A small American town like any other; simple, sleepy and cheerful. People here are like people anywhere else: they are born, they fall in love, they die. Ordinary people leading ordinary lives. Or so we might believe, until the Stage Manager - our guide for the evening - takes us on a tour of the town and we begin to glimpse how extraordinary even the most ordinary of lives can be.

Hot off the tail-end of his US tour, glam-pop revivalist,Adam Lambert, is making his anticipated return to Australia with a string of full-tilt shows resplendent with glitter, leather and melodrama.

Figaro loves Susanna. The Countess thinks she still loves the Count. Cherubino loves anything in a skirt and as for the Count, love is not quite the right word for how he feels about Susanna. Confused? You will be in this crazy day of match-making and breaking. Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro has been described as a near perfect opera. Words and music come together, brilliantly, in a comedy spiced with the politics of revolution. Don't miss Teddy Tahu Rhodes in his role debut as Figaro.

Dupain's Sydney is an exhibition of works of one of Australia's foremost photographers, Max Dupain. Fascinated with unusual angles and vantage points, Dupain created intriguing and breathtaking images, delineated by shadows and his own unique perspective. His world had Sydney at its heart, its pulse radiating from the harbour, Circular Quay, the Harbour Bridge, the beaches, the beat of the city streets and the life of its people. Dupain recorded an evocative and invaluable visual history of a rapidly changing city.

The Governor: Lachlan Macquarie 1810 to 1821 celebrates the 200th anniversary of Lachlan Macquarie's governorship. On display are Macquarie's personal letters, journals, maps and paintings, as well as objects such as the intriguing Macquarie Collector's Chest, that tell the story of his contribution to colonial Australia.