What's On

Thursday 21 March 2024 Riverside Cinema

A Star Is Born (1954)

A film star helps a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career on a downward spiral.

21 March - 4 April 2024 Riverside Cinema

My Favorite Things

Featuring a 40-piece orchestra and international stars of the stage and screen, this special anniversary concert was filmed at London’s newly restored Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

21 - 22 March 2024 Dance Makers Collective, Blacktown Arts & Riverside Theatres Present

Echoes

Echoes is a triple bill of dance that speaks to liveliness, action and interaction.

Friday 22 March 2024 Riverside Cinema

Bob Marley: One Love

BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE celebrates the life and music of an icon who inspired generations through his message of love and unity.

Saturday 23 March 2024 Great Southern Nights Presents

An Evening With Vika and Linda

Vika & Linda are the most loved vocal duo of their generation - admired and respected by fans and fellow artists, they've been singing together their entire lives.

Saturday 23 March 2024 Riverside Theatres Presents

Sydney Comedy Club in March

Don't miss Sydney Comedy Club's top-rating (and rather hilarious) comedians from home and abroad, for a healthy dose of laughs this March!

Sunday 24 March 2024 Riverside Cinema Presents

Royal Ballet: Manon

Torn between her desire for a life of splendour and riches and her devotion to her true love, Des Grieux, Manon pays the ultimate price…

Sunday 24 March 2024 Riverside Theatres Presents

Empty Voices

Multi-ARIA award nominee composer and Tar (Iranian lute) virtuoso, Hamed Sadeghi brings with him 6 world-class musicians for a brand-new work.

Thursday 28 March 2024 Riverside Cinema

Easter Parade (1948)

A nightclub performer hires a naive chorus girl to become his new dance partner to make his former partner jealous and to prove he can make any partner a star.

Thursday 28 March 2024

Andrea Krakovská

Andrea Krakovská is a groundbreaking guitarist/aerialist that blends the rich emotive strains of her guitar work with captivating aerial choreography.

Saturday 6 April 2024 Aruthy Kumanan Present

Natyaswaravali

Natyaswaravali: the coming together of Bharathanatyam and Carnatic music; two South Indian Classical art forms.

6 - 20 April 2024 Riverside Cinema

Goodbye Julia

Across the divides of rich and poor, Muslim and Christian, north and south light-skinned and dark, Mona and Julia become friends.

Sunday 7 April 2024 Australian Haydn Ensemble

​​Heavenly Sopranos

Two of the most brilliant exponents of both early and contemporary singing techniques, collaborate on a ravishing program of familiar and neglected masterworks.

10 - 12 April 2024 Shock Therapy Arts

Medea

This stylised MEDEA combines Greek Tragedy, Epic and Physical Theatre to deliver a gripping experience with a thumping soundtrack.

Friday 12 April 2024 Alliance Française French Film Festival

Jeanne du Barry

JEANNE DU BARRY is freely inspired by the life of the titular rags-to-riches social climber, a working-class woman who became the mistress of King Louis XV, played with taciturn command by Johnny Depp in his first French-language speaking role.

Saturday 13 April 2024 Alliance Française French Film Festival

Iris and the Men

After the smash-hit international success of Antoinette In The Cévennes, writer/director Caroline Vignal and the fabulous Laure Calamy reunite for a comedy about reignited desire in the modern age.

Saturday 13 April 2024 Alliance Française French Film Festival

A Difficult Year

A DIFFICULT YEAR stars Pio Marmaï and Jonathan Cohen as two compulsive spenders who get much more than they bargained for when they try and scam their way out of trouble.

Sunday 14 April 2024 Alliance Française French Film Festival

The President’s Wife

When arriving at the Elysée, Bernadette Chirac (Deneuve) expects to finally secure the position she deserves, having always worked in the shadows to support her husband's path to the presidency.

16 - 17 April 2024 Flying Fruit Fly Circus

Tempo

When the orchestra hasn't shown up and the audience is waiting, call the Flying Fruit Fly Circus!

18 - 27 April 2024 Riverside Cinema

Wicked Little Letters

A 1920s English seaside town bears witness to a dark and absurd scandal in this riotous mystery comedy.

18 - 20 April 2024 Victor Rodger FCC Productions

Wild Dogs Under My Skirt

An exhilarating theatrical poetry experience, alive with energy and rhythm. It's a thought-provoking and unapologetic work, drawing from Tusiata Avia's poetry.

19 - 22 April 2024 Riverside Theatres & Onyx Productions Present

360 ALLSTARS

BMX, basketball, breakdancing, beatboxing, acrobatics, drumming and more, the international smash hit returns!

Saturday 20 April 2024 Riverside Theatres Presents

Sydney Comedy Club in April

Don't miss Sydney Comedy Club's top-rating (and rather hilarious) comedians from home and abroad, for a healthy dose of laughs this April!

21 - 28 April 2024 Riverside Cinema

Exhibition on Screen: John Singer Sargent

John Singer Sargent is known as the greatest portrait artist of his era. What made his ‘swagger’ portraits remarkable was his power over his sitters, what they wore and how they were presented to the audience.

21 - 28 April 2024 Riverside Cinema

IO Capitano

Longing for a brighter future, two Senegalese teenagers embark on a journey from West Africa to Italy.

24 April - 5 May 2024 Riverside Cinema

The Nut Farm

A failed US crypto trader inherits a macadamia nut farm in Australia that’s under threat from some evil New Zealand frackers.

Sunday 28 April 2024 Marching Elephants Entertainment Presents

Welcome Zindagi

Welcome ZINDAGI is a play located in a two room flat in the heart of Mumbai city. The flat is inhabited by a family of three-father; Arun Ganatra, Mother; Bhanu Ganatra and Son; Vivek Ganatra.

3 - 4 May 2024 shake & stir theatre co

Fourteen

The year is 1999 and Shannon has a secret.

Sunday 5 May 2024 Riverside Theatres Presents Sonya Lifschitz

So Much Myself: Piano Portraits

A piano, a virtuoso, and a five-part musical portrait gallery where archival video, narrative and music collide in an interconnecting tapestry of stories celebrating discovery.

9 - 11 May 2024 Form Dance Projects Presents

None of Us

None Of Us questions the concept of ownership, identity and connection to place.

12 - 19 May 2024 High & Loud Voice Presents

Marcus Rivera: Uncovered

Experience the enchanting fusion of opera, pop, jazz, musical theatre and Original Philippine Music (OPM) in one spectacular showcase.

Monday 13 May 2024 Sport for Jove Theatre Presents

The Crucible Symposium

An intensive & detailed performance symposium on the play offering a rich opportunity for students to meet the characters, look beneath the play – at its language, characters, form & theatricality.

Wednesday 15 May 2024 Rokitz Entertainment

The World of Musicals in Concert

The World of Musicals in Concert has graced stages across the globe and features a world-class ensemble of multi-talented artists who exquisitely perform classic hits, fused with emotive ballads, big-screen anthems and iconic show tunes.

Saturday 18 May 2024 Flickerfest Presents

Best of Australian Shorts

Flickerfest celebrating 33 years, screening the best of short films from Australia and the world! 'Everyone's Invited!'

Saturday 18 May 2024 Flickerfest Presents

Best of International Shorts

Flickerfest celebrating 33 years, screening the best of short films from Australia and the world! 'Everyone's Invited!'

21 - 22 May 2024 Monkey Baa Theatre Company

The Peasant Prince

The award winning production The Peasant Prince, the children's version of Li Cunxin's iconic autobiography Mao’s Last Dancer.

Friday 24 May 2024 Sinclair Artists Presents

Eric Bogle in Concert

Eric Bogle is probably best known for his iconic song The Band Played Waltzing Matilda, but he is far from being a one-hit wonder.

Friday 24 My 2024 Sydney Writers' Festival Presents

Crime Lords

Three aficionados of crime dissect their thrilling bodies of work with fellow crime writer Benjamin Stevenson (Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect).

Saturday 25 May 2024 Riverside Theatres Presents

Kate Miller-Heidke

Due to overwhelmingly popular demand, Kate Miller-Heidke adds extra dates to the already massive CATCHING DIAMONDS National Regional Tour of Australia.

Saturday 25 May 2024 Riverside Theatres Presents

Sydney Comedy Club in May

Don't miss Sydney Comedy Club's top-rating (and rather hilarious) comedians from home and abroad, for a healthy dose of laughs this May!

26 May - 1 June 2024 Riverside Cinema

NT Live: NYE (Recorded Live)

Michael Sheen plays Nye Bevan in a surreal and spectacular journey through the life and legacy of the man who transformed Britain's welfare state.

29 May - 1 June 2024 Libby Hathorn & Kim Carpenter (of Theatre of Image)

Incredibilia

Magical theatre featuring 20 stories, 101 objects, music and song!

3 - 14 June 2024 Riverside Theatres Presents

Sharp Short Theatre

Sharp Short Theatre is Riverside Theatres’ popular youth short play competition.

Wednesday 12 June 2024 Kym Halpin in assoc. with SK Ent. Presents

The Tap Pack

Following sold-out shows and rave reviews around the world, Australia's hottest tap dance sensation, The Tap Pack, is coming to Parramatta

20 - 21 June 2024 Erth Visual & Physical Inc

ARC

A place to keep the most precious of things. A place to embrace the awe and wonder of nature.

Saturday 22 June 2024 Riverside Theatres & Token Events Present

Let’s Laugh

Spend your evening laughing with a lineup of the finest comedians this country has to offer live!

26 - 30 June 2024 The New Psychological Thriller

Gaslight

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.” - George Bernard Shaw

26 - 29 June 2024 Australian Chamber Orchestra

​​How to Catch a Star

Based on the book by international best-selling author Oliver Jeffers, this magical tale about reaching for dreams will take you on a journey from awe and wonder, through perseverance to triumph.

11 - 13 July 2024 Riverside Theatres Presents Circus Trick Tease

Children are Stinky

Winners of the coveted Children's Choice Award and a sell-out Edinburgh Fringe sensation, this award-winning kid's comedy can't wait to perform in Parramatta!

18 - 21 July 2024 Red Line Productions

​The Bugalugs Bum Thief

A bum-tastic adventure awaits as Skeeta, Mick and Billy take on an investigation to try and find the missing bums of Bugalugs. Who is the Bugalugs bum thief?

Saturday 20 July 2024 Accessible Arts and Crips & Creeps in association with Arts on Tour

Are You Pulling My Leg?

Showcasing some of Australia’s funniest comedians with disability or chronic illness.

25 July - 3 August 2024 National Theatre of Parramatta Presents

Karim

Karim and his best friend, Layla, watch trains coming and going from the local station and dream of a life with a better future.

15 - 17 August 2024 A Simonne Smiles Production

Gold

A magical ballet of friendship and love set in the Australian bush during the historic gold rush.

Saturday 24 August 2024 Opera Australia

La Bohème

On a freezing Christmas Eve, love sparks. Two hands meet in the dark and four friends' lives change forever.

Saturday 24 August 2024 Live Nation & Jubilee Street Present

Nazeem Hussain: Totally Normal

Ever wondered what Nazeem Hussain does during a two-year break? Me neither, and I'm him. Nonetheless, Nazeem's back and is as 'Totally Normal' as ever.

25 August - 1 September 2024 Riverside Cinema

Exhibition on Screen: My National Gallery

The National Gallery of London is one of the world’s greatest art galleries. It is full of masterpieces, an endless resource of history, an endless source of stories. But whose stories are told?

Sunday 25 August 2024 Base Entertainment presents

Celtic Illusion

Immerse yourself in the Irish Dance and Grand Illusion sensation that has taken the world by storm.

12 - 14 September 2024 National Theatre of Parramatta Presents

Guards at the Taj

What happens to a life-long friendship when two ordinary men are ordered to do the unthinkable?

25 September - 3 October 2024 NCM and Joylon James

Imagine Live

Alison Lester's iconic best seller, brought to life. This show is a joyous celebration of the natural world that will follow you home and live in your heart for years to come.

17 - 26 October 2024 National Theatre of Parramatta & La Boite Theatre

Yoga Play

A tale of downward dog and downward profits, who knew laughing could give your abs a workout?

Cub Club Presents

Pevan and Sarah

Brace yourself for a live edutainment extravaganza that's bursting at the seams with your favourite Pevan & Sarah bangers.

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