The Australian Women\'s Weekly - June 2018

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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 Singer-
  songwriter 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.

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