Performances Streamed
Trivia Night with The Wedge
Posted Wednesday June 3 at 8pm
Saturday June 6 at 7.30pm
We start again with “ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION” with quirky current affairs with some theatre and modern music questions, then a self indulgent “DARRENS BIRTHDAY ROUND” a combination of things Darren likes over his now 59 year stretch. Then finishing with “BOY/GIRL BANDS”
BABBA – The Ultimate ABBA Pyjama Party
Posted Wednesday June 3 at 12pm
Saturday June 6 at 7pm
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls MEMO is celebrating the first small step back from hibernation with BABBA presenting The Ultimate ABBA Pyjama Party 100% Live Streamed to you.
Modern Romances
Posted Wednesday June 3 at 8am
Friday June 5 at 8:30pm
Join Ensemble Françaix for an evening of fun, dance and virtuosity with a program that features Poulenc, Granger plus the lesser known romantics of Henri Brod and Carl Friedemann.
Musicians of Melbourne Chamber Orchestra
Posted Tuesday June 2 at 8pm
Friday June 5 at 7pm
Five principal musicians of Melbourne Chamber Orchestra unite to perform Dvořák’s G major String Quintet.
Official Donmar Warehouse’s Coriolanus – National Theatre
Posted Tuesday June 2 at 12pm
Friday June 5 at 4am
Watch Tom Hiddleston (Betrayal, The Avengers, The Night Manager) play Coriolanus in Shakespeare’s searing tragedy of political manipulation and revenge, directed by Josie Rourke (Mary Queen of Scots).
Trivia Night with The Wedge
Posted Tuesday June 2 at 8am
Thursday June 4 at 7.30pm
We start again with “ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION” with quirky current affairs with some theatre and modern music questions, then a self indulgent “DARRENS BIRTHDAY ROUND” a combination of things Darren likes over his now 59 year stretch. Then finishing with “BOY/GIRL BANDS”.
Syzygy Ensemble
Posted Monday June 1 at 8pm
Thursday June 4 at 7pm
Syzygy presents the works of two Australian masters (Broadstock and Abbott) and their respective protégés (Sdraulig and Martin).
Satellite Night – Kathy Selby and Juliam Smiles
Posted Monday June 1 at 12pm
Wednesday June 3 at 7pm
A performance of two of Beethoven’s great cello sonatas: one from early in his career and the other from his late period and the last duo sonata he was to compose.
Shakespeare’s Globe – The Merry Wives of Windsor (2019)
Posted Monday June 1 at 8am
Tuesday June 2 at 4am
Imagining that Mistress Ford and Mistress Page have each fallen for him, the fat knight Sir John Falstaff decides to seduce them both, as much for their husbands’ money as for their personal charms.
Sounds on the Couch
Posted Saturday May 30 at 4pm
Saturday May 30 at 7pm
The next Sounds on the Couch event will be happening this Saturday night.
Sounds On The Couch event is a FREE online event. There are three fantastic performers showcasing their talents which will leave you feeling entertained and inspired!
HAIRSPRAY Live! – The Shows Must Go On
Posted Saturday May 30 at 12pm
Saturday May 30 at 4am
Hairspray Live! tells the inspiring story of Tracy Turnblad (newcomer Maddie Baillio), a plump teen in 1962 Baltimore who wins a spot on a local TV dance program and ignites a campaign to integrate the show.
Hansel & Gretel Encore: Live in Your Living Room
Posted Saturday May 30 at 8am
Friday May 29 at 5:30pm, Saturday May 30 at 11:30am and Sunday May 31 at 8:30am
Back by popular demand – join us for one last sugar high!
Hansel & Gretel is back for one last hurrah. Grab a slice of gingerbread and settle down in your front row seat as we round up the Royal New Zealand Ballet Live in Your Living Room series.
Michael Aquilina Chamber Music Festival – Concert 4
Posted Friday May 29 at 8pm
Sunday May 31 at 3pm
Join members of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra low brass as we take you on a Fantasy ride. We will climb the Alps, fight pirates, camp with cowboys, and even find lost treasures with Indy himself. Not to be missed and definitely won’t ever be forgotten.
Michael Aquilina Chamber Music Festival – Concert 3
Posted Friday May 29 at 12pm
Saturday May 30 at 10pm
MSO double bassist and Melbourne jazz stalwart Ben Hanlon and Australian jazz guitar legend James Sherlock come together as an exciting duo to perform their own unique arrangements of masterpieces including Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring.
Michael Aquilina Chamber Music Festival – Concert 2
Posted Friday May 29 at 8am
Saturday May 30 at 8.30pm
Having completed the Melbourne Beethoven Quartet Cycle last September, the Fidelio Quartet invite you to enjoy one of the most cherished Quartets of the repertoire, Beethoven’s epic Opus 132 String Quartet with its famous ‘Heiliger Dankgesang’ movement with its Hymn of Thanksgiving in the Lydian mode.
INXSIVE
Posted Thursday May 28 at 8pm
Saturday May 30 at 7.30pm
INXSIVE reproduce not only the sound of INXS, but also the electric and engaging live show that earned this incredible band international acclaim.
Trivia Night with The Wedge
Posted Thursday May 28 at 12pm
Saturday May 30 at 7.30pm
This week is AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE. No wakkas slab of Aussie film, television and music questions to check whether they are dinkum or a furphy in a 90 minute fun quiz show. Strewth, why not?
Michael Aquilina Chamber Music Festival – Concert 1
Posted Thursday May 28 at 8am
Saturday May 30 at 7pm
This opening concert sees dale barltop lead an all star cast of melbourne’s leading musicians in one of chamber music’s most loved works.
The Saturday Drama School – Online Classes
Posted Wednesday May 27 at 8pm
Saturday May 30 at 9am, 10am and 11am
A great way to spend your Saturday mornings.
The Saturday Drama School are offering live and interactive online classes!
Zoë Black & Joe Chindamo – Alone Together
Posted Wednesday May 27 at 12pm
Friday May 29 at 8.30pm
A unique opportunity to hear the inimitable Zoë Black and Joe Chindamo live in concert.
Official This House by James Graham
Posted Wednesday May 27 at 8am
Friday May 29 at 4am
This House is a timely, moving and funny insight into the workings of British politics by James Graham (Ink, ITV’s Quiz) and directed by Jeremy Herrin (People, Places and Things).
Beethoven – The Complete Piano Sonatas
Posted Tuesday May 26 at 8pm
Thursday May 28 at 8.30pm
Beethoven – The Complete Piano Sonatas – Ian Munro Part 8
Trivia Night with The Wedge
Posted Tuesday May 26 at 12pm
Thursday May 28 at 7.30pm
This week is AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE. No wakkas slab of Aussie film, television and music questions to check whether they are dinkum or a furphy in a 90 minute fun quiz show. Strewth, why not?
Trio Anima Mundi – Songs Without Words
Posted Tuesday May 26 at 8am
Thursday May 28 at 7pm
Trio Anima Mundi (TAM) journeys through music tinged with a Romantic hue.
Satellite Night – Ensemble Offspring
Posted Monday May 25 at 8pm
Wednesday May 27 at 8.30pm
An intimate trio setting brings together an array of original chamber works by Australian composers, as breath-taking as a lyrebird’s tail.
Yasmin Rowe
Posted Monday May 25 at 8am
Wednesday May 27 at 7pm
Acclaimed British concert pianist Yasmin Rowe will perform lyrical and colourful favourites by Chopin and Clara Schumann- Wieck.
Streaming Not Screaming
Posted Saturday May 23 at 12pm
Sunday May 24 at 3:30pm
In the wake of the massive cancellations of all life as we know it, Dave Gleeson of The Screaming Jets has teamed up with fellow Radelaidian musician Crafty to deliver Streaming not Screaming.
Sunday Sing Song – Vika and Linda Bull
Posted Saturday May 23 at 8am
Sunday May 24 at 11am
A beautiful thing to listen to on a Sunday morning. Having recorded and performed together for 35 years — including with the likes of Paul Kelly and Joe Camilleri — it’s no great surprise that the Bull sisters can make anything sound amazing.
Trivia Night with The Wedge
Posted Friday May 22 at 8pm
Saturday May 23 at 7:30pm
Three rounds again; “Are you Paying Attention” about current events and general knowledge, “Science Fiction, Double Feature” a fun look at old fashioned sci fi including Rocky Horror and “Glam Music” from Marc Bolan to Lady Gaga those that like to mix Art and Music, shout it out loud!
Powderfinger
Posted Friday May 22 at 8am
Saturday May 23 at 7pm
Powderfinger Regroups For ‘One Night Lonely’
After a decade long hiatus, iconic Australian band Powderfinger is tuning up and preparing to bring a little happiness to fans during these challenging days.
The Saturday Drama School – Online Classes
Posted Thursday May 21 at 8pm
Saturday classes, multiple times.
A great way to spend your Saturday mornings.
The Saturday Drama School are offering live and interactive online classes!
The Sound of Music – The Shows Must Go On
Posted Thursday May 21 at 12pm
Saturday May 23 at 4am
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s timeless musical classic is premiering on The Shows Must Go On!
Giselle: Live in Your Living Room
Posted Thursday May 21 at 8am
Friday May 22 at 5:30pm, Saturday May 23 at 11:30am and Sunday May 23 at 8:30am
Enjoy the greatest of all Romantic ballets, Giselle, Live in Your Living Room this weekend.
Toa Fraser’s film of Giselle follows the RNZB’s acclaimed 2012 production, a roller coaster romance. This is a tale of betrayal, the supernatural and a love that transcends death.
A Streetcar Named Desire with Gillian Anderson
Posted Wednesday May 20 at 8pm
Friday May 22 at 4am
Watch the Young Vic’s hit ★★★★★ production of Tennessee Williams’ timeless masterpiece, A Streetcar Named Desire, with Gillian Anderson, Vanessa Kirby and Ben Foster.
The Music of Giorgio Moroder – An Orchestral Celebration
Posted Wednesday May 20 at 12pm
Thursday May 21 at 8pm
Celebrate the music of Giorgio Moroder with Britain’s renegade 50-piece Heritage Orchestra for an epic electro-orchestral tribute to the ‘godfather of EDM’.
Kate Ceberano Live Stream
Posted Wednesday May 20 at 9am
Friday May 22 at 8pm
Multi ARIA award winning artist, Kate Ceberano, has been in the business for over 35 years – writing and performing both jazz and pop music – with seven Platinum and seven Gold albums to her name.
Trivia Night with The Wedge
Posted Tuesday May 19 at 8pm
Thursday May 21 at 7:30pm
Three rounds again; “Are you Paying Attention” about current events and general knowledge, “Science Fiction, Double Feature” a fun look at old fashioned sci fi including Rocky Horror and “Glam Music” from Marc Bolan to Lady Gaga those that like to mix Art and Music, shout it out loud!
Deborah Conway and Willy Zygier
Posted Tuesday May 19 at 12pm
Wednesday May 20 at 7pm
Deborah Conway and Willy Zygier – One of the greatest songwriting partnerships in Australia performing songs that chronicle the essential elements of life, love and loss.
CATS The Musical – The Shows Must Go On
Posted Friday May 15 at 8pm
Saturday May 16 at 4am
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s CATS, the most famous musical of all time, first exploded onto the West End stage in 1981. ‘Memory’, one of its many classic songs, became an instant worldwide hit. Since then CATS has smashed records and conquered the world. Using the latest technology, all the excitement, thrill, romance and intimacy of this theatrical legend has been captured on screen.
Trivia Night with The Wedge
Posted Friday May 15 at 12pm
Saturday May 16 at 7:30pm
Another week of Trivia!
With a brilliant host, Darren McCubbin, and a range of fantastic questions. A great way to spend your night. Grab your partner, parents, or even your pet and join us in a night full of trivial questions and laughter.
Anastasia – The Royal Opera
Posted Friday May 15 at 8am
Saturday May 16 at 4am
As part of the Our House To Your House series, join The Royal Ballet for a YouTube Premiere of Kenneth MacMillan’s Anastasia, a piece inspired by the true story of Anna Anderson
Barber Shop Chronicles
Posted Thursday May 14 at 9pm
Friday May 15 at 4am
Barber Shop Chronicles is Inua Ellams’ smash-hit play about the places where banter can be barbed, and the truth always is telling.
Phil Para Home Concert
Posted Thursday May 14 at 12pm
Friday May 15 at 9pm
Phil Para is a guitarist/ singer/ songwriter and undoubtedly one of the most exciting performers in Australia.
Kate Ceberano Live Stream
Posted Thursday May 14 at 8am
Friday May 15 at 8pm
Multi ARIA award winning artist, Kate Ceberano, has been in the business for over 35 years – writing and performing both jazz and pop music – with seven Platinum and seven Gold albums to her name.
The Heart Dances: Live in Your Living Room
Posted Wednesday May 13 at 2pm
Friday May 15 at 7:30pm, Saturday May 16 at 1:30pm and Sunday May 17 at 10:30am
The Heart Dances – The Journey of The Piano: the ballet is a documentary by Director Rebecca Tansley that follows brothers Jiří and Otto Bubeníček from Prague to Aotearoa, as they worked with the RNZB to re-imagine Jane Campion’s iconic film, The Piano, as a full-length ballet.
Bandwidth
Posted Wednesday May 13 at 10am
Friday May 15 at 7pm
Bandwidth presented by Blues on Broadbeach will be a virtual showcase capturing live music performances from some of your favourite Blues on Broadbeach 2020 artists – all from the comfort of their own homes. Self-isolating music fans around the world are invited to join the party.
Trivia Night with The Wedge
Posted Tuesday May 12 at 8pm
Thursday May 14 at 7:30pm
Another week of Trivia!
With a brilliant host, Darren McCubbin, and a range of fantastic questions. A great way to spend your night. Grab your partner, parents, or even your pet and join us in a night full of trivial questions and laughter.
Heart Sounds
Posted Monday May 11 at 8pm
Tuesday May 12 at 7pm
HEART SOUNDS is an online concert streaming on International Nurses Day, Tuesday May 12th 2020
Shakespeare’s Globe – Macbeth
Posted Monday May 11 at 11am
Tuesday May 12 at 4am
A psychological thriller examining the dangers of political ambition, Macbeth is a gripping, full-scale 90 minute performance in the Globe Theatre.
Gippsland LIVE!
Posted Wednesday May 6 at 8pm
Ongoing Competition
POWERED BY ESSO
We are super excited to announce ‘Gippsland Live’!
This is a fantastic opportunity for any original song writers and performers from Gippsland to showcase what they do and to be in the running for one of 3 of our major prizes!
Black Swan, White Swan: Live in Your Living Room
Posted Wednesday May 6 at 12pm
Friday May 8 at 5:30pm, Saturday May 9 at 11:30am and Sunday May 10 at 8:30am
Swan Lake is one of ballet’s most loved tale of passion and romance. In 2018, the RNZB staged an electrifying new version, and this weekend you can watch it Live in your Living Room.
Bangarra Dance Theatre – Terrain
Posted Wednesday May 6 at 8am
Thursday May 7 at 8pm
Terrain explores the relationship of Indigenous people to country and how landscape becomes a second skin, inspired by the timeless beauty of Lake Eyre in South Australia.
Mama Alto
Posted Tuesday May 5 at 8pm
Wednesday May 6 at 7pm
She is a transgender & queer person of colour who works with the radical potential of storytelling, strength in softness and power in vulnerability.
Shakespeare’s Globe – The Two Noble Kinsmen (2018)
Posted Friday May 1 at 8am
Saturday May 2 at 8pm
Featuring performances from Glen Hansard, José González, Hiatus Kaiyote, Conor Oberst, Nai Palm and Poliça.
Sounds on the Couch
Posted Thursday April 30 at 8pm
Saturday May 2 at 7pm
The next Sounds on the Couch event will be happening this Saturday night
The Saturday Drama School – Online Classes
Posted Thursday April 30 at 1pm
Saturday May 2 at 9am, 10am and 11am.
A great way to spend your Saturday mornings.
The Saturday Drama School are offering live and interactive online classes!
Posted Thursday April 30 at 9am
Saturday May 2 at 4am
Watch Danny Boyle’s monster hit Frankenstein with Jonny Lee Miller as the creature and Benedict Cumberbatch as Victor Frankenstein.
Romeo & Juliet: Live in Your Living Room
Posted Wednesday April 29 at 8pm
Friday May 1 at 7:30pm, Saturday May 2 at 1:30pm and Sunday May 3 at 10:30am
The Ryman Healthcare Season of Romeo & Juliet
A sunlit piazza, the candlelit corner of a noble ballroom, a moonlit balcony… when young lovers meet, the world is stilled… then changed forever.
Australian Chamber Orchestra: Goldberg Variations
Posted Wednesday April 29 at 12:30pm
Friday May 1 at 8pm
Recorded in the Concert Hall, 2018
Classical Music.
Monumental. Iconic. Enigmatic. Transcendent. Bach’s Goldberg Variations are the stuff of legend, and one of the greatest pieces of music ever written.
Jams for Juniors Online
Posted Tuesday April 28 at 12pm
Wednesday April 29 at 10am
Calling all little (and big) kids! You are invited to join the MSO every Wednesday at 10am throughout April for a sweet virtual musical ride through the music of Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Dvořák and Bizet.
The Girl Who Forgot to Sing Badly
Posted Tuesday April 28 at 10am
Wednesday April 29 at 4am
Recommended for ages 6+. Recorded in The Studio, 2014
Sometimes it takes a girl-sized human to solve an adult-sized problem.
Meeting Mozart
Posted Friday April 24 at 11:15am
Friday April 24 at 1pm – Available now!
Recommended for ages 2 – 8. Recorded in the Playhouse, 2019
Watch with delight as renowned Australian pianist Simon Tedeschi assumes the persona of the musical wunderkind himself, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, on this journey into the music behind the man.
Sarah Blasko with the Sydney International Orchestra
Posted Friday April 24 at 11am
Friday April 24 at 8pm
Recorded at the Sydney Opera House in the Concert Hall, 2013
Transport yourself with the multi-platinum and award winning artist Sarah Blasko as she took to the Concert Hall stage in 2013, when she made her first ever headline appearance at Sydney Opera House.
Anzac Salute: Live in Your Living Room
Posted Friday April 24 at 9am
Saturday April 25 at 10:30am, 1:30pm or 7:30pm
This Saturday, Anzac Day, the Royal New Zealand Ballet will present a special broadcast of ‘Dear Horizon’ and ‘Passchendaele’, two works that were commissioned for our Salute programme back in 2015 and performed live with the New Zealand Army Band, to commemorate the centenary of the Gallipoli landings.
Love Never Dies – The Shows Must Go On
Posted Thursday April 23 at 2pm
Saturday April 25 at 4am
Join us from Saturday April 25 at 4am, as the legend returns to YouTube, with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s sequel to The Phantom of The Opera, Love Never Dies starring Ben Lewis as The Phantom and Anna O’Byrne as Christine.
The Saturday Drama School – Online Classes
Posted Thursday April 23 at 9am
Saturday April 25 at 9am, 10am and 11am.
A great way to spend your Saturday mornings.
The Saturday Drama School are offering live and interactive online classes!
Twelfth Night – National Theatre Live Full Performance
Posted Wednesday April 22 at 10am
Friday April 24 at 4am
Where music is the food of love, and nobody is quite what they seem, anything proves possible in Shakespeare’s classic comedy. Featuring Tamsin Greig as Malvolia.
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VIVA! – Josephine Vains and Benjamin Martin
Posted Tuesday April 21 at 7pm
Thursday April 23 at 7pm
Josephine Vains and Benjamin Martin present a spirited and life-affirming program of musical gems for cello and piano, from 2 meters apart.
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Jams for Juniors Online
Posted Tuesday April 21 at 10am
Tuesday April 21 at 4am
Calling all little (and big) kids! You are invited to join the MSO every Wednesday at 10am throughout April for a sweet virtual musical ride through the music of Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Dvořák and Bizet.
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Shakespeare’s Globe – Romeo & Juliet
Posted Monday April 20 at 10am
Tuesday April 21 at 4am
The next show the Shakespeare’s Globe are streaming is Romeo and Juliet (2009)
A violent street brawl between their rival families is the prelude to Romeo’s first encounter with Juliet. Despite this, and the fact that Juliet has been promised to another man in marriage, they fall in love.
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The Saturday Drama School – Online Classes
Posted Friday April 17 at 2pm
Saturday April 18 at 9am, 10am and 11am.
A great way to spend your Saturday mornings.
The Saturday Drama School are offering live and interactive online classes!
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Cinderella: Live in Your Living Room
Posted Friday April 17 at 11am
Friday April 17, Saturday April 18 and Sunday April 19.
Which slippers are you wearing this weekend? Whether worthy of the grand ball or fluffy to keep you snug, Cinderella will be coming to you Live in Your Living Room.
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The Phantom of The Opera – The Shows Must Go On
Posted Friday April 17 at 9am
Saturday April 18 at 4am
Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber is calling all musical lovers! This Friday we’ll be bringing a musical theatre icon to the channel and releasing The Phantom of The Opera in full and for free!
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Beethoven – The Complete Sonatas for Violin & Piano Part 3
Posted Thursday April 16 at 3:30pm
Friday April 17 at 8:30pm
Fresh, genial Sonatas in major keys featuring ravishingly beautiful slow movements, one from the already masterful Op 12 set between the Op 1 trios and the Op 18 quartets and the other, from Op 30, written only four years later around the time he was sketching the mighty Eroica Symphony
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Our Tales of 2020
Posted Wednesday April 15 at 4pm
Ongoing for you to join in.
We want you to tell us your best TRUE story from 2020, in any creative way you want to. We are looking for Wellingtons best true stories of this year, we will be posting the best stories to our Facebook page and website and they will later be compiled for a virtual time capsule, so that future generations can understand this historic period.
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Jams for Juniors Online
Posted Tuesday April 14 at 12pm
Wednesday April 15 at 10am
Calling all little (and big) kids! You are invited to join the MSO every Wednesday at 10am throughout April for a sweet virtual musical ride through the music of Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Dvořák and Bizet.
