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MAY 25 Carmen & The Firebird (photo 5), a powerful and fiery double bill from Queensland Ballet, will take to the stage at the Playhouse, QPAC. Visit queenslandballet.com.au. JUNE 2
Sixty years after its final performance, Lola Montez the musical is back for one night only at Parramatta’s Riverside Theatres. Debora Krizak will take on the title role in the true story of Lola ( 8), an unhappy Irish woman who reinvented herself as a Spanish dancer and took on the world. Visit riversideparramatta.com.au. JUNE 5 Catch Sarah Snook ( 7) as French heroine Joan of Arc in the Sydney Theatre Company’s production of George Bernard Shaw’s classic Saint Joan, at the Roslyn Packer Theatre. Visit sydneytheatre.com.au. JUNE 6 Celebrating all things ’50s, ’60s and ’70s is Cooly
Rocks On ( 2), over five days at various locations around Coolangatta. There’ll be live rock’n’roll, parades and markets for a dose of nostalgia. Visit coolyrockson.com. JUNE 9 Singersongwriter Guy Sebastian ( 4) kicks off his Then & Now regional tour at Wollongong Town Hall. Visit guysebastian.com. JUNE 9 More than 200 works by artists including Frida Kahlo, Andy Warhol, and Lyubov Popova ( 3), direct from New York’s iconic Museum of Modern Art, will feature in the National Gallery of Victoria’s exhibition MoMa at NGV: 130 Years of Modern and Contemporary Art. Visit ngv.vic.gov.au. JUNE 15
The stories of Cinderella, Toy Story and Finding Nemo will come alive with Disney on Ice Celebrates 100 Years of Disney Magic ( 6). The national tour opens at Perth Arena. Visit ticketek.com.au. JUNE 16 In an entertaining commentary on America’s cult of celebrity through the ages, the Black Swan State Theatre Company’s production of the musical Assassins, starring Mackenzie Dunn (pictured centre, 1), is at Perth’s Heath Ledger Theatre. Visit bsstc.com.au.