Stringmania Presents: A Festival of Strings at The Memo, Healesville
Stringmania is an immersive residential camp for musicians who are passionate and curious about traditional and contemporary string music.
A Night Of Horror International Film Festival Unveils 2023 Program
Australia’s longest running showcase of horror and dark genre cinema, A Night of Horror International Film Festival (ANOH) is back for its 15th year, with a frighteningly fantastic program.
CORO AUSTRAL presents POESIA Y MUSICA
Choral music inspired by great poetry 2.30pm Sunday 24 September at St Augustine’s Church, Balmain
Musica Viva Australia in Schools launches 2024 season
Musica Viva Australia have launched their 2024 Musica Viva Australia in Schools program for students.
Kennedy Prize 2023 Winner Tells the Story of Refugee Mostafa ‘Moz’ Azimitabar
Indian Australian visual artist Sid Pattni has been awarded the 2023 Kennedy Prize with a thought-provoking portrait of Kurdish refugee, Mostafa ‘Moz’ Azimitabar, who fled war and was held in detention at Manus Island for over six years. The celebrated national visual arts competition, which called for entries under the theme of ‘Beauty’, has attracted a record-breaking number of entries this year from Australia’s finest visual artists for the $25,000 prize. West Australian based artist Sid Pattni created the award-winning portrait - entitled Portrait of Moz - using oil, synthetic polymer, and cotton thread on canvas for his first solo exhibition The Story of Us, which explores the stories of refugees and asylum seeker communities in Australia. @kennedyartfoundation
Willoughby City Council Celebrates Diversity with Three Inspiring Women-Led Performances
Willoughby City Council’s Culture Bites program is presenting three diverse and inspiring live performances across September, October and November: internationally acclaimed flutist Jane Rutter’s Live at Lunch series.The new musical The Hen House, a fiercely funny, extraordinary and at times tragic story of the lives and experiences of two European-Australian female migrant factory workers. Jodee Mundy’s one-person show Personal sharing her experience as the only hearing person in a Deaf family.
A Journey Through Cultural Expectations and the Lives of Adolescent Girls: NTofP presents the World Premiere of Girls In Boys’ Cars
Two friends, an accidental road trip, and a whole lot of trouble.
Riverside's Spot On Children's Festival returns to deliver an epic program of school holiday fun
Riverside Theatres is set to once again become a hub for the best of children's entertainment and activities this spring school holidays for the annual Spot On Children's Festival, running over nine jam-packed days from 23rd September to 4th October.
Ensemble Theatre presents ‘Is There Something Wrong With That Lady?’
Ensemble Theatre is thrilled to present Debra Oswald’s funny and excruciatingly honest one-woman show Is There Something Wrong With That Lady? on from 18th September to 14th October 2023.
Sport for Jove and Seymour Centre present VENUS AND ADONIS
“A luscious, visual feast and a remarkable achievement” - Limelight Magazine
Environmental Art and Design Prize People's Choice winners announced
Northern Beaches Council is delighted to announce the People’s Choice winners of the 2023 Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Prize competition.
Merrigong Theatre Company & Strangeways Ensemble presents the world premiere of SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED
When the dreams that you dare to dream may just come true...
Belvoir Presents Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar & Grill
Belvoir presents Tony-award winning hit Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, a musical play about the life of jazz great Billie Holiday, starring AACTA Award-winner Zahra Newman, on from 14 September to 15 October 2023.
Summer of Harold makes its world debut at Ensemble Theatre
Ensemble Theatre is delighted to present the world premiere of Summer of Harold, a trio of cracking comedic plays about adventure, obsession and hope from award-winning playwright Hilary Bell, on from 8 September to 14 October 2023.
Bigger and brighter than ever: Affordable Art Fair returns to Melbourne's newly restored Royal Exhibition Building
Affordable Art Fair, the world’s largest art fair organiser, will make a triumphant return to Australia’s cultural capital with a program that is set to surprise and delight art-loving locals.
MULTI-PLATINUM AWARD WINNING VIOLIN SUPERSTAR DAVID GARRETT OCEANIA BOUND FOR ICONIC TOUR
David Garrett, the global rockstar violin virtuoso, will make his triumphant Oceania debut, performing highly anticipated concerts in Australia and New Zealand in September and October 2023. Garrett will take to stages in Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Auckland as part of his globally acclaimed ICONIC tour which has sold out concerts in more than 30 cities across eight countries. Garrett said in a statement that he is “so thrilled to finally perform in Australia and New Zealand.” “I’ve been waiting for this for such a long time. We are going to play a wonderful classical tour called ICONIC. I can’t wait to see everyone.”
MYRIAD EXHIBITION TO CELEBRATE ART AND DISABILITY ON GRAND SCALE
South Australia’s biggest display of artwork by people living with disability will feature as part of the 2023 Myriad Art Exhibition as a headline attraction in this month’s South Australian Living Artists (SALA) Festival. The respected exhibition, now in its fifth year is presented by not-for-profit disability support organisation Community Living Australia in partnership with the State Library of South Australia and will run from 17-31 August 2023 in the State Library Institute Building. The 2023 exhibition will feature a record-breaking 68 South Australian artists,10 feature artists and 120 artworks and celebrate a ‘myriad’ of artists, abilities, cultures and stories.
FINAL CALLOUT FOR NEW KENNEDY PRIZE PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD
Kennedy Prize judges are calling for final submissions for the prestigious Nyland Prize, a new photography award that is named after the Honourable Justice and Kennedy Foundation committee member, Margaret Nyland. Entries for the inaugural award will close on August 25 and honour one of Australia’s finest photographers with a $5,000 prize in a new addition to the 2023 Kennedy Prize. The Nyland Prize is open to photographers nationally to submit entries under the theme of ‘Beauty’. Emerging photographers are encouraged to enter. A non-refundable $20 fee applies to each entrant.
Create NSW and Artspace 2024 NSW Visual Arts Fellowship (Emerging) Applications Open.
Calling all emerging NSW visual artists to apply for prestigious fellowship
Art Exhibition - Bernard Ollis 'Different Worlds'
The differing worlds of the natural and constructed landscapes have formed the inspiration for a new exhibition by Bernard Ollis OAM, showing at Mitchell Fine Art from 22nd August 2023.
New Australian Musical, THE HEN HOUSE, to Light Up Camden Civic Centre this September
A fierce and funny musical that pays homage to the stories of European migration and explores the dignity and comedy of the female working-class experience.
New Australian Musical, The Hen House, to Electrify the Stage in World Premiere at Riverside Theatres
A fierce and funny musical that pays homage to the stories of European migration and explores the dignity and comedy of the female working-class experience.
Merrigong Theatre Company presents Belvoir’s MISS PEONY
A 21st Century Australian comedy caught between two generations and two cultures.
Stage Adaption of Colleen McCullough’s TIM Performs at Riverside Theatres
Australian icon Colleen McCullough's classic novel is adapted for the stage by acclaimed playwright Tim McGarry
A Powerful Celebration of Indigenous Culture through Storytelling, Original Songs, and Dance, Reckōning comes to Riverside Theatres
A powerful celebration of indigenous culture through storytelling, original songs, and dance
Sydney's dark past comes alive in two immersive theatre shows
Dare a dip into Sydney’s dark past when two immersive theatre shows bring to life the true-crime stories of the Razor Gang Wars and Juanita Nielsen: The Final Days.
An Exquisite Festival of Culture, Nature and Food & Wine, Out West Piano Fest returns to Bathurst this October
An incredible weekend of food and wine, music and art.
DEITIES by Ian Kingsford-Smith artist
Exhibition of hand carved, painted sculptures and aquatint etchings
Morgan Hogg awarded 2023 NSW Visual Arts Fellowship (Emerging)
Artspace and Create NSW would like to congratulate Morgan Hogg, the recipient of the 2023 NSW Visual Arts Fellowship (Emerging) at the official exhibition launch at Carriageworks, opened Minister for the Arts, John Graham.
Merrigong Theatre Company and Christine Dunstan productions will present TIM
An Australian classic becomes an uplifting new play.