What’s On Live

Sydney’s premier comedy event, bringing together a selection of the Festival’s biggest stars and next-big-things for a hilarious extravaganza all under one roof!

International dance sensation Spirit of the Dance has conquered the world and is coming to Australia for the first time in April/May 2020 with their new spine tingling 21st anniversary show.

Based on hours of in-depth interviews with doctors and nurses about their experiences of training and working in hospitals, Grace Under Pressure is a surprising, intimate, and deeply moving show that reveals these hidden stories of health professionals in their own words. Ranging from wildly funny to utterly heartbreaking, the stories will leave no audience member unaffected.

Jonathan Biggins is Paul Keating in a highly anticipated new comedy about a critical time in Australian history and the man that shaped it.

Sport for Jove’s acclaimed Macbeth returns due to popular demand. An ecstatic vision of what love and ambition can do to people, of ghosts, shadows, and the terrors of the imagination.

When the world map was full of gaps, the Amazon topped the list of places unknown to Western explorers. In 2020 are there any ‘unknowns’ left? A rich imaginative story and celebration of the cartographic imagination and the power of reading.

Join Australian comedian Lawrence Mooney as he takes centre stage for a night of brutally honest and and hilarious insights bound to make you laugh.

A rambunctious adventure filled with robot antics, laughter, daring rescues and bewildered parents, all told with the care and artistry synonymous with Barking Gecko’s award-winning shows.

An exciting opportunity for students to promote their work and compete for prizes. Come and support our budding future stars as they perform live on stage!