Oscar

Oscar is a ballet in two acts choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon to a score by Joby Talbot with stage and costume design by Jean-Marc Puissant. The ballet is based on the life of Oscar Wilde focussing on his time in Reading Gaol, but incorporating scenes from throughout his life. It weaves two of Wilde's stories into the ballet - The Nightingale and the rose and the Portrait of Dorian Gray. It was commissioned by the Australian Ballet and premiered in Melbourne in September 2024.

Oscar is the first full-length ballet commissioned by the Australian Ballet's artistic director David Hallberg, and the first full-length narrative ballet commissioned by the Australian Ballet in 20 years.