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NewsTricks, Trysts and Tigers: How the Lives of Infamous Illusionists Siegfried and Roy Became an (Unauthorised) Opera
The headline show of Sydney Festival 2025 immortalises two of the most famous magicians of all time — and the big cat who ended their careers.
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FeatureShoot For the Stars: How the Australian Cast of 'Hamilton' Is Spending Summer in Sydney
We chatted to the people who are always in the Room Where it Happens to find out how stage stars live it up in the Harbour City
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NewsGreat Scott!: 'Back to the Future: The Musical' Is Making Its Australian Premiere in Sydney in 2025
After hit seasons in West End and on Broadway, the award-winning stage version of everyone's favourite time-travelling 80s flick is zipping Down Under.
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NewsWhen a Delightfully Strange Screen-to-Stage Australian Musical Happens: Paul Hodge and Simon Phillips Chat 'Round the Twist'
Have you heard the word about Queensland Theatre and Queensland Performing Arts Centre's new adaptation of the beloved 90s series? We chatted to the composer/playwright and director behind it.
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News"I Learn From Her Every Night": 'Hamilton' Star Vidya Makan Is Putting Her Own Spin on the Musical Theatre Megahit
The performer and composer had to forget everything she knew about the blockbusting show to find some common ground with her character.
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NewsTony- and Olivier-Winning Hit 'The Play That Goes Wrong' Is Making a Comeback on Australia's Stages in 2025
What happens when The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society tries to stage a murder-mystery? Chaos — and this onstage comedy.
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NewsTwenty-Five Movies That You Can Stream This Christmas No Matter How You Feel About the Festive Season
Pour a glass of eggnog, find your comfiest spot on the couch, then enjoy everything from 'The Holdovers' and 'Die Hard' to 'Last Christmas' and 'Eyes Wide Shut'.
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GuideThe Best Free Events to Catch During Sydney Festival 2025
Sydney Festival is saving your wallet this summer with a cost-of-living defying program of free events throughout January.
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GuideMany of the Best Seats at Sydney Festival 2025's Headline Shows Are on Sale for Just $49 — Here's Why
As NSW's flagship arts fest prepares to celebrate its 49th birthday, affordability has been very much front of mind for Festival Director Olivia Ansell.
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NewsNine 2024 Emmy-Winning TV Shows That You Should Watch Immediately
Your new must-watch list of Emmy-winners includes 'Baby Reindeer' and its has-to-be-seen-to-be-believed tale, the history-making 'Shōgun' and, yes, 'The Bear'.
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NewsNine New Movies You Can Watch Right Now That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with Austin Butler's latest brooding role, serial-killer chiller 'Longlegs' and the animated antics of 'Inside Out 2'.
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NewsTwelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month
Spend your couch time watching Rashida Jones navigate a sci-fi mystery in Japan, Nicolas Cage face a post-apocalyptic future and a gripping Australian romance-scam thriller.
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NewsThe 15 Best Straight-to-Streaming Movies of 2024 So Far
From 2024's first half, you need to be catching an Oscar-winning documentary, Glen Powell as a fake assassin and plenty of horror shocks from your couch.
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NewsEight New Movies You Can Watch in July That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with 'Furiosa', the latest gem from Hirokazu Kore-eda and a hypnotic vision of an AI-dominated future.
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GuideMust-Stream TV: All the Best Shows You Should Be Watching From 2024 So Far
Don't spend hours scrolling through streaming platforms — here's 2024's standout shows that you need to see.
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NewsThe 15 Best Returning TV Shows of 2024 So Far
These are the beloved small-screen favourites to say "yes chef!" to, sleuth along with and giggle with — and get catchy songs stuck in your head from, too.
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Many of the Best Seats at Sydney Festival 2025's Headline Shows Are on Sale for Just $49 — Here's Why
As NSW's flagship arts fest prepares to celebrate its 49th birthday, affordability has been very much front of mind for Festival Director Olivia Ansell.
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NewsDo You Hear the People Sing?: The 'Les Misérables' Arena Spectacular Is Coming to Australia in 2025
The music of the people, plus the songs of angry men, will echo thanks to a stacked cast and a 65-plus-piece orchestra.
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News'Cats' Is Returning to the Stage Down Under to Celebrate Its 40th Australian Anniversary
The movie mightn't have hit the mark, but you can see why this feline-fancying musical has been a huge theatre hit when it makes its Aussie stage comeback.
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News'The Lord of the Rings — A Musical Tale' Has Added More Cities to Its Precious 2025 Australian Tour
This hit Middle-earth musical is not only taking the hobbits to Sydney, but to Melbourne and Perth as well.
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NewsSydney Theatre Company's Sarah Snook-Starring 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' Is Heading to Broadway
After wowing London's West End, the 'Succession' actor will make her Broadway debut playing 26 roles in the one-performer Aussie stage sensation.
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NewsSplash-Hit Céline Dion-Fuelled Musical-Comedy 'Titanique' Is Making Its Australian Debut in Sydney This Month
The laughs will go on at this off-Broadway award-winner, which is told through Dion's songs — and is finally making its maiden voyage Down Under.
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NewsLive 'Dungeons & Dragons' Show 'The Twenty-Sided Tavern' Is Rolling Into Australia for Its Down Under Premiere
You won't just watch this stage version of the tabletop roleplaying game — you play along, choosing the characters and helping shape the story.
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NewsThe Stage Musical Version of Festive Big-Screen Favourite 'Elf' Is Finally Making Its Australian Premiere
The film-to-theatre Broadway hit is heading Down Under, debuting in Sydney, so that you can catch the Christmas classic onstage.
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The Musical Version of 'The Lord of the Rings' Is Taking the Hobbits to Australian Stages in 2025
Middle-earth gets melodic at 'The Lord of the Rings — A Musical Tale', which is making its Aussie debut in Sydney.
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News'Parks and Recreation' and 'The Afterparty' Star Ben Schwartz Is Bringing His Live Improv Show to Australia
He's also the voice of Sonic the Hedgehog — and he's locked in a two-city trip Down Under in 2025.
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News'Guys and Dolls' Is the Next Iconic Musical That Opera Australia Is Bringing to Sydney Harbour's Floating Stage
The Tony-winning Broadway sensation is Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour's pick for 2025, running for a month from late March.
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News'RuPaul's Drag Race' Icon Bianca Del Rio Is Returning Down Under in 2025 with Her 'Dead Inside' Tour
Hurricane Bianca is back, this time breaking out her devilish snark and timing on an eight-city tour of Australia and New Zealand.
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EventDUNGEONS & DRAGONS The Twenty-Sided Tavern
Sun, 15 Dec 2024 - Sat, 8 Mar 2025
Sydney Opera House, Sydney
This live 'Dungeons & Dragons' show has finally rolled into Australia for its Down Under premiere at the Sydney Opera House.
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EventWhat We Leave Behind
Sat, 4 Jan - Tue, 28 Jan 2025
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, The Rocks
This evolving sculpture weaves together our collective hopes for the future of our environment.
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EventTelly Tuita: The Ta and Va of Tongpop
Sat, 4 Jan - Sun, 26 Jan 2025
Walsh Bay, Walsh Bay
Eye-popping colour, a bold mix of cultural and urban symbolism, and a playful irreverence are the trademarks of this Tongan artist.
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EventArt Up Late: Manly Art Gallery & Museum
Thu, 9 Jan, 2025
Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Manly
Take a deep dive into an exhibition exploring the wonders of water while enjoying live music, artists talks and a glass of wine.
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EventEnigma: Immersive Sound and Video Art
Wed, 23 Oct 2024 - Tue, 28 Jan 2025
Walsh Bay, Walsh Bay
This avant-garde revue showcasing some of Australia's most innovative artists combines video installations, sound sculptures and more.
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EventFlickerfest Sydney 2025
Fri, 17 Jan - Sun, 26 Jan 2025
Bondi Pavilion, Bondi Beach
Sydney's only Academy® qualifying short film festival returns for the 34th year running.
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EventSydney Symphony Under the Stars
Sat, 18 Jan, 2025
Parramatta Park, Parramatta
At this free event, you can enjoy a rousing evening of classical hits and new Australian masterworks while sitting under the summer stars.
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EventThe FRIENDS™ Experience: The One in Sydney
Sat, 5 Oct 2024 - Sun, 16 Feb 2025
The Fullerton Hotel Sydney, Sydney
Way better than rewatching all 236 episodes, again.
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EventSquid Game: The Experience
Sat, 14 Dec 2024 - Sun, 2 Feb 2025
Luna Park, Milsons Point
This immersive 'Squid Game' experience at Sydney's Luna Park will get you playing 'Red Light, Green Light' IRL.
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EventThe Sixers Sydney Smash
Fri, 17 Jan, 2025
Sydney Cricket Ground, Moore Park
Catch a rematch of the Sydney derby to see if it’s revenge or winner-take-all.
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NewsDavid Sedaris Is Bringing His Latest Tour to Australia and New Zealand to Delight NPR Obsessives in 2025
Two years on from his last round of 'An Evening with David Sedaris' shows Down Under, the NPR humorist and bestselling author is returning.
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NewsHow Bangarra Dance Theatre Is Looking Beyond Australia with Its First Mainstage Cross-Cultural Collaboration 'Horizon'
“I really want to make sure that you, as the audience, will leave the theatre with a bit of the Torres Strait with you.”
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NewsThe First-Ever Australian Season of 'Dear Evan Hansen' Will Tour the Country After Its Sydney Debut
Sydney Theatre Company's production of the Tony-winning musical has locked in dates in Melbourne, Canberra and Adelaide.
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NewsDolly Parton Has Announced a Broadway Musical Based on Her Life So Start Begging for It to Please Come Down Under
Set to debut in New York in 2026, this new stage show will step through the icon's story and career — and Parton has written new songs for it.
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NewsTony- and Grammy-Winning Musical 'Hadestown' Will Make Its Australian Premiere in Sydney in 2025
The hit production, which hit Broadway in 2019, gives the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice a new spin featuring jazz and American folk tunes.
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News'Jean Paul Gaultier's Fashion Freak Show' Is Making Its Australian Debut at Brisbane Festival 2024
Playing an Aussie-exclusive season, this stage production features more than 200 original Gaultier couture pieces and celebrates the designer's 50-year career.
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NewsCalling All 'Black Books' Obsessives: Bill Bailey Is Touring Australia in October and November 2024
The 'Never Mind the Buzzcocks' star is rarely far from stages Down Under, returning after last getting behind the mic in 2022.
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NewsShake & Stir Theatre Co's Stage Production of 'Frankenstein' Is Coming Alive in Melbourne and Sydney in 2024
Shake & Stir Theatre Co has already taken on 'Dracula', 'Jane Eyre' and 'A Christmas Carol' — now it's Mary Shelley's masterpiece's turn.
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News'In the Heights' Is the Next Tony-Winning Hit Musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda That's Coming to Australia
Sydney Opera House will turn into Washington Heights to host a six-week season of the Broadway smash in July and August.
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NewsSydney Theatre Company's 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' Might Be Making the Stage-to-Screen Leap
Cate Blanchett's production company Dirty Films has picked up the film rights for the one-performer Aussie stage smash.
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NewsTony-Winning Smash-Hit Musical 'The Book of Mormon' Is Coming Back to Australia in 2025
Sydney will host the return of this crass magnum opus from 'South Park' creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone from July 2025.
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News'The Woman in Black' Is Bringing Its Spooky Onstage Ghost Story (and Its 2024 Australian Season) to Sydney
Catch Australian actors John Waters and Daniel MacPherson take on the page-to-stage adaption at Theatre Royale Sydney this winter.
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Sarah Snook Just Won Best Actress at the Olivier Awards for Sydney Theatre Company's 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'
Shiv Roy isn't the only part that the 'Succession' star is winning awards for — here, she plays 26.
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News'Six the Musical' Has Locked in Dates for the Hit Show's Return 2024–25 Tour of Australia's East Coast
This empowering pop-scored remix of royal history will return to Melbourne and Sydney this year, then hit Brisbane to start 2025.
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News'Hamilton' Is Only Playing Sydney on Its Return to Australia in 2024 So Don't Throw Away Your Shot
The Broadway smash will retrace American history in the Harbour City again from July, then leave the country.
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News'Love Stories' Is the Next Trent Dalton Book That's Coming to Life on the Stage at Brisbane Festival
Before 'Boy Swallows Universe' was turned into a Netflix series, it was adapted as a play first in Dalton's home town of Brisbane.
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NewsCirque du Soleil Is Bringing Its Spectacular Mexican-Inspired Production 'LUZIA' to Australia
This year also marks the circus troupe's 25th anniversary in Australia, with its latest production the tenth big-top show to visit the country.
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NewsRemixing Culture: A History of the Best Modern Theatrical Revisions of Classic Texts
Here's all the intel on the origins of some of your favourite musical stage productions.
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NewsGo Behind the Scenes with a Brilliant Aussie Pair from Exuberant Musical '& Juliet'
The warm and talented duo of Amy Lehpamer and Yashith Fernando give us an inside look at the spectacular musical taking over Sydney Lyric Theatre.
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NewsTodayTix Is Doing an '& Juliet' Ticket Lottery So You Can Catch the Pop-Meets-Shakespeare Stage Hit for Just $45
You haven't seen the Bard's greatest tragedy like this before — and now you can catch it for cheap.
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NewsChoreographer Benjamin Millepied's Stunning 'Romeo & Juliet' Ballet Is Coming to Australia for the First Time
Combining dance, theatre and cinema, the suite of shows give Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers a contemporary spin.
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News'Sister Act' Is the Next Smash-Hit Broadway Musical That's Set to Finally Make Its Australian Premiere
Inspired by the 90s films of the same name, the five-time Tony-nominee will make its Aussie debut in Sydney in August 2024, then head to Melbourne from November.
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