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Theatre, dance and performance. The touring circuits and the picture palaces that doubled as theatres, ballet and contemporary dance, Aboriginal performance companies, cabaret and vaudeville, and the buildings that housed all of it.

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150 moments in this segment.

1900 - Tivoli Theatre, Castlereagh Street. The Tivoli Theatre on Castlereagh Street in Sydney around 1900. The Tivoli circuit carried vaudeville and variety across Australia for six decades.
1903 - Wirth's Circus performer. A performer with a trained lion at Wirth's Circus in 1903. Wirth's toured Australia and abroad for nearly a century and was one of the largest circuses in the southern hemisphere.
1911 - The Helpmann family at Mount Gambier. 1911. Robert Helpmann grew up there and became a dancer, actor and choreographer with the Sadler's Wells and later the Australian Ballet.
1917 - A J.C. Williamson production. Performers in a J.C. Williamson production. The firm imported New York and London shows and cast them locally.
1929 - Tivoli variety act. A Tivoli variety act posed for the camera in 1929. Vaudeville held Australian audiences until television arrived in 1956.
1930 - Ticket queue at Her Majesty's Theatre. A queue for tickets at Her Majesty's Theatre in Sydney around 1930. The building was later demolished and the site now carries Sydney Tower.
1930 - Queuing for theatre tickets. Another view of the ticket queue at Her Majesty's Theatre. Booking meant standing at the window before telephone and postal booking became common.
1930 - Empire Theatre auditorium. The auditorium and proscenium of the Empire Theatre on Quay Street in Sydney in 1930. Australian city theatres of this generation seated well over a thousand.
1930 - Tivoli performers arriving. 1930. The circuit imported acts from Britain and the United States alongside local performers.
1931 - Dancers on pointe, 1931. A line of dancers on pointe in 1931. Ballet schools spread through Australian cities well before there was a national company to join.
1934 - White Horse Inn at the Theatre Royal. 1934. Operetta filled the Australian commercial stage between the wars.
1934 - Theatre Royal foyer crowd. A crowd in evening dress in the Theatre Royal foyer in 1934. Dressing for the theatre was expected in the city houses.
1935 - J.C. Williamson at the Theatre Royal. A J.C. Williamson production at the Theatre Royal in Sydney in 1935. The firm, known simply as The Firm, dominated commercial theatre in Australia and New Zealand from the 1880s.
1935 - A Williamson staging. Another J.C. Williamson staging at the Theatre Royal. The company controlled theatres, touring routes and star contracts across both countries.
1935 - Chorus at the Theatre Royal. Chorus performers in Nice Goings On at the Theatre Royal in 1935. Large chorus lines were standard in the commercial musical houses.
1936 - Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in Australia. The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo on its Australian tour in the late 1930s. The tours introduced Australian audiences to modern classical ballet at first hand.
1936 - Ballets Russes dancers in Australia. A further image from the Ballet Russe Australian tours. Dancers who remained afterwards founded schools that trained the first generation of Australian professionals.
1936 - Les Sylphides on the Australian tour. Les Sylphides as performed on the Australian Ballets Russes tours. The repertoire was the first sustained exposure Australian audiences had to the Diaghilev tradition.
1937 - Rehearsing Swing Along. A rehearsal for Swing Along at the Theatre Royal in 1937, photographed for J.C. Williamson. Musical comedy was the firm's most reliable product.
1938 - Dancer in a Williamson theatre. A dancer in a J.C. Williamson theatre in 1938. The firm presented ballet alongside its commercial musical seasons.
1939 - Commissionaires outside the Theatre Royal. Female commissionaires outside the Theatre Royal in 1939. Front of house staffing changed as men left for war service.
1939 - Original Ballet Russe at the Theatre Royal. The Original Ballet Russe season at the Theatre Royal in Sydney in 1939. The touring Ballets Russes companies were stranded in Australia by the outbreak of war and several dancers stayed.
1940 - Dressing room at the Cremorne Theatre. Dancers in a dressing room at the Cremorne Theatre in Brisbane in 1940. Backstage conditions in the commercial houses were cramped and unglamorous.
1940 - Adjusting pointe shoes. A dancer adjusting pointe shoes around 1940. Shoes are consumed at a rate that makes them a significant line in any company budget.
1944 - Photo call for The Squall. A photo call for The Squall at the Theatre Royal in 1944. Press calls were staged separately from performance for the newspapers.
1945 - Capitol Theatre, Sydney. The Capitol Theatre in Sydney in 1945. Built as an atmospheric theatre with a painted sky ceiling, it was restored in the 1990s for musicals.
1946 - Borovansky Ballet dancers. Martin Rubenstein and Kathleen Gorham of the Borovansky Ballet in 1946. Edouard Borovansky, another dancer who stayed after a tour, ran the company that preceded the Australian Ballet.
1946 - Ballet at the Theatre Royal. 1946. The same houses carried opera, ballet, musicals and variety in the same season.
1948 - Dress circle view, Lithgow. The view from the dress circle at the Lithgow theatre in 1948. Country theatres were built for both live performance and film.
1951 - Backstage celebration, 1951. A cast celebrating backstage in 1951. Imported leads were standard billing on the Australian commercial stage well into the postwar years.
1953 - Swan Lake at Her Majesty's, Brisbane. Swan Lake at Her Majesty's Theatre in Brisbane in 1953. Touring companies played the capital city theatres in sequence, which is how the circuit worked before air travel was cheap.
1954 - Ukrainian concert evening, 1954. A Ukrainian concert evening in Australia in 1954. Postwar migrant communities built their own performance societies, which sat entirely outside the commercial circuit.
1958 - Dressing room at the Empire Theatre. A Royal Ballet dancer in her dressing room at the Empire Theatre in Sydney in 1958. Visiting international companies drew large houses in the years before Australia had its own.
1958 - Royal Ballet curtain call in Sydney. A curtain call on the opening night of a Royal Ballet Swan Lake in Sydney in 1958. The tour was a major event in the Australian cultural calendar.
1962 - Welch and Jones at Sydney airport. Garth Welch and Marilyn Jones at Sydney airport in 1962, the year the Australian Ballet was founded. Both became principal artists and Jones later directed the company.
1973 - Alan Alder. The dancer Alan Alder in 1973. He was a principal artist with the Australian Ballet during the company's first decade.
1973 - Gailene Stock. 1973. She danced with the Australian Ballet and later directed the Royal Ballet School in London.
1989 - Aboriginal Dance Theatre, Redfern. The Aboriginal Dance Theatre at Redfern in 1989. Redfern was the centre of Aboriginal political and cultural organisation in Sydney through the 1970s and 1980s.
2009 - Helene Kirsova in Petrouchka. 's first professional ballet company in 1941.
2010-06-05 - Lunar Drive In Theatre. The Lunar Drive In Theatre. Outdoor performance and screening venues suited the Australian climate and the postwar suburb.
2010 - Finale at the Tivoli. The finale of The Good Old Days at the Tivoli in the late 1950s. The circuit closed in the 1960s as television took its audience.
2010-08-03 - Bangarra Dance Theatre
2010-09-22 - Don's Party returns to stage. ABC News covers Don's Party returning to the stage. The 1971 play sets an election night party on the night Labor lost in 1969.
2011-01-09 - Don's Party spawns modern remake. ABC News on a modern sequel to Don's Party. Williamson revisited the characters four decades later.
2011-02-18 - Williamson dismisses critics as Don Parties On. David Williamson responds to critics of Don Parties On. His commercial success has always sat uneasily with parts of the critical establishment.
2011 - Bangarra Dance Theatre curtain call. Bangarra Dance Theatre taking a bow. Founded in 1989, the company builds contemporary dance from First Nations stories developed with cultural consultants from the communities concerned.
2011 - Bangarra at a Commission event. Bangarra performing at a Human Rights Commission event. The company is based at Walsh Bay in Sydney and tours nationally and internationally.
2011 - Dancer at a public festival. A dancer in a public performance in the Northern Territory. Festivals such as Barunga and Garma programme dance the participating communities choose to show.
2011-07-21 - Behind the scenes of The Removalists. Queensland Theatre Company on The Removalists, Williamson's 1971 play about police violence.
2011-12-06 - Cate Blanchett - Creating a Climate for Change. Cate Blanchett on an environmental initiative at Sydney Theatre Company. The company installed a large rooftop solar array at the Wharf.
2011-12-06 - STC Artistic Directors. Sydney Theatre Company's artistic directors discuss the company. STC produces a subscription season and tours nationally and abroad.
2012-02-24 - Sydney Theatre Company -- The Wharf Revue. The Wharf Revue at Sydney Theatre Company, an annual political satire that has run for decades and lampoons Australian federal politics.
2012-03-22 - Ontroerend Goed & Sydney Theatre Company A History of Everything. A co production between Sydney Theatre Company and a Belgian company. Australian companies increasingly co produce internationally.
2012-04-22 - Theatre Royal celebrates 175 years. ABC News marks 175 years of the Theatre Royal in Hobart, which opened in 1837 and is described by the theatre as the oldest continuously operating theatre in Australia.
2012-05-14 - State Theatre director bows out. ABC News covers a state theatre director stepping down. Artistic directorships of the state companies turn over roughly every five to ten years.
2012-05-14 - The making of the Bangarra Clip. The making of a Bangarra promotional film. The company's visual style is as distinctive as its choreography.
2012 - Sydney Theatre Company. 1978, it works from converted finger wharves on Sydney Harbour.
2012 - Cate Blanchett. 2008 to 2013. She has worked continuously in Australian theatre alongside her film career.
2012 - Musical theatre cast in Sydney. The cast of a musical staged in Sydney in 2012. Commercial musical theatre remains the largest employer of Australian stage performers.
2012 - Kamahl. The singer Kamahl, born in Malaysia to Tamil parents and resident in Australia since the 1950s. He worked the concert and club circuit for decades.
2012-08-06 - ID by Stephen Page. ID, choreographed by Stephen Page for Bangarra, addressing questions of Aboriginal identity and who is entitled to claim it.
2013-03-13 - JACK CHARLES V THE CROWN. ILBIJERRI Theatre Company presents Jack Charles v The Crown, in which the Boonwurrung actor performed his own life story of theft, prison and heroin addiction. Jack Charles died in 2022.
2013-06-03 - Creative spaces: Inside the wardrobe department. Inside the Opera Australia wardrobe department. The company maintains costume, wig and millinery workshops.
2013-06-05 - Qantas 'Blak' short documentary. A short documentary on Bangarra's production Blak. The company's dance language mixes contemporary technique with movement drawn from Country.
2013-06-06 - Behind The Scenes of Bangarra Dance Theatre's 'Blak'. Behind the scenes on Bangarra's Blak at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre. Bangarra tours nationally to major performing arts centres.
2013 - Public dance performance. Dancers in a public performance. Repertoire staged publicly by the performers themselves is distinct from restricted ceremony, which is not photographed or archived here.
2013 - Tara Morice. The performer Tara Morice, who came to notice in Strictly Ballroom and has worked across Australian stage and screen.
2013-07-17 - O|A TOURING: Don Giovanni - From behind the scenes to on stage. Opera Australia takes Don Giovanni on tour. The company's regional touring arm plays towns without a permanent opera house.
2013-08-20 - Meet our Principal Physiotherapist. The Australian Ballet's principal physiotherapist. Companies of this size run their own medical and conditioning departments.
2013-10-07 - Cinderella - Behind The Scenes. Behind the scenes on the Australian Ballet's Cinderella. Full length story ballets require large corps and elaborate sets.
2013-10-23 - David McAllister: 30 Years with The Australian Ballet. David McAllister marks thirty years with the Australian Ballet. He danced as a principal artist before becoming artistic director in 2001.
2014-12-17 - Bangarra: Australia’s leading Indigenous arts company. Bangarra introduces itself as a First Nations arts company. Its works are developed with cultural consultants from the communities whose stories they draw on.
2015-05-24 - J.C. Williamson overview. Victorian Collections on J.C. Williamson, the American born impresario whose firm dominated Australian commercial theatre from the 1880s and was known as The Firm.
2015-05-24 - J. C. Williamson Scenebook. A J.C. Williamson scenebook held in a Victorian collection. The company's touring circuit reached across Australia and New Zealand.
2015-05-27 - Destination WA - History of His Majesty's Theatre. A history of His Majesty's Theatre in Perth, opened in 1904 and the last surviving Edwardian theatre in Western Australia according to the programme.
2015-06-03 - Incoming Sydney Festival Director Wesley Enoch promises focus on Indigenous performances. NITV interviews Wesley Enoch on taking over as Sydney Festival director in 2015. A Noonuccal Nuugi man, he had earlier run Queensland Theatre Company.
2015-06-10 - Bangarra Dance Theatre 2015. Bangarra Dance Theatre's 2015 season. The company has toured internationally as well as to remote Australian communities.
2015-10-05 - Bangarra World Ballet Day. Bangarra takes part in World Ballet Day, broadcasting from its rehearsal studios at Walsh Bay in Sydney.
2015-11-09 - Terrain: Bangarra Dance Theatre Education Resource. An education resource for Bangarra's Terrain, a work responding to Kati Thanda Lake Eyre in South Australia. The piece was made with Arabana consultation.
2015-12-11 - Proud Yolngu elder dances with his granddaughter | ABC News. ABC News films a Yolngu elder dancing with his granddaughter. Public dance of this kind passes movement between generations.
2016-02-18 - Staging an Opera: Making and Measuring (Part 3 of 5). Opera Australia on making and measuring for a staging. Sets are built in the company's own scenery workshops.
2016 - Australian Dance Theatre. 1965, it is the country's oldest continuously running contemporary dance company.
2016-09-01 - Saul | Behind the Scenes with Barrie Kosky. Barrie Kosky discusses Saul at the Adelaide Festival. Kosky, born in Melbourne, has directed the Komische Oper Berlin.
2016-12-18 - St Paul - Torres Strait Islands (indigenous dance, documentary). A documentary on dance at St Paul in the Torres Strait Islands. Island dance uses handheld dance machines and drums and is performed at public festivals.
2017-01-05 - Behind the Scenes Tour | The Ring Cycle. A behind the scenes tour of Opera Australia's Ring Cycle. Staging Wagner's four opera cycle is among the largest undertakings in Australian performance.
2017-09-10 - CORANDERRK Touring nationally in 2017. ILBIJERRI tours Coranderrk, a play built from the transcript of an 1881 parliamentary inquiry into the Coranderrk Aboriginal station in Victoria. The words are those of the residents themselves.
2018-03-26 - Opening Night of La Bohème on Sydney Harbour. Opening night of La Boheme on Sydney Harbour. The Handa Opera season began in 2012.
2018-04-10 - Melbourne Theatre Company Season 2018 | Behind the Scenes. Melbourne Theatre Company launches its 2018 season. MTC was founded in 1953 and is the oldest professional theatre company in Australia according to the company.
2018-05-08 - The Bleeding Tree | Interview with playwright Angus Cerini. The playwright Angus Cerini discusses The Bleeding Tree at Arts Centre Melbourne. New Australian writing is supported through state theatre company commissions.
2019-03-04 - Inside Rehearsals for West Side Story on Sydney Harbour. Rehearsals for West Side Story on Sydney Harbour. The outdoor stage is assembled and dismantled annually.
2019 - Yaama Ngunna Baaka gathering at Wilcannia. A public gathering at Wilcannia during the 2019 Yaama Ngunna Baaka corroboree festival, held along the Barka Darling River in protest at its condition. The events were staged publicly by the communities involved.
2019-10-16 - Life after ballet | 7.30. ABC's 7.30 on life after ballet. Professional dancers usually retire in their thirties and the transition is difficult.
2019-12-05 - Bangarra Dance Theatre presents SandSong | 3 - 12 September. Bangarra presents SandSong at Arts Centre Melbourne. The work was developed with Elders from the desert communities whose story it tells.
2020-01-24 - Meet the Playwright | David Williamson. Griffin Theatre Company introduces David Williamson. Griffin is dedicated to new Australian writing.
2020-02-12 - David Williamson and his son Felix discuss a lifetime in the theatre | 7.30. David Williamson and his son discuss a lifetime in the theatre. Williamson wrote screenplays for Gallipoli and Phar Lap as well as for the stage.
2020-05-11 - Director Documentaries: Paige Rattray, The Beauty Queen of Leenane. A director documentary from Sydney Theatre Company on The Beauty Queen of Leenane. STC runs a directors' programme to develop new stage directors.
2020-06-16 - NAISDA. Carole Johnson & Elaine Pelot Syron discuss Bangarra and NAISDA Dance at Carriageworks. Carole Johnson and Elaine Pelot Syron discuss the origins of Bangarra and NAISDA. Johnson, an African American dancer, helped found the training body that produced most early First Nations contemporary dancers in Australia.
2020-08-23 - Sydney Theatre Company's return to the stage. Sydney Theatre Company returns to the stage after closure. Australian theatre companies lost most of a season to the pandemic.
2021-02-07 - Her Majesty's Theatre: A New Beginning - Documentary. A documentary on the rebuilding of Her Majesty's Theatre in Adelaide, reopened in 2020 after major reconstruction behind its retained facade.
2021-02-18 - Memories of The Wharf: Cate Blanchett & Andrew Upton. Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton recall the Wharf, Sydney Theatre Company's home. They were joint artistic directors from 2008 to 2013.
2021-05-03 - Aboriginal Performance at WAAPA. Aboriginal Performance at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, a training course that prepares First Nations performers for professional work.
2021 - Queensland Theatre building. The Queensland Theatre building in South Brisbane. The company was founded in 1969 as the state's professional theatre.
2021-07-11 - How the Australian Ballet was saved | And We Danced. ABC's And We Danced on how the Australian Ballet was saved. The company was founded in 1962 and has faced repeated financial crises.
2021-07-21 - Why Australian ballet dancers went on strike in the 80s | And We Danced. ABC's And We Danced on the Australian Ballet dancers' strike of the 1980s. The dispute was over pay and conditions in a company where careers are short.
2021-08-18 - Adagio | 2020. The Australian Ballet School performs Adagio. The school in Melbourne is the company's main source of dancers.
2021-09-30 - David Williamson chronicles his own extraordinary life in memoir | 7.30. David Williamson discusses his memoir on ABC's 7.30. His first plays emerged from the alternative theatre scene of the early 1970s.
2021-11-11 - Behind the scenes of Julius Caesar at Sydney Theatre Company. Behind the scenes on Julius Caesar at Sydney Theatre Company. The company programmes classics alongside new Australian writing.
2021-12-02 - Stephen Page to step down as Bangarra artistic director, passing torch to Frances Rings | ABC News. ABC News reports Stephen Page stepping down as Bangarra's artistic director in 2021. The company was founded in 1989 and is Australia's leading First Nations dance theatre.
2021-12-06 - Dance of the Snowflakes | Sir Peter Wright's The Nutcracker | The Australian Ballet. Dance of the Snowflakes from the Australian Ballet's Nutcracker. The Christmas Nutcracker season underwrites much of the year's programming.
2021-12-10 - Bangarra Dance Theatre's Stephen Page reflects on 30 years of creating | The Drum. Stephen Page reflects on thirty years leading Bangarra Dance Theatre. A Nunukul man, he directed the company from 1991 and built a repertoire drawn from First Nations stories told with the consent of the communities involved.
2022-01-05 - Playwright David Williamson recalls his fondest summer memories | 7.30. David Williamson recalls his summers on ABC's 7.30. He is Australia's most performed playwright, with Don's Party, The Removalists and Emerald City among his works.
2022-01-22 - Araatika! Rise Up | Always Was, Always Will Be | NITV. NITV presents Araatika, a project bringing First Nations dance into rugby league pre match ritual. The performances are made for public presentation by the performers themselves.
2022-02-17 - In the Studio: Anna Karenina Pas de Trois Rehearsal | The Australian Ballet. A pas de trois rehearsal from the Australian Ballet's Anna Karenina. Rehearsal periods for a full length work run for weeks.
2022-03-09 - The Wider Earth - Behind the Scenes. Behind the scenes at the Theatre Royal Hobart. The Georgian auditorium has been restored several times since 1837.
2022-04-26 - In the Studio: Kunstkamer Ensemble Rehearsal | The Australian Ballet. An ensemble rehearsal for Kunstkamer at the Australian Ballet. Studio footage shows the working process behind a finished performance.
2022 - Pilbeam Theatre, Rockhampton. The Pilbeam Theatre at Rockhampton in central Queensland. Regional performing arts centres are what make national touring possible outside the capitals.
2022 - Performing at QPAC. A performer at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre in Brisbane. QPAC opened in 1985 and houses four venues.
2022-06-30 - Sydney Dance Company shapes the ABC's history | ABC 90. Sydney Dance Company in the ABC's history. Founded in 1965, it is Australia's leading contemporary dance company.
2022-07-08 - Meet 50 Fanfares Composer: Deborah Cheetham. The Sydney Symphony Orchestra introduces Deborah Cheetham Fraillon as a fanfare composer. She was the first Yorta Yorta composer commissioned by the orchestra.
2022-09-08 - ‘Great risk’ pays off with Sydney Theatre Company’s Jekyll and Hyde | Art Works. ABC Arts on Sydney Theatre Company's Jekyll and Hyde. STC was founded in 1978 and is based at Walsh Bay.
2022-10-31 - The Tempest | Behind the Scenes. Behind the scenes on The Tempest at Sydney Theatre Company. Set and costume construction happens in the company's own workshops.
2023-03-30 - Julia | Playwright Joanna Murray-Smith on working with Justine Clarke. The playwright Joanna Murray-Smith discusses Julia at Sydney Theatre Company. The play is built around Julia Gillard's 2012 speech on misogyny.
2023-04-06 - Inside rehearsals for our first collaboration with Australian Dance Theatre | The Australian Ballet. Rehearsals for the Australian Ballet's first collaboration with Australian Dance Theatre. The two companies work in different idioms.
2023-05-05 - Daniel Riley is taking Australian Dance Theatre in new directions | Art Works. ABC Arts on Daniel Riley taking Australian Dance Theatre in new directions. Riley is a Wiradjuri man and a former Bangarra dancer.
2023 - Australian puppeteer. An Australian puppeteer at work. Puppetry has a continuous professional tradition in Australia through companies such as the Marionette Theatre of Australia.
2023-06-20 - Composers in Conversation: Deborah Cheetham Fraillon and Christopher Gordon | The Australian Ballet. Deborah Cheetham Fraillon and Christopher Gordon in conversation about composing for the Australian Ballet. First Nations composers have entered the ballet repertoire only recently.
2023-09-03 - The Visitors | Wesley Enoch and Jane Harrison. Wesley Enoch and Jane Harrison discuss The Visitors at Sydney Theatre Company. The play imagines the deliberations of clan leaders watching the First Fleet arrive in 1788.
2023-09-05 - Interview - Neil Armfield - Death Of A Salesman (Australian Cast). Neil Armfield discusses an Australian production of Death of a Salesman. Armfield ran Belvoir St Theatre in Sydney for two decades.
2023-11-23 - What it takes to dance as a lead in Swan Lake | 7.30. ABC's 7.30 on what it takes to dance a lead role in Swan Lake. The Australian Ballet performs a mixed repertoire of classics and new commissions.
2024-03-14 - Dancing the drama: behind the scenes of Carmen rehearsals | The Australian Ballet. Rehearsals for the Australian Ballet's Carmen. The company commissions new work alongside the nineteenth century repertoire.
2024-03-27 - West Side Story | Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour | Behind-the-scenes tour. A behind the scenes tour of West Side Story staged on Sydney Harbour. Handa Opera builds a temporary stage over the water at Fleet Steps each year.
2024-03-29 - Historic His Majesty's Theatre facade uncovered in Hobart | ABC News. ABC News reports the uncovering of the His Majesty's Theatre facade in Hobart. Australian theatre buildings have often been hidden behind later shopfronts.
2024-04-07 - Esperance theatre production brings hope to thespian community | ABC News. ABC News on a theatre production in Esperance in Western Australia. Amateur and community theatre operates far beyond the capital city companies.
2024-06-06 - Watershed | Neil Armfield interview. Neil Armfield on Watershed for Opera Australia. He has directed opera and theatre across Australia and internationally.
2024-07-22 - Hamlet | Neil Armfield. Neil Armfield directs Hamlet for Opera Australia. Australian directors move regularly between theatre and opera.
2025-03-26 - Day in the Life of a Ballet Dancer | Callum Linnane | The Australian Ballet. A day in the life of an Australian Ballet dancer. Company class, rehearsal and performance fill six days a week during a season.
2025-03-31 - Carmen | Intermezzo | Opera Australia Orchestra. The Opera Australia Orchestra plays the Carmen intermezzo. The orchestra plays for both opera and ballet seasons in Sydney.
2025 - Queensland Theatre
2025-07-13 - Sydney Theatre Company Backstage Tours!. Backstage tours at Sydney Theatre Company. The Wharf is a converted finger wharf at Walsh Bay in Sydney Harbour.
2025-07-17 - Aboriginal Performance at WAAPA. A later look at the Aboriginal Performance course at WAAPA. Dedicated training pathways were built because the mainstream conservatoires produced few First Nations graduates.
2025-10-13 - LIVE Torres Strait Island opening performance for Supply Nation diversity Awards connect 2025. A Torres Strait Island opening performance at a business event. Island dance is regularly performed publicly by Torres Strait communities.
2025-12-22 - Flora | The Australian Ballet x Bangarra Dance Theatre. Flora, a collaboration between the Australian Ballet and Bangarra Dance Theatre. It brought the two companies onto one stage for the first time.
2026-01-27 - The Great Gatsby: Reimagining a Classic. Queensland Theatre reimagines The Great Gatsby. State theatre companies operate in each Australian capital.
2026-02-25 - Flora in Conversation | The Australian Ballet. A conversation about Flora, the Australian Ballet and Bangarra collaboration. Cross company work of this kind is rare in Australian dance.
2026-03-01 - The Phantom of the Opera | Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour | First Day of Rehearsals. The first day of rehearsals for Phantom of the Opera on Sydney Harbour. Opera Australia programmes musical theatre alongside opera.
2026-03-09 - Creating the music for Flora | The Australian Ballet x Bangarra Dance Theatre. Creating the music for Flora, the Australian Ballet and Bangarra collaboration. The score was written for the joint work rather than adapted.
2026-03-24 - Becoming Romeo and Juliet | The Australian Ballet. The Australian Ballet prepares Romeo and Juliet. Story ballets remain the largest sellers in the company's season.
2026-04-07 - 50 Years of Sydney Festival | Sydney Festival archives. The Sydney Festival looks back on fifty years of archives. The festival has run each January since 1977 and programmes theatre, dance and music across the city.
2026-04-26 - The Sapphires: Carrying the Fire. Queensland Theatre stages The Sapphires, the story of an Aboriginal girl group who performed for troops in Vietnam. Tony Briggs wrote it about his own mother and aunts.
2026-08-07 - Dreamtime stories and opera combine in new take on Australian classic. SBS News covers a new production combining First Nations story and opera. Australian opera has begun commissioning First Nations composers and librettists.