CANBERRA THEATRE CENTRE TO CELEBRATE 60 SENSATIONAL YEARS IN 2025

Australia’s first performing arts centre, the Canberra Theatre Centre, is gearing up for a massive year in 2025 as we celebrate our Diamond Anniversary.

An exceptional program of celebratory events and special performances are planned throughout the year, including the stunning return of one of Australia’s most treasured performing arts companies. On 24 June 1965, The Australian Ballet opened the Canberra Theatre Centre and will return exactly 60 years later to celebrate our diamond birthday.

Johan Inger’s award-winning production of Carmen will be an exhilarating journey that thrusts Georges Bizet’s 19th-century opera into the modern world with a breathtaking display of athleticism and passion.

Alex Budd:

We are thrilled to welcome back The Australian Ballet, 60 years to the day that they opened the Canberra Theatre Centre to great fanfare in 1965. Much has changed over the decades, however the national ballet company has remained one of the nation’s great arts organisations.

I am so delighted that the company will bring Carmen to our theatre – it is a work that genuinely celebrates the great traditions of ballet while simultaneously helping us boldly imagine the next sixty years of our future. We can’t wait to celebrate our 60 with our audiences at the exquisite Carmen.

Director Canberra Theatre Centre. To celebrate the special occasion, the Canberra Theatre Centre will be hosting a dazzling opening night celebration, which is now on sale.

Tickets are exclusively available to those who have purchased tickets to Carmen on Friday 20 June.

Season Details

Venue: : Canberra Theatre Centre
Date: 20 June 2025

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