, this new exhibition distils over six decades of considered experimentation into a series of new paintings and sculptures created especially for the Art Gallery. Lee’s sparing use of simple materials, including stone, steel and canvas, has a quiet force that encourages contemplation and consideration of the physical and intellectual… Read More »Lee Ufan
The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA) is presenting new works by Kate Newby in September 2024 as part of the Loti Smorgon Sculpture Terrace Commission series.
Whether you are new to Shakespeare, or an aficionado, you will be entertained, enriched, and inspired by this production. When Shakespeare explores violence it is often epic and cruel, but never gratuitous. Whether it’s Brutus considering a justification for murder in Julius Caesar, or Volumnia relishing the bravery and brutality of her warrior son in… Read More »In A Nutshell: The Poetry of Violence
In 2012, Julia Gillard gave a speech that sent shockwaves around the world. Now, over a decade later, a group of Australia’s finest theatre-makers – Playwright Joanna Murray-Smith, Director Sarah Goodes, Designer Renée Mulder, and an outstanding creative team, along with Clarke and exciting newcomer Jessica Bentley – have created a stirring and inspiring re-examination… Read More »Julia
Boyhood, innocence, power, faith, sexuality, privilege, legacy, manhood, footy, Madonna, Amen. All Boys follows a group of boys at an elite Sydney Catholic boys school as they are forged into the type of men that rule the world, whether they like it or not. Long-listed for the 2023 Griffin Award, and directed by recent NIDA… Read More »All Boys
Inspired by historical events, a royal scandal ignites a blistering fire between the steely Queen Mother and her children’s doting nanny in Melanie Tait’s sparkling new comedy drama. Marion ‘Crawfie’ Crawford adored her job as governess to Princesses Lilibet and Margaret Rose… until she was ostracised without warning, despite dedicating the best part of her… Read More »The Queen’s Nanny
“I will take care of you, forever…” Two orphans find their own way into adulthood in this moving, high-octane, and often hilarious coming-of-age drama, set amongst the steamy, tropical backstreets of Singapore’s criminal underworld. In a once-grand apartment, two estranged siblings – 14-year-old Girl and 21-year-old Boy are thrown back together after the unexpected death… Read More »Golden Blood
Through the work of ten artists from around Australia, the 2024 edition of the Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial focuses on the compelling and allusive languages of abstraction. Matthew Allen (NSW), Helen Eager (NSW), Emma Fielden (NSW), the late Ngarralja Tommy May (WA), Ceara Metlikovec (NSW), Kerrie Poliness (VIC), Cameron Robbins (VIC), Sandra Selig (QLD), Kate… Read More »Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial 2024
The NSW Public Schools State Dance Festival are showcases of excellence in these art forms. Featuring students from Kindergarten to Year 12, the festivals celebrate the work of The Arts Unit’s Ensemble Programs as well as exemplar pieces from public schools across NSW. Each festival offers public performances as well as industry specialist workshops for… Read More »NSW State Dance Festival
Myra’s typically middle-class family are scarily normal in their eccentricities, especially when it comes to dealing with her illness. The boiler is on the blink, the cat’s gone missing and the perfect funeral needs planning but her husband Alec would rather bury his head in a newspaper while daughters Harriet and Jenna have their own… Read More »Colder Than Here