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Anthony Taufa, a brown skinned Tongan-Australian actor, poses for the camera with his right hand held up to his left ear, as if trying to hear someone or something - perhaps Banquo's ghost? He wears a heavy brown coat that seems designed to evoke the Scottish cold, and stands against a tan-coloured backdrop.
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2026 season announcements: our rolling guide to the performing arts

Orchestras, recital centres, theatre companies and more: we're compiling a list of 2026 season announcements, to be updated regularly, for…

The Gympie Music Muster has grown steadily over forty-three years.
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5 lessons from the Gympie Music Muster on the impressive power of regional music festivals

The Gympie Music Muster has bucked national trends of struggling music festivals, instead demonstrating sustainable growth for four decades.

'Back to the Future: The Musical', original Broadway cast. A young man leaps into the air while playing an electric guitar, accompanied by a blaze of sparks.
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Back to the Future: The Musical set for 2025 Sydney premiere

Everything you need to know about the Olivier Award-winning musical, which is based on the 1985 film starring Michael J…

Isabelle Huppert in 'Mary Said What She Said,' exclusive to the 2026 Adelaide Festival. The photograph depicts Huppert in a stylised stage performance, her white-painted face distorted and her arms thrown out as she cries aloud in grief or anger.
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2026 Adelaide Festival reveals its first two productions

Fearless French actor Isabelle Huppert and acclaimed early music specialists Ensemble Pygmalion will perform exclusively at the 2026 Adelaide Festival.

A man sitting at a piano. Alexander Gavrylyuk, concert pianist.
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Concert pianist – so you want my arts job?

Alexander Gavrylyuk is an internationally acclaimed concert pianist. How does he manage his busy career?

Man standing in foggy mountains holding up a yellow flag. The Unconformity
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The Unconformity: anything but usual - the intimate festival changing how we engage

The intimate and daring Tasmanian festival, The Unconformity announces its October program - and it's a cracker.

SIX60 are coming to Australia. Image supplied.
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SIX60 to perform on the Sydney Opera House steps in 2025

New Zealand band SIX60 are set to light up the Sydney Opera House steps later this year.

A man and a woman sitting next to one another. He's holding up a wine bottle. Sarah Morrison and Bobby Fox in Ordinary Days.
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Ordinary Days review: a new New-York set musical at fortyfivedownstairs

Ordinary Days is an ode to chance encounters and the magic waiting to be found in metropolitan life

Kala Gare in MTC's original stage musical 'My Brilliant Career' which returns for an encore in the company's 2026 season. The photo shows a fair haired and fair skinned young woman in period dress posing dramatically beneath a glittering chandelier. Her head is tiled back and her eyes closed as she sings, her right arm thrusts upward and her left arm swings back behind her.
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My Brilliant Career: MTC announces encore season of original musical in 2026

The critically acclaimed musical theatre adaptation of Miles Franklin’s My Brilliant Career returns to the MTC in 2026.

A profile photo of a man with brown hair, a dark suit and blue tie. He is smiling. Michael Sterzinger, CEO of Queensland Symphony Orchestra. QSO
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CEO Queensland Symphony Orchestra (QSO) – so you want my arts job?

Michael Sterzinger explains how he went from life as a tuba player in the Bavarian Youth Orchestra to being CEO…

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