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Matt Lucas and Marina Prior in Les Miserables the Arena Spectacular.

Matt Lucas and Marina Prior: The Les Miserables arena show is here

The Little Britain comedian first saw the show as a 13th birthday present – now he’s part of a bigger-than-Ben Hur production touring Australia.

  • Lenny Ann Low

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Gracie Abrams is giving off Tay-Tay vibes .

Our comprehensive gig guide for May has you covered

From ‘the next Tay-Tay’ to a group of bearded veteran rockers via the eclectic return of Vivid Live, there’s something for everyone.

  • James Jennings
Ugandan singer Faith Nassande is one of the choir members finally granted a visa to travel to Australia.

‘Jumping out of their skins’: Joy for African choir over visa backflip

An eleventh-hour change of heart from immigration officials gives the green light to Ugandan and Kenyan performers.

  • Nick Galvin
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Chaos as young African singers locked out of Australia at last minute

A group of performers has been refused visas just days before they were set to travel.

  • Nick Galvin
Australian Ballet dancers Joseph Romancewicz and Belle Urwin in a rehearsal room at the Sydney Opera House. Telstra Let’s Dance provides rare opportunities for country kids to learn directly from The Australian Ballets talented artists and go behind the scenes of life as a professional ballet dancer, an opportunity rarely given to kids in regional areas. Sydney. April 24, 2025. Photo: Louise Kennerley

‘Take down the walls’: The innovative program bringing ballet to the bush

Hundreds of children in regional Australia will have the opportunity to learn from the Australian Ballet’s teachers and dancers.

  • Cindy Yin
Janty Blair will perform her first solo stand up show at 60 years of age.

There’s a story in that: Brisbane Comedy Festival puts life at the centre of laughs

Janty Blair’s first solo show leverages a rich tapestry of life experiences, from love, sex and drugs, to osteo appointments and body aches.

  • Courtney Kruk
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South Korean soprano Sumi Jo is appearing at the Festival of Outback Opera in regional Queensland in May 2025.

Dianne dumped a deluge, now this diva will storm the outback

World-famous opera soprano Sumi Jo headlines the festival that brings sublime sounds to the outback’s epic landscapes.

  • Nick Dent
Friends Darrell Sibosado, Goolarrgon Bard man and artist, and Frances Rings, choreographer and artistic director of Bangarra Dance Theatre, in Lombadina, Sibosado’s Dampier Peninsula home.

‘Transformative’: How a remote WA town, population 20, inspired Bangarra’s new show

The Kimberley community of Lombadina may be tiny, but its story of survival convinced Bangarra Dance Theatre to bring it to the world.

  • Jane Albert
Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett.

Spectacular adults-only cabaret comes with an air of debauchery and much celebration

Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett combines circus, sideshow, bizarre burlesque and song to help you shake off the world’s woes.

  • Cameron Woodhead, Andrew McClelland and Tony Way

The best heckles, riskiest jokes and strangest moments from this year’s comedy festival

After a month packed with shows, our reviewers have come together to pick out the best (and most memorable) moments from this year’s comedy festival.

  • Donna Demaio, Guy Webster, Hannah Francis, Lefa Singleton Norton, Mikey Cahill, Sonia Nair, Tyson Wray and Vyshnavee Wijekumar

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