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Burrinja Theatre

Ash Grunwald

Renowned for his electrifying show, Ash Grunwald has inspired a generation to hit the road in an old van “to surf by day jam by night”.

The festival favourite brings a high energy vibrant live show with stacks of foot stamping blues.

After attending an Ash shoe, you will soon realise why he is also known as The Happiest Blues Man on Earth.

Season: Sunday 1 February, at 7.30pm.

Venue: Burrinja Theatre

Live on the Lawn

Immerse yourself in a vibrant cultural celebration at Burrinja’s Live in the Lawn 2025.

Live on the Lawn is more than just an event, it’s a vibrant celebration for the whole family.

The Event invites you enjoy a perfect summer day filled with fun for all ages.

Soak in the lovely festival atmosphere with engaging kif’s activities, unique art markets, lawn games, delicious food trucks and so much mire.

Season: Saturday 22 February, at 12pm.

Venue: the Park at Burrinja.

The Round Theatre

Soweto Gospel choir – Hope

Hope is an all-new concert by the Grammy-winning Soweto Gospel choir – celebrating songs and anthems from the Freedom movement of Nelson Mandela’s South Africa, back to the Civil Rights Movement of Martin Luther King’s 1950s America.

Hope opens with a rousing program of South African freedom songs, before the repertoire echoes down through time to the USA.

Experience beautiful renditions of the protest movement on the Civil Rights Movement including works by legendary artists James Brown, Sam Cooke, Stevie Wonder and the one-and-only Aretta Franklin.

Formed to celebrate the unique and inspirational power of African gospel music, Soweto Gospel choir draws on the best talent from many churches in and around Soweto.

Season: Tuesday 11 February, At 7.30pm.

Handa Opera on the Harbour

Guys and Dolls

A Musical fable of Broadway

Based on a story and characters by Damon Runyon.

One of the finest Broadway musicals ever written explodes to life in a brand-new production made for Handa’s spectacular harbour-side Stage!

Escape to Manhattan the 1950s: a colourful larger-than-life world of showgirls and gangsters, set against the backdrop of Sydney’s glittering Harbour.

High roller Sky Masterson is looking to win big, but everything changes when he takes a gamble n Sister Sarah Brown, a missionary whose quest to save New York isn’t going to plan.

At the same time, Miss Adelaide is hoping her engagement of 14 years might finally result in a wedding, but her fiancée Nathan, has half the city’s gamblers breathing sown his neck.

This is musical theatre at its show-stopping best. The score is packed with huge hits, including Luck be a Lady, Sit Down You’re Rockin’ the Boat, Adelaide’s Lament and I’ve Never Been in Love Before.

Expect big laughs and even bigger song and dance numbers in this energetic new staging by Opera Australia’s Artistic Director, Jo Davies.

Season: 21 March – 20 April.

Venue: Mrs MacQuarrie’s Point Sydney.

Bookings go to google Handa Opera and follow the instructions.

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