The Barbarians, commissioned by the Museum of Old and New Art, is an immersive and remarkable new opera by Constantine Koukias, inspired by the iconic Greek Alexandrian poet Constantine Cavafy. Performed in modern Greek with bilingual narration, the opera is the product of a large collaboration of designers, musicians and singers, with a Greek Chorus of ten men.

20 January, 2012: The Basics of Self-Promotion for Performing Artists is a workshop designed to give musicians, composers, dancers, or other performing artists, simple but powerful tools and strategies for marketing and publicising their careers, creations and performances. Registration limited to 25 participants.

10-28 August, 2011: Australian tour of KIMISIS – Falling Asleep (Greek: Κοίμησις ), a gallery-style installation work celebrating a Great Feast of the Eastern Orthodox Church which commemorates the Dormition – the “falling asleep”, or death and assumption into Heaven – of Mary, the mother of Christ.

20-22 May, 2011: The three-day workshop is designed to cover all aspects of cello technique, starting from the traditional and working our way through the innovations of the 20th century to specific 21st century techniques developed by John Addison. A space is created whereby everybody has the opportunity to ask questions and the process of the three days is entirely interactive.

28 – 31 March, 2010: Hot on the heels of IHOS’ success at MONA FOMA, join a double-decker bus to witness the company’s fun new work – Kitchen Table Rondo. Featuring wonderful singers from IHOS Laboratory – the company’s training and mentoring program for emerging singers, Kitchen Table Rondo spills the beans on all things gastronomic.

25-28 August, 2010: A man is forced by circumstance from his home and goes – where? BORDERS plays out the forces of human will and fate in the waiting room of one man’s life. This short opera work is told through a convergence of contemporary art forms.

26-29 March, 2009: The Lunch Box is a much-loved Buddhist/Thai folktale that shares with other great world stories the power to communicate eternal truths with poignant clarity. The Lunch Box reveals the foibles of human and family relationships and helps us to remember to take nothing for granted – especially the things that are with us everyday. You will be surprised at how much love can fit into one tiny lunch box.