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A highlight of The Art House 2026 calendar, nowhere else will you see such a celebrated, respected, and award-winning performer of this calibre, outside the city AND in the intimate setting of a 500-seat theatre!

Its a new dawn, its a new day, its a new life

Following her sold out tour-de-force performances in 2023 and at Adelaide Cabaret Festival in 2024, Dame Lisa Simone returns to reprise the iconic classics of her mother, Dr Nina Simone, as only she can.

Lisa Simones voice and stage prowess has not only earned her worldwide recognition, but practically every accolade, including Grammy nominations starring roles on Broadway, and chart-topping albums.

"All killer and no filler... a once-in-a-lifetime experience." Adelaide Now

She premiered the Disney roles of Aida (Aida) and Nala (The Lion King) and won the National Broadway Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her leading role in Aidas First National Tour. A member of the original Broadway cast of Rent, she subsequently headed its First National Tour in the role of Mimi Marquez and was nominated for both the Helen Hayes Award and Jefferson Award for her performance.

In 2008, Lisa topped the jazz charts with Simone on Simone, her big band tribute album to her mother, lovingly coined an homage to the Great One who walked before me. In 2000, she was nominated for a Grammy Award as a member of the acid jazz group, Liquid Soul; and in 2016, she executive-produced the Oscar nominated Netflix documentary about her mothers life, What Happened, Miss Simone?.

Get ready to take an extraordinary musical journey with Lisa and her incredible band and see for yourself how magnificently the legacy of Nina Simone lives on.

Expect to enjoy feel-good Nina Simone classics including I Put a Spell on You, Feelin Good, Black Is the Colour, Mississippi Goddam and more.

Dont miss this one-of-a-kind concert up close and personal in The Art House theatre - tickets will sell fast!

This is an experience youve simply got to witness.