Created in collaboration with the National Museum of Singapore, Tails from the Coasts: Nature Stories of Singapore debuts at the Australian Museum, sharing a glimpse of this precious and prestigious national collection which showcases natural history, biodiversity and conservation from the Malay Peninsula and Australia. This exhibition explores the common bonds of biodiversity between Australia… Read More »Tails From The Coasts
The first solo museum exhibition by Warraba Weatherall. Kamilaroi artist Warraba Weatherall (b. 1987, Toowoomba, Queensland) considers how knowledge about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and culture is collected and conveyed by institutions. Throughout the 19th and into the 20th centuries, Aboriginal peoples were subjected to widespread and systematic colonial policies of surveillance and… Read More »Warraba Weatherall: Shadow and Substance
"Dreams don't discriminate - they are borderless, ageless and endless. They can be personal or public. When shared, our dreams can become a movement. They can inspire, motivate, spark excitement and connection. The whole world dreams, it is something we have in common, something that unites us. Our human story is embedded ind reams, they… Read More »2025 Vivid Sydney – “Dream”
This year Vivid Sydney invites you to dream—to step beyond the everyday and into a city transformed by light, imagination, technology and creativity. Dive into the 2025 festival program as we transform the city into a vibrant canvas from 23 May to 14 June, with events spanning Light, Music, Ideas and Food. This year's Vivid… Read More »Vivid Sydney
Screamingly funny and wildly topical, Eureka Day lasers in on the poverty of modern discourse and our inability to listen to those with whom we disagree. It's 2019 and Eureka Day, a private primary school in Berkeley, California, is a bastion of progressive ideals: representation, gender identity, social justice. The parents on the Executive Committee… Read More »Eureka Day
High Colour is an immersive exploration of local and global Indigenous perspectives on colour. The exhibition considers the role of colour in creating contemporary interpretations of Indigeneity, as well as the use of colour as a form of categorisation. High Colour brings together First Nations artists belonging to or working in Australia, the Great Ocean region, and North America. For… Read More »High Colour
Be the first to see Bangarra light up their new stage with Illume, an iridescent new theatrical experience, drawing together music, visual arts and dance to explore the ways light has captivated and sustained Indigenous cultural existence for millennia. Journey with us through a kaleidoscope of images, patterns and synergies into the otherworldly language of… Read More »Bangarra Dance Theatre – Illume
Cerith Wyn Evans creates epic contemporary environments of light and sound in our major winter exhibition. Conceived as if the audience were strolling through a garden, the exhibition will invite visitors to meditate and contemplate their own passage through space and time. Monumental light sculptures will occupy the MCA’s double-height exhibition galleries, including F=O=U=N=T=A=I=N (2020),… Read More »Cerith Wyn Evans …. in light of the visible
When Helen’s old friend, Nicola, comes to town for treatment, it only makes sense she should stay in the spare room. Nicola has put her faith in a shady alternative cancer clinic, and Helen is determined to be her brilliant friend and carer no matter what. But as the sleepless nights rack up, a short… Read More »The Spare Room
Art From Behind the Wire is a new exhibition featuring posters, magazines and other printed material created by Second World War prisoners of war, including Major John Champion de Crespigny. John was among thousands of Australians made prisoners by the Japanese in the early months of 1942. Captivity at the hands of the Japanese is… Read More »Art From Behind The Wire
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE When two Nobel Prizes prove inadequate armour against a scandalous affair, Marie Curie turns to fellow scientist and trusted confidant Hertha Ayrton for literal and emotional sanctuary. Together they weather the storm of heartbreak, public scrutiny, and self-doubt. Written with heart and humour, Lauren Gunderson — America’s most-produced living playwright — perfectly captures… Read More »The Half Life of Marie Curie
Adapted from TS Eliot’s ‘Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats’, this "groundbreaking musical" (Daily Express) comes together in a sparkling fusion of music, dance and verse. On just one special night of the year, all Jellicle cats meet at the Jellicle Ball where Old Deuteronomy, their wise and benevolent leader, makes the Jellicle choice and… Read More »Cats
Pulitzer Prize-winning and hailed as The New York Times Critic’s Pick, PRIMARY TRUST is an uplifting offbeat comedy about finding the courage to change. Meet Kenneth, a 38-year-old bookstore worker who spends his evenings sipping a mai tai (or two) with his best friend Bert. When a sudden layoff shatters his routine, Kenneth is forced… Read More »Primary Trust
Enjoy a side-splitting night out with the longest running comedy in the West End. This Olivier and Tony Award-winning theatre has been entertaining audiences worldwide for over a decade. You all know the classic whodunnit story, there has been a murder at a country manor and an inspector is set on the case to find… Read More »The Play That Goes Wrong