Carefully planned performance (3,5)

I believe the answer is:

set piece

(Other definitions for set piece that I've seen before include "Formal speech; pictorial firework arrangement" , "Standard manoeuvre" , "well-rehearsed manoeuvre" , "Elaborate firework" , "Formal arrangement based on steep ice" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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