Our stories. Our emerging storytellers. Our future. For over 25 years, Dance Clan has fostered the talents of a new generation of Bangarra storytellers, designers, dancers and choreographers. This year, three of our artists will tell their own stories, developing two original dance works and one dance film.
Have you ever dreamed of disappearing without a trace? You want to leave. You have to stay. You’re suffocating at your own Christmas party. You want to play Scrabble, not have sex. You’re in control and you’re absolutely terrified. You’re being terrorised and no one believes you. Your psychiatrist doesn’t even remember who you are.… Read More »The Pigeons
Once upon a time … You know the fairy tale, now feel the magic of Laurent Pelly’s whimsical production of the classic opera. Massenet’s classic opera is full of sumptuous music, and this production adds humour with playful choreography and extravagant costumes. Barbara de Limburg’s extraordinary set is inspired by an original illustrated edition of… Read More »Cinderella
An opera classic with a fresh perspective Violetta is a coveted courtesan, the toast of Paris, desired by many. When she meets the ardent Alfredo, her life changes forever and she longs to break free of her past. But can she? Who is this woman beyond the sparkling salon? This fresh production of a classic… Read More »La Traviata
WORLD PREMIERE A symphony of discord unfolds at Monique’s annual family gathering, celebrating her three beloved sons’ birthdays. While Monique’s adoration for her boys knows no bounds, disdain for their wives is palpable. Festivities crescendo and Monique takes the spotlight with a performance of a renowned opera aria, a poignant reminder of the dreams she… Read More »Aria
Before Neverland there was an Island. Before Captain Hook, a pirate. Before Wendy, her mother Molly. Before Peter, a nameless boy. Jump onboard this theatrical spectacle bursting with 100 unforgettable characters, live music and technical wizardry and discover the untold story of Neverland.
This dynamic and popular annual exhibition features a selection of exceptional student artworks created for the art-making component of the HSC examination in Visual Arts in 2024. ARTEXPRESS 2025 celebrates students’ artistic excellence and provides insight into the issues that are important to them.
“Big, beautiful and emotionally blasting” (The Guardian UK), HADESTOWN is the winner of 8 Tony Awards® including BEST MUSICAL and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre Album. HADESTOWN is a defiantly hopeful theatrical experience that will take you on a journey to the underworld and back, intertwining two mythic love stories – that of… Read More »Hadestown
This is a superb new play of passion, history and politics, intimate in its detail and epic in its storytelling. Camelia is losing her grip, lost between the past and the present as she passes her days in the garden of her Madrid home. Her children employ Alejandro, a Colombian migrant, to look after her.… Read More »Songs of First Desire
The Sleeping Beauty returns to whisk you away into a magical realm of fairies and spells, good versus evil and a royal romance. Accompanied by Tchaikovsky’s enchanting score, The Sleeping Beauty is a dreamlike vision, evoking ballet’s golden era with traditional choreography and extravagant designs. The gilded set stands alongside over 300 bespoke costumes, wigs… Read More »The Sleeping Beauty
Shen Yun revives the five millennia of traditional Chinese culture that has been almost lost under communist rule. Since Shen Yun's inception, Beijing has tried to stop people from seeing Shen Yun - threatening theatres, intimidating sponsors, and spreading misinformation. Come find out why the Chinese communist regime fears a cultural revival. It's time to… Read More »Shen Yun Music and Dance with Live Orchestra
All aboard NYC’s must-sea musical comedy! When the music of Céline Dion makes sweet Canadian love with the eleven-time Oscar®-winning blockbuster film Titanic, you get Titanique, off-Broadway’s most award-winning splash hit, which turns one of the greatest love stories of all time into a hysterical musical fantasia. Want to find out what really happened to… Read More »Titanque
Shakespeare's famous war play, where leadership, rhetoric, charisma and honour are under the microscope. Young Prince Hal has left his wayward adolescence behind and assumed the mantle of kingship. Following a humiliating insult by the French prince, King Henry launches England into a war with France to claim the throne he believes is rightfully his.… Read More »Henry 5
Sydney-based artist Mitch Cairns presents an ambitious body of work in his first solo exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Cairns’ striking paintings take inspiration from the world outside his inner-city studio, from nature and the built environment to the working lives of the people around him. They are immediately recognisable for… Read More »Mitch Cairns: Restless Legs