From comedy to live theatre, opera, 70s rock and...frogs?! Her Majesty's Theatre Ballarat truly has something for everyone.
April may be a little quiet, but the team at Her Maj have packed in a variety of incredible shows for the May schedule – check it out here!
What’s on – April/May
Peking Duk Thrills Tour
19 April
The rave continues and Peking Duk going regional – come and get sweaty, Ballarat!
Peking Duk are the formidable electronic/pop duo from Australia who have won 2x ARIA Awards and are 26x Platinum, nearing 1 billion combined streams and have had 7x Top 40 ARIA Singles.
Tickets here!
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Kings of Country Rock
2 May
A two-hour stage spectacular that captures the sounds and excitement of America’s country rock icons. The Kings of Country Rock concert features all the timeless rock and roll classics that defined The Eagles and Creedence Clearwater Revival as 1970’s superstars.
Tickets here!
Sydney Dance Company – Momenta
3 May
Sydney Dance Company explodes onto the stage in Rafael Bonachela’s momenta. From the most tender exchanges to an intense physical storm, witness an extraordinary force of movement, striking individuality and powerful unity, escalating to a joyous release.
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A night at the opera
6 May
Join popular conductor and pianist Guy Noble as he hosts an evening of operatic brilliance, featuring the talents of soprano Antoinette Halloran, star of the Ring Cycle and Follies (Victorian Opera); emerging soprano Breanna Stuart, winner of the Opera Scholars 2024 Aria Competition; international tenor Shanul Sharma, known for his role in Barber of Seville (Opera Australia); and baritone Christopher Tonkin, star of the Sydney Festival’s recent hit opera Siegfried and Roy.
Tickets here!
Fanning Dempsey National Park
10 May
Get ready for a musical revolution!
Bernard Fanning and Paul Dempsey, two of Australia’s most revered artists of the past 30 years, have joined forces to create the groundbreaking project Fanning Dempsey National Park. Their debut album, ‘The Deluge’, has taken the music world by storm, culminating in a sold-out headline tour.
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Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow
16 May
Australia’s most iconic comedy road trip is back on tour, home delivering laughs from coast to coast and everywhere in between! Featuring top-tier talent from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, this year’s comedy extravaganza is packed with big-name headliners, beloved comedy legends and the hottest new stars on the scene. The Roadshow welcomes Fadzri Rashid (Singapore) as host, Brett Blake, Jude Perl, Matt Stewart and Rohan Thambar to Ballarat!
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Scenes from the Climate Era
20 May
A frog, the last of its species, starts calling for a mate, but there’s no-one to hear.
A group of friends reminisce about the last time they took a flight, before all that came to an end.
Landowners in Borneo confront Western environmentalists over who owns the forest.
A scientist is coached on how to speak to the media in digestible soundbites.
A family takes to the water, needing a new home, a new hope. . .
A remarkable, illuminating, shocking, wry, and sometimes inspiring piece of theatre, Scenes From The Climate Era is exactly what it says – over fifty small plays that catch the exhilaration, frustration and fascination of living in interesting times.
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21 May
Treat yourself to an evening of classical music with the ACO Collective Quartet. This engaging and intimate performance will feature classical masterworks by Bach, Beethoven and Dvořák, alongside contemporary works by Philip Glass and Caroline Shaw, interspersed with delightfully informative introductions to the music. Acclaimed for the energy and dynamism of their performances, the ACO Collective Quartet is made up of graduates from the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s renowned Emerging Artist Program.
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Vandemonian Lags
24 May
For only the fourth time in twelve years have this stellar cast been gathered together to perform the acclaimed theatrical piece that presents an extraordinary musical journey based on dramatic true stories from Tasmania’s convict past.
Starring Brian Nankervis, Mick Thomas, Tim Rogers, Jeff Lang, Ben Salter, Sal Kimber, Darren Hanlon, Shelley Short, Van Walker and introducing Claire Anne Taylor backed by an all-star band featuring Weddings Parties Anything’s Jen Anderson, Mark Wallace, and Michael Barclay with Craig Pilkington.
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