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Performing Arts WA 2023 Awards Ceremony

The 2023 Performing Arts WA Awards Ceremony, held on Monday 30 October in the Heath Ledger Theatre, celebrated achievement in Western Australian professional live performance in 2022, covering both mainstage and independent performances.

Independent dance show Petrushka (Game, Set, Match) by Scott Elstermann was the biggest winner for the night, taking home five of the six awards for which it was nominated, including Outstanding New Work, Outstanding Choreography and Best Independent Production.

RENT Cast Announced

The cast has been announced today for the new Australian tour of the multi-Tony Award winning rock musical by Jonathan Larson, RENT.

RENT will play at the Playhouse, QPAC, Brisbane from 27 January 2024, then State Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne from 17 February, Newcastle’s Civic Theatre from 15 March, His Majesty’s Theatre, Perth from 11 May, and Canberra Theatre from 6 June. Head to rentmusical.au for tickets.

Perth Festival 2024

Image: Wundig Wer Wilura 

Perth Festival 2024 promises “stories from here and around the globe that celebrate our shared humanity under the same sun” from 9 February to 3 March.

Opera Queensland Season 2024

Opera Queensland Artistic Director Patrick Nolan has announced a 2024 season featuring three major productions in Brisbane that pitch classics alongside new works. 

Sydney Festival 2024

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The 2024 Sydney Festival, from January 5 – 28, features a line-up of World Premieres, immersive experiences, public art, Australian exclusives, free events, First Nations programming and an epic live music offering. 

Rocky Horror Returns In 2024

After touring Australia in 2023, the 50th Anniversary world tour of Rock ‘N’ Roll musical The Rocky Horror Show in 2024, opening at the Civic Theatre Newcastle from 12 January starring Jason Donovan as Frank N Furter, and Myf Warhurst as the Narrator (Newcastle only). Return seasons at Melbourne’s Atheneum Theatre from 9 February and Theatre Royal Sydney from 31 March will follow.

Queensland Ballet Season 2024

Image: Queensland Ballet on Tour 2024. Rhapsody in Motion - Laura Tosar and Patricio Reve. Photographer: David Kelly.

Queensland Ballet has unveiled its 2024 Season, full of colourful characters and stories from literature, history, and imagination. In a fusion of new and loved works told through traditional classical and contemporary repertoire, Queensland Ballet will explore dreamscapes, realism, and fairytales – some with an unexpected twist.

Opera Australia’s New Artistic Director’s Announces Inaugural Season

Image: Opera Australia Artistic Director Jo Davies and CEO Fiona Allan. Photographer: Daniel Boud

Adelaide Festival 2024 Program

Photographer: Andrew Beveridge.

64 events, 16 world premieres, 12 Australian premieres and 23 exclusives

The 39th Adelaide Festival, the first of the next three festivals curated by Artistic Director Ruth Mackenzie CBE and Chief Executive Kath M Mainland CBE, invites citizens, artists and communities to help shape the way the Festival can support and inspire. 

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