What’s On in early May: Live music, festivals and more

VIC

PIPEWORKS GREEK FESTIVAL

Get acceptable for a weekend filled with affluent traditions, delicious flavours, and vibrant entertainment.

Whether you person Greek practice oregon conscionable emotion Greek culture, this festival is the cleanable spot to bask traditional cuisine, music, and a fantastic atmosphere.

When: Saturday May 3, 11am-8pm & Sunday May 4, 11am-6pm

Where: 5 Dunstans Court, Thomastown 3074

GIRLS IN CRISIS

Comedy play Girls successful Crisis delves into the complexities of pistillate identity, shaped by the roles and relationships that specify a woman’s life.

This archetypal accumulation is simply a bold montage of scenes drawn from iconic theatrical works — from past Greek drama and the theatre of the absurd to modern Greek playwriting.

Girls successful Crisis. Women who justice — and are judged — constantly, and for everything. They flirt with madness, pursuit happiness, rebel and dream, autumn successful love, conspire, get anxious, and go resilient. They are some victims and perpetrators successful a society successful turmoil. A situation of existence, of relationships, roles, powerfulness — a situation of values and ideas.

Cast: Ioanna Gagani, Athina Giannou, Efrosyni Theodosiou, Syrmo Kapoutsi ,Stella Katsarou, Eleni Baveli, Maria Bakalidou, Pam Pollali, Niki Skouri & Kostas Stefanidis

When: Sat May 10 7pm, Sun May 11 5pm, Sat May 17 7pm, Sun May 18 5pm

Where: Doncaster Playhouse, 679 Doncaster Road, Doncaster, VIC 3108

Bookings: www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1388010

CATS AND THE CANARY PLAYING GREEK FILM CLASSICS

In their archetypal show astatine Brunswick Ballroom, Cats and the Canary will execute a setlist afloat of Greek Film Classics, Greek Swing, and Greek Disco, with a seven-piece line-up and surprise guests.

They person performed successful various festivals (Brunswick Music Festival, Antipodes Festival, Greek Festival of Sydney etc), and person besides sold retired respective header gigs successful Melbourne.

When: Sunday May 18, 6pm

Where: Brunswick Ballroom, 314 Sydney Rd, Brunswick 3056

Bookings: bit.ly/CatsandtheCanary

NSW

GREECE AND INDIA DIALOGUE

This publication motorboat for artbook Tuning the Finite to Infinity presents a sheet treatment and Q+A featuring Dr Vassilis Adrahtas and Dr Alfred Vincent arsenic they sermon the correspondence of thought betwixt Greek and Indian thinkers Nikos Kazantzakis and Sri Aurobindo.

It will besides diagnostic a video by the Art of Life Collective, six Greek artists who person drawn creator inspiration from some thinkers. Free event.

When: Wednesday May 7, 6.30pm-7.30pm

Where: Marrickville Library and Pavilion, 313 Marrickville Road Marrickville 2204

Bookings: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/greece-and-india-a-dialogue-between-nikos-kazantzakis-and-sri-aurobindo-tickets-1227107223739?aff=oddtdtcreator

SARBEL LIVE

The planetary superstar is BACK with his smash deed “Se Pira Sovara (Sidi Mansour)”! Known for his fusion of Greek and Arabic sounds and his legendary Eurovision performance, Sarbel has performed connected the biggest stages worldwide—now it’s Australia’s turn to acquisition his magic.

Also performing is Andreas Habibi and Alexandra Preher.

When: Saturday May 10, Doors unfastened 9pm, First enactment starts 10pm

Where: The Clairemont, 53 Raymond Street Bankstown 2200

Bookings: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/sarbel-live-in-australia-sydney-16-event-tickets-1297639277009

SONGSTRESSES OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF GREEK CINEMA

A captivating performance celebrating the timeless melodies of Greek cinema. Experience the magic of iconic movie songs performed by renowned conductor George Ellis and vocalist Dioni Vertzayas. A tribute to the large pistillate singers of the Golden Era of Greek cinema.

When: Sunday May 11, 6.30pm

Where: Conservatorium of Music, Verbrugghen Hall, 1 Conservatorium Rd, Sydney 2000

Bookings: boxoffice-music.sydney.edu.au/WEBPAGES/EntaWebShow/ShowPerformance.aspx

SA

FESTIVAL HELLENIKA

Adelaide’s yearly multi-disciplinary arts festival dedicated to the maintenance, development, promotion and solemnisation of Hellenic links successful the Arts, and their affluent and divers Australian manifestations. From March to May.

The events successful the adjacent two weeks include:

Meraki Music Workshops: Try some singing. Learn to sing and play beauteous Greek songs. Bring an instrumentality to jam. Dance to the rhythms.

Anzac The Greek Chapter: Screening of documentary telling the story of the Allies aiding Greece’s defence from the Nazi’s successful WWII done the eyes and words of Anzac veterans themselves.

Greece thru’ Pictures and Tall Tales: A unrecorded photographic talk with integer images and old-fashioned slides (transparencies) arsenic seen done the eyes of a erstwhile travel writer and photographer. Showcasing images and memories from Greece, Paul and Stella tell stories and tales from down the scenes arsenic helium sought to cod invaluable traveller accusation and ideas during their galore probe trips to those countries.

Via Greco-Romana: Go for a meander on North Terrace and observe its ubiquitous Greek and Roman influences. Take a person look astatine the architecture and sculptural works, the radical who created them and their inspiration stemming from antiquity. Tour usher and interpreter: George Skordas.

Full program: festivalhellenika.org.au

QLD

PANIYIRI GREEK FESTIVAL

Queensland’s biggest Greek festival is back. Expect traditional Greek creation performances, music, cooking demonstrations, and a variety of stalls selling everything from souvlaki to Greek wine and chromatic puffs.

There will beryllium plentifulness of activities for the household to enjoy. The Paniyiri raffle will person plentifulness of prizes to beryllium won and of people the expansive prize of two instrumentality tickets to Greece.

When: Saturday May 17, 12pm-10pm & Sunday May 18, 10am-7pm

Where: Musgrave Park, 91 Cordelia St, South Brisbane 4101

Tickets: tickets.paniyiri.com/outlet/event/5270ff20-3420-434a-b360-0be52c27246b