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World music sensation MZAZA is offering free vocal and instrumental workshops alongside their spectacular show, The Birth and Death of Stars.

Get ready to be transported to a magical cosmic realm with award-winning folk/world band MZAZA’s The Birth and Death of Stars at BMEC. This award-winning production brings together mesmerising Balkan and French inspired music, stunning visuals, and compelling storytelling for a theatrical experience like no other. Led by the enchanting vocals of French-born vocalist Pauline Maudy, MZAZA’s talented musicians from the four corners of the globe will take you on a journey through the cosmos, exploring what connects us to the world and each other.

After selling out his 2024 shows, Australia's country music legend Lee Kernaghan is bringing his Boys From The Bush – The Concert  to more towns around Australia in 2025.  Lee’s amazing career now spans across 3 decades of trailblazing music making. He continues to deliver exciting live concert productions by fusing arena-rock bravado with country music’s heart and soul, by joining the traditional country stories with real life on the land sensibilities and values, and in the process he continues to lead the pack in modernising and growing the genre and community that he fondly calls his mates. 

Part of our live performance on screen programming. Seven-time BAFTA Award-winner Steve Coogan plays four roles in the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy masterpiece Dr. Strangelove. This explosively funny satire, about a rogue U.S General who triggers a nuclear attack, is led by a world-renowned creative team including Emmy Award-winner Armando Iannucci and Olivier Award-winner Sean Foley.

Big Brother is back. Strap in for an electrifying take on the George Orwell classic – from the multi-award winning creative minds at Shake and Stir (Frankenstein, GRIMM, Jane Eyre, Animal Farm and Dracula). It was a bright cold day, and the clocks were striking thirteen...

This multi award-winning show captured recently at the Sadler’s Wells Peacock Theatre is an extraordinary musical journey paying homage to Janis Joplin and her biggest musical influences. Like a comet that burns far too brightly to last, Janis Joplin exploded onto the music scene in 1967 and, almost overnight, became the queen of rock & roll. The unmistakable voice, filled with raw emotion and tinged with Southern Comfort, made her a must-see headliner from Monterey to Woodstock.

Join us as we unearth new and exciting talent from the Central West. Emerging songwriters are backed by a band of professional musicians and compete for great prizes. This annual event is a highlight for showcasing our incredible local talent. Enjoy a fabulous night of live entertainment in BMEC's Showroom.

Get ready to be taken back to the golden years of crooning, rock n roll and sweet soul music, with this UNFORGETTABLE musical journey celebrating the legends of the 50’s and 60’s with this Aria, Logie, Mo, Ace and Helpmann award winning entertainer and his 7 piece band featuring songs by Nat King Cole, Johnny Mathis, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, Dusty Springfield, Connie Francis, Bobby Darin, Elvis Presley, Tina Turner, Sam Cooke, Roy Orbison & More…

Magical and meaningful, IMAGINE LIVE is a celebration of creativity, friendship and our precious natural world. With the help of the audience, performers play and sing their way through the pages of Alison Lester’s iconic best-selling book, and quickly discover there is WAY more to these pages than they first thought. Spot a leopard, dive with a dolphin or dig up a dinosaur as this iconic book springs into life before your eyes. IMAGINE LIVE combines live action and animation with digital puppetry in a large-scale, multi-screen performance. Underscored by original music, characters and objects travel between real and animated worlds, responding in real time to audience input. Beautiful and meaningful, IMAGINE LIVE is a celebration of the transformative power of creativity.

We're back after an amazing response to our 2024 show.  Join us in 2025 for an unforgettable night of music, dance, empowerment, and community spirit! This uplifting concert will showcase talented performers from across the region, celebrating local voices and talent and inspiring music, from soulful ballads to big anthem dance numbers with dancers from Pure Imagination Performing Arts. All proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to Lifeline Central West, helping to expand their crucial suicide prevention programs and support mental health in our community. Don’t miss this uplifting event that makes a real difference—secure your tickets now!

Charlie, Elsa and Fay take you on a musical journey back to 1940's post war Perth. Against a backdrop of curfews, and the fear of arrest for consorting, white and black manage to form their own club. For a night they can forget their worries and experience rare happy times singing, dancing, listening to music, and with a little luck... romance. Forty years on, as the club faces demolition, our three characters meet once again to stage a musical reunion and protest in an attempt to save their old stomping ground. As the trio reflects upon loves lost and found, old arguments and alliances resurface. Dark secrets and ghosts that have lingered for more than half a century are revealed, and we discover that reconciliation is more than saying sorry.

Join us this year as we Celebrate The Eagles Greatest Hits live in Concert. A two hour performance of songs that defined an era, Take it to the limit, Desperado, Lyin Eyes and the world famous Hotel California. A six-piece band lead by Whalen Hughes and David Thompson as Don Henley and Glenn Frey, arguably the best sounding anywhere in the world. Secure your tickets now and be part of a night that pays homage to one of the greatest bands in history. 

Calling all Swifties - make a ‘sweet escape’ to the world of Taylor Swift with TAYLOR: A Tribute to the Eras of Taylor Swift! Showtime presents Josette with international band and dancers in this joyous, effervescent concert experience, complete with sparkly costumes, cosmic stage production and over 20 exquisite renditions of Taylor’s biggest hits from every era of her career, including Shake It Off, Anti-Hero, Cruel Summer, You Belong With Me, Love Story, I Knew You Were Trouble, Blank Space, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, Bad Blood, Our Song, Lover and more.

This multitalented line up of circus performers, each world class in their own right, have combined their acrobatic, juggling, aerial and balancing talents together to create a show like no other. This outstanding cast are led by a quirky ringmaster struggling with a fear common among us all... change.

Oscar-nominated Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Saltburn) is Jessica in the much-anticipated next play from the team behind Prima Facie. Jessica Parks is a smart Crown Court Judge at the top of her career. Behind the robe, she is a karaoke fiend, a loving wife and a supportive parent. When an event threatens to throw her life completely off balance, can she hold her family upright? Writer Suzie Miller and director Justin Martin reunite following their global phenomenon Prima Facie, with this searing examination of modern motherhood and masculinity.

Get ready for a sensational night of music, nostalgia, and pure fun as multi-award winning Abbalanche – the Australian Abba Tribute Show, takes the stage to deliver an electrifying tribute to the iconic Swedish pop group, ABBA.  Abbalanche brings the legendary hits and unforgettable charm of ABBA to life like never before. From “Mamma Mia” to “Dancing Queen”, their pitch-perfect renditions and authentic dazzling costumes will transport you straight back to the 70’s. Abbalanche's infectious energy and passion for ABBA's music create an unforgettable atmosphere, one where you'll find yourself singing along, dancing in the aisles, and sharing the joy with fellow fans of all ages.

Joey Fimmano returns in 2025 with the incredible MUSIC OF THE NIGHT ! This sensational stage show is taking Australia by storm! Enjoy an unforgettable evening filled with breathtaking musical performances from some of Andrew Lloyd Webber's most beloved productions. From the haunting melodies of Phantom of the Opera to the electrifying rhythms of Jesus Christ Superstar, and the heart-warming tunes of Joseph and His Technicolour Dreamcoat.

Five-time Olivier Award winner Imelda Staunton (The Crown) joins forces with her real-life daughter Bessie Carter (Bridgerton) for the very first time, playing mother and daughter in Bernard Shaw’s incendiary moral classic. Vivie Warren is a woman ahead of her time. Her mother, however, is a product of that old patriarchal order. Exploiting it has earned Mrs. Warren a fortune – but at what cost? Filmed live from the West End, this new production reunites Staunton with director Dominic Cooke (Follies, Good), exploring the clash between morality and independence, traditions and progress.

This is the family classic – the story of the boy who never grew up, Peter Pan and his fairy sidekick Tinker Bell. Proudly presented by Carillon Junior Theatrical Society.

Don’t you ever wish you could travel back to the Saturday night dance? Take a spin across a glassy floor, to a swinging live band under sparkling lights? On this special Saturday night, you can! Join Dance Makers Collective with live music from Felix Albert and the Gentlemanly Two in a solid evening of joyous dancing with your partners, family and friends. This event, a spin-off of Dance Makers Collective’s 2020 Sydney Festival hit The Rivoli, takes inspiration from the peak dance hall and disco eras, reimagined for the modern lover of dancing. Whether you have a dance partner, like a night out on the town, or have a boogie in your bedroom, The Saturday Night Social is the place for you!

Detention tells the compelling tale of two young people from disparate worlds finding each other amidst a figurative minefield: Sima, a Hazara refugee fleeing a detention centre when her visa has been rejected, and Dan, a marginalised boy raised in a caravan park in regional Australia. Their shared quest for a sense of home and safety binds them together. Based on the novel by Tristan Bancks, this production explores the refugee experience, centering on themes of displacement, belonging, and shared humanity. Developed in collaboration with Hazara artists and young people, Detention seeks to ignite conversations, using theatre as a catalyst for truth-telling and change.

In their 10th year of performing Disney musicals, Carillon Junior Theatrical Society returns to a classic - The Little Mermaid Jr!

Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk) is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, The Responder) in the critically acclaimed and subversively funny new play by David Ireland. After years in the 12-step programme of Alcoholics Anonymous, James becomes a sponsor to newcomer Luka. The pair bond over black coffee, trade stories and build a fragile friendship out of their shared experiences. But as Luka approaches step five – the moment of confession – dangerous truths emerge, threatening the trust on which both of their recoveries depend. Finn den Hertog directs the provocative and entertaining production filmed live from @sohoplace on London’s West End.

There’s never been a group, let alone a supergroup, in rock history quite like it 4 years, 2 mega albums, a slew of hits, and a Grammy But the one thing they never did was tour. That is.. until now.. The Traveling Wilburys Collection bring together the collective talents, excitement, and magic that the original had to offer. Live. On stage. Like never before. Featuring all the hits of the Traveling Wilburys PLUS the classics from each individual artist – Harrison, The Beatles, Petty, The Heartbreakers, Lynne, ELO, Orbison, and Dylan.

Hailed as one of the world’s leading Fleetwood Mac shows, and managed by Former Fleetwood Mac manager Dennis Dunstan, Seventh Wonder has been applauded by critics and fans alike, including Mick Fleetwood himself. Don’t miss the opportunity to witness the magic as Seventh Wonder brings Fleetwood Mac’s iconic music to life.

We invite you to join us for a night celebrating the music of Creedence Clearwater Revival and John Fogerty, as we present the music of one of the world’s most iconic bands – from the songs they wrote, to the songs covered, to the songs they wrote for others