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Stella is a new musical about the life of Stella Miles Franklin.

Defiant and daring, this new musical takes on the story of a literary giant

Creating a musical from scratch is a difficult and laborious challenge. Stella refuses to set its sights low, and quite rightly.

  • Cameron Woodhead and Tony Way

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Grace Carroll as Juliet and Joseph Caley as Romeo.

Catastrophe and drama collide in this lavish production

John Cranko’s 1962 Romeo and Juliet is most admired – among those who do admire it – for the ensemble grandeur of its large set-piece scenes.

  • Andrew Fuhrmann, Cameron Woodhead, Tony Way, Sonia Nair and Jessica Nicholas
William Torres Patino performing in the Wheel of Death.

This show is already packed with wow factor. Then comes the Wheel of Death

Of all the Cirque du Soleil I’ve attended over the years, Kooza remains my favourite and the one I’d take kids to see.

  • Cameron Woodhead, Sonia Nair, Elizabeth Flux and Tony Way
The Shepherds at Rising festival

This is the best dance work I’ve seen at this year’s Rising

The show runs for little more than an hour – with an ensemble of just four dancers – but nonetheless gives the impression of an epic drama.

  • Andrew Fuhrmann, Nick Buckley, Will Cox and Cameron Woodhead
“What I had noticed in the law was the power of story-telling to change things.”

Suzie Miller was told ‘women can’t really write plays’. She’s now won awards in London and New York

Suzie Miller has used her legal background to write plays that don’t just entertain, but create change.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Bloomshed’s Pride and Prejudice offers a slick period parody full of brilliantly executed comic scenes.

This lively adaptation of Pride and Prejudice is hard to resist

Full of brilliantly executed comic scenes, this production is an affectionate homage to Austen’s gift for social satire.

  • Cameron Woodhead, Tony Way, Kosa Monteith, Rose Lu and Andrew Fuhrmann
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Kids’ interactive experience Wonderverse.

More free events, more fun: Your complete guide to Vivid Festival

From the must-see installations of the famous light walk to the beloved food market, there’s plenty to see in Sydney at this year’s Vivid Festival.

  • Nicole Elphick
Nina Korbe (Molly Johnson) and Shuntai Abdul-Rahman (Black Mary) in The Drover’s Wife - The Opera.

Molly Johnson’s legend lives on in opera’s world premiere at Glasshouse Theatre

It has already triumphed as a play, a book and a movie, but Leah Purcell’s outback tragedy may have found its ideal medium.

  • Nick Dent
Never Closer

This is one of the finest ensemble performances I’ve seen. It’s hard to believe it’s a debut

Never Closer is a love story – also a ghost story – set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles

  • Cameron Woodhead, Bridget Davies, Tony Way and Jessica Nicholas
Gabriyel Thomas, Natalie Bassingthwaighte and Mackenzie Dunn in waitress.

Starry cast redeems problematic, pie-in-the-sky plot in Waitress

Yes, there’s a squeamish rom-com vibe and a problematic plot in this Broadway musical - but don’t let that put you off.

  • Marcus Teague, Cameron Woodhead, Kelsey Oldham and Sonia Nair