Step into the wild with Madagascar: The Musical - an adrenaline-packed extravaganza that brings your favourite animated characters to life on stage! Join Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria on a thrilling adventure filled with infectious music, sensational dance numbers and laugh-out-loud moments.

Traditional Choreography by Marius Petipa to Tchaikovsky’s timeless score and re-staged by Michelle Sierra.

This brand-new, boisterously joyful adaptation is brought to life by just four bold performers.

(Swash) buckle in for an epic voyage as the Hayes Theatre Co harness the irreverent, genre-busting spirit of a sprawling, satirical, musical masterwork, and bring it to raucous new life for a 21st-century audience.

The 2024 Royal Canberra Show has Something For Everyone.

Let your little ones take over Questacon for a fun-filled adventure designed just for kids aged 0 to 6! 

Celebrate the final days of our Hopes and Fears: Australian Migration Stories exhibition, with our drop-in art and craft school holiday activity.

Andy and Terry’s treehouse just keeps on growing. With yet another 13 levels, it’s now got a Scribbletorium, a high-security potato chip storage facility (guarded by one very angry duck!) and even an open-air movie theatre.

When Dad feels like a little bit of Sunday afternoon time out, Bluey and Bingo have other plans! Join them as they pull out all of the games and cleverness at their disposal to get Dad off that bean bag.

Embark on a journey of light and imagination in the illuminating interactive installation by Patch Theatre.

Be enchanted by The Sleeping Beauty, an interactive Storytime Ballet experience for children aged three years and older.

Do your warm-ups and put on your jersey... Open Air PlayUP is back for the school holidays!

This January we invite you to step back in time 66 million years, to an age when dinosaurs roamed the earth!

Travel back in time and explore the artwork of ancient Pompeii in our drop-in art sessions these school holidays.

Join us for craft, cartooning and book making this summer school holidays.

This empowering and uplifting Broadway sensation arrives in Australia for the very first time.

Embark on an extraordinary journey of curiosity, creativity, and discovery.

Drop in to the family space these school holidays for free creative activities to enjoy together.

Find the hidden letters to discover the name of one of our unique forests at the National Arboretum.

Step inside Pompeii and discover life in the ancient city before the fateful eruption of Mount Vesuvius almost 2,000 years ago.

Anne Dangar (1885–1951) occupies a unique position in art history as one of Australia’s most important, yet underacknowledged modern artists.

Ethel Carrick (1872–1952) was a pioneering artist who forged new ground in the early twentieth century with her bold and vibrant post-impressionist works. She was a truly transnational artist who was born in Britain and lived and worked primarily in France and Australia.

Lindy Lee is one of Australia’s most accomplished contemporary artists. To complement the unveiling of Ouroboros, Lee’s major new public art commission for the National Gallery, this exhibition brings together highlights from across the artist’s career as well as a monumental new installation and works on paper.

Peter and the Starcatcher, the smash hit Broadway production and winner of 5 Tony Awards, will have its Australian premiere, coming to Canberra in 2024.