Celebrating 28 years, Flickerfest is Australia's leading Academy Award accredited and BAFTA- recognised Short Film Festival, the country's largest Australian & International short film competition, screening the best of shorts from Australia and around the world. Flickerfest screens for 10 days under the summer stars at Bondi Beach in January...

A Crawl To Now is a 90 minute live show featuring songs selected from over twenty albums. James will be joined on stage by renowned guitarist Josh Owen in acoustic duo format. James Reyne’s songs have provided the soundtrack to endless Australian summers, including ‘The Boys Light Up’, ‘Reckless’, ‘Beautiful...

Venue: National Cartoon Gallery @ The BunkerT You don't need to be at the Sydney Opera House on 10 March to experience the main stage action of All About Women. This annual feminist festival is designed to make you think and ask questions about gender, justice and equality. Featuring three...

An All Australian Story Written and Directed by Tony Briggs This funny, heart-warming tale, inspired by the life of writerTony Briggs’ mother,is one of Australia’s best-loved stories, winningmultiple awards as a play, film and soundtrack album.  It tells of the incredible journey of fourYorta Yorta Women, who sing Motown hits...

VOX LUX | D. Brady Corbet | 112mins | MA15+ | USA Natalie Portman gives a bravura performance in the second feature from actor-director Brady Corbet, which spans decades in the life of a young woman juggling a scandal-ridden music career, a teenage daughter (Raffey Cassidy), and an overbearing if...

VENUE: Eastern Dorrigo Community Hall Celebrating 28 years, Flickerfest, Australia's leading Academy Award accredited and BAFTA- recognised Short Film Festival, makes its way to Ulong for the very first time with the Short Laughs Comedy programme. Flickerfest remains a platform for celebrating the most entertaining and innovative short filmmaking from...

Sydney’s world-roots-jazz quartet The Vampires return to the Jetty Theatre in March. They will be launching their sixth and latest album, “Pacifica”, following up on the success of their 2017 album “The Vampires Meet Lionel Loueke” which was nominated for an ARIA Award and shortlisted for the Australian Music Prize....

Starring Michael Veitch and Simon Oats The Golden Age of Radio is Back! Live old-time radio drama with Michael Veitch back doingwhat he is loved for - original comedy! Simon Oats joins him on stage as theperfect matinee idol rogue, dashing former Squadron Leader, Tony ‘The Ace’Hamilton. Set in a...

“THE ENTIRE PERFORMANCE IS POETRY” - Joanna Silver  An exhilaratingride of Contemporary Dance, the music of COLDPLAY and the spoken word of A.B ‘Banjo’ Paterson. This production is like no other. BANJO brilliantly intertwines the life of Banjo Paterson through arrangements of COLDPLAY's greatest hits. Performed live by some of Australia’s leading performance talent....

Inspiring and thought-provoking, the Ocean Film Festival World Tour is filled with moving footage, touching interviews and insightful narrations. Each of the festival’s films conveys a deep respect and appreciation for the world’s oceans and the creatures that call them home. This carefully curated selection of short films document the...

THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS | D. Tim Wardle | 96mins | PG | USA SWIFF ENCORE SCREENING Winner - Special Jury Prize - Sundance Film Festival In 1981, a freshman arrives at his new college dorm for his first day at college. People are waving and asking how his Summer was,...

Multi award winning performer, Darren Coggan, returns to his country roots 'Like A Rhinestone Cowboy', delivering the vocal authenticity and guitar prowess of the great Glen Campbell. In a personal reflection, Darren respectfully honours the indelible voice behind the golden hits of the 60’s and 70’s including Gentle On My...

Venue: Coramba Community Hall One man's journey to discover love and meaning. I Pilgrim is a funny and personal evening with Australian actor Alan Lovell. It is a big-hearted, one-man show based on his own experience of walking the Camino De Santiago, 800kms across Northern Spain. From the foothills of...

LET THE SUNSHINE IN | D. Claire Denis | 90mins | MA15+ | France French with English subtitles Isabelle, Parisian artist, divorced mother, is looking for love, true love at last. Academy Award winner Juliette Binoche is luminous in the new film from acclaimed French filmmaker Claire Denis (Beau Travail,...

Heathers: The Musical is a contemporary rock musical adapted from the 1989 film by Daniel Waters. The dark comedy centres around classic high-school struggles while taking a look into the darker issues often faced by teenagers today. With witty humour, catchy songs and dark sarcasm, Heathers is an experience for...

CAPHARNAUM | D. Nadine Labaki | 120mins | MA15+ | Lebanon Lebanese with English subtitles SWIFF ENCORE SCREENING Receiving a 15-minute standing ovation, the Cannes Jury Prize and Nominated for the 2019 Best Foreign-Language Oscar, this heartfelt drama centres on a runaway boy who attempts to divorce his parents. Written...

The Toni Child's Retrospective Tour marks the 30 year anniversary of Union. Toni will celebrate with you this very momentous anniversary with a retrospective of her work, featuring hits from Union, House of Hope, Woman's Boat and Keep the Faith in the first hour, and new music from It's All...

VENUE: SPORTZ CENTRAL 360 ALLSTARS is a phenomenal physical performance exploring all forms of rotation. Boasting a stellar cast, including world champion athletes, world class dancers and world renowned musicians, the production connects the street with the elite to deliver a radical urban circus! A performance like no other, 360...

EVERYBODY KNOWS | D. Asghar Farhadi | 132mins | CTC | Spain, France, Italy Spanish with English subtitles Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem star in the tense psychological thriller that opened the 2018 Cannes Film Festival competition, from the two-time Oscar-winning director of A Separation and The Salesman, Asghar Farhadi....

CELESTE | D. Ben Hackworth | 105mins | CTC | Australia Radha Mitchell gives a stunning performance in this intoxicating tale of love, betrayal and Schubert set in the remote rainforests of far north Queensland and chosen as part of the Cannes Film Festival’s Atelier incubator for outstanding new talent....

"Once upon a time, there was a little ogre named Shrek...." And thus begins the tale of an unlikely hero who finds himself on a life-changing journey alongside a wisecracking Donkey and a feisty princess who resists her rescue. Throw in a short-tempered bad guy, a cookie with an attitude...

The Banff Mountain Film Festival is the world’s most prestigious mountain film festival now in its 42nd year. After premiering in the mountain town of Banff, in Canada, a selection of the best short films about adventure tour the globe. The 2019 tour promises 3 hours of captivating footage, shot...

Choreographed by Natalie Weir Produced by Expressions Dance Company and Queensland Performing Arts Centre An elegant dinner party hosted by an influential young man for his manipulative guests is thrown into turmoil when power meets greed, ambition and jealousy. As the evening wears on The Dinner Party exposes society’s insatiable...

THE THRILL OF CIRCUS. THE MAYHEM OF MOZART Created by Yaron Lifschitz with Benjamin Knapton and the Circa Ensemble Straight from the score and onto the stage, the man known as Mozart appears amid a storm of powder, tumbling and twirling, as musical mayhem and movement fuse i nthis family...

Grab a mate. Grab a date. Grab a ticket to the Roadshow! Lookingfor a laugh? The Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow is coming to town. Forget I-Spy, spotto and stale servo snacks, this road trip is jam-packed with a crew of fantastically funny comedians, specially selected to bring the fun...

“Miss Cummings, if we’re all different, doesn’t that kind of make us all the same?” -Juniper May, Robot Song When eleven-year-old Juniper May receives a petition signed by her entire class stating that she is ‘the most hated person in the school’ her life is thrown into complete meltdown. After...

A Crazy, Mad, Wonderful Ballet Choreography by Michael Pappalardo & Brendan Bradshaw Melbourne City Ballet’s Artistic Director, Michael Pappalardo and Artistic Associate Brendan Bradshaw pay homage to Lewis Carroll’s classic novel, Alice in Wonderland, with this enchanting ballet, complimented by one of Tchaikovsky’s most famous scores. The curious adventure begins...

Escape to the magical and mysterious world of Diamonds After Dark. This high impact show promises electrifying performances, bringing to life the music of Queen, Cher, Lady Gaga and much much more. An explosion of talent including dancing, incredible vocals and a dynamic cast who have graced stages around the...

The Songs of Paul Simon Mrs Robinson…The Boxer…Mother & Child Reunion….Call Me Al……Bridge Over Troubled Water…………Feelin Groovy……50 Ways…..Sounds of Silence……Kodachrome….. Me & Julio… El Condor Passé....Diamonds ...                   Paul Simon may have just retired from performing but his songs will play on forever. He is undoubtedly one of the premier songwriters in...

Catherine Alcorn is The Divine Miss Bette "Bawdy, brash and just as fabulous" ‘Absolutely hilarious!’ - Time Out Sydney Prepare to be mesmerised by award-winning stage sensation Catherine Alcorn in her hilarious portrayal of Bette Midler when she channels the People’s Diva in this thoroughly rapturous performance! Fresh from her...

Starring Jane Rutter & Peter Cousens WestEnd Musical star, Peter Cousens, and Legendary Flutist Jane Rutter (Chevalièredes Arts et Lettres) join forces to bring you a Magical Night of Musical Romance, performing popular Classical pieces and Romantic songs b ysome of the World’s greatest popular composers: Gershwin, Cole Porter, Massenet,Offenbach, Andrew Lloyd...

Tickle your ears and imagination Inspired by Australian bush classics such as The Magic Pudding, Blinky Bill and The Muddleheaded Wombat, Ensemble Offspring, Sydney’s favourite musical mavericks, take toddlers and their families on a journey through the wonderment of experiencing chamber music for the first time. Featuring old-fashioned colonial folk...

The Passion & Sadness of Flamenco Arrebato Ensemble features dynamic and emotive instrumental music based in contemporary flamenco, with a spectacular visual aspect added by virtuosic dancer Chachy Peñalver. Arrebato Ensemble is Greg Alfonzetti, Damian de Boos-Smith and Byron Mark, three passionate musicians who write with all aspects of their...

“Considered by many critics to be among the greatest musicals of the twentieth century, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s "South Pacific" is a lighthearted musical with serious themes. Set in an island paradise during World War II, two parallel love stories are threatened by the dangers of prejudice and war. Well-known musical...